Part II
Chapters 5-9
Pre-text Discussion
1. Do you think Julia and Michael match each other? Why? / Why not?
2. Do you think Julia and Michael would have a happy married life?
3. What opportunities did Julia and Michael have ahead when they were still in their twenties?
4. Read part II and check your answers.
General Comprehension
1. Who said it?
1) Darling, youll make me as vain as a peacock.
2) You devil, you swine, you filthy low-down cad.
3) Now whats all this Tosca stuff about?
4) Youre young and pretty and youre the greatest actress in England.
5) Me? Darling, you know Id go anywhere in the world with you.
6) After all love isnt everything. Its all very well at its proper time and in its proper place.
7) Oh, my love, dont you know there isnt anything in the world I wouldnt do for you? Itll be so wonderful; itll bring us so close together and I shall be so proud of you.
8) Oh, I dont care a hang about that. As long as we can find plays with star parts for you I dont matter.
9) I want love. I thought Id married the handsomest man in England and Ive married a tailors dummy.
10) In this business you have to take the rough with the smooth.
2. Who did it?
1) Who offered Michael a new job abroad?
1) Who gave Julia a great smack on the face?
2) Who was thrown out of the part after a fortnight of rehearsals?
3) Who wrote constantly pages and pages of love and who wrote four pages exactly in a neat precise hand?
4) Who considered Julia to be the greatest actress in England?
5) Who was jealous of the mens luncheons, the games, the friends at the Green Room Club?
6) Who was more concentrated on work and business rather than love and emotions?
7) Who was the first to fall out of love?
8) Who never attempted to play anyone but himself?
9) Who put up the money to start Michael and Julia in management?
Mark the following statements as true(T), false (F), not stated (NS). Correct the false statements.
1) Julia never flattered Michael.
2) Michael went to America alone and spent there a whole year.
3) Jimmie considered Michael to be a perfect match for Julia.
4) Dolly de Vries sold out her share of business eventually.
5) Michael turned out to be an excellent manager.
6) The Siddons Theatre was a success from the very beginning.
7) Dolly de Vries often visited Julia and Michaels house.
4. Answer the questions:
1) What was the contrast in Julia and Michaels attitude towards each other at the beginning of their relationship?
2) What were Michaels views on career at that time?
3) What did Jimmie think about Julia and Michaels relationship? Why do you think he wanted to separate them?
4) How can you characterize Jimmie Langton?
5) What adjectives can you use to describe Julias feelings during engagement and the first years of marriage?
6) Why do you think Julia fell out of love with Michael? How can you describe the changes that happened to her?
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7) What was Dollys role in their life?
8) Why do you think Michael became such a good theatre manager though he was a rather mediocre actor?
9) How can you describe Michaels views towards life, business and his wife when he was a middle-aged man?
10) What did Julia think of Michael after so many years of marriage?
Working with the vocabulary
1. Read part II and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
Chapter 5
What a sight I looked
to jeopardize smb's chances
to gain access
take my word for it
to be a flop
Chapter 6
to put a brave face on
Chapter 7
to set a seal on smb.
plays that had long runs
to go to much expense
Chapter 8
the venture
to make a dead set at smb.
to skim over smth.
Chapter 9
to take the rough with the smooth
to spare no pains to do smth.
2. Remember the contexts in which word list 2 items are used, say who or what they referred to
3. Find the English equivalents for these:
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
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4. Explain what it means:
Chapter 5
as vain as a peacock
he had clicked
all this Tosca stuff
Chapter 6
to kick his heels
It's a smack in the eye
to make a stab at London
Chapter 8
It's a knockout
I don't care a hang
Chapter 9
to take him down a peg or two
a percentage on the gross
5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
A.
| to (2), about (2), in (5), of (7), away (1), under (1), for (3), with (3), on (2), at (2), out (1), up (1) |
1) They decided to keep their engagement themselves, and Julia told no one it but Jimmie Langton, two or three girls the company and her dresser. (Ch. 5)
2) He was too honourable to take advantage her. (Ch. 5)
3) He had affection and admiration her, he felt ease her, and he had confidence her, but she was well aware that he was not love her. (Ch. 5)
4) After a fortnight rehearsals, Michael was thrown the part which he had been engaged, and three or four weeks was left to kick his heels . (Ch. 6)
5) She felt like a high-born damsel, all the traditions a great and ancient family to keep .(Ch. 6)
6) She was jealous the games that took him from her, and jealous the mens luncheons he went to the pretext that he must cultivate people who might be useful them. (Ch. 7)
7) When she looked him now she wondered what there was him that had ever aroused her such a frenzy passion. (Ch. 8)
8) Some of them had even insisted a percentage the gross. (Ch. 9)
B.
1) Eventually Mrs. Green took advantage her husbands high position, left her work and just kicked her heels .
2) Tom escaped early from the office the pretext that he had an important appointment in town.
3) Everybody felt ease Jack and had confidence him.
4) There was something special Mary that aroused Bill such a frenzy passion every time he saw her.
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5) Tony was extremely jealous his wifes friends, colleagues and business partners.
6) Victoria felt very miserable after she had found out that Albert was not only not love her, but also had no affection or admiration her.
7) He was left there absolutely alone with an enormous heritage to keep .
| for, of (3), up, under, in (4), about, with (2), at |
6. Match the synonyms:
| pop up notoriety affectionate exasperate be a flop cheat commonplace | irritate simple not be a success deceive drop in for a moment unfavourable fame tender |
Guess the word or word combination by its definition.
| a) flattery b) vanity c) passionate d) prosperous e) fee f) frantic g) nauseate h) widow | 1. done in a very urgent way 2. money that you pay to a professional person for their work 3. to make smb feel sick 4. showing or expressing powerful emotions or very strong beliefs 5. praise, sometimes not sincere 6. a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again 7. rich and successful 8. the fact of being too proud of your abilities, or too interested in your appearance |
8. Translate into Russian:
1) He kicked his heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy.
2) We are making a stab at high-speed rail service.
3) Meg thought she was the best-qualified candidate for the job, and not getting it was a smack in the eye.
4) The ambassador's visit set the seal on the trade agreement between the two countries.
5) Don't give up on your business just because you lost money this month. You have to take the rough with the smooth.
6) They've had some bad luck, but they've put a brave face on their problems.
7) Emergency services have spared no pains to help people whose homes were destroyed by the tornadoes.
8) I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.
9) David took advantage of the defenders mistake to score a goal.
10) He visited her under the pretext of borrowing a book.
9. Translate into English:
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2) , , . , , .
3) , , .
4) , .
5) , , .
6) , , .
7) , , ( ).
8) , , , .
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Detailed Comprehension
1.Answer the questions:
1) Why did Julia constantly flatter Michael?
2) Why did Michael go to America alone?
3) Why did Julia blame Jimmie?
4) Why was Julia in despair (though it was such a good chance for Michael)?
5) How did Jimmie try to calm her down?
6) Was Jimmie against Michael as her would-be husband? Why?
7) Why did Julia sign a new contract with Jimmie?
8) How did Michael take the fact that he was a flop?
9) Why was Julia surprised when Michael proposed to her?
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10) Were they lucky in London?
11) What was Michael's participation in the war like?
12) Why was he so popular with officers?
13) Where and when did they move?
14) How did they manage to start their business?
15) Why didn't Julia want to ask Dolly de Vries for money?
16) Did Michael understand her fears?
17) Was their new theatre a success?
18) Why didn't Dolly sell out her share of business?
19) Was Michael a good director?
2. Describe:
a. Michael's performance in the USA
b. Michael's military career
3. Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
1.... by his manner, friendly but casual, you might have thought they had been married for years.
2. Julia sat in a great leather armchair willing with all her might the American manager to offer a part that Michael would refuse...
3. I'm not going to hold it up against you because for once you've let me down.
4. He'll be back at the end of the season and back for good.
5. Extravagant little thing, aren't you?
6. He said they could not afford to let sentiment stand in the way of business.
7. It was just before the end of the war that she fell out of love with him.
8. He sought out actors who had never been given a chance and whose salaries were small.
4. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
1.... I said to him he could have anyone in the company he liked with the one exception of Michael Gosselyn. (ch. 5)
2. He knew what he was doing all right when he landed me with that stick. (ch. 6)
3. Now she could deal with him on equal terms. (ch. 7)
4. She continued to flatter him... She got a little private amusement by seeing how much he could swallow. (ch. 8)
5. For once his cunning found its match. (ch. 9)
6. Even Dolly, who did not like him, acknowledged his unselfishness. (ch. 9)
7. God knows what they see in him. (ch. 9)
8. Because her love had died she felt that life had cheated her. (ch. 9)
5. Act out the conversations between:
1) Julia and Jimmie when she accused him of Michael's departure;
2) Julia and Michael in the hotel when Michael came back from the USA.
6. Make up the dialogues:
1) Julia and Dolly about Michael;
2) Michael and Julia over a new play.
7. Speak your mind on:
1) the relationship between Julia and Michael and how it changed throughout the years;
2) Mrs de Vries;
3) The Siddons Theatre.
