Grammar notes on the text
1. He said unkindly loud. “Loud” is an adverb here. Some English adverbs have two forms. One has to remember the idiomatic usage of English adverbs without “-ly”.
Don’t talk so loud. Theylaughed loud & long.
But:
He insisted loudlyon his rights.
A loudly-dressedperson.
2. He gave it me ...
In colloquial speech, when the indirect object is a pronoun , the preposition “to” is sometimes not used.
But: Give it to Mary.
Exercises.
1. Answer the following questions.
1. How did a bank affect the hero of the story? 2. What made him go to the bank though everything irritated him there? 3. Why did he wish to see the manager ? 4. Why did the manager take him to his private office? 5. Why did the manager have a false impression of the visitor? 6. Why did the visitor dislike the way the manager spoke to the accountant? 7. What shows that the man was very excited & embarrassed ? 8. What did he have to do to have his money deposited? 9. How can you explain his desire to draw a cheque the moment he deposited his money? 10.What surprised the clerk when he looked at the cheque the man had written out? 11. How did he explain his decision to draw out all his money? 12. Where did the man keep his money after his visit to the bank.
2. Paraphrase the following using the words & prases from the list below.
1. His eyes were fixed on the ground, I did not know why he seemed so anxious & uncomfortable . 2. I had the pleasure of being introduced to Frank last night. He’s an extremely nice person, I think. 3. As soon asI cross the examination room I get so terribly nervous. 4. I am planning to keep all my money in a savings-bank since next month. 5. I always had an idea that people who were going tofly in a plane must feel excited. 6. If you want to have good seats, you’ll have to reserve them in advance.7. If I were you I would discuss with your father what your next move should be. 8. We didn’t expect him to take us to his ownoffice to talk about such unimportant things. 9. Have you got one more copy of the article? Peter has been asking if he could have a look at it. 10. You arenot going to draw out all your money, I believe? 11. The policeman examined the documents with a very seriousexpression on his face.
( the moment, about to, to consult, step, to intend, to presume, grave, embarrassed, private, to propose, awfully, beforehand, extra)
3. Replace the following words & word combinations by those from the text & vocabulary.
Not responsible, to make angry, pay, grave & important, to go & bring, extremely good, to conclude, to be going to, serious, to have in mind as a purpose, to go to someone for advice or information.
4. Give antonyms for the following.
Responsible, to reduce, kind, to withdraw money from a bank, slow, calm.
5. Make up questions on the text using the given words & phrases.
At the sight of, to look relieved, very embarrassing situation, to catch the meaning, to make a poor attempt, in surprise, for present use, to lead the way to, to look round, to consult.
6. Suggest the English for the following from the text.
Я имел в виду ;на текущие расходы ; у нас создалось впечатление, что ; Как !; вместо; я очень смутился; все до копейки; мне в голову пришла абсурдная мысль; передумать; вспыльчивый человек ; один только вид его ;я тщетно пытался ;по правде говоря; открыть счет в банке; заранее; пройдите сюда.
7. Which words from the text answer the following definitions.
To hurt someone’s feelings, money in the form of coins or notes, to go & bring, a piece of paper money, to put money in a bank to be kept safely, to write one’s name on, the entrance to a building or room, a person who manages, controls or directs a business or a department of a business, a person who keeps acounts in a business, to make know what is secret, a strong box in which money & other valuable things are kept, a number of cheques fastened together in paper or cardboard covers, a person whose business is to get information especially about how crimes have been commited, difficult or impossible to understand or explain, sudden excitement caused by danger.