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PART 2 (CHAPTERS VII – XI)
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TASK 1. Read Chapters VII – XI and decide if the statements given below are true or false. If they are false correct them.
1. On their last day in town after the end of the season the narrator and Mrs. Strickland accidentally met in the park.
2. The narrator was a little jealous of the Stricklands’ happiness.
3. The narrator was an adventurer by nature.
4. The narrator described the Strickland family as rather extraordinary people.
5. Rose Waterford was eager to share her news about the Stricklands with the narrator.
6. The narrator’s youth didn’t allow him to imagine people after forty having love affairs.
7. The narrator was sure that he would do Mrs. Strickland a favour by calling on her in distress.
8. Mrs. Strickland wasn’t alone in the drawing room; her brother was with her.
9. The absence of cigarettes made Mrs. Strickland cry.
10. Mrs. Strickland was left without any means.
11. Colonel McAndrew was in favour of divorce.
12. Mrs. Strickland was most particular about her husband going away with someone.
13. Colonel McAndrew had a very high opinion of his sister-in-law.
14. Mr. Strickland behaved decently about his business matters and his partner.
15. Mrs. Strickland wanted the narrator to go to Paris and meet her husband because she couldn’t trust anybody else.
16. The children knew nothing about their father’s leaving.
17. The narrator was sincerely sorry for Mrs. Strickland.
18. Mrs. Strickland was ready to forgive her husband’s unfaithfulness as far as nobody knew about it.
19. Mr. Strickland didn’t recognize the narrator and was not happy to see him.
TASK 2. Explain how you understand the following sentences taken from the book. Remember that in some cases you have to refer to the original, as most of the ideas can be understood only in broader context.
1. “The season was drawing to its dusty end…” (p.39)
2. “Perhaps Charles Strickland was dull judged by a standard that demanded above all things verbal scintillation…” (p.39)
3. “Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss.” (p.40)
4. “She flashed a smile at me, and protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked away.” (p.42)
5. “I believe that a young person in a city tea-shop has left her situation.” (p.42)
6. “She realized that the old life had gone and done with.” (p.44)
7. “Fire in with your petition…” (p.45)
8. “It is always distressing when outraged morality does not possess the strength of arm to administer direct chastisement on the sinner.” (p.45)
9. “The Colonel caught me up.” (p.47)
10. “It appeared that when everything was settled he would be four or five hundred pounds out of pocket.” (p.47)
11. “Did you mean it when you said she wouldn’t have a bob?” (p.47)
12. “He’s been drawing in his horns for the last year.” (p.47)
13. “I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.” (p.48)
14. “If he’ll do that we’ll let bygones be bygones.” (p.52)
15. “When last I saw him he was spruce enough, but he looked ill at ease: now untidy and ill-kempt, he looked perfectly at home.” (p.56)
TASK 3. Match the words from the book with their equivalents.
Part 1
1. alacrity a) disturbing
2. idly b) freakery
3. agreeable c) arrogance
4. untoward d) unpleasant
5. homely e) disaster
6. kink f) lazily
7. alert g) stubborn
8. incalculable h) eagerness
9. superciliousness i) scoundrel, cad
10. disconcerting j) unpredictable
11. calamity k) simple
12. obstinate l) ready to act
13. blackguard m) pleasant
Part 2
14. to thrash n) supposition
15. hefty o) care, concern
16. chastisement p) orphaned
17. expletives q) to accuse
18. austerity r) task, mission
19. bereaved s) punishment
20. surmise t) to beat
21. solicitude u) heavily built
22. to taunt v) curses
23. misgiving w) to hide
24. errand x) strictness
25. to conceal y) apprehension
TASK 4. Match the adjectives given below with the nouns they go together in the book.
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