UNIT SIX. I. Study the translation of the text in bold:

Chapters 15 - 17

I. Study the translation of the text in bold:

Chapter15

1. The heat wave had affected business and the house was apathetic. – Стояла страшная жара, публика принимала спектакль вяло.

2. Almost without meaning to she coughed once or twice consumptively. – Сама не замечая того, она раза два кашлянула, словно у неё чахотка.

3. But somewhere, at the back of her mind or in the bottom of her heart, was a feeling of ever so slight contempt for Tom because he was such a simple fool. - Но где-то, в самых тайниках души, она чувствовала к Тому хоть и слабое, но презрение за то, что ей удалось так легко его провести.

Chapter 16

1. It was a new experience for her to go to night clubs, she enjoyed it, and though no one could go nowhere without being stared at, it never entered her head that such a change in her habits must excite comment. -.Для неё было внове посещать ночные клубы, она наслаждалась этими вылазками, и хотя никто лучше неё не знал, что, где бы она не появилась, она привлекает к себе внимание, Джулии и в голову не приходило, что такая перемена в её привычках может вызвать в городе толки.

2. He was the extra man you invited to dinner to make an odd number even. – Человек, корого зовут в последний момент на обед, если не хватает кавалера.

3. I don’t know what’s come over her. - Не понимаю, что на неё нашло.

Chapter 17

1. He chuckled at the thought of the joke he had up his sleeve. – Майкл засмеялся при мысле о шутке, которую он для них припас.

2. Who’s made your parties go all these years? - Благодаря кому все эти годы ваши приёмы имели такой успех?

3. She wished that she had an opportunity of a few words with him so that she might have told him not to worry. – Как бы улучить минутку и остаться с ним наедине? Она сумела бы его успокоить.

II. Give full answers to the questions:

1. Who in your opinion won when Tom and Julia had had things out after the matinee performance?

2. Whose behavior while their reconciliation seemed more genuine?

3. When and why did people start gossiping about Julia and Tom?

4. How was Tom’s place organized?

5. Once Julia recalled a saying that men were creatures of habit. In which way did it soothe her?

6. What was Dolly’s first reaction to gossips about Julia and Tom?

7. Did conversation between Michael and Dolly bring any good?

8. Who felt old, lonely, unhappy, and desperately jealous?

9. Why do you think Michael would have never taken Dolly’s words seriously?

10. While in the cinema Julia was wondering what her husband could do if he

found out the truth. What train of thought did she have?