2. She was unreal, like a picture, and yet had an elegance which made Kitty feel all thumbs.
3. Now she seemed on a sudden to have an inkling of something remote and mysterious.
4. She was astonished at the interest the nuns took in her the sisters... on a flimsy pretext came into the room...
5. Ah, I do not know what we should have done without that admirable man.
6. She wanted him to forgive her, not for her sake any; more, but for his own, for she felt that this alone could give him peace of mind.
7. Oh, this British self-control! There he is delighted beyond measure and when you speak to him of it he becomes quite pale.
8. The thought haunted her now that in thus giving him peace of mind she would make the only possible amends for the anguish she had caused him.
9. She was looking at Walter and she saw that his eyes were wet with tears. It gave her a pang.
6. Paraphrase or explain:
1. They (the hands) suggested the breeding of uncounted centuries.
2."... Men are incalculable; I thought you were like everybody else and now I feel that I don't know the first thing about you."
3. One day, firmly convinced that a heretic could know nothing of such matters, she told Kitty of the Annunciation.
4. She had an idea that he would welcome an uprush of emotion which would liberate him from his nightmare of resentment...
5. ... in the shadow of the shuttered shops sometimes a form seemed to be lying, but you did not know whether it was a man who slept to awake at dawn or a man who slept to awake never;...
7. Give your own opinion of the following utterances:
1. "A well-bred woman does nothing which shall make people talk of her."
2. “...men often have a deeper feeling for their daughters than they ever have for their sons."
3. "There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved."
8. Interpret the following utterances after stating whom they belong to and in what circumstances they were made:
1. It is all the same way and it leads nowhither.
2. This is a pretty kettle of fish.
3. The dog it was that died.
III. QUESTIQNS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
1. Kitty has a cup of tea with the Manchu. Dwell on the latter's appearance and manner. Why was Kitty so interested in meeting the woman? What was she looking for? Did the meeting help her to find it? Comment upon Waddington's words on the way back.
2. Discuss the attitude the nuns took up to Kitty. Why were they excited about her condition? Do you think they misjudged the Fanes' relations?
3. Pay attention to the author's manner of unfolding the narration: a detail cursorily mentioned in a chapter becomes the subject-matter of a succeeding one. What is the effect thus achieved? Discuss chapter LX from that point of view. Point out the chapter where the Mother Superior's family was first mentioned.
4. Kitty's state of mind after her new life experience. How did she regard her infidelity now? Why did she not regard it as wicked? Do you share her opinion? Speak about the change in her attitude to Townsend and Walter. Do you think it profound?
5. Walter is taken ill. Kitty comes to see the last of him. Comment on Kitty's attempts to give him peace of mind and their effect. Why could Kitty not interpret Walter's last words?
6. Gather all information of Colonel Yu and give your opinion of him. What made him stay for hours at Walter's
deathbed?
ASSIGNMENT 8
Chapters LXIV-LXXIV
I. ACTIVE VOCABULARY
futile
to die a martyr
yield
to be reluctant to do smth
to have one's tongue in one's cheek
despicable
to keep out of smb’s way
degrade
fast
to misjudge smb
to do the right thing
to make much of smb
to pull smb’s leg
II. EXERCISES
1. Define the contextual meaning of these words and word combinations:
futile; to yield; despicable; to degrade; fast; to have one's tongue in one's cheek; to make much of smb; to pull smb's leg
2. Give the corresponding abstract nouns and translate them:
futile, reluctant, despicable, to degrade, wicked, petty, grave
3. Translate into Russian. Make up your own sentences or situations:
a) a futile action (life, attempt, effort, remark); to die a martyr to science (duty, homeland, the right cause); to be reluctant to get into a mess (to send smb to certain death, to make a risk, to resume one's work); a fast woman (behaviour), to lead a fast life, to move with a fast crowd; to make much of an actress (a great traveller, people of consequence); to yield to a temptation, to yield in a dispute
b) 1. — Do you know that you've got chalk on your back?
—Are you pulling my leg?
—Not I. Today is the second of April.
2. — Have you noticed that he has his tongue in his cheek
when he speaks about his family? — It's all the fashion nowadays to be ironical about one's near and dear, I find it despicable.
3. - Don't degrade yourself by telling me lies! Your father has been complaining that you are leading a fast life.
Yesterday I saw you in company of people whom it was impossible to misjudge.
— My dear mamma, why can't you see all the futility of your effort to make a decent man of me? Whom should I keep company with if I don't like the people you make so much of? I do keep out of their way because they bore me to death.
4. If you are really keen on doing the right thing, ask him to bin our expedition. He may be reluctant, though, to go such a
long way at his age.
4. Say what you find: a) despicable; b) degrading; c) imprudent in human behaviour. Begin your sentences as in the model.
Model: 1. It is despicable to kick up rows in public.
2. I think it degrading to feel all thumbs in somebody's presence.