Chapter 2: Noisy Neighbors

The Schemer

Chapter 2: Noisy Neighbors

1. Active Vocabulary. Before listening to the story learn the following words and expressions.

hideous

offensive

loony

unhinged

splutter

placated

snort

bellow

sulky expression

Backstroke

gasp

janitor

hornet

senile

adjacent

poke out

hunch one’s shoulders

knickknacks

Charm and Seduction

gold-digger

rule sb out

malicious gossip

mischief

mastermind

saunter

2. Write down and learn to read the following extract. Imitate the intonation of the speaker.

Hudson and Elvira left Andrew Harper … "What problems would those be, Mrs Gladstone?" Hudson asked, taking out his notebook.

3. Comprehension check.

1. Tick the right variant.

1. Shelley Gladstone has a

a) deep voice.

b) soft voice.

c) high voice.

2. Elvira

a) doesn't mind Shelley Gladstone's smoking.

b) wishes Shelley Gladstone wouldn't smoke.

c) gives Shelley Gladstone a cigarette.

3) Hudson learns that Charlotte Harper

a) only started having mental problems recently.

b) has always had mental problems.

c) had mental problems as a child.

4. Charlotte and Andrew met

a) at work.

b) on a business trip.

c) at a gold mine.

5. Grey's School for Girls closed early because
a) the janitor injured himself.

b) a hornet's nest was found in the roof,

c) the headmistress had to go to a book club.

2. Vocabulary Practice.

1. Explain their meaning of the following words (Use English-English dictionaries). Recall the situations where they were used.

Hideous, offensive, loony, unhinged, placated, sulky, senile, adjacent, knickknacks,

seduction, gold-digger, malicious gossip, mischief, mastermind

2. Find the odd word.

1. inspector, husband, insurance investigator, artist

2. crazy, asylum, tired, loony

3. talk, scribble, write, draw

4. strange, odd, common, unusual

5. contact details, address, telephone number, date

3. Fill in the gaps with one of the words: guilty, secretive, forgetful, floral, tasty

1. Shelley Gladstone's couch has a _______________ pattern on it.
2. Shelley Gladstone thinks that Charlotte could have gone crazy because she felt________________.
3. Shelley Gladstone's mother is very old and ________________.
4. Elvira thinks that teenagers are usually________________..
5. Miss Paddington has prepared a________________ meal.

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