Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story. Perfunctory, pew, tattoo, yawn, couch, wander, sew, wrap, shawl, laboriously, venetian, hiccough.

Perfunctory, pew, tattoo, yawn, couch, wander, sew, wrap, shawl, laboriously, venetian, hiccough.

 

Comprehension Check

a) What feelings did Kezia harbor towards her father?

b) Why did the girl start stuttering when she spoke to her father?

c) What word did Kezia choose to characterize her father?

d) What surprise did the girl prepare for her father?

e) Was it a success?

f) What was the father’s reaction?

g) Who did the little girl compare her father with? Did she envy the Macdonalds’ children?

h) What kind of nightmares did the girl have?

i) How did she manage to avoid the nightmare the night when her mother was in hospital?

Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.

1.an unusually large person	p roperly
2.to search or examine thoroughly	to give smth up
3.to go where smb/or smth is and bring them/it back	to be upset
4.to be owned by smb	to ransack
5.a dream that is very frightening or unpleasant	to fetch smth/smb
6.to cut or tear smth into small pieces	to belong to smb
7.to stop doing or having smth	a nightmare
8.to prevent smth bad from happening	to shred into
9.the easing of a burden or distress, such as pain, anxiety, or 10.oppression	a relief
11.in a way that is correct and/or appropriate	to avoid
12.to feel unhappy and disappointed because of smth unpleasant that has happened	a giant

Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.

a) He is a … of a man.

b) We all breathed a sigh of …… when he left.

c) Serve the fish on a bed of ………. lettuce.

d) The islands ……… to Spain.

e) He still has ………….. about the accident.

f) The name was changed to ………… confusion with another firm.

g) The inhabitants have to walk a mile …………….. water.

h) The house had been ………. by burglars.

i) They’d …………… hope for having children.

j) How much money do we need to do the job ……..?

k) She was …… that he had left without saying goodbye.

Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.

Возвращение домой; пошевеливайся; заикаться; что случилось?; на грани самоубийства; татуировка; крепко спать; ты похожа на…; сидела дома с простудой; в доме был ужасный скандал; вышагивал туда-сюда; научить раз и навсегда; некому о нем позаботиться; я слышу, как оно бьется.

 

Differentiate between the following lexical units. Think of your own sentences to bring out the difference.

a) sense – feeling;

b) to make of / from / out of;

c) to find – to discover.

Put in the missing prepositions.

I looked … the apartment where I had spent most … my life. The window was open and sounds … the street mixed … the talk show … the radio that my mother always kept … It seemed that she had even turned the volume … to get his mind … the fact that I was leaving. She sat … her favorite chair, the one I had had to fix … least twice a year … as long as I remember. ‘Who would fix it now?’ I wondered absently.

The doorbell rang and my sister entered … waiting … someone to let her …

‘You sure picked a good day … going south,’ she yelled … her shoulder … me as she put the sack … groceries she was carrying … the table. ‘Arizona couldn’t be any hotter than New York today.’

Nobody replied. Thee heat and the occasion had made us quiet. Eleanor continued her monologue. ‘Where is Sara? When is she coming? She should be here … now. Did she talk … you this morning, Mama?’

The direct question forced Mama to look … my sister. … first she just nodded her head, but then added, ’She said she’d be here … now.’

 

Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.

A figure to be feared; a perfunctory kiss; to look wretched about; his eyes narrowed; there was a hue and cry over the house; a stupefied manner; to play ‘tag’; tired out.

Expand on the following.

a) On Sunday Kezia went to church with her father.

b) Sunday afternoons were very much alike.

c) The girl prepared a birthday present for her father.