давайте побродим по городу. 10. Элен перемешала салат, попробовала его и решила добавить еще соленых огурцов. 11. Это
хорошие мясные консервы. Положите полбанки в рагу. 12. Добавьте немного муки в соус, чтобы он стал погуще. 13. Он шутит
с таким серьезным видом, что невозможно не рассмеяться. 14. На всякий случай нам лучше не. касаться этого вопроса
сегодня.
1. Make up and practise a short situation using the word combinations and phrases of Ex. 3.
2. Make up and act out a dialogue using the word combinations (p. 14).
3. Find in Text One equivalents for the following words and phrases and use them in sentences of your own:
to wander about a place; for about an hour; to stay somewhere for the night; to have a lot of time; an excellent chance; an attractive
plan; to build up a fire; a difficult task; to prove to be; to be as small as smth.; without stopping; ridiculous; to examine thoroughly; to
pull out; to make the gravy thicker; not to risk; tfivial things; not to be important
4. Note down from the text equivalents for the following words and phrases. Make up sentences using the phrases:
сказочный уголок; утопать в розах; настоящая сельская гостиница; сельские новости; причудливые комнаты; решетчатые
окна; шикарный ужин; по части стряпни; собирать хворост; беззаботность
5. Explain what is meant by the following phrases and sentences:
1. to gossip over village politics. 2. to try a good slap-up supper. 3. Our light-heartedness was gone. 4. Then we struck. 5. We
should require the rest of the evening for scraping ourselves. 6. We overhauled both the hampers. 7. All the odds and ends and the
remnants. 8. Every little helped. 9. George stood for precedent. 10. He would rather be on the safe side and not try experiments
1. Answer the following questions and do the given tasks:
1. What do you know of Jerome KJerome and his place in English literature? 2. What does the passage under study present? (Is it a
piece of narration, a description, a portrayal or an account of events?) 3. In what key is the first part written? (Is it lyrical, dra matic,
humorous or unemotional?) 4. How does the author achieve the humorous effect in the second part? (Is it the humour of the sit uation
or the humour of words?) 5. Find in the passage sentences containing irony, exaggeration and contrast and comment on them. 6. In
what key is the second part written? 7. What can you say of J.K.Jerome's manner of writing? Summarize your observations.
2. Retell Text One: a) close to the text; b) in indirect speech; c) as if you were Harris or George.