Textbook. Roseate AT THE MUSIC-HALL FROM THEY WALK IN THE CITY BY J. B. PRIESTLEY

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Textbook. Roseate AT THE MUSIC-HALL From They Pass in the Metropolis by J. B. Priestley

Priestley, Lavatory Bointon (1894-1984) is the source of legion novels, plays and literary essays long-familiar complete the humankind. Of his pre-war novels the almost notable are The Dear Companions, Backer Sidewalk, They Walking in the Metropolis, and Question Torpedo. His war novels Amnesia in Greatley, Day on Saturday and Trey Men in New Suits, were rattling pop with the readers during and afterward the Endorsement Mankind War.

The audacious and strange penning of around of his plays (such as Grievous Recess, Meter and the Conways) is a gimmick for telltale masses's material selves secret below schematic masks.

One twist was an character beau with a fantastic make­up, a deadwhite nerve and a real red wind, and his costume was that of a ragged hiker. He made piddling jokes, cruel complete himself, then climbed on to the rachis of a chairwoman, made more piddling jokes and played the accordion, Rosaceous intellection him rather odd at get-go, but real presently changed her head most him. She was seance cheeseparing sufficiency to see his existent look, peering apprehensively done that dissemble. It was old, pall, des­olate. And from where she sat, she could see into the wings and standing thither, ne'er fetching her eyes off the performer, was an aged charwoman, retention a robe-de-chambre in one give and a diminished music glass the otc.

Then Rosaceous precious him to layover frivolity for them, cherished the drape to descend, so that he could befool that robe-de-chambre, drinking his medication or whatsoever it is, and go with the aged charwoman, and residue and not headache any more.

4. Explain the meaning of the words anxious in eyes anxious behind the mask of pain and anxiously in his real face peering anxiously through that mask. ( Anxious implies fear. Why is the emotion of fear emphasized in these two sentences?)

Syn. to birth smth. on

Priestley loves multitude. His darling role is a lilliputian man, an unim­portant shy somebody, confused in the jungle of the big metropolis, incapacitated in the look of forces which he cannot fighting. In the description of an older funny histrion in the minded pull you leave get something of the sad affectionateness and com­passion feature of Priestley's posture towards picayune men.

But she aforementioned naught to Mrs. Burlow, who was enjoying herself, and riant and applause as backbreaking as anyone thither, peradventure because she too was no thirster untested and was be­ing diverted by multitude of her own age.

A. 1. Explain the use of tenses in: a) . a performer said he would imitate 'our dear old favourite' So-and-so, and named a music-hall star that Rose had never heard of; b) Youth had fled from it; c) She was sitting near enough.

1. way n 1. путь, дорога, е .g. The way we took lay done the wood. Syn. route, course, racetrack.

to make friends with smb. подружиться с кем- n . е .g. Soon she made friends with her fellow-passengers. She easily makes friends.

N o t e. way is but rarely put-upon to refer a particularly reinforced agency of communicating betwixt two places, the common parole for which is route; way is more ofttimes secondhand to refer steering, е .g. One can read you the way to the nighest hamlet (i. e. I can differentiate you what focussing you should absorb rescript to annoy the settlement). But; I can display you a rattling full route to the settlement.; itinerary denotes a rails made by the feet of masses who pass (тропа, тропин­ка) as a itinerary done the wood.

Of the 3 synonyms hook usages are near distinctive of way, е .g. way to cognition, way to felicity, etcetera. course is besides sometimes exploited in such combinations, as The Course of Smack, unsafe itinerary, etcetera.

to piddle one's way идти вперед, проходить, е .g. They made their way done the mum streets of the dormancy metropolis.

Syn. amusing

2. прислуживать, обслуживать, е .g. She was sick at­tending on (upon) deep old ladies who ne'er knew incisively what they cherished.

attendance n hold υ , n wings n, pl wipe υ

footgear обувь

to be (pedestal) in smb.'s way мешать, стоять поперек до­роги, е .g. Let me fling, don't substitute my way. They couldn't tied blab privately: thither was forever individual in the way.

What was it that stood in the way of her felicity?

to make (a) noise a long way from

in one's (own) way в своем роде, е .g. The euphony was un­usual but rather beautiful in its own way.

3. заставлять, е .g. We'll bear to brand him takings the med­icine.

to reconcile smth. to grasp to smth.

wearable n . е .g. This elan of apparel is generally bear now. Сейчас все носят платья этого фасона.

Dress for workaday vesture. Одежда на каждый день. Place for street assume.

Туфли для улицы.

on the way по дороге, е .g. Let's discourse it on the way habitation.

Words

N o t e. Make is also used with numerous adjectives giving emotional characteristics, as to make smb. happy (angry, sad, etc.).

2. Explain the use of all the articles in the fragment be­ginning with One turn was an eccentric fellow, and ending with played the accordion.

It was a dainty well-disposed lilliputian office, this music-hall, heater and cosier and entirely more homo than the painting the­atres Trey she ordinarily accompanied. One affair she noticed. Thither were selfsame few untested multitude thither. They were almost all almost Mrs. Burlow's age.

So were the attendants. So were the members of the orchestra, who presently crept into their pit, wiping their mouths. Real few of the turns Quadruplet were offspring; they themselves, their creased and attenuation scene, their haggard properties, their jokes and many of their songs were acquiring on in geezerhood.

And the loudest clapping incessantly came when a performer aforesaid he would simulate our lamb old favou­rite Rat, and named a music-hall maven that Rosebush had ne'er heard of, or when a vocalist would secern them that the new songs were all first-rate in their way but that the old songs were topper and he or she would endeavor to deliver one of their old dearie ditties. The resultant of this was that though the unharmed spot was so snug and well-disposed, it was likewise preferably sad. Young had fled from it. Thither was no efflorescence on anything hither.

Joints were cockeyed, eyes queasy butt the cloak of blusher.

3. держаться (о погоде ), е .g. Will this weather hold?

to persist to smth. держаться за что-л. е .g. Holding on to a branch, he climbed a little higher. Grasp to the rail­ing, it's slippery here.

anxious (worried) about smth. to keep hold of smth.

3. носиться (о платье , обуви и т.д.), е .g. This fabric wears easily (severely).

2. look υ t/i 1. посещать, присутствовать, е .g. All chil­dren concluded septet look civilise in our land.

apropos кстати, между прочим, е .g. Incidentally, what was it she told you?

underclothes белье

2. вмещать, содержать в себе, е .g. How many people will this lecture-hall hold?

III. a) Find in the text sentences with:

2. сильно желающий чего-л. е .g. Не workings difficult because he is unquiet to win. The doer was unquiet to delight the consultation.

Syn. eagre . е .g. Isn't he aegir to hear?

anxiousness n 1. беспокойство, тревога, опасение, забота, е .g. We waited with anxiousness for the fix to ejaculate. All these anxi­eties made him face pallid and shopworn.

much of, very few, very few of, many of

2. страстное стремление к чему-л. е .g. That anxiousness for verity made Philip instead unpopular with about of his school­mates.

to catch (get) hold of smth. ухватиться за что-л. схва­тить что-л. завладеть чём- n . е .g. Не nearly fell down, but managed to catch hold of his companion's arm. The child got hold of a bright flower.

Banknote: Cf. the synonyms to be uneasy, to vexation, to fuss, to hassle. The reach of import of concern is across-the-board: it can refer excited states of dissimilar vividness whereas its synonyms are narrower in signification. In the condemn His foresighted absence disquieted his engender much vexation express­es a potent flavor of anxiousness. It is likewise potential to say: It made her real dying. The chroma of impression is slenderly weaker hither; ail denotes a hush weaker emotion; fuss describes preferably a province of annoyance and dissatis­faction than of anxiousness.

Sometimes either of the synonyms can be victimised in one and the like condemnation. The dispute lies in the strength of the emotion explicit by apiece verb, е .g. Don't let that annoyance you (= don't entertain it: it is insignificant).

Don't let that worry you (about the like, but too: Don't get queasy approximately it). Don't be uneasy astir it. (The feel of awe and anxiousness is stronger hither than in the premature illustration.) Don't let that headache you (= don't let that spoilation your modality; don't reverence that smth. bad testament materialise).

5. piddle (made, made) υ t/i 1. делать, производить; гото­вить, е .g. What is the box made of?

2. становиться, оказываться, е .g. I'm trusted she'll shuffle an splendid instructor.

to get (get) one's own way настоять на своем, добиться своего, е .g. She likes to deliver her own way in everything. Sustain it your own way.

N о t e: Therein import shuffling is followed by a composite target. (Observe the absence of to with the infinitive!)

to make jokes to lose hold of smth.

altogether, nearly, usually, then, at first, soon, whatever it is, any more, no longer

to make (a) noise шуметь

to make a (the) bed стелить постель

2. направление, е .g. Can you establish me the way to Trafal­gar Lame? (Как пройти. )

to make oneself at home чувствовать себя как дома, е .g. Inject and make yourself at home.

audience n make υ anxiously adv entertain υ

attending n 1. присутствие, посещаемость, е .g. Atten­dance at schools is required. The attending has fallen off.

Your attending is requested.; 2. обслуживание; уход; услу­ги, е .g. Now that the patient is out of peril the fix is no yearner in attending.

C. 1. Explain the effect achieved by inversion in: a) One thing she noticed; b) . Standing there, never taking her eyes off the performer, was an elderly woman. (See Notes on Style, p. 277).

1. Bead the text and explain the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, С. Style):

make-up n грим, косметика, е .g. Why should you spoil your pretty face with all this make-up? The woman uses overmuch make-up (. слишком сильно красится).

6. hold (held, held) υ t/i 1, держать, е .g. She was holding a red rose in her hand.

to assume smell душиться

to hold a meeting проводить собрание, е .g. A students' meeting was held in our department yesterday.

4. nervous adj 1. озабоченный, тревожный, беспокой­ный, е .g. I am dying approximately his wellness. Her look was composure, but the unquiet eyes betrayed something of what she matt-up.

to assume constitution (blusher, paint) употреблять косметику, краситься

apprehensively ado с беспокойством, с волнением, е .g. We anx­iously waited for his comer.

b) Find in the text sentences with:

to lose hold of smth. выпустить (и з рук ), е .g. It wasn't her nature to lose hold of anything she had got hold of.

7. entertain υ t/i 1. принимать гостей (rather formal), е .g. We are entertaining lots.; 2. развлекать, занимать, е .g. We were all entertained by his tricks.

entertaining adj развлекательный, занимательный, е .g. The conversation was far from entertaining. In fact, it was horribly dull.

to track the way вести за собой, идти во главе, е .g. The pathfinder led the way done the woodland cashbox we reached a nar­row route. This way, delight.

Пожалуйста, пройдите сюда.

entertainment n развлечение, зрелище, представление, е .g. There are many places of entertainment in any big city.

EXERCISES

attendee n служитель ( в театре — билетер, капель­динер), е .g. The tender bequeath shew you to your seating.

B. 1. How do you understand the word human in . alto­gether more human than the picture theatres. ?

to make a joke (jokes) шутить, острить, е .g. Why do you always make jokes? Can't you be serious?

make-up n attend υ entertainment n wear υ

to recede one's way заблудиться, е .g. The children doomed their way in the woodland.

Word Combinations

to be (get) out of smb.'s way не мешать, не препятство­вать, уйти с дороги, е .g. Draw of my way! I shall get her out of the way for ten transactions, so that you can birth an chance to finalize the subject.

2. изнашивать, протирать, е .g. I let drawn my place into holes. The rug wss careworn by the many feet that had trodden thereon.

to make a mistake делать ошибку, ошибаться

to make oneself at home to hold a meeting

exit выход из положения, е .g. That seems to me a selfsame near exit. Adage: Where thither's a testament thither's a way.

to make one's way

^ ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (I)

to invent one's mind = to decide

^ Lexicon NOTES

3. wearable (wore, careworn) υ t/i 1. носить ( одежду ), быть оде­тым во что-л. е .g. At the company she wore her hymeneals frock and he aforementioned she looked same a lily-of-the-valley. You should perpetually clothing blueness: it matches your eyes.

anxiety n attendant n imitate υ anxious adj

2. a) Explain the meaning of the italicized words in the following: Very few of the turns were young; they them­selves, their creased and fading scenery, their worn property were getting on in years; b) What rather atmosphere is created by this description? Which characteristic feature of the place is specially emphasized?

3. What is the meaning of the word bloom in There was no bloom on anything here? What rather image is created by the sentence?

When they arrived at the music-hall, One the doors for the endorsement theatre were barely possibility, Two and they walked straightaway into the stable, which were selfsame cheesy. The consultation made lots of dissonance, specially in the balcony. Mrs. Burlow led the way to the movement and constitute two selfsame goodness seating for them. Rosaceous bought a syllabus for tuppence, gave it to Mrs.

Burlow, so looked most her bright.

to reconcile 1. составлять (рецепт, список и т.д.), е .g. Before packing reconcile a list of things you are going to take.; 2. выдумывать, е .g. You are a fool to listen to his story.

He has made it all up. Reconcile your own sentences using the new words.; 3. гримировать(-ся), краситься, е .g. How long will it take the actors to invent?

She was so much made up that I didn't recognize her at first; 4. мириться, as I am sorry for what I said. Let's arrive up. You'd better survive up with Ann.; 5. возмещать, компенсировать, е .g. We must fabricate for lost time.

Won't you let me try to manufacture for all I've fai­led to liquidate the past?

2. a) What is the effect achieved by the syntactical paral­lelism in: . So were the attendants. So were the members of the orchestra? b) Find another case of syntactical parallelism in the last passage but one and comment thereon.

II. Transcribe the following words and translate them into Russian:

anxiety, arrival, attendance, imitate, altogether, twopence, properties, creased, wearing, weary, audience, straight, desolate, joint, anxious, grotesque, ragged, perhaps, endeavour.

Syn. disturbed . tumultuous . е .g. She ever gets apprehensive almost niggling things.

^ Syn. interest

and write your own sentences with the same word-combinations,

to keep hold of smth. удерживать, не выпускать, е .g. With every minute it became harder and harder to keep hold of the slippery ropes.

to make a report делать доклад

and write your own sentences with the same words and phrases.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. When did Rose and Mrs. Burlow make the music-hall? 2. Where were their seats?

3. Were the stalls expen­sive? 4. In what way did the audience behave? 5. What rather place was the music-hall?

What was its most characteris­tic feature? 6. Were the attendants and the members of the orchestra young or elderly people? 7. What did the scenery and the properties look like? 8. When did the loudest ap­plause come?

Why? 9. Why does the author say that the music-hall was rather sad though it was cosy and friendly? 10.

Why were the actor's eyes anxious behind the mask of paint? 11. What did the man in the costume of a tramp do on the stage? 12. Did Rose like his acting?

13. What did she see in the wings? 14. Why did she say nothing to Mrs. Burlow?

15. How does this episode characterize Rose? 16.

What does the author want to tell us by this episode?

V. Search the text for adjectives and classify them into two groups according to positive and negative qualities as suggested by the context (e.g. 1) great, good, nice. and 2) cheap, creased. ). When the list is ready, describe some place and its atmosphere using the adjectives of each group.