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up for whole nights reading up for exams, congratulate somebody on winning the scholarship, find a style
to which you would adhere for the rest of your life.
Possible responses:
So what?
Why should I?
What's the use of ...ing?
Don't you think it's silly?
You don't say so!
You must be joking!
You can't be serious!
Exercise 14
Make up dialogues that could take place and dramatize them in class.
1. between Ruth and Richard at the refectory, where he took her for lunch after having congratulated her
on winning the scholarship;
2. between Ruth and her friend Anthea, beginning with 'But don't you ever go out, Ruth?';
3. between Ruth and Anthea, when Anthea is persuading Ruth to find a flat for herself;
4. between Ruth and one of her neighbours in the house where she lived;
5. between Ruth and some student or students after the seminar in the Common Room.
Exercise 15
Speak of Ruth's college life:
1. in the third person;
2. in the person of Ruth;
3. in the person of her friend Anthea.
Exercise 16
Discussion points.
1. What can you say about Ruth's personality? Prove it.
2. What do you think of her friend Anthea?
3. Why did Ruth take some ofAnthea's advice?
4. What kind of person was Richard, in your opinion?
5. What does the last but one phrase "The race for virtue was on" mean? Comment upon it.
6. Which character do you like most? Why?
Exercise 17
Comment on the following words of the author.
'Balzac teaches the supreme effectiveness of bad behaviour ...'
'... friends do not always please.'
'... she was attractive enough for a clever woman ...'
Exercise 18
Act out the following mini-dialogues substituting phrases from the lists
for the ones in italics.
1. — Where do you' study?
— I study at the rze State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.Petersburg.²
' does he, does she
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the Institute of Foreign Languages, the philological faculty, the faculty of oriental languages
2. — What's your favourite subject?
— I like English¹ most of all.
' Linguistics, Latin, Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, British Studies, American Studies, Methods of
Teaching English, History of the Language, Grammatical Theory
3. — What subjects do you take for the first year¹?
— If we speak about English, it is mainly Phonetics and Grammar.²
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the second year, the third year, the fourth year, the fifth year
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Conversation, Written Composition, Translation, Home Reading, Analytical Reading, Close Reading,
Business English
4. — What is David good¹ at?
— He is good at writing essays.²
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clever, poor