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A l i c e : Oh, Mike, we've been discussing it for the better part of an hour

and I see no end to it.

M i k e : But how am I to recognize her in the crowd?

A l i c e : Oh, I forgot. There's a dimple in her left cheek. She is so lovely,

you'll fall in love with her at first sight.

M i k e : That'll help me, to be sure. Go to your meeting. I promise to be on

the platform at5 sharplooking for a tall slim fair-haired lovely girl with a

dimple in her cheek.

VOCABULARY NOTES

lovely adj прелестный, прекрасный, чудесный; Syn. beautiful. Pretty, good-

looking, as a lovely child (girl, woman), a lovely day; lovely eyes, hair, e. gr. We had a

lovely time. What lovely weather!

Note t h e adjectives with the same suffix -ly: friendlyдружеский; lonelyодинокий;

kindlyдобродушный

handsome a d j красивый; Syn. beautiful, e. g . a handsome boy (man), but a beautiful

girl (woman); a handsome face, handsome appearance

deservew; to deserve attention(punishment, reward, praise, love.

etc.) заслуживать внимания (наказания, награды, похвалы, любви

и т. д.), е. д. Не hasn't deserved that from you. They deserved praise

for what they had done.

jmerry a d j веселый; a s a merry child (look, game, company, song),

a merry face, merry eyes; merrily a d v весело

industrious a d j трудолюбивый; Syn. hard-working

wrinkle л морщина, е. д. There were merry wrinkles in the corners

of his eyes, wrinkled a d j морщинистый, e. g . Her face was old and

wrinkled.

inform v t / t сообщать, информировать, уведомлять; S y n . Let know,e. g. We must

inform them immediately, to inform smb. of smth.,e. g. You must inform the post-office of

the change in your address, to inform smb. thate. g . We informed them that there would be

a meeting on Thursday, informationл (no pl.\ no indefinite article!) сведения, сообщения,

е. д. I want some information about this town useful (interesting) information; to get

(receive) information, togive information

amuse vt забавлять, развлекать, смешить, е. д. The sight of the child amused us.

amusing a d j забавный, as an amusing story (child, incident, play, scene)

to go (away) to seaстать моряком

now and thenвремя от времени

regret vt сожалеть, пожалеть о..., е. д. You willregret your words to regret doing

smth.,e. g. He will regret telling a lie.

to makea fortuneразбогатеть; fortunately; unfortunately a d v to save money

копить деньги

to have the (a) chance ofиметь случай, возможность, е. д. If you have the chance of

listening to this singer you'll enjoy it.

respectn уважение; respect vt; respectable a d j , e. g. His life and work deserve

everybody's respect. We must respect her desires.

he had made a success of his lifeон хорошо прожил свою жизнь; successп успех; to

b§ a success; successful a d j , e. g . The actress was a success yesterday.

boast v t / i хвалиться, хвастаться; гордиться, е. д. Не boasted that he could easily get

tickets to any theatre. The young actress boasted of

her success. The Muscovites boast of the magnificent palaces of the metro.

Will you dome a favour ... He будете ли вы любезны...

to be (look)like выглядеть; быть похожим на, е. д. She is like her mother. What is the

weather like? What does he look like? to take after smb.быть похожим (унаследовать

внешность, черты характера), е. д. Her son took after her husband.

the trouble is... беда (дело) в том, что trouble л, v t / i , е. д. You mustn't trouble about

your mother's health. She is all right. Proverb: Pon't trouble trouble until trouble troubles

you.

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TOPICAL VOCABULARY

People's Appearance

Figure: tall, short, middle-sized; stout, thin, slim; straight, stooping

Face: thin, plump, fat; oval, round, square; beautiful, handsome, good-

looking; lovely, pretty, attractive; common, plain, ugly

Complexion: rosy, pale; fresh, dark, fair

Eyes: blue, brown, hazel, dark, grey; deep-set, close-set, wide-set

(Eye-)lashes: long, short, curving, straight

(Eye-)brows: straight, arched, pencilled, bushy

Forehead: broad, narrow; low, high

Nose: straight, hooked, turned up, snub(bed)

Mouth: large, small, tiny, red.

Lips: thin, full, thick

Hair: long, short; curly, straight; red, brown, dark, fair, grey, thestnut,

golden; thick; to wear one's hair long, short; to wear !abeard, a moustache

Arms and legs: long, short; shapely, small

to gain (lose) weight; to keep fit

EXERCISES

I. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and

tunes. Concentrate your attention on the sounds, b) Let your fellow-student read the

exercise aloud for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be done to

eliminate them:

[rj] 1. To know everything is to know nothing.

2. A good beginning makes a good ending.

3. Better die standing than live kneeling.

4. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

5. Spades for digging, pens for writing. Ears for

hearing, teeth for biting. Eyes for seeing, legs for walking.

Tongues for tasting and for talking.

II. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the foUowing word

combinations:

A. 1. [av] a sense of humour, the master of the house;

—

a man of fifty; the story of Uncle George.

2. Loss of aspiration: master, story, steady, strong.

2. Loss of plosion: silk w dress, Emily married wTom, he had^gone to sea,

wanted^to return, I'd^take it.

B. 1. [з:] — certainly, fair and curly r a dozen girls.

2. No glottal stop: qyite^easy, her motherweither, anwoval face, with^even

teeth.

III. a) Listen to the recording of the text "Home". Mark the stresses and tunes, b)

Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully until you can

say it in exactly the same way.

III. a) Listen to the recording of the dialogue. Mark the stresses and tunes, b)

Practise the dialogue for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully until you

can say it in exactly the same way. c) Memorize the dialogue and dramatize it.

IV. Form adjectives from the following nouns adding the suffixes -less, -ous:

tooth, hope, care, sleep, cloud, pity, voice, home, thought, rest, harm, penny;

danger, fame, nerve, courage, industry.

VI.

Find in the text the sentences that are answers to the following

questions:

1. What kind of people were George Meadows, his wife and children? 2.

Who was the real master of the house? 3. Why did the story of Uncle George

amuse the author? 4. What letter had the Meadows received the previous day? 5.

What did Captain Meadows look like? 6. What stories did he tell? 7. What made

the author think that Captain Meadows had made a success of his life? 8. What

did the old man boast of? 9. What did Mrs. Meadows say about him? 10. What

did she say made her glad?

VII.

Respond to the questions given below. Use conversational phrases. Work in

pairs. Enlarge the dialogues.

M o d e l : — I wonder if you could explain to me why the Meadows

deserved happiness?

— I believe because they were industrious and merry and knew their place.

— And what do you mean 'they knew their place' ?

— Oh, that's like this, I think. They had no notions about being ladies and

gentlemen, etc.

1.1 wonder if you could help me to understand who of the two women was

Mrs. Meadows. 2. I'd like to know why it was Mrs. Meadows who was the real