Задания к рассказам из цикла «The Inimitable Jeeves» - страница 2

6. Bingo invited Wooster to a strange and cheap eatery near the Ritz.

7. The owner of the eatery was Bingo’s new girl-friend.

8. Bingo needed Wooster’s advice to marry Mable or not.

9. Bingo was entirely dependent on his uncle.

10. Jeeves thought Bingo’s uncle to be a rather greed old man who devoted himself only to the pleasures of the table.

Exercise 3. Choose the main events of the story, write them down and according to them retell the story. Try to avoid details.

Exercise 4. Make up dialogues.

In the story you met 4 characters: Jeeves, Wooster, Bingo and Mable. Make up dialogues between two of them ( Jeeves and Wooster in the morning discussing the weather; Wooster and Bingo in the street and in the tea-and-bun shop; Bingo and Mable at a subscription dance; Jeeves and Wooster discussing Bingo’s situation).

Exercise 5. What’s your opinion about the characters of the story? Who do you sympathize with? Why? How could you characterize each of them using only two or three words or adjectives?

Exercise 1. Choose the right explanation or synonym to the words and word expressions in the left column.

Exercise 2. Put the words and word combinations from the box into the appropriate sentence below.

1) All applicants should be treated equally, … of sex, race or religion.

2) The day seemed to be … … for visiting old school friends who lived outside the city.

3) John was the only mechanic I know who could … … with my broken car.

4) If you … … …, madam, I can stay here for long and offer you some more coffee or tea.

5) I don’t think you cousin is a reliable person. … … … to money, he’s always on the rocks (на мели, без гроша).

6) She’s the most competent employee … … … . You can consult with her on any question.

7) They must … be the laziest people I’ve ever known. They don’t work anywhere and even at home they don’t do anything.

8) In modern society there shouldn’t be any … … but still some nations are divided.

Exercise 3. Translate from Russian into English, using the words and expressions from the text.

1) Он вел вполне безоблачную жизнь, пока его отец не умер, и все имение и акции предприятия не перешли к его вдове.

2) Я хотел бы обсудить с вами важный вопрос, но вижу, что вы сейчас заняты. Поэтому отложим наш разговор до лучших времен.