Task I
Aprofound contempt – глубокое презрение
To have first nights – играть в премьере
To be exemplary – быть примерным
A pattern of conjugal fidelity – образец супружеской верности
To separate – отделяться, разделять
Be ingenuous – быть простодушным
To cry almost at will – плакать почти по желанию
Common sense – здравый смысл
To elope with sb. – сбежать с кем-то
Preposterous – нелепый, абсурдный
Curtain calls – вызовы актера
Prudish – ханжеский, не в меру стыдливый
In for a penny, in for a pound - назвался груздем - полезай в кузов
This was all a put-up job – это была чистой воды махинация
Indecent - неприличный
In a flash – в мгновение ока
To take liberties with sb. - позволять себе вольности с кем-либо (по отношению к кому-либо)
A matinee – утренняя пора
Amiably – любезность, доброжелательность
Well-chosen words – хорошо отобранный слова
To have no sequel – не иметь продолжения
To erase the episode from her memory – стереть этот эпизод из памяти
Pleasant reveries sauntered through her mind – приятные грезы блуждали по ее разуму
Hectic flush – лихорадочный румянец
To see in the flesh – увидеть вживую
To hurt one's pride – задеть чью-то гордость
To have an inkling – намек, слабое подозрение
To pawn – закладывать, отдавать в залог
Task II
1. How did Julia and Lord Tamerly get acquainted? Was Julia his mistress? What did Julia owe to Charles Tamerly?
4. Was the young man as shy as he seemed to be?
At first, his behavior was predictable for her, but then, he turned out to be a very determined man, not shy at all.
5. How did he show his admiration for Julia?
Tom told Juia that he had seen her in every play she had acted in since he was twelve years old. Also before their meeting he sent her flowers and invited to the diner. He pawned his watches to pay for her at the restaurant.
6. What feelings did Julia experience after the date with the young man? How did she act after that? How old was Julia at that time? What's your opinion of Julia's behaviour?
It was strange but at the same time funny for her. It was not the first time Julia was unfaithful to her husband, but Tom’s impudence and insistence which caused their intimacy, was undoubtedly new experience to Julia although she was already 46, but she felt as 26. I can't judge her, because I wasn't in her shoes.
8. When did Julia see Tom Fennell again? Under what circumstances?
He called her after several days and she invited him to come to her dressing-room for tea.
9. What do you think attracted Julia to Tom? How old was he?
He was about 25. I think that his modesty, true feelings, youth and his inexperience attracted Julia.
10. Why do you think Tom was interested in grand people?
Because such life was too far and differed much from this he lived. And Julia was his idol.
11. Do you approve or disapprove of Julia's love affair with Tom Fennell?
I disapprove Julia's love affair with Tom Fennell because she was unfaithful to her husband, she had a son, and what a model to follow could she be to him?
- But when she saw him, so slight, with his hectic flush and his blue eyes, so charmingly boyish, she felt a sudden pang
- She could have taken him in her arms then and there and kissed his blue eyes. She adored him.
- She found his slight awkwardness rather charming
- She had been as excited all the evening as a girl going to her first ball. She could not help thinking how absurd she was.
All these phrases shows that Julia liked this boy, she even thought that she fell in love with him.
The source of this allusion is Botticelli’s picture “Venus Rising from the Sea”. On this canvas the artist represented the Neoplatonic idea of divine love in the form of a nude Venus. So, it underlines the birth of Julia’s love to Tom.
When Julia got flowers from the young man, she recollected how Charles Tamerly fell in love with her, and how then they became close friends. Soon Julia was invited for tea with a young boy, Thomas Fennell, who had lunched with her and her husband. When she came to him, they made love and she fell in love with him. Then she remembered another episode of her unfaithfulness in the train, when she slept with a Spanish attaché. After that Tom came to her makeup room and they made love again. Then he invited her to a very expensive restaurant,where he paid for her but befire it he had to pawn his watch.
Aprofound contempt – глубокое презрение
To have first nights – играть в премьере
To be exemplary – быть примерным
A pattern of conjugal fidelity – образец супружеской верности
To separate – отделяться, разделять
Be ingenuous – быть простодушным
To cry almost at will – плакать почти по желанию
Common sense – здравый смысл
To elope with sb. – сбежать с кем-то
Preposterous – нелепый, абсурдный
Curtain calls – вызовы актера
Prudish – ханжеский, не в меру стыдливый
In for a penny, in for a pound - назвался груздем - полезай в кузов
This was all a put-up job – это была чистой воды махинация
Indecent - неприличный
In a flash – в мгновение ока
To take liberties with sb. - позволять себе вольности с кем-либо (по отношению к кому-либо)
A matinee – утренняя пора
Amiably – любезность, доброжелательность
Well-chosen words – хорошо отобранный слова
To have no sequel – не иметь продолжения
To erase the episode from her memory – стереть этот эпизод из памяти
Pleasant reveries sauntered through her mind – приятные грезы блуждали по ее разуму
Hectic flush – лихорадочный румянец
To see in the flesh – увидеть вживую
To hurt one's pride – задеть чью-то гордость
To have an inkling – намек, слабое подозрение
To pawn – закладывать, отдавать в залог
Task II
1. How did Julia and Lord Tamerly get acquainted? Was Julia his mistress? What did Julia owe to Charles Tamerly?
Julia and Lord Tamerly got acquainted at a luncheon party. No, she
wasn’t, though many people were sure that she was Charles
Tamerley's mistress because of their close relationships. As they had close relationships, Julia could trust him.
2. Describe Julia's acting when Lord Tamerly declared his love to her. How can you prove that it was only make-believe?
Julia burst out crying, as she could cry at will, it was one of her most telling accomplishments. Timing
it perfectly, she raised her eyes till they met Charles's. With
her mouth slightly open, with the look in her eyes of a child that had
been deeply hurt the effect was unbearably
pathetic. There is no doubt that it
was only make-believe because she had already prepared her course of
conduct for the declaration which she felt he would sooner or later
bring himself to make. And before that converation Julia thought over possible ways of acting.
3. Why do you think Julia agreed to have tea with the young man? What was his name? Did Julia know it or not?
She agreed to have tea with the young man because it was something new and interesting in her daily routine. His name was Tom Fennel, but Julia did not know the name.
She agreed to have tea with the young man because it was something new and interesting in her daily routine. His name was Tom Fennel, but Julia did not know the name.
At first, his behavior was predictable for her, but then, he turned out to be a very determined man, not shy at all.
5. How did he show his admiration for Julia?
Tom told Juia that he had seen her in every play she had acted in since he was twelve years old. Also before their meeting he sent her flowers and invited to the diner. He pawned his watches to pay for her at the restaurant.
6. What feelings did Julia experience after the date with the young man? How did she act after that? How old was Julia at that time? What's your opinion of Julia's behaviour?
It was strange but at the same time funny for her. It was not the first time Julia was unfaithful to her husband, but Tom’s impudence and insistence which caused their intimacy, was undoubtedly new experience to Julia although she was already 46, but she felt as 26. I can't judge her, because I wasn't in her shoes.
7. Describe the episode of Julia's adventure on the train to Cannes.
What was Julia's attitude towards this accident? Give quotations from
the text and comment on them. What do you think of this adventure?
During her trip to Cannes which she made by train, she her acquainted with the man who told her that he was an attaché at the Spanish Embassy in Paris and was going down to Cannes for
Easter. After long conversation, there was intimacy between them. Next morning she couldn’t believe that it had happened with her, however she did care more about the safety of her jewelry rather than about the moral aspect of this night. Julia liked to remember this accident, because she considered it a bit funny and romantic. This is proved by the lines “It was an odd little adventure and Julia was enjoying It.” “But as time passed Julia's indignation was mitigated, and she had often thought of the adventure since with a good deal of pleasure.” To my mind, this is awful and disgusting to sleep with an unknown man and consider it to be amusing.
During her trip to Cannes which she made by train, she her acquainted with the man who told her that he was an attaché at the Spanish Embassy in Paris and was going down to Cannes for
Easter. After long conversation, there was intimacy between them. Next morning she couldn’t believe that it had happened with her, however she did care more about the safety of her jewelry rather than about the moral aspect of this night. Julia liked to remember this accident, because she considered it a bit funny and romantic. This is proved by the lines “It was an odd little adventure and Julia was enjoying It.” “But as time passed Julia's indignation was mitigated, and she had often thought of the adventure since with a good deal of pleasure.” To my mind, this is awful and disgusting to sleep with an unknown man and consider it to be amusing.
8. When did Julia see Tom Fennell again? Under what circumstances?
He called her after several days and she invited him to come to her dressing-room for tea.
9. What do you think attracted Julia to Tom? How old was he?
He was about 25. I think that his modesty, true feelings, youth and his inexperience attracted Julia.
10. Why do you think Tom was interested in grand people?
Because such life was too far and differed much from this he lived. And Julia was his idol.
11. Do you approve or disapprove of Julia's love affair with Tom Fennell?
I disapprove Julia's love affair with Tom Fennell because she was unfaithful to her husband, she had a son, and what a model to follow could she be to him?
Task III
- She could have taken him in her arms then and there and kissed his blue eyes. She adored him.
- She found his slight awkwardness rather charming
- She had been as excited all the evening as a girl going to her first ball. She could not help thinking how absurd she was.
All these phrases shows that Julia liked this boy, she even thought that she fell in love with him.
Task IV
Dame Ellen Terry (27 February 1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century, autobiographical) from 1836.
George Farquhar (1677 – 29 April 1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707).
Task V
Task VI
When Julia got flowers from the young man, she recollected how Charles Tamerly fell in love with her, and how then they became close friends. Soon Julia was invited for tea with a young boy, Thomas Fennell, who had lunched with her and her husband. When she came to him, they made love and she fell in love with him. Then she remembered another episode of her unfaithfulness in the train, when she slept with a Spanish attaché. After that Tom came to her makeup room and they made love again. Then he invited her to a very expensive restaurant,where he paid for her but befire it he had to pawn his watch.
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