I. Find the equivalents in the text and learn them:

Assignment 1

(сhapters 1-3)

I. Find the equivalents in the text and learn them:

Холодный(неприветливый); занять комнату в гостинице; неслыханная удача; задуматься; капать; бакенбарды; попытки завязать разговор; медлительность; голосом, не терпящим возражений; челюсть; жесткий(неподвижный, непреклонный); говорить нечетко; удаляющиеся шаги; сильно ругать(задать головомойку); огрызаться; ch3/ в соответствии с; кроме как(за исключением)

Translate into English using the above-mentioned words:

прохладная улыбка, строгая дисциплина, ухватиться за предложение.

II. Find the words in the text. Give situations they are used in. Learn these words:

to stagger		brevity
to strike one’s bargain		be sensitive on the topic of
be resolved to do smth.		intrusion
be brisked up		ch2/to screw up one’s courage to do smth
excessive		to necessitate
resolutely		suppressed rage
the strangest appearance conceivable		disguise
		a man of sluggish apprehension
to anticipate		to swindle
inscrutable glasses		to ascertain
		contemptuously
		ch3/to fall out of infinity
		exasperation

III. Be ready to read and translate the following passages:

Chapter 2 “After Mrs.Hall had left… for the time of the year”;

Chapter 3 “When Mrs.Hall took his dinner… characteristic of him”;

IV. Answer the following questions:

1.Describe the stranger.

2.Was the stranger eager to put off damp clothes and dry them?

3.What impression did the stranger produce on Mrs. Hall? Was he talkative?

4.What startled Mrs.Hall in his appearance?

5.What explanation did she find for his behaviour? Why did she come to this conclusion?

6.Could Mrs.Hall give him any help with his luggage?

7.Did she have a high opinion of his manners after the conversation?

8.How did the stranger spend the rest of the day?

9.What did the stranger tell about himself? What was his request?

10.Did Mr. Henfrey share his impressions of the stranger with anyone?

11.How did Mr. Hall feel about the guest? What did he do in the evening?

12.What unpleasant incident took place when the luggage arrived?

13.Did Mr.Hall see anything extraordinary when he followed the guest in his room? Did he have the words to express it?

14.What did the stranger occupy himself with when the luggage arrived?

15.How did he feel when he was disturbed?

IV. Retell the chapters.

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