Pp. 22 – 25 (I’m not a Chinaman)

I. Reproduce the situations with the following word combinations, use them in your own sentences:

- to be elected (p.22);

- hide and seek (p.23);

- a drawback (p.24);

- to amuse somebody (p.24);

- to box somebody’s ears (p.25).

II. Answer the following questions:

1) What did Judy think of Sallie’s house and family?

2) What made her feel as benevolent as a Trustee?

3) Speak of Uncle Jervis’s visit.

4) What did Judy say about men? Do you like her comparison?

5) Why didn’t she want to be a genius this time?

6) What did Judy think of her background? Why?

7) What is “Pax tibi!”? (p.25)

III. Find synonyms for the following words in the text:

- to speak about something a lot and with arguments (p.22);

- bewildering (p.22);

- very old (p.22).

IV. Read and translate the letter on pp. 22 – 23 finishing with “Yours, J.A.”

pp. 25 – 29 (April 11^th)

I. Reproduce the situations with the following word combinations, use them in your own sentences:

- to be grateful to somebody for something (p.25);

- to keep one’s eyes glued to something (p.25);

- to devote something to something (p.27);

- to change one’s mind (p.28).

II. Answer the following questions:

1) How did Judy’s classes go in February?

2) What kind of adventure did Judy have one Saturday in March?

3) Why didn’t Judy believe she was going to Heaven?

4) Find some proof on p. 27 that the story was written by an American writer.

5) What was Judy’s impression of New York?

6) Speak about Judy’s shopping experience.

7) What other wonderful things happened to Judy for the first time in her life?

8) Why did Judy return the guardian his check?

III. Find synonyms for the following words in the text:

- careful, thorough (p.25);

- safety (p.25).

IV.Read and translate the passage on pp. 26 – 27 beginning with “I never told you …” and finishing with “Queen of Denmark”.

Pp. 29 – 31 (Goodbye, nice Mr. Man)

I.Reproduce the situations with the following word combinations, use them in your own sentences:

- to put something out of one’s mind (p.29);

- baggy (p.29);

- to break the news (p.30);

- to help oneself to something (p.31);

- to dislocate something (p.31).

II. Answer the following questions:

1) Why did Judy call herself a Worm?

2) Describe Field Day at Judy’s college.

3) What were Judy’s impressions of “Jane Eyre”?

4) What were Judy’s recollections of the John Grier Home?

5) How did she comment on imagination?

III. Find synonyms for the following words in the text:

- nasty, terrible (p.29);

- to scream loudly (p.30).

IV. Find antonyms for the following words in the text:

- polite (p.29);

- after some consideration (p.29);

- nothing to look at (p.29);

- to dismiss, fire (p.29).

V. Read and translate the letter on p. 31.

Pp. 31 – 34

I.Reproduce the situations with the following word combinations, use them in your own sentences:

- to give something up (p.33);

- to live up to something (p.33);

- to abandon somebody or something (p.33);

- to accuse somebody of something (p.34).

II. Answer the following questions:

1) How did Judy try to persuade her guardian to let her go to the camp?

2) Why did Judy call the bargain with the guardian a hard one?

3) Did Judy forgive the guardian? Why?

4) What did she accomplish that summer?

5) Do you agree with Judy’s opinion that “a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity”?

6) What did Judy mean by saying she had a terrible wanderthirst?

III. Find synonyms for the following words in the text:

- near (p.32);

- to economize (p.34).

IV. Read and translate the letter on p. 32 beginning with “2^nd June”.

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