IV. Topics for analysis and detailed discussion
1. Sum up Walter's life. Say what role Kitty played in it and what role she might have played.
2. Give a character sketch of Waddington.
3. Compare the Kitty that arrived in Hong Kong with the Kitty that had left it several weeks before.
4. Discuss the way of life of Hong Kong's colonial administration.
5. Specify the place in chapter LXLX that comes close to the explanation of the title of the novel. Give a summary of the view on life at large as expressed in it.
| ASSIGNMENT 9 |
Chapters LXXV-LXXX
I. ACTIVE VOCABULARY
compunction to break with the past
disown to make claims on smb
morbid to make a better (good) job of smth
broadminded
to heave a sigh of relief to have smth in store for smb
to take smb/smth for granted
II. EXERCISES
1. Give definitions of these lexical units relying on an English-English dictionary:
compunction; to disown; morbid; broadminded; to take smth for granted; to make a good job of smth; to have smth store for smb
2. Give antonyms to these words and word combinations:
profound; broadminded; reluctant; admirable; to feel thumbs; to give peace of mind; to make a good job of smth; t make claims on smb
3. Give all the word combinations you have learned while reading "The Painted Veil" with the verbs:
to make, to give, to put, to know, to take, to get, to come
4. Translate into Russian:
a) a morbid imagination (reaction, idea, viewpoint, conviction, feeling); a broadminded person (scholar, teacher, philosopher); to make claims on one's family (friends, children, fellow citizens)
b) 1. The boy was so wicked that his father disowned him. 2. The headmaster kept us waiting without the slightest compunction. 3. The journalist is fairly broadminded in regard t the problems of education. 4. When Mrs. Brown got all the three daughters off her hands, she heaved a sigh of relief. 5. I can't take these data for granted without making inquiries into their sources. 6. Life has a lot of surprises in store for you and your green age. 7. You might have made a better job of your test. 8. To break with the past completely, Arthur went to Latin America under an assumed name.
5. Make up short situations of your own similar to the sentences given below. Don't change the words in bold type:
1. It is morbid to turn unpleasant memories over in one's mind.
2. The passenger heaved a sigh of relief when he at last got on the train.