Pictures of a marriage

1. Copy these words and word combinations into your note-books, give their transcription and translation.

to be aware

to pluck up

to pluck up one’s heart (courage, spirits)

He had enough pluck to stand up to the boss.

self-confidence

to acquire, gain, display, show, have self-confidence

She doesn’t have the self-confidence to run for public office.

to catch the eye

to have an eye for smth

assessment

to make an assessment of smth

to tempt

One is tempted to ask the question.

to deal with

to deal with a problem

I’ll deal with the children later.

This chapter deals with the problem of inflation.

out of the blue

to retire

to cause

to cause troubles, probIems

to cause smb to be informed

to be worth smth (or doing smth)

not worth the trouble

redundant

to rely on (upon)

You may rely upon it that he will be early.

to bear

to bear comparison

to bear hard on smb

to bear in mind

to bear a resemblance

to handle

The car handles well.

He is hard to handle.

2. Give a summary of this story. Do it in writing. Use these phrases:

the story is about …; the story deals with …; the story speaks about …; the story describes the life of …; the story shows that …; the story ends in… .

3. Answer these comprehension questions:

1. Why did Jane feel upset? What did she want to pluck her courage for?

2. She wasn’t happy with her husband, was she?

3. Why did she call in at the local Education Centre? What course did she choose?

4. Do you think she made the right choice?

5. Why did the course appeal to her?

6. What did the tutor offer her?

Ask your fellow students questions on the second part of the story. Ask wh-questions.

[18]4. Describe the episodes:

1. Jane makes the decision.

2. Jane’s family.

3. At the local education Centre.

4. She chooses Picture Restoring course.

5. The tutor’s offer.

6. Andy’s ideal of a woman and family life.

7. The solving of the problem. An excellent way out.

5. Express your opinion on the following statements.

1. Jane had a very good husband. She had nothing to complain on.

2. Every woman should have something for herself.

3. Jane would have become a great artist, if she had continued her sketching.

4. She should have told her decision to her husband without hesitation.

5. With a studio like that she could have become a rich and independent woman.

6. They were a loving couple.

6. Translate the passage from English into Russian in writing.

“Then would she ever .... what his reaction would be."

7. Find the English equivalents of the following expressions and reproduce the situations in which they are used.

он хорошо обеспечивал семью, у нее были веские причины быть благодарной, это отражалось на их стиле жизни, имея больше времени в своем распоряжении, непринужденная дружеская атмосфера, он не скрывал, проводить вечеринку (организовать вечеринку), салат на скорую руку, стоит попытаться.

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