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17. Make up and act out dialogues between: 1) Walter Streeter and his friend whom he showed the postcard
from York Minster; 2) Walter Streeter and the police officer about the postcard business.
18. Trace oat on the map of Great Britain W.S.'s itinerary and do library research on die geographical names
mentioned.
19. Write your own ending of the story. Share it with the students of your group and decide which of the
different possible endings seems most likely.
2ft. Read the story "W.S." by L.P. Hartley to the end (p. 275), and say whether it has come up to your
expectations. What do you think is the point of the story?
21. Write an essay praising your favourite contemporary novelist and advancing reasons why other members
of the class would enjoy this writer's novels/ stories.
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
A. 1. My son has begun to come along very well in French since the new teacher was
appointed. 2. The attempt did not come off as well as we had hoped. 3. The picture I took
of the baby did not come out. 4. He has come down in the world. 5. The old aunt's
coming along nicely. 6. The food didn't come up to my expectations. 7. I'd like to know
how she came by that black eye. 8. I tried telling a few jokes but they didn't come off. 9.I
have no objection whatever to having the Smith girls in. 10. She objects to muddy shoes
in the house. 11. All our objectives were won. 12. For a millionaire like him, money is no
object 13. Don't mention his health: it's forbidden ground. 14. Once we'd found some
common ground we got on very well together. 15. She didn't overlook a thing in planning
the party. 16. June went there sometimes to cheer the pld things up. 17. That was an un-
kind thing to say. 18. She's got a thing about fast cars. 19. I‘m
having trouble paying
attention — I have a thing or two on my mind.
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B. 1. Initially she opposed the plan, but later she changed her mind. 2. She's turned out
to be the exact opposite of what everyone expected. 3. We
sat at opposite ends of the
table to/ from each other. 4. She worked her initials in red. 5. The young man after initial
shyness turned into a considerable social success. 6. I initialled the documents to show I
approved of them. 7. When she began the job she showed initiative and was promoted to
manager after a year. 8.1 shouldn't always have to tell you what to do, use your initiative
for once! 9.1 had very attentive and loving patents. 10. After an hour my attention started
to wander. 11. There's no point in your coming to my classes if you're not going to attend
to what I say. 12. The meeting was designed to reassure parents whose children were
taking exams that summer. 13. The nurse tried to reassure the frightened child. 14. He
spoke in his usual assured tones. 15. Despite the Government's repeated assurances to the
contrary, taxation has risen over the past decade. 16. Over the past 50
years crop yields
have risen steadily by 1-2% a year. 17. Baby toys are usually made out of yielding
materials. 18. They were forced to yield up some of their lands during the war.
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