Questions and topics for discussion

ASSIGNMENT 1

Chapters I-XI

I. ACTIVE VOCABULARY

in an emergency to kick up a row

irresistible to provide smb with smth

to count on smb to set one's hopes on smb/

prudent sordid

eligible common

not to know a person from Adam

to put on airs snobbish

to get smb off one's hands snob

to make a hash of things

II. EXERCISES

1. Point out the contextual meaning of these lexical units re­lying on an English-English dictionary:

emergency; prudent; sordid; common; to put on airs; eligible; not to know a person from Adam; to make a hash of things

2. Express the same notion in one word:

careful forethought; one who respects others on account d their rank or wealth; fit to be chosen; impossible to oppose; sudden happening that makes it necessary to act quickly; no knowing or using good manners or speech

3. Study the use of the active vocabulary and make up your own sentences with it:

1. The lecture was dull, and the audience felt like sleeping irresistibly. 2. I don't know this man from Adam. I've never seen him in my life. 3. The girl made snobbish remarks about all those present, and we wondered why she was putting о airs. 4. Her parents could be counted on to kick up a row if she came home late. 5. During the war all eligible young me fought at the front and a lot of girls remained single. 6. You may make a hash of your life if you choose the wrong profes­sion. 7. Who provides you with these wonderful books on art? 8. People like you can be counted on in an emergency. 9. It, would be imprudent of you to make friends with that girl, i think her common and silly. 10. The landlady showed us to her house which we found sordid and overcrowded with furniture.

Recount the episodes from the novel in which the active vocabulary is employed.

Ask fact-finding questions on the chapters under discussion using the active vocabulary.

6. Paraphrase or explain:

1. How unfortunate to be called Dorothy! It dated you.

2.... There was one (photo) of her father too,.... It had been done when he took silk and it represented him in a wig and gown.

3. Mrs Garstin did not mince her words in the domestic circle and she warned her daughter tartly that she would miss her market.

4. Kitty spoke with her tongue in her cheek,...

QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Speak about the author of the book.
2. Where is the scene laid? Point out words conveying the local colouring. Is there any exposition in the opening chapter? How does the reader come to know the place, the time and the characters?

3. Discuss the behaviour of each of the young lovers in the predicament. Pay attention to their attitude to each other. Find proof that Townsend's reaction to the danger was somewhat strange for a lover.

4. Specify what Kitty found attractive in Townsend. Point
out Townsend's utterances persuading Kitty to count on him in the emergency. How did Kitty regard the situation she found herself in?

5. Speak about Kitty's background. What features of her mother's was she especially influenced by? Why was her fa­ther's influence so small? Was Kitty a good daughter to her father?

6. Make a summary of all the motives that made Kitty marry Walter Fane. Do you think them serious enough? On Dwell Walter Fane. Was he a match to Kitty?

7. Why was their marriage a mistake? Whose fault was it? Had Mrs. Garstin's influence anything to do with the mistake? Docs the mistake justify Kitty's unfaithfulness?

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