Assignment 4
К четвертому заданию прочитать 13-16 главы.
- Give a short summary of the part under discussion.
- Render the following words and word combinations in Russian:
- chat smb up (79)
- to be straight with smb (82)
- to bump into smb (82)
- to show smb up (83)
- to shake off (86)
- to set the mood (89)
- to elude smb (91)
- paraphernalia (92)
- dissolve into tears
- to nose around
- plausible
- conceive a fantasy (93)
- to work smth into the fabric of the day (103)
- to compensate for
- to inflict oneself on smb
- skirt round (104)
- occupational hazard
- to lure smb into a trap (105)
- to embroil oneself in (106)
- to go in disguise (109)
3. Make up your own sentences with the expressions.
4. Translate from Russian into English (choose one card).
Questions on the assignment:
- Did Will enjoy his conversation with Marcus and Fiona on the day out? Can you suggest any reason for Marcus’s behavour in the café?
- Why did Will cease to go out with Fiona and her son? Was he afraid of anything? What was the cause of his fears? What kind of life was he used to having?
- How come that Marcus started paying regular visits to Will? Was he interested in the adult? Comment on the way Will tried to help the boy. Was he much success? Did he want to help the boy sincerely and disinterestedly? What was the outcome?
- Whose words are these: they had stolen them, of course. How should we understand them? What would you do if you were a) Marcus, b) Will, с) Marcus’s teacher?
