sharp and incisive with main verbs and full stops – острый и резкий со смысловыми глаголами и точками.
so ordinary as perhaps to be disguised – столь обычным, насколько возможно, чтобы быть обманчивым/замаскированным.
if she senses that she's getting a rise out of you she'll go on – если она почувствует, что шутка удалась, она продолжит.
he could not bring himself to look at the picture – Он не мог себя заставить смотреть на картину.
15. Answer the questions and do the given assignments:
A. 1. What was written in the first postcard? 2. Why was Walter Streeter glad that he did not have to answer the postcard? Should a writer grudge the time and energy to answer letters? 3. What impression did the second postcard make on Walter Streeter? Why did he dismiss the faint stirrings of curiosity? Should a writer avoid making new acquaintances? 4. What
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17. Make up and act out dialogues between: 1) Walter Streeter and his friend whom he showed the postcard from York Minster; 2) Walter Streeter and the police officer about the postcard business.
18. Trace out on the map of Great Britain W.S.'s itinerary and do library research on the geographical names mentioned.
19. Write your own ending of the story. Share it with the students of your group and decide which of the different possible endings seems most likely.
20. Read the story "W.S." by L.P. Hartley to the end (p. 275), and say whether it has come up to your expectations. What do you think is the point of the story?
21. Write an essay praising your favourite contemporary novelist and advancing reasons why other members of the class would enjoy this writer's novels/ stories.
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