1) Julia promised Avice to put in a word for her in her talk with Michael as Michael always followed her advice.
2) Tom openly admitted that he had fallen in love with Avice and was engaged to her.
3) Julia considered Avice to be a hard mercenary little thing that was ready for everything in order to get a part.
4) Julias only consolation was Charles. In her letter to Charles she wrote about the awkward position she was in and asked for his advice.
5) Julia couldnt keep from considering Jimmie Langtons advice: Dont be natural The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.
6) Julias mother asked Julia to tell her friends that her husband was in business.
7) When Charles visited Julia in St Malo Julia realized that he still adored her.
8) When a man who looked like a clerk or a shop-walker recognized Julia in the Edgware Road she was taken aback..
4. Answer the following questions:
1) Why did Tom have to take money from Julia?
2) Was Tom in love with Avice? Was Avice in love with Tom?
3) How did Julia feel after Tom had left?
4) Was Julia going to keep her promise given to Tom?
5) Did Julia have a friend who could console her in her grief?
6) Why was theatre Julias only refuge?
7) Did Julia manage to play with her accustomed virtuosity again? What helped her?
8) Why did Julia decide to stay with her mother?
9) Did she manage to brighten the drab and monotonous life of Madame Falloux and Mrs Lambert?
10) How did Julias attitude to Charles change?
11) Why did Julia feel ill at ease?
12) Was Julia a good-looking woman?
13) What did she want to put to the test? What conclusion did she make?
14) What did the young man who picked Julia up in the Edgware Road look like?
15) What made him start speaking to Julia?
16) What conclusion did Julia make?
Working with the Vocabulary
1. Read Part VI, find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents:
Chapter 21
nineteen to the dozen
cant do smth for toffee
to beat about the bush
to take in
Chapter 22
to confide smth to smb
to make a clean breast of smth
to be hard on smb
thats another pair of shoes
Chapter 23
to show smb/smth off
to be confined to smth
Chapter 24
seductive; seduction
Chapter 25
ill at ease
there is no denying it
to put on airs
Remember the contexts in which Word List VI items are used, say who or what they referred to.
3. Find the English equivalents for these:
Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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4. Explain what it means:
Chapter 21
to be a sport
Chapter 22
to be in front
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The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Chapter 23
a parish church
Chapter 24
to fall for smth
Chapter 25
to pick smb up
a blank face
5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
A.
1) You ought to know me well enough now to know that I would never let sentiment interfere business. (Ch.21)
2) She spent a wretched day, unable to think anything else, and angry herself because she could not put Tom her mind. (Ch.22)
3) Tom is very useful us; if we want an extra man we can always call him, and its convenient having him the corner when I want someone to play golf me. (Ch.22)
4) One night when she came into her dressing-room the end the play, exhausted all the emotions she had displayed she found Michael sitting there. (Ch.22)
5) They sat together a little while silence, and Julia grew calmer spirit. Her heart was filled... a great love Michael. (Ch.22)
6) She arrived Paris the afternoon, and when she was shown her suite the Ritz, she gave a sigh of satisfaction. (Ch. 23)
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B.
1) I am all for speaking the truth but you were a bit hard poor Ann.
2) With his elder brother Jack always felt ill ease. He could confide his secrets only his friends.
3) He cant sing toffee. Theres no denying it.
4) I can't believe you have fallen that old trick of his. Tough luck!
5) The headmaster was always prepared to put a good word for his former pupils, but never showed their achievements
6) Do you realize what you are letting yourself ? So, dont beat the bush and make a clean breast everything your parents. They are sure to help you.
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6. Translate into Russian:
1) The public must be pretty naïve to be taken in so easily by the door-to door salesmen.
2) Youll have to practice that trick a little more before you can show it off.
3) Tell me straight what you want me to do without beating about the bush.
4) The firm's plans were confided only to the chairman and the directors.
5) I don't want to be hard on the man but I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.
6) Arthritis confined him to bed for a month, but he carried a stiff upper lip.
7) Ann is always putting on airs and pretending shes posh speaking with her former classmates.
8) Stop beating about the bush and tell me why you are here.
9) Why not make a clean breast and tell them you took the money?
10) When he felt shy and ill at ease at parties his friends would say: Stop being a wet blanket and come and dance!
11) Running ten miles is hard on the knee joints.
7. Guess the word or word combination by its definition (revise the vocabulary of the previous parts):
to deceive, to fool;
very quickly, without stopping;
not relaxed;
spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary;
to be very bad at smth;
to tell smb you trust about personal things;
to be as strong (clever, etc.) as the opponent;
an undertaking that is risky;
sexually attractive;
to show smth/smb to a lot of people because you are proud of it;
to attract attention, to be clearly visible.
8. Match the synonyms:
To show smb/smth off, exhausted, to put on airs, uncomfortable, to make a clean breast of smth, tough luck, to confide smth to smb, to fool, to display smb/smth, dog-tired, from time to time, to take in, to say smth to smb confidentionally, to put on frills, ill at ease, to confess honestly, every now and then, bad luck.
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2) . ! , .
3) , , , . . .
4) , , .
5) , .
Detailed Comprehension
1. Answer the questions:
1) Why did Tom and Julia have different opinions of Avice Crichton as an actress?
2) What qualities did Julia reveal before, during and after the visit to the theatre?
3) What do you think Julia was plotting against Avice?
4) What did Julia think of her performance? And Michael? Account for the difference in their opinions.
5) What qualities did Michael display in the conversation with Julia?
6) Did the house in St.Malo reveal the character of its owners? In what way?
7) Why did Mrs. Lambert and Madame Falloux prefer not to show Julia off?
8) What tricks did Julia devise to seduce Charles?
9) Did Julia find the scene in the bedroom mortifying or funny? And you?
10) How can you explain Charless behaviour?
11) Was Julia an adventure-seeker? What makes you think so?
2. Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
1) By the time they got in the car he was in a state of cold fury
2) It was like a knife in her heart. He had never spoken to her in that tone before.
3) She had acted, she had acted marvelously, and now she felt all in.
4) She knew exactly what had happened. She had let her emotions run away with her; she had been feeling, not acting.
5) They had achieved the aloofness from the common ties of men that Julia felt in herself when she stood at the footlights bowing to the applause of an enthusiastic audience.
6) I feel like a queen returning from exile.
7) She looked so deliciously yielding, a ripe peach waiting to be picked.
8) It was really beginning to look like an adventure.
9) Surely I can act sex appeal. I can act anything.
3. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
1) I always think, if one has talent one cant help showing it.
2) The theatrical professions terribly overcrowded it seems almost hopeless unless youve got influence or something.
3) I would never let sentiment interfere with business.
4) Her acting was more important than any love affair in the world.
5) Strange world we live in. Actors do their damnednest to look like gentlemen and gentlemen do all they can to look like actors.
6) Success isnt everythingAfter all, love is the only thing that matters.
4. Look through Chapters 21-25 again and prove that:
1) Julia acted in real life;
2) theatre was Julias refuge;
3) theatre means different things for different people.
5. Describe:
1) Aunt Carries house;
2) Charless house.
6. Speak about:
1) Avice Chrichton;
2) Julias new traits of character;
3) Toms new traits of character;
4) Julias mother and aunt.
7. Act out the conversations between:
1) Julia and Tom (after the Sunday night show);
2) Julia and Michhael (in Julias dressing room at the end of the play);
3) Julia and Charles (in the bedroom);
4) Julia and the stranger from the Edgware Road.
8. Make up the dialogue:
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1) between Mrs Lambert and Madame Falloux (discussing their preparation for Julias visit);
2) between Tom and Avice Chrichton (discussing their plans for the future).
9. Speak your mind on Julia as if you were Tom/Avice Chrichton/Michael/Charles.
