1. Study the following words and expressions:
Roving [rəυv] - бродячий, странствующий
Imposing [ɪm'pəυzɪŋ] – производящий сильное впечатление, внушительный
Vile [vaɪl] - отвратительный
to incline [ɪn'klaɪnd] – быть расположенным, склонным
Hacienda [̗hæsɪ'endə] – гасиенда (имение в Испании или Латинской Америке)
Solitary ['sɒlətǝrɪ] - одинокий
Scone [skɒn] – пшеничная лепешка
Vicarage ['vɪkǝrɪdʒ] – дом священника
Kith and kin – знакомые и родственники
Alien ['eɪlɪən] – чужестранец
Dragoman ['dræɡəmən] –драгоман, переводчик (на Востоке)
Scrubby ['skrʌbɪ] - захудалый
Stout [staυt] - полный
to induce [ɪn'dju:s] – заставлять, убеждать
to allude [ə'lu:d] – упоминать
Humdrum ['hʌmdrʌm] - банальный
Incongruous [ɪn'kɒŋɡrυəs] – несовместимый
Prim [prɪm] – чопорный, аккуратный
Vicissitude [vaɪ'sɪsətju:d] – превратность, перемена
Imbecile ['ɪmbəsi:l] - слабоумный
Swarthy ['swɔ:ðɪ] – смуглый, темный
2. Do the following tasks:
Match the words in bold with their definitions:
1. It was vile of them to issue such a statement as we didn’t do anything bad.
2. I will give you a cup of tea from silver teapot and on a plate you will find scones.
3. It may sometimes be difficult to detect the presence of an alien myth.
4. He is really a stout fellow. He has got 2 medals for bravery.
5. I don’t know as I should care to live the humdrum life they do in a place like London.
6. People all over the world used to think that British are very prim and neat people.
7. The vicissitudes of fate are inevitable.
8. We are not exactly imbeciles in money matters.
9. She is vain about her appearance, so that’s why she doesn’t admit of any criticism.
10. I have withdrawn from all attendance at public banquets.
a. A change of circumstances or fortune, typically for worse.
b. To leave or cause to leave a place.
c. Extremely unpleasant.
d. Rather fat or heavily built; brave and determined.
e. Stupid.
f. Belonging to a foreign country.
g. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance or abilities.
h. Dull or monotonous.
i. A small unsweetened or lightly sweetened cake made from flour, fat and milk.
j. Feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct.
Read the clues and guess the words:
1. someone you know, but not very well.
2. a woman that a man is married to.
3. a boy or a man in relation to his parents.
4. a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again.
5. a person who doesn’t know, or is known in, a particular place.
6. the employees of a particular organization.
7. good-looking (of a man).
8. very great surprise.
Complete the sentences using the words from the box. Make sure you use the correct form:
| to ramble to decline to rove to allude to fetch to incline |
1. She mentioned some trouble that she’d had at home and I guess she ______________ to her son.
2. He ___________ his head and said nothing.
3. My thoughts ___________ to distant places.
4. He spent most of his life ________ the world in search of his fortune.
5. Could you _______ me my glasses, please?
6. They __________ to tell me how they had got my address.
Fill in the correct word derived from the word in bold:
| He did ________ work for the Presbyterian Church in Alaska. | Mission |
| 1926 was the year of Emperor Hirohito’s __________ to the throne. | Access |
| Her sudden __________ from the championship caused a lot of press speculation about her health. | Withdraw |
| A _________ dressed young woman ran up to the car. | Primness |
| We go for a ___________ through the woods every Saturday. | Rambler |
| On the hill, a ___________ figure was busy chopping down trees. | Solitariness |
| They slowly _________ the steep path up the mountain. | Ascent |
| He put a _____________ arm around her. | Proprietor |
| My name is spelled ___________ on your list. | Correct |
Find the synonyms to the words in bold:
Shiver roving beautiful strange difficult confusion precise
| Good looking, hard, accurate, odd, cute, embarrassment, vibrate, puzzling, wandering, exact, pretty, commotion, tremble, correct, arduous, wobble, disarray, nomadic, awkward, weird, clear, roaming, mess, rattle, charming, heavy, queer, shake, punctual, vagrant, bizarre, fuss, quiver, comely, disorder, handsome, bustle, excellent |
II. Reading Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions:
For what purpose did the author travel?
Why did the narrator arrive in Asia Minor and who did he meet there?
What did the dragoman bring when he came into the author’s room? Why?
How did the proprietor of the hotel rule the staff? Why?
What was her greatest surprise that she kept for the eve of the author’s departure?
Did the storyteller look a little confused when he knew that she was not exactly their mother? Why?
Why do you think the story was titled “In a Strange Land”?
