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Fill in the blanks using the active vocabulary. CHAPTER 9 Active Vocabulary to disguise v переодевать, делать неузнаваемым trial n испытание

CHAPTER 9

1. Active Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks using the active vocabulary.

1. They gained the reputation of being an enterprising management because Michael in order not to pay high … of well-known authors was always willing to give an unknown one a ….
2. Michael was able to borrow from the bank enough money to buy the … of a theatre that has just been built.
3. Dolly saw no reason to sell out an investment that seemed ….
4. But the only available director demanded … that they both thought exorbitant.
5. He … out actors who had never been given a chance.
6. It was then that Michael showed himself at his best. He was ….
7. The next play’s bound to be all right and then we shall get back all we’ve lost and a packet into the ….
8. For once his … found its match.
9. He watched her investments and was pleased when he could sell … at a … on her account.
10. With the cast he was at once … and exacting.
11. When tempers were frayed his good humour, his real kindliness, … things over.
12. But Dolly, with her shrewdness, had long seen how intensely Michael … his wife.
13. Julia … that nothing much came of them.
14. Either he couldn’t risk doing anything to hurt her, or she was jealous or … and it seemed better that the friendship should cease.

1. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of reputation did their theatre gain? Why?
2. What kind of actors did Michael seek out for his theatre?
3. How did they manage to buy the Siddons theatre? Was it a success?
4. Why did Michael try to Dolly de Vries out?
5. What did Michael console himself with and let Dolly in peace?
6. Why did Michael take to directing? Did Julia agree to it?
7. What kind of director did he become?
8. How did Michael manage to make Julia a rich woman?
9. What kind of traits did Julia dislike most in Michael?
10. What did Michael get used to doing to look younger?
11. What did Julia think of Michael’s flirtations?

1. Whom do the following utterances belong to? Say how they characterize the speaker and under what circumstances they were made?

1. “You’re the best actress in England.”
2. “We’ve had a couple of duds.”
3. “God knows what they see in him.”
4. “And my back’s aching.”

1. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. He spent much on the productions. He exercised great ingenuity in buying new sets which he gradually collected in the store-room.
2. Authors disliked him because being imaginative he made the authors change their plays as much as possible.
3. It was his mother who had accustomed him to compliments.
4. Dolly saw no reason to sell her half share in the partnership because it kept her in close touch with Julia.
5. His love for admiration was the only chink in his armour.
6. Michael had abandoned any ambition he may have had for himself in order to foster Julia’s career.
7. In order to save every penny Michael underpaid Julia.

1. Translate the given phrases into Russian.

To run the theatre with the method and thrift; to make every possible penny out of one’s successes; to take sb down a peg or two; to take the rough with the smooth; to get the better of someone in a business deal; to take one’s beauty for granted; to spare no pains

1. Find English equivalents for the following word – combinations:

Иметь успех; инициативный театр; выкупить долю; дать возможность; удачные находки; отказаться; периферийные театры; многообещающий; доля со сборов; банальный; корректный; назначить самую высокую зарплату; делить пополам; способствовать карьере; лысеть; задрать вверх подбородок; держаться неестественно прямо; отвислый живот; случайно

1. Describe the main characters of the chapter using the suitable words and word-combinations from the list:

To exercise great ingenuity; to seek out; to make some profitable discoveries; unperturbed; cunning; responsible for success; clever; shrewd; commonplace; thorough; to work hard; conciliatory; exacting; good humour; real kindness; unimaginative; scrupulously fair and honest; unselfishness; complacency; a perfect husband; a crashing bore; prudent

1. Discuss the following:

1. Michael as a manager.