Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

14. Give a summary of the text
15. Make up and act out dialogues between:
1. Mother and Father before the tea.
2. Mother and Sarah after the visit of the Negro pianist.
3. Father and Mother’s Younger Brother about the pieces the pia-
nist had played.
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into 
Russian

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2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
A
1. He was given a little money and at times, he would set off 
to explore the town. 2. You should set aside some money for a rainy 
day. 3. He tried to set aside his dislike of his daughter’s fiancee. 4. The 
bank helps people wanting to set up business. 5. He set out to climb 
Everest. 6. He has set his heart on becoming a ballet dancer. 7. Stephen 
tut-tutted his way through the end-of-vacation examination papers 
he had set his freshmen students. 8. Kit had been called out once 
before during the night and his body resented the second disturbance. 
9. He was a big man who resented the buttons on his shirts.
B
1. White gloves to the elbow suggested a Royal Garden party. 
2. It would be dreadful if something terrible happened and I were not 
at hand. 3. He spoke German without any suggestion of French ac-
cent. 4. Gentlemen, give a big hand to the band. 5. My doubts, if I had 
any, were soon cleared. 6. The debate was conducted in the depressing 
atmosphere of a half-empty Chamber. 7. The curator’s conduct 
through the museum was informative. 8. A pianist, bandleader, com-
poser and arranger, Duke Ellington, had a major impact on jazz com-
position and playing. 9. When the adjective “abrupt” is used speaking 
about words and manners we mean that they are sudden and uncon-
nected. 10. He had been working at hospital for so long that he ignored 
the “No smoking” sign.