1) rakish(ly); 2) remote; 3) to be tensed up (cf: to tense up); 4) to take over; 5) to thrust at sb; 6) insinuating(ly), to insinuate (cf: to insinuate oneself into sth); 7) to break loose (cf: to cut loose, to keep/stay loose); 8) near thing (cf: the done thing, a thing of the past, sure thing, the whole thing, the real thing); 9) to close in; 10) derisive (derision, derisory).
3. Find in the story the English for:
1) ; 2) ; 3) ; 4) ; 5) ; 6) ;
7) ; 8) ; 9) ; 10) ; 11) ; 12) ; 13) , ; 14) ; 15) ;
16) ; 17) ; 18) ;
19) ; 20) ; 21) ;
22) ; 23) ; 24) ; 25) - ; 26) ; 27) 28) ( ); 29) ; 30) .
Make up 1 sentence with any of the items for oral translation in class.
4.Find words and phrases in the story with the following meanings:
1) careworn, looking tired; 2) defective, malfunctioning; 3) cowardly; 4) to leap, to spring; 5) galoshes; 6) to sit down into a chair with a thump; 7) to sing a tune with ones lips closed; 8) mysterious about what one is really thinking.
5. Give Russian equivalents of the words and phrases below:
1) the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy Hydroplane; 2) to seem grossly unfamiliar; 3) to race the engine a little; 4) to look distraught and haggard; 5) Mitty lurched ahead; 6) the craven figure of Benbow; 7) the attendant vaulted into the car; 8) the witness stand; 9) the bickering attorneys were stilled; 10) any known make of gun; 11) he said evenly; 12) ammunition dump; 13) dugout; 14) (he poured another brandy and) tossed it off; 15) flamethrower; 16) erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last
6. Say what you know about:
a) Roosevelt; b) Kleenex; Buick; c) a firing squad.
7. Rephrase or interpret the given sentences (without using the underlined parts).
1. We cant make it, sir. Its spoiling for a hurricane 2. The Old Man ll get us through 3. We re having the devils own time with McMillan 4. Coals to Newcastle, bringing Mitford and me up here for a tertiary. 5. The new anaesthetiser is giving way! 6. If you would take over, Mitty? 7. The attendant vaulted into the car, backed it up with insolentskill, and put it where it belonged. 8. Walter Mitty raised his hand briefly and the bickering attorneys were stilled. 9. Mitty let the man have it on the point of the chin.
Find in the story 3 sentences containing the word down. Translate them into Russian. Note the effect of down on the meaning of the verb. Translate the sentences below into Russian.
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1. It seems that youll have to be cutting down on your expenses if youve really decided about the car. 2. Theres no reason why you should look down on people.
3. The offer was turned down. 4. They say the house burnt down. 5. The engine keeps breaking down. 6. Films like that get me down. 7. The old houses will soon be pulled down. 8. The office was shut down. 9. In 2005, the Council had voted down a petition to close the factory. 10. Stop putting yourself down its getting annoying.
9. ARE YOU A CAREFUL READER?
1. Who was Gregory Fitzhurst? 2. Theyre so damn cocky, they think they know everything. Who did Walter Mitty mean? 3. Where did the Mittys do their shopping? 4. Walter Mitty was to wait for his wife at a hotel. (True or False?)
5. Couldnt you have put them on in the store? What is Mrs Mitty talking about?
10. Answer the questions and do the following tasks:
1. What do you know about the author of the story?
2. Speak about a) Walter Mittys attitude towards his wife, b) Mrs Mittys attitude towards her husband, c) their type of family relationship in general.
3. Analyse Walter Mittys fantasies considering
a) Walter Mittys role;
b) difficulties aggravating each imaginary situation;
c) Walter Mittys personal qualities revealed in each particular daydream;
d) what in Mittys real world triggers each dream;
e) linking elements that Walter Mittys daydreams have in common;
f) the details of Walter Mittys real life, which get incorporated into each particular dream.
4. Walter Mitty has particular problems with the modern marvel of his time: the car. If you were to update J. Thurbers story, how might you show Mittys clumsiness or incompetence in the 21st century?
5. Does the author want us to respond to his character? Are we to relate to him? Laugh at him? Feel sorry for him? To what extent is Mitty like most people?
6. Comment on the final episode of the story. What did Walter Mitty imagine in that dream, do you think? Why is he described as inscrutable to the last, in your opinion?
7. Are Walter Mittys born or made?
8. Daydreaming: is it good or bad?
THE HAPPY MAN
