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II. Vocabulary work.
Magnolia Buildings
Assignment 1
Chapter I
I. Read Chapter I “Ally’s New Year’s Resolution”.
Write out of the text all Ally’s Resolution points:
Ally’s New Year’s Resolution
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. ________________________________
Write out of the text all words and word-combinations, characterizing the following characters:
| Ally (Gloria) | Doreen | Val | Len | Auntie Glad | Mum | Dad | |
| appearance | |||||||
| character | |||||||
| habits | |||||||
| age |
II. Vocabulary work.
Fill in the gaps:
| to have a room to oneself to share to be cut out for to attain glamour to lag behind smart smashing to chuck (money) away to spoil sour to shuffle to out-talk sb. to get into mischief crew cut to be dying for |
1. No one _____________________________ at 49 Magnolia Buildings.
2. Mum and Dad _________________________ a room.
3. Doreen is just __________________________ a teacher.
4. They were both asleep in the one bed, with only Val’s black curls and Len’s _____________ showing above the sheet.
5. I ___________________ a cup of coffee.
6. Mum smiled and hoped Val was not _______________________.
7. Dad never said much as it was impossible __________________ Mum when she got started.
8. A Heart for a Coronet will be a ______________ picture.
9. “That’s what I work for, isn’t it?” cried Mum with spirit, her black eyes sparking. “So as to have a bit of money I can _____________, and you not able to throw it in my teeth.”
10. Mum liked _______________ children.
11. This morning Ally felt _________.
12. Old Sprot, the flats’ caretaker, was whistling to himself as he _______ about the yard.
13. All small boys are awful to walk with. Either Len went round and round under Ally’s feet like a puppy on a cord, or he _______________ and got stuck at crossings.
14. You need a bathroom to look _______, she said to herself.
15. She was going __________________, even if it killed her.
Match the words and their definitions:
| 1. fuss | a. a room for cleaning and storing dishes and cooking utensils and for doing messy kitchen work |
| 2. sink | b.needless bustle or excitement |
| 3. wheedle | c.oppressive to the breathing |
| 4. dimple | d. a stationary basin connected with a drain and usually a water supply for washing and drainage |
| 5. crooked | e. to ornament with needlework |
| 6. spinster | f. to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| 7. stuffy | g. a slight natural indentation (îòñòóï) in the surface of some part of the human body |
| 8. nuisance | h. one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious |
| 9. embroider | i. an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying |
| 10. scullery | j. not straight |
| 11. queue | k.to make cheerful and excited |
| 12. scold | l.a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles |
| 13. exhilarate | m.to gather information or material bit by bit |
| 14. mock | n.to find fault noisily or angrily |
| 15. glean | o.to treat with contempt (íåóâàæåíèå) or ridicule |
Learn the vocabulary for the word-dictation.
III. Retell the Chapter. Pay attention to the following points:
Ally’s New Year’s Resolution.
The Family and their flat.
Ally’s diary.
Auntie Glad.
Mum.
Dad.
Val and Len.
Doreen.
At the cinema.
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