Exercise 1. Find, read and translate the sentences which contain the...

Exercise 1. Find, read and translate the sentences which contain the following words:

mantelpiece (p.29) plunge in (p. 39)
dizzying (p.30) vision (p.42)
hedgerow (p.30) a sketch (p.42)
outline (p. 31) canvas (p.43)
to multiply (p.34) fail (p.44)
to subtract (p. 34) beneficial (p. 44)
Exercise 2. Give the Russian equivalents of the following English words and expressions. Recall the context in which they were used.
To get away from (p.29)
To outline something (p.31)
To squeeze one’s hand (p.31)
Your paths never crossed (p.32)
To set off after somebody (p. 38)
To be in one’s way (p.41)
To somebody’s delight (p.41)
To ease one’s grief (p.41)
To use up something (p. 42)
To be pleased with something (p.42)
DEVELOPING GRAMMAR AWARENESS
Exercise 3. Point out the complexes with the verbals. State their syntactical function.
1. He could feel his feet pounding, batting away the questions they might ask (p.29).
2. He could feel the others watching him, see Elsa’s lips parting as she smiled, and then a distant cog shifted in his brain (p.30).
3. Lily could still hear the man sawing (p.36).
4. Just then Lily saw the postman walk past her window and, her heart leaping, she jumped up and ran round to the side door (p.37).
5. She could hear his assistant, Tim, filling up the kettle, hear the water pounding into the metal drum (p.47).
DISCUSSION OF THE CHAPTERS
Exercise 4. Discuss the following questions with your classmates.
1. How did Max feel about meeting the Lehmanns?
2. Why do you think Max escaped from Marsh End when he heard that the Lehmanns were coming to dinner?
3. Why did Max try to hold Elsa in his view while they were having dinner?
4. What did Elsa remember about Max from their past life in Germany?
5. What did Elsa talk about after supper?
6. What memories did the talk overnight evoke in Max? (p.33)
7. What was Lily frightened by?
8. The sea is ever-present in the novel. When is the first time Lily notices the sea?
9. What do you think the Green is? Where is it located?
10. Do you think Lily enjoyed it in Steerborough? Refer to the text to prove it.
11. What was Marsh End like? What did Max think of the beauty of Marsh End?
12. How did Nick’s letter make Lily feel?
Exercise 5. Read the following statements. Decide whether each statement is true or false.
1. Hiddensee is an island where Max and his family rented a house for the summer.
2. It looks as if the modern porch of Marsh End was designed by Klaus Lehmann.
3. Gertrude seems to know a lot about traumatized children.
4. It seems as if Lily and Nick have a complicated relationship.
5. It looks as if Steerborough is liable to flooding from the sea.
6. The Common is an open area of grassland.

Exercise 6. Comment on the following.
1. “Everyone laughed, but Max felt the coldness behind the other man’s quick look.” (p. 33).
2. “Em said ‘it’s a nuclear power station. They make power.’ ‘No.’ Arrie was perturbed. ‘They make bacon rolls.’ (p. 52)
Exercise 7. Speak on the following.
1. Describe the way Lily went for a swim as she might have described it to a friend of hers.
2. Speak about Lily’s relationship with Nick.
3. Describe the way Max painted Marsh End.
4. Talk about Lily’s walk with the girls.