Proper Names.

Caldwell [ ‘ko: ldwel], Mexico [‘meksikou].

Notes on the text.

1. it is an honour to have you come into my hotel - для меня честь, что вы прибыли в мой отель.

2. y Sra = y Senora - с супругой.

3. he asked, unshaken - он спросил твердо. My wife & I walked away, relieved - мы с женой пошли, почувствовав облегчение.(“Unshaken”, “relieved” are Particilpe 2.)

4. he bowed backward down the hall- он пятился по коридору, не переставая кланяться (им).

5. Oh, my goodness! - Боже мой!

Answer the following questions.

1. Why were the travellers far from being in a talkative mood? 2. In what way did the proprietor welcome them? 3. What entries did the traveller make in the register & why did he register like that? 4.Why did the proprietor have to read the entries a second time? 5.Why did a broad smile lighten the proprietor’s face? 5. What made the proprietor think that the traveller & his wife wanted to go to the telegraph-office? 6. Why did the ptoprietor offer them two separate rooms? 7.How did the traveller’s wife try to prove to the proprietor that she was a married woman? 8. What made the owner of the hotel think that a third person would soon arrive at his hotel? 9. What made the proprietor give them separate rooms after all?

3. Paraphrase the following using the words & phrases from the list below.

1. After driving through the street for some time we found the hotel. 2. There were few persons in the street so late. 3. Robert smiled back. 4. “No, senor, ” he said without a smile. 5. That was to make everything clear. 6. He is right in this case. 7. The proprietor nodded his head with a serious expression on his face. 8. Everyone in the hotel had been awaked by the clamour. 9.You must take a separate room. 10. I found myself being led down the hall, past several persons standing half-asleep in the doorway of their rooms. 11. It is honour to have you at my hotel. 12. The travellers were covered with dust. 13. A broad smile appeared on the proprietor’s face.

(to lighten, plain, gravely, to occupy, to direct, out, for a while, that late, unsmilingly, this time, I’m honoured, in return, to arouse, sleepily, dusty)

4. Replace the following words & word combinations by those from the text.

in such a way, to greet, to put, to ask, attentively, to point at, wide, to envy, to be afraid, to go to bed, to apologize, (not) to be sure, tired, without stopping, to awake, noise, angrily, to be glad, quickly, owner, to be sorry, clear.

Give opposites for the following.

To understand correctly, half-awake, to write carelessly, to raise one’s head, to put on glasses, to nod, to straighten up, shaken, loudly, to speak, to be noisy, on the inside, in short.