4. Find words and phrases in the story with the following meanings:
1) the quality of being very bright and colourful in an ugly way; 2) to decorate;
3) showing that you are sorry about sth; 4) extremely kind-hearted; 5) old and no longer in good condition; 6) friendly and pleasant to see; 7) to speak in a way that is not serious; 8) unkind and showing a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone;
9) cruel to anyone who hurts them and unwilling to forgive; 10) to deliberately make sb very angry; 11) an unknown architect; 12) to be excited about sth; 13) not friendly or polite, pleasant or enjoyable; 14) to be shocked or surprised esp. by sth sb says or does to you; 15) making sb feel annoyed or angry, esp. because sth is not fair;
16) state or quality of willing to forgive people or willing to be kind and fair; 17) to make oneself believe.
5. Give Russian equivalents of the words and phrases below:
1) (the room was) opulent without garishness and original without affectation; 2) she was a handsome woman, exquisitely gowned; 3) in sbs unregenerate days; 4) Shes worthy, shes dowdy, shes provincial; 5) to have an overwhelming sense of family affection; 6) a cloak that oddly combined severity and fussiness; 7) the austere but sumptuous beauty of Mrs Towers drawing-room; 8) preposterous spectacles;
9) a decrepit old gentleman; 10) (a youth) with fair hair in which there was a hint of a natural wave; 11) he was fresh and clean and blooming; 12) good breeding and social usage; 13) (Mrs Tower was) amazed, exasperated and perplexed; 14) a single eye-glass; 15) (spectacles with) tortoise-shell rims; 16) a jaunty, saucy, impudent head of crisp grey curls; 17) to heave a sigh of relief; 18) handsome but adipose shoulders; 19) (to come towards sb) with the stealthy swiftness of a leopard stalking his prey; 20) (Mrs Tower) withdrew herself with icy dignity;
6. Say what you know about:
a) Pygmalion b) Galatea c) the Renaissance d) the Baroque
7. Do the matching. Say what you know about these mythological characters:
A. Paris || Odysseus || Orpheus || Zeus || Narcissus || Perseus
B. Eurydice || Penelope || Aphrodite || Echo || Hera || Andromeda || Helen
Which of the given place names were mentioned in the story? Learn their pronunciation and Russian equivalents. Find reference to them in the story.
China, Paris, London, Vienna, Malta, Yorkshire, Worcester, Liverpool, the Far East, North America, Italy, the Mediterranean
9. Explain what is meant by:
a) breeding; social usage; to be in a passion; disparity of age; an infallible instinct; a fortune-hunter;
b) charwoman; tea-cosy; doilies and centerpieces;
c) rejoinder; innuendo.
