III. Active vocabulary.

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Assignment 12

Chapter XIV

I. Read the chapters and find the key-words, characterizing the following:

Ally’s new job

Ally’s first evening at work

Ally’s last week at work and the end of the work

Ally’s new frock

Val’s job

The fight

Use them giving the gist of the chapter.

II. Read and translate the extract p. 70 “At first Ally was quite happy…” up to “…Ally was deep in a very romantic story”.

III. Active vocabulary.

Complete the sentences and translate them:

1. ___________________, Ally and Val both got jobs in the same week.

2. She had black curls and eyes with long, dark lashes, and she ___________________________.

3. “Get on,” said Mum, you, “you don’t want to _______________________________.”

4. I look _____________________________.

5. Ally was not to be ____________.

6. She was ___________________, and kept whimpering and would not sleep.

7. On the fourth day, she was __________________________ and very lively.

8. So Ally dressed up in it and went off to the pictures with Brian, _______________________.

9. But after this Ally did begin to see that money ________________________, and if you take on a job, it is better to do it properly.

10. When Val heard that Tim Robins had had the sack for ________________________, he rushed straight to the newsvendor’s stall and offered himself as the new boy.

11. There was blood pouring from both their noses, and they had torn a lot more _______ in their clothes.

Find in the Chapter English equivalents of the following:

возиться

удерживать

злой

недобросовестно

хныкать

деньги

идти в кино

хватать

бежать

взнос

няня

вставать на рассвете

предосторожности

долговязый

украсть

удар

судить

Match the words and their definitions:

1. to get sack	a.to cry quietly and continuously in an annoying way
2. grizzle	b. direct, in a way that shows you are annoyed or do not agree
3. trash	c.something that you think is of very bad quality, especially something such as a film, television programme, or book
4. to counter	d.a hole made when you tear something
5. pointed	e.to reply to a criticism or statement that you disagree with
6. rent	f.a small bed with high sides that a baby sleeps in
7. clutch	g.to shake with short quick movements
8. cot	h.a situation in which the management of a company ends someone’s job
9. to quiver	i.a firm hold that you have on someone or something, usually because you are afraid or in pain, or do not want to lose them

Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:

1. Тим был долговязым мальчишкой.

2. Она заявила, что Элли самая недобросовестная, злая и ленивая нянька в мире.

3. За платье уже было сделано два взноса.

4. У ребенка резались зубы, поэтому он постоянно хныкал.

5. Ребенок успокоился и возился с игрушками.

6. Вэл поднялся на рассвете в первый рабочий день.

7. После драки вся одежда была в дырах.

8. Ты украл мою работу!

9. Тебя уволили или нет?

10. Папа рассудил ссору.

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