Part 10 (Lock Willow Farm. August Third - Saturday, pp.114-126)

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster

Part 10 (Lock Willow Farm. August Third - Saturday, pp.114-126)

A. Vocabulary work:

I. Transcribe and practice reading the following words:

guardian impersonality bargain

imaginary arbitrary peremptory

omnipotent invisible veil

providence attic wanderthirst

orgy/orgie assure breathlessness

intercourse

II.Prepare model reading of the passage beginning with ”But Daddy, it is a hard bargain.” up to “…and begin again.” (letter of August Third, pp.115-116).

III. Give the English for:

Опекун, благословлять, отрывисто-грубый, договор, выдуманный, властный, деспотичный, жажда странствий, постоянный, общение.

IV. Translate the following words and phrases and use them in situations:

to give sth up

to regard sb/sth

to please sb

to live up to sth

to have an orgy of sth

to turn out

to engage sb/ to be engaged to do sth

to long for

to mind

lack of sth/ to lack sth

V. Find words or phrases in the chapter which mean much the same as the following:

Obviously, to invent, a building for the worship of gods, hired to do sth.

VI. Comment on the grammar phenomenon used in the following sentence:

“If my father had left me ten thousand dollars, I’d do it, too.”

B. Comprehension tasks:

I. Translate into Russian:

1. Of course I know you’re my guardian, and I have to regard your wishes in all matters but I couldn’t see any reason.

2. Although my feelings are still hurt, for it is very humiliating to be ordered by an arbitrary, peremptory, unreasonable, omnipotent, invisible Providence, still when a man has been as kind and generous and thoughtful as you have so far been toward me, I suppose he has a right to be an arbitrary, peremptory, unreasonable, invisible Providence if he chooses…

3. During our week of rain I sat up in the attic and had an orgy of reading.

4. We shall live in a permanent breathlessness until he comes…

5. She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.

II. Explain what is meant by the following:

1. It’s the impersonality of your demands that hurts my feelings.

2. You’re living up to your side of the bargain - I’m being educated - and I suppose you’re thinking I’m not living up to mine!

3. You are the only person I have to care for, and you are so shadowy. You’re just an imaginary man that I’ve made up…

4. However – we will draw a veil over that and begin again.

5. He lived up to his adventurous creed.

6. I have a terrible wanderthirst…

7. Whatever Mrs.Semple’s limitations, she is a HOUSEKEEPER.

8. Their world is just this single hilltop. They are not a bit universal.

9. …and I didn’t notice any lack of social intercourse.

10. I shall be glad to see someone who speaks my language.

III. Answer the questions:

1. Why didn’t Jerusha write to her Daddy that summer? What hurt her feelings most?

2. What does she mean when she calls her Trustee an “ arbitrary, peremptory, omnipotent, invisible providence”? Was their bargain really hard?

3. Why did Judy finally forgive her Daddy?

4. What books did Judy read that summer? What prompted her wanderthirst?

5. What farm news did she write about?

6. Why was Jerusha looking forward to meeting Mr.Pendleton?

C.

I. Correct the sentences if you feel that the idea is wrong:

1. You’re the only person who cares for me, and you’re so shadowy.

2. Now, when I’m feeling awfully forgotten, I get out your card and it makes me a little happier.

3. I don’t like Sallie’s letters about the good times they are having in camp!

4. Don’t you think it was perfectly thoughtless of him to spend all the ten thousand dollars his father left for a yacht and go sailing off to the South Seas?

II. Give the phrases and sentences which indicate the following:

1. Jerusha’s feelings were really hurt by the Trustee’s refusal to let her go to the McBrides’camp.

2. Jerusha didn’t enjoy her stay at Lock Willow as much as she did the previous year.

3. Jerusha was working to be a real author.

III. Dwell on the following topics:

1. How did Judy change since the time she became a student? What new traits of her character can be noticed?

2. Do you approve of Judy’s behaviour towards her Trustee? Was she getting quite impertinent or did she simply try to be independent?

VI. Write a two-page long summary of the chapter making use of the vocabulary units from the list.

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