VII. Make up an entry for a guidebook about our city, choose the information which is to your mind the most relevant.

THE GUILTY PARTY (pp.173 – 179)

I. Transcribe and explain the meanings, give Russian equivalents of the words.

1. vespertine, adj	6. sponge, n
2. hover, v	7. stork, n
3. bartender, n	8. surcease, n
4. chaser, n	9. convolution, n
5. brag, v	10. self-annihilation, n

II. Recall the situation in which you come across the following expressions.

1. to be a little spit-fire (p.175)

2. to cut one’s heart out (p.176)

3. to show how to make a cat’s cradle (p.177)

4. to make good one’s boast to smb (p.178)

III. Read, translate and comment upon the following extract on pp.173 — 174: “A red-haired … don’t bother me”.

IV. Speak on the following:

1. Dwell upon the conversation between Tony and the Kid. Why did Tom advice the Kid to “cut that blonde out”?

2. Depict Liz, taking into consideration advantages and disadvantages of her character.

3. Comment upon her speech connected with the Kid’s desire to dance with Annie. How does it characterize the heroine?

4. What happened at 9 o’clock in the Small Hours Social Club? What’s your attitude towards jealousy?

5. Comment upon the statement: “A vision is only a dream in blank verse”.

6. How would you explain the way O. Henry began and finished his story?

V. Summarize the story.

THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT (pp.180 – 186)

I. Read, translate and comment upon the following extract on pp.184 — 185: “Well, the night goes on …any greater than usual”.

II. Speak on the following:

1. Explain the reasons why the tenants of Beershrba Flats were evicted to sleep in the park? What punishment awaited them if refused?

2. How do you understand the end of the story? Why did the owner of the Flats raise the rent fifteen per cent?

3. What is the humour of the story?

III. Transcribe and explain the meanings, give Russian equivalents of the words.

1. peekaboo, n	6. Dago, n
2. exodus, n	7. denomination, n
3. eviction, n	8. ordinance, n
4. bondsman, n	9. axle, n
5. spank, v	10. clambake, n

IV. Summarize the story.

EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA (pp.187 – 194)

I. Transcribe and explain the meanings, give Russian equivalents of the words.

1. vortex, n	6. viands, n
2. remittance, n	7. quarry, n
3. habitué, n	8. succumb, v
4. pad, v	9. iniquity, n
5. transport, n	10. wile, n

II. Recall the situation in which you come across the following expressions.

1. to whoop the things up (p.188)

2. to have another crowd on hand (p.190)

3. to blight one’s career (p.192)

4. to shatter one’s dream (p.193)

III. Read, translate and comment upon the following extract on pp.191 — 192: “The orchestra played … once your Medora”.

IV. Speak on the following:

1. Finish the circle with the words and word combinations from the story. Analyze the vocabulary:

2. Give a character sketch to Medora Martin. What was the purpose of her coming to New York?

3. Explain her getting into inner circle of Bohemia.

4. Can the statement “the most pathetic sign in New York – except the manners of the rush-hour crowds – is the dreary march of the hopeless army of Mediocrity” be applied to Medora? Why?

5. What do you think of the phrase “Art is long and life is short”?

6. How did Medora’s fiancé interpret her letter and why did he come to New York so quickly?

V. Summarize the story.

ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT (pp.195 – 210)

I. a) Transcribe the following words and give their definitions in English.

1. burlesque, adj – шуточный, карикатурный

2. caravansary, n – большая гостиница

3. rotunda, n – ротонда

4. excelsior, n – мягкая упаковочная стружка

5. sinews, pl – мускулатура, физическая сила, движущая сила

b) Fill in the gaps with the words given above; translate the sentences.

1. I took a chair, while Denver circulates around in the big ….

2. He’s got … of war enough to buy a battleship and float her off in the christening fluid.

3. After that he was manager at different times of a skating-rink, a livery-stable, a policy game, a restaurant, a dancing academy, a walking match, a… company, a dry-goods store, a dozen hotels and summer resorts, an insurance company, and a district leader’s campaign.

4. He was the colour of vici kid, and his whiskers was like … made out of mahogany wood.

5. It was on one of the last Side avenues: but it was a solid, old-time … such as the Mayor of Skaneateles or the Governor of Missouri might stop at.

c) Transcribe and explain the meanings, give Russian equivalents of the words.

1. contrivance, n	6. levity, n
2. mica, n	7. exude, v
3. prospectus, n	8. filibuster, v
4. meek, adj	9. effigy, n
5. emanate, v	10. autopsy, n

II. Find the original expressions from the book leaning upon the following explanations. Translate them and recall the situations, in which they were employed.

a. to be a person in a political competition about whom little is known and who surprises others by winning (p.199)

b. to conduct elections (p.201)

c. to think carefully and seriously about something (p.202)

d. to prepare a sudden and political change, especially the change of a ruler and / or political system by force (p.205)

III. Read, translate and comment upon the following extract on pp.195 — 196: “My old friend … farther west than Youngstown, Ohio”.

IV. Find some additional information about the Isthmus of Panama.

V. Speak on the following:

1. Dwell upon the personality of Denver C. Galloway.

2. Dwell upon the differences of male and female management represented on p.109.

3. What was the matter of deal between D.C. Galloway and General Rompiro?

4. Discuss the present political situation in South America. Does it differ from that, which is described in the story?

5. Dwell upon the denouement of the story, did you expect it?

6. How is the humour of O. Henry represented in the story?

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