CHAPTERS 3, 4

I. Read the chapters and find the following words and word combinations:

1. WORDS TO BE STUDIED: High tea 17, a mincer 17, zest 17, thrift 18, class file 18, chaos incarnate 18, docile class 19, trepidation 20, to quell 20, skipping ropes 22, impedimenta 22, elm trees 25, gnarl 26, garrulous 26, parents association meeting 26, a ladder (on the stockings) 26, parent-teacher association 27, hectic 27, subdued 27, a reassuring smile 28, malefactor 28, diligent 28, to eradicate smth. 28, extravert 33, to bully smb. 33.

1. WORD COMBINATIONS TO BE FUNCTIONALIZED: To call the register19, to find one’s way about smth. 19, to shout smb. down 20, to roam up and down 21, to dwarf smb. (smth.) into smb. (smth.) 22, the school always comes first 23, to make a mental note to do smth. 24, the day in question 26, to content oneself with smth. 26, to say polite nothings 29, to make a speech of welcome 31, in smb.’s mind’s eye 31, to brace oneself to hear the worst 31, beauty is in the eye of the beholder 33.

II. Answer the following questions:

1. What features of Mrs. Flynn’s character do we come to know from the scene of the preparation for high tea?
2. What classroom rules do you come to know of when Miss Enderby was leaving the classroom?
3. How did Ann manage to quell noise in the class after Miss Enderby had left the room?
4. Give character sketches of Alan Foster, Andy Craig, Miss Hobbs and Miss Berry.
5. What do you get to know about Elm Hill, its history? What do the cedar-tree and violets symbolize?
6. What impressions did you get of the Parent-Teacher Association meeting? Does it resemble such meetings in our country?
7. Is the description of the meeting real or is the author a bit ironical in describing it? Do you find any shades of satire, and how is it achieved?