Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! shouted Mrs. Wilson. Ill say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai
Making a short skilled movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand56.
Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom oor, and womens voices scolding, and a high voice full of pain over all this noise. Mr. McKee awoke from his sleep and went toward the door. When he had gone halfway he turned around and looked at the scene his wife and Catherine were scolding and calming Myrtle and constantly stumbling here and there among the crowded furniture. They tried to help despairing gure on the couch, who was bleeding uently. Then Mr. McKee turned and continued on out the door. Taking my hat, I followed.
Come to lunch some day, he suggested, as we went down in the elevator.
Where?
Anywhere.
All right, I agreed, Ill be glad to.
I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.
Beauty and the Beast Loneliness Old Grocery Horse Brookn Bridge57
Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning Tribune58, and waiting for the four oclock train.
Exercises1. Read the chapter and choose the right answer.
1. Nick rst met Tom Buchanans mistress because
a) Tom drove him specially to her house to acquaint them.
b) They went to New York by train and it occasionally stopped near her house.
c) She came to Toms house.
2. Mr. Wilson wanted
a) to buy one of Toms cars.
b) to repair Toms car.
c) to sell a car to Tom.
3. How old was Mrs. Wilson?
a) about 25
b) about 30
c) about 35
4. What pet did Mrs. Wilson buy in New York?
a) a puppy
b) a kitten
c) a parrot
5. How many times in his life had Nick been drunk?
a) only one time
b) two times
c) three or four times
6. Chester McKee was
a) a painter.
b) a designer of dresses.
c) a photographer.
7. Why did Myrtle marry Mr. Wilson?
a) because she thought he was rich.
b) because she loved him.
c) because she thought he was a gentleman.
8. Tom and Myrtle rst met
a) sitting opposite each other in the train to New York.
b) trying to catch a taxi.
c) getting into a subway train.
9. When Myrtle continued to repeat Daisys name Tom
a) shouted at her.
b) slapped her in the cheek.
c) hit her on the nose.
10. Nick ended the party sleeping
a) on Myrtles couch.
b) on the bed at the McKees.
c) on the train station.
2. Practice the pronunciation of these words.
grotesque [grəʊˈtesk]
enormous [ɪˈnɔ:məs]
solemn [ˈsɒləm]
acquaintances [əˈkweɪntənsɪz]
persistent [pəˈsɪstənt]
impatiently [ɪmˈpeɪʃəntlɪ]
sensuously [ˈsensjʊəslɪ]
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ]
doubtful [ˈdaʊtfʊl]
enthusiastically [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk(ə)lɪ]
indistinctly [ɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ]
feminine [ˈfemənən]
languid [ˈlæŋgwəd]
arrogance [ˈærəgəns]
adorable [əˈdɔ:rəbl]
nephew [ˈnevju]
twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt]
advertisement [ədˈvε:təsmənt]
articial [ˌɑ:təˈfɪʃəl]
furniture [ˈfε:rnɪʧə]
tapestried [ˈtæpɪstrɪd]
despair [dɪsˈpεə]
triumphantly [traɪˈʌmfəntlɪ]
elaborateness [ɪˈlæbərɪtnəs]
ambiguously [æmˈbɪgjuəslɪ]
massage [məˈsɑ:ʒ]
wreath [ri:θ]
violent [ˈvaɪələnt]
unconvincingly [ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ]
overweight [ˈəʊvərˌweɪt]
bureau [ˈbjʊrəʊ]
frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs]
interior [ɪnˈtɪrɪər]
haughtily [ˈhɔːtɪlɪ]
3. Fill in the blanks with the following adverbs and translate.
Pointlessly, haughtily, endlessly, admiringly, ambiguously, unconvincingly, accusingly, sensuously, intently, imperatively.
1. But above the gray land and the spasms of cheerless dust which move over it, you notice, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.
2. I cant complain, answered Wilson .
3. She was in the middle thirties, and faintly fat, but she carried her overweight body as some women can.
4. I want to see you, said Tom .
5. That dog? He looked at it .
6. Mrs. Wilson gathered up her dog and other things she bought, and went in.
7. Mr. McKee viewed her with his head on one side.
8. Well, I married him, said Myrtle, .
9. She looked at me and laughed .
10. She pointed suddenly at me, and everyone looked at me .
4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.
1. His acquaintances were shocked by the fact that he turned in popular restaurants with her.
2. His voice faded and Tom looked impatiently the garage.
3. We backed to a gray old man who was selling very recent puppies of a doubtful breed.
4. The living-room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it, so that to move about was to stumble continually .
5. I just put it sometimes when I dont care what I look like.
6. You have to keep them all the time.
7. Theyre going West to live for a while until it blows .
8. I almost married a little kike whod been me for years.
9. He had on a dress suit and leather shoes, and I couldnt keep my eyes him.
10. Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring the morning Tribune.
5. Find in the text the sentences in which the following word combinations are used. Make up your own sentences using them.
To fatten the practice, to sink down, to force somebody, a persistent stare, to slap somebody, a thickish gure, to block out, an immediate vitality, to wet somebodys lips, a coarse voice, to exchange a frown, discreetly, shrill and languid, the inuence of something, a mincing shout, to view somebody intently, to turn somebodys attention to something, elaborateness, an articial laughter, passionate voices.
6. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Make up your own sentences using them.
Пепел, бесконечно, несуществующий, разводной мост, любовница, любовная связь, знакомые, настаивать, жаловаться, широкие бедра, торопливо, забраться, сомнительная порода, уважительный, впечатляющее высокомерие, отклонить, отчаяние, развод, отвести глаза, завивка, ошейник, скулить, спотыкаться.