ASSIGNMENT 10

CHAPTER IX

I. Learn the pronunciation of the following words:

Adventitious, circumstantial, pasquinade, superfluous, defiance, addenda, squawk, ceaselessly, ejaculate, indecipherable, involuntarily, indistinguishably, prairie, deficiency, squeamishness, aesthetic, commensurate.

II. Study the vocabulary and render the situations from the text:

to set the key for smth 170, to bring to light 170, to be tied up in some business 172, to defer smth 174, to rise up to one’s position 175, to draw a sight-seeing crowd 175, to sneer at smb 176, in vain 176, to be hard up 177, to keep out 178, to stand out 187, capacity for wonder 188.

III. Give English equivalents to the following words:

Репортеры 170, толпиться 170, не быть замеченной ни в каких интрижках 170, Уилсон был признан невменяемым от горя 170, овладевать (о чувстве, мысли) 171, символ/напоминание 172, побуждать кого-то сделать что-то 172, быть замешанным в чем-либо 172, быть на грани (собираться сделать что-то) 174, повесить трубку 176, штатская одежда 177, Я вытащил его из нищеты 178, оставить в покое 184, стоило ей только кивнуть 184, сейчас мне уже наплевать 184, он вам пускал пыль в глаза 186, на другом конце света 187.

IV. Comment on the following sentences:

1. “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead” p. 179

2. “I’m thirty,” I said. “I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it honour” p. 185

3. “I shook hands with him; it seemed silly not to, for I felt suddenly as though I were talking to a child”. p. 186

V. Speak on the following:

1. How did Catherine behave at the inquest?
2. Why did Nick turn out to be responsible for every practical question?
3. Who did he try to find for Gatsby?
4. What were the reasons Klipspringer, Wolfshiem and others refused to come to the funeral?
5. Who and why was calling from Chicago that afternoon?
6. How did Gatsby’s father know about his son’s death?
7. Why didn’t he take the body West?
8. What future did Mr Gatz see for his son if he had lived longer? What other facts from Gatsby’s life do we learn from his father’s words?
9. What resolves did Gatsby have judging by the schedule for September 12, 1906?
10. Speak on the weather on the day of Gatsby’s funeral.
11. Some critics consider the nameless man with owl-eyed glasses to be an incarnation of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg. Express your opinion on it. What is the role of his appearance at the cemetery? Comment on his “The poor son-of-a-bitch!”
12. Why did Nick recall his coming back West at Christmas time?
13. Why was Jordan Baker disappointed in Nick?
14. What did Tom tell about his last meeting with Wilson? Why do you think Nick shook hands with Tom after all?
15. Why did Nick decide to return home?
16. What is the meaning of the green light? Comment on the code of the novel: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

VI. Prepare a written translation of the passage on p.183 from “That’s my middle west...” to ”… and no one cares”.

VII. Make up your own sentences with the vocabulary in Russian for your fellow-students to translate them into English.

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