Chapters 28-29

Chapters 28-29

1. that she could be alone in the empty room one day
2. she didn’t simply try to learn her play. She tried to imagine how this or that chatacter would behave, live and so on. It was a new adventure for her. Now she was going to be he Mrs. Marten who played golf and could talk to a man like one good chap to another.
3. Julia spared herself because she believed she would give everything she could only on the stahge in the first night and as a result she didn’t have intention
4. Julia gave advice towards Avice to Michael but he was not still sure in her. During on of her rehearsal Julia decided to train her role individually, every word, every gesture. After so haard work, Avice turned to be not so bad.
5. She talked with Charles because she needed his advice
6. In bygone years she had felt very nervous and uncomfortable. All fad before the first night because it was her first experience. But from the play to play, her feelings was gradually changing and now she was a real queen of the scene and the play and it didn’’t matter was in the main role or not. She just lived at the stage and enjoyed it fully
7. she met Tom
8. when she came in, all her feeling and emotions were rather confused. Many important things were connected with this room, with this man. But it was the time when she felt free and her love affairs was just the step and adventure in her life.
9. "I dare say there's something in what Roger said. Love isn't worth all the fuss they make about it" . she didn’t love him anymore and felt free
10. for Julia it was the success while for Avice it was a catastrophe.
11. Tom found Avice’s acting a rotten one.
12. I think it was not revenge because she was indifferent and tht was all.
13. as she didn’t want to share this triumph after the play, she decided to eat alone in her favorite restaurant
14. she was without any make up because it was so unusual moment when she didn’t care about her appearance. She looked at herself at the mirror and thought about her life.
15. she was satisfied with her meetings with Tom because she realized her indifference towards him and she described their ex love affairs "It was an amusing experience."
16. 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.'

Chapters 22-24

Chapters 22-24

I. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases:

 to make a clean breast of sth – сделать чистосердечно

to tear sb limb from limb – перемывать кому-то кости

a sleeping-draught - снотворное

to and fro – взад и вперед

curtain calls - поклон

pull oneself together - собраться

magnanimous - щедрый

to cramp one's style - мешать

contrition - раскаяние

a succinct account of sth – краткое содержание

a bereavement - лишение

an austere and snug little town – аскетичный и уютный маленький город

to adhere to sth – придерживаться чего-то 

VII. Answer the questions:

1. Why couldn't Julie take her troubles to Charles or Dolly as usual?

Julie couldn’t take her troubles to Charles as usual because she thought it would be cruel to tell Charles that she had given to a very ordinary young man what he would gladly have sacrificed ten years of his life for. As for Dolly, she was shocked and jealous when Julia made a clean breast of it.

2. How different was Charles's circle from that of Tom's?

It was like heaven and earth, because Charles spoke about politics, aids, books and Julia wondered how she could exchange it all for a circle in which Tom was.

3. Was Michael right when criticizing Julie's acting?

I think yes. To my mind, Michael was absolutely right, because Julia lived through her role in the play, she didn’t act like actress should do, but splashed out her real emotions.

4. How did Julie react to her husband's criticism?

At first she was furious, but then understood that he was right.

5. How did the breakup with Tom influence Julie's attitude to Michael and Charles?

Julia began to love them more than before. This woman really appreciated all what they had done for her.

6. Why did Julie decide to spend the summer with her mother and aunt?

Julie decided to spend the summer with her mother and aunt to have a rest and completely cut herself off for a time from her old life.

7. What kind of lifestyle did Aunt Carrie and Mrs Lambert have?

Aunt Carrie and Mrs. Lambert were very devout. They went to Mass every morning and to High Mass on Sundays.

8. How did the old ladies treat Julie? How did they feel about her occupation?

The old ladies treated Julia with cordiality, but thought her profession to be indecent.

9. How did Julie imagine Charles's love for her?

As for Julia, she thought that Charles passionately loved her for 20 years, and that she was the only woman in the world whom he fully loved.

10. When in Paris, what did Julie mean when saying, "I feel like a queen returning from an exile?"

Julia was very happy to feel herself again famous and leading an eventful life.

11. How did Julie slip out from the awkward situation with Charles?

Julia turned it into her own advantage. She said that she was glad that they didn’t spoil their friendship.

12. How did Julie explain to herself the fact that her amorous advances had been declined by Charles?

Julia believed that Charles was impotent and used his devotion to her to distract attention from his real inclinations.