He was an amateur of the arts ( :
; amateur ). He bought modern pictures (
) and collected old furniture (
). He was a lover of music ( ) and exceedingly
well read ( ) At first it amused him (
) to go to the tiny flat off the Buckingham Palace Road (
--) in which these two
young actors lived ( // ). He saw that
they were poor ( , ) and it excited him (
) to get into touch with what he fondly thought was Bohemia
( , , ; to get into touch
, -). He came several times (
) and he thought it quite an adventure (
) when they asked him to have a luncheon with them
( ) which was cooked and served
( ) by a scarecrow of a woman whom they called
Evie (, , ; scarecrow
, scare , , crow ).
amateur ['xmqt(S)q, 'xmqtq:] exceedingly [Ik'si:dINlI] Bohemia [bqV'hi:mIq]
scarecrow ['skeqkrqV]
He was an amateur of the arts. He bought modern pictures and collected old
furniture. He was a lover of music and exceedingly well read. At first it amused
him to go to the tiny flat off the Buckingham Palace Road in which these two
young actors lived. He saw that they were poor and it excited him to get into touch
with what he fondly thought was Bohemia. He came several times and he thought
it quite an adventure when they asked him to have a luncheon with them which
was cooked and served by a scarecrow of a woman whom they called Evie.
This was life ( ). He did not pay much attention to Michael (
) who seemed to him, notwithstanding his
too obvious beauty ( ,
), a somewhat ordinary young man (
), but he was taken by Julia (
: ). She had a warmth (
), a force of character ( ), and a bubbling vitality (
; bubble , ),
which were outside his experience (/ /
:
). He went to see her act several times ( / /,
, ) and compared her performance (
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) with his recollections of the great foreign actresses (
). It seemed to him ( ) that she had in
her something quite individual ( -
). Her magnetism was incontestable ( :
). It gave him quite a thrill ( ) to
realize on a sudden ( ) that she had genius (
: ).
warmth [wO:mT] vitality [vaI'txlItI] incontestable ["Inkqn'testqb(q)l]
This was life. He did not pay much attention to Michael who seemed to him,
Notwithstanding his too obvious beauty, a somewhat ordinary young man, but
He was taken by Julia. She had a warmth, a force of character, and a bubbling
Vitality which were outside his experience. He went to see her act several times
And compared her performance with his recollections of the great foreign
Actresses. It seemed to him that she had in her something quite individual.
