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Unit 1. (Blue Wednesday)
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Vocabulary work
Exercise 1.
a) Consult a dictionary and translate the following words from the extract. Practice their pronunciation paying attention to stresses.
Squirm, gingham, asylum, straighten, blessed, undulating, curiosity, discommoded, orphan, chant, anxiety, cherubic, elongated, affluential, philanthropy, immoderate, impertinent, superintend, excitement, platitude, heretofore.
b) Listen to your partners’ reading of the above exercise. Correct their mistakes.
Exercise 2. A suggested list of useful expressions. Learn them and recall the situations from the extract in which they are used. Use them in your own examples.
To bear the brunt of something,
To drop down,
To lean against,
To be on feet,
To make round,
To grow blurred,
To get into trouble,
The troubles of life,
On the point of departure,
By nature,
To remain unknown,
To be brought up.
Exercise 3. Check whether you know the meaning of these words. Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right.
| 1. chant | a. a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome |
| 2. platitude | b. not showing proper respect; rude |
| 3. orphan | c. rich and socially influential |
| 4. anxiety | d. a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness |
| 5. affluential | e. an institution offering shelter and support |
| 6. impertinent | f. a repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd |
| 7. excitement | g. a child whose parents are dead |
| 8. asylum | h. a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful |
Exercise 4. Look at these sentences. Pick out the missing words from the list on the right. Make sure you use the proper form of the verb.
| 1. Mrs. Lippett overlooked the fact that Jerusha had … for her board during those two years. | a. to educate |
| 2. Jerusha escaped from the pantry where she had been … sandwiches for the asylum’s guests. | b. to go |
| 3. He is planning … you to become a writer. | c. to think |
| 4. Jerusha … into the nearest chair and waited with a touch of breathlessness | d. to make |
| 5. “Did you notice the gentleman who … just …?” | e. to work hard |
| 6. This will … you to enter on the same standing as the other students. | f. to discuss |
| 7. She wished only to escape from Mrs. Lippett’s platitudes, and … | g. to enable |
| 8. He waited … the terms with me. | h. to drop |
Exercise 5. Make these sentences complete, recalling the situations they are used in the extract.
1. She advanced to the office quite cheered by the tiny episode, …
2. He is one of our most affluential Trustees, …
3. She also read aloud an essay that …
4. Now you are finishing that, and of course the asylum …
5. These monthly letters are absolutely obligatory on your part; …
6. Your board and tuition will be paid directly to the college, …
7. She pictured herself in a fur coat and a velvet hat trimmed with feathers leaning back in the seat and …
8. Her special care was room F, …
Exercise 6. Fill in the blanks with the postpositions and prepositions:
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