Chapters 3 and 4

Vocabulary work

I. Learn the following words and expressions:

- no way round (smth.) - Никоим образом не раунде (smth.) - to involve- Привлекать - paper round- Бумага круглая - to give smb. a hard time- Дать кому-л. с трудом - drugs- препараты - to be on the lookout for smth. - Быть в поисках чего-л. - flesh- плоть - to slip out- Выскользнуть - every now and again- То и дело - (school) break- (Школа) перерыва - sane- вменяемый - to catch one’s eye- До бросается в глаза - vaguely- смутно - to hunt down- Выследить - husky (voice) - Хриплый (голос) - contempt- презрение - mumble- бормотал - to blush- Краснеть

- embarrassment- смущенно - to start over- Начать все сначала - to own up to smth. - Владеть до чего-л. - to attempt smth. - Попытаться л. - (go on a) date- (Перейти на) дата - disappointed- разочарованы - responsible- ответственность - birthmark- родинка - obesity- ожирение - ankles- лодыжки - (reduce the) competition- (Уменьшить) конкуренции - effortless- легко - reward- вознаграждение - a catch- Вылов - to get in the way- Получить в пути - satellite (TV) - Спутниковая (TV) - disease- Болезнь - to overlook smth. - Не замечать чего-л.

II. Answer the questions:

1. What happened on Marcus’s second school day? Why is Marcus ‘not right for school’?
2. Describe Ms Maguire’s behaviour. Do you think she ought to have behaved like this? Why? Why not?
3. How did Will meet Angie? What did he do wrong and why?
4. Why did Will enjoy going out with Angie? What did he like best and least about her?
5. Why did Will and Angie split up?

1. То, что произошло на второй день школы Маркуса? Почему Маркус не подходит для школы?

2. Описать поведение г-жа Магуайр. Как вы думаете, она должна вели себя, как это? Почему? Почему нет?

3. Каким будет отвечать Энджи? Что он сделал не так и почему?

4. Почему понравится гулять с Энджи? Что он больше всего нравится и как минимум о ней?

5. Почему Воля и Энджи расстались?

III. State who these words belong to. Translate and reproduce the situations in which they are used:

1. “You’d think that someone who does that would be a little potty. But leaving Marcus out of it for a moment…”
2. “Fancy being five and not knowing who Pinky and Perky are! What are they teaching these kids!”
3. “… if this is a date date, and it feels like one to me, then I thought I ought to tell you.”
4. “There’s nothing wrong with your situation. Not as far as I’m concerned.”
5. “He’s not very happy about me seeing somebody else.”
6. “The tragedy is that I’ve met someone just right for me at precisely the wrong time.”

"Вы думаете, что кто-то, кто делает это было бы немного горшок. Но, оставляя Маркуса из него на мгновение... "

2. "Необычные быть пять и не зная, кто Пинки и бодрящего есть! Что они обучении этих детей! "

3. "... Если это дата дата, и он чувствует, как одного до меня, то я думал, что я должен вам сказать".

4. "Там ​​нет ничего плохого в вашей ситуации. Нет, насколько я обеспокоен ".

5. "Он не очень радует меня видит кто-то другой".

6. "Трагедия в том, что я встретил кого-то, как раз для меня именно в то время."

IV. Translate into English:

- что-то вроде того;

- средняя школа;

- частный репетитор / учитель;

- недалекие люди;

- запеть во весь голос;

- его первым желанием было остаться в классе;

- тратить чье-то бесценное время;

- да, я догадался;

- решающий момент.

Oral practice

V. Comment on the following:

1. … not being right for school was a big problem. Everyone went to school. There was no way round it. (p. 11)

2. …he usually lost, and she was so good at arguing that he felt good about losing. (p. 13)

3. He knew what she was doing and why, and he hated her. (p. 16)

4. Maybe children democratized beautiful single women. (p. 20)

5. In the end, the thing that swung it for him in his affair with Angie was that he was not Someone Else. (p. 21)

VI. Give a good literary translation of the following:

1. “Unfortunately, that was exactly the kind of person most kids were, in his experience. They patrolled up and down school corridors like sharks, except that what they were on the lookout for wasn’t flesh but the wrong trousers, or the wrong haircut, or the wrong shoes, any or all of which sent them wild with excitement.” (p. 13)

2. “The kids were harder and meaner and less understanding, and it seemed to him that if his mum had made him change schools just because she had found a better job, then she should at least have the decency to stop all that let’s-talk-about-this stuff.” (p. 14)

3. “She was trying to be jolly, but Will had learnt to his cost that jollity was frowned upon in Championship Vinyl. She was, as he knew she would be, met with a withering look of contempt and a mumble which indicated that she was wasting the assistant’s valuable time.” (p. 17)

4. “This was the million-dollar question, the one he had never been able to answer about anything. Maybe he would be good at children, even though he hated them and everyone responsible for bringing them into the world. Maybe he had written John and Christine and baby Imogen off too hastily. Maybe this was it! Uncle Will!” (p. 19)

5. “Single mothers—bright, attractive, available women, thousands of them, all over London – were the best invention Will had ever heard of. His career as a serial nice guy had begun.” (p. 24)

VII. Find Russian equivalents of the following:

1. To get something hands down.

2. To grasp the bull by the horns.

VIII. Find extra information on Joni Mitchell and Bob Marley (biography, songs, etc.), Julie Christie and ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (book and film).

IX. Describe Will and Angie’s first meeting as if you were:

1) Will

2) Angie

Writing

X. Write a one-page summary of the Chapters 3,4.

XI. Make up your own story (8-10 sentences) using your active vocabulary.