Part 13 (April 24th – September 6th, pp.155-170)

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster

Part 13 (April 24^th – September 6th, pp.155-170)

A. Vocabulary work:

I. Transcribe and practice reading the following words:

commencement epistle amount

sober intoxicated luxuries

legitimate queer quixotic

idiotic uncommonly temptation

declension persistently inspiration

chaperone landscape Algebra

docile recreation observe

manger

II. Prepare model reading of the passage beginning with “Anyway, he insisted on my going to Europe” up to “I am not sure but that we entirely did!” (p.139-140).

III. Give the English for:

Сложный, послание, опускать подробности, роскошь, законный, оставшиеся три недели, ругательный, искушение, совершенно испорченный ребенок, по всей вероятности, вводить а заблуждение, гробовщик, послушный, распоряжение, главная причина.

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

to keep an eye on sth

to give lessons in a subject

to blush

to put someone on one’s feet

(on) second thoughts

to refuse sth /to do sth

to appeal to sb

to concentrate on sth

to be plunged into sth

inspiration/to inspire

to be received inti favour

a dog in the manger

in spiteof /despite sth

B. Comprehension tasks:

I. Translate into Russian:

1. … and the outdoors world so lovely that it hurts you to stay inside.

2. And every week or so a very scrawly epistle, usually on yellow tablet paper, arrives from Princeton. All of which I answer with business-like promptness.

3. He said I was a silly, foolish, irrational, quixotic, idiotic, stubborn child (those are a few of his abusive adjectives; the rest escaped me) and that I didn’t know what was good for me; I ought to let older people judge.

4. The only way I can ever repay you is by turning a Very Useful Person.

5. The feeling often comes over me that I am not at all remarkable…

6. My window looks out on the loveliest landscape – oceanscape rather – nothing but water and rocks.

II. Explain what these words/ phrases mean:

A party of girls, remarkable, consistent, intoxicated, queer

III. Explain what is meant by the following:

1. I can be tempted step by step, but I won’t be forced.

2. I thought I’d better see my bridges in flames behind me before I finish writing to you.

3. So you see, Daddy, I am already plunged into work with my eyes persistently set against temptation.

4. Must I ask your permission, or haven’t I yet arrived at the place where I can do as I please!

IV. Answer the questions:

1. Can you call Judy’s social life busy? What kind of events did she attend?

2. Who did Judy correspond with? Did she feel the same about writing to each of these people?

3. Where was Jerusha going to spend the summer? Why do you think she decided to give lessons?

4. What was the problem that arose after Jerusha informed the Trustee about her plans for the summer?

5. Why did Jerusha decide not to accept the Trustee’s offer to send her to Europe?

6. Could Mr.Pendleton convince her that her guardian was right wishing to send her to Europe? What caused their quarrel?

7. Did Jerusha regret having refused the trip to Europe?

8. Why was Jerusha pleased that the Trustee’s letter hadn’t come in time?

C.

I. Say whether the following statements are true or false and give the phrases or sentences which indicate this:

1. Jerusha’s swimming lessons were useless.

2. Jerusha liked getting Mr.Pendleton’s letters much more than Jimmy McBride’s.

3. Jerusha refused to go to Europe because she felt too indebted to her Trustee.

4. Judy accepted Sallie’s invitation to come to their camp just to tease her Daddy.

5. Judy took deep offence at Master Jervie being so dictatorial.

II. Build up a situation around each of the pairs of sentences below so as to use the sentences in logical sequence:

1. I am getting quite independent, you see.

Here I am at Cliff Top…

2. She wants me to come to their camp for two weeks in September.

I’m here, and have been for five days.

III. Dwell on the following topics:

Do you think Jerusha did the right thing when she refused to go to Europe? Should she have listened to Mr.Pendleton’s reasoning?

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

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