12. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations:

1. Мы должны серьезно взяться за решение этой проблемы. 2. Красивая мелодия надолго запала в душу. 3. Врач сам не уверен, он говорит, что я боль­ной с пограничным состоянием. 4. Я думаю, что нам следует отправиться в однодневный поход. 5. Он почувствовал еле уловимые признаки раздраже­ния. 6. Не могу в нем как следует разобраться, он для меня загадка. 7. Если вы хотите, чтобы все было по-вашему, вы должны сами много трудиться. 8. Зна­менитый режиссер находится в нашем городе, он подыскивает материал для своей новой картины. 9. Сначала нервничая на новом месте, собака успокои­лась, почувствовав доброе отношение нового хозяина. 10. Я устал вести с ним дела по телефону, я хочу видеть его воочию. 11. Я всегда чувствую, что она имеет зуб против меня, хотя не знаю, какое зло я ей сделала. 12. Он весь день думал над этой проблемой, но не мог решить ее.

13. Finish the following sentences.

1. You have always been so interested in Scotland, and ... 2. Like other novelists, Walter Streeter was used to ... 3. Was his correspon­dent a man or a woman? It looked like a man's handwriting — ... 4. As the days passed Waster Streeter became uncomfortably aware of self-division, as though... 5. Yet now it seemed to him an odd coincidence and the idea came into his mind — ... 6. His friend said, "I'm sure it's a woman, she has probably fallen in love with you and... 7. That sort of person is often a little psychic, and if... 8. Yielding to an irresistible compulsion, which he dreaded, he found himself... 9. A wave of panic surged up in Walter Streeter. How was it that... 10. The police said they thought the postcards were a hoax and ...

14. Decide if the following statements are true or false.

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1. The photograph of Forfar was rather interesting and Walter Streeter put it behind the clock on the chimney-piece. 2. His anon­ymous correspondent challenged Walter Streeter to deal with his characters more effectively. 3. The unknown person's criticism was not fair and Walter Streeter put it out of his mind. 4. The post­cards made the novelist feel at the same time flattered and unsure of himself. 5. Walter Streeter became aware of the internal con­flict he could not come to grips with. 6. His "devoted admirer" accused Walter Streeter of megalomania and pointed out that par-

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2. ish churches were more rewarding. 7. The sender's handwriting was commercial, unselfconscious and Walter Streeter saw in it re­semblances to his own. 8. His friend said that the letters were prob­ably from a poisonpen who wanted to annoy him. 9. For a moment Walter Streeter fancied that his correspondent was a woman who had fallen in love with him. He did not care whether she was a lunatic or not. 10. The police laughed at him and said he was writ­ing letters to himself.

3. 15. a) Match the words on the left with the words on the right.

4. 1	an ambiguous	a	initials
   2	the conscious	b	developments
   3	uncomfortably	с	compulsion
   4	growing	d	creature
   5	hearty	e	world
   6	commonplace	f	possessions
   7	unexplained	g	mind
   8	mouse-like	h	pains
   9	subconscious	i	aware
   10	common	J	handshake

5. b) Write 10 sentences incorporating these word combinations.

6. 16. Explain what is meant by:

7. projections of his own personality or, in different forms, the an­tithesis of it; to experiment with acquaintances; other-worldly, in­deed; too ready to escape into an ambiguous world; the words came haltingly; growing pains; inclined to under-value parish churches; languorous with semicolons and subordinate clauses; sharp and inci­sive with main verbs and full stops; so ordinary as perhaps to be dis­guised; if she senses that she's getting a rise out of you she'll go on; he could not bring himself to look at the picture.

8. 17. Answer the questions and do the given assignments:

9. A. 1. What was written in the first postcard? 2. Why was Walter Streeter glad that he did not have to answer the postcard? Should a writer grudge the time and energy to answer letters? 3. What im­pression did the second postcard make on Walter Streeter? Why

10. did he dismiss the faint stirrings of curiosity? Should a writer avoid making new acquaintances? 4. What difficulties did the writer have with his work and how did he try reassure himself? 5. What did Walter Streeter do with the first two postcards and why did he keep the third? 6. What odd coincidence did Walter Streeter notice? Do you happen to know of any odd coincidences? 7. What thoughts and feelings did the third postcard provoke? What did his friend say? 8. Why did a wave of panic surge up in him when Walter Street­er read the fourth postcard? 9. What was the outcome of his visit to the police?

11. B. 1. Speak on the overall tone of the passage, specifying the set­ting and the time span of the story, plot development and the charac­ters involved. Observe the stylistic means the author employs to keep the reader in suspense: a) the words and phrases denoting emotional reaction; b) the incongruity between the banal contents of the post­cards and the importance Walter Streeter attaches to them; c) the contrast in mood and length between the passages separating one postcard from another; d) the word order.

2. Analyse the content of the postcards and bring out the message that they have in common. Comment on the specific intonation of the postcards (which are supposed to reveal the character of the anon­ymous correspondent and his attitude towards Walter Streeter): a) absence of greeting, b) the vocabulary and set expressions, c) lex­ical and syntactical repetition (chiasmus in the first postcard), d) neg­ative and interrogative sentences, e) the play on words (in the sec­ond and fourth postcards).

3. Indicate the lexical and syntactical devices used to depict the character of Walter Streeter: a) which words and phrases help the reader to understand his character? Is the description a complete one? b) what does Walter Streeter himself feel about his own work? Enlarge on the function of inner reported speech and various repe­titions (anaphora, anadiplosis, synonym repetition), c) is there a lot of figurative language in the story? Give examples of the epi­thet, metaphor, simile, d) what is the author's attitude towards Walter Streeter? Sympathetic? Indifferent? Unsympathetic? Jus­tify your answer. (See p. 98)

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