The Great Gatsby / Великий Гэтсби. Книга для чтения на английском языке

10. When Nick returned home he saw Mr. Gatsby standing in the darkness and looking somewhere.

2. Practice the pronunciation of these words.

vulnerable [Л€vКЊlnЙ™rЙ™bl]

advantage [Й™dЛ€vЙ‘ЛђntЙЄК¤]

curious [Л€kjКЉЙ™rЙЄЙ™s]

politician [ЛЊpЙ’lЙЄЛ€tЙЄКѓЙ™n]

feign [feЙЄn]

hostile [Л€hЙ’staЙЄl]

gesture [ˈʤesʧə]

gorgeous [Л€gЙ”ЛђК¤Й™s]

heighten [haЙЄtn]

thoroughly [Л€ОёКЊrЙ™lЙЄ]

bungalow [Л€bКЊЕ‹gЙ™lЙ™КЉ]

familiar [fЙ™Л€mЙЄljЙ™]

squeeze [skwiЛђz]

enormously [ЙЄЛ€nЙ”ЛђmЙ™slЙЄ]

Buchanan [Л€bju:kЙ™nЙ™n]

supercilious [ЛЊsjuЛђpЙ™Л€sЙЄlЙЄЙ™s]

muscle [mКЊsl]

stationary [Л€steЙЄКѓnЙ™rЙЄ]

murmur [Л€mЙњЛђmЙ™]

exhibition [ЛЊЙ›ksЙЄЛ€bЙЄКѓЙ™n]

self-sufficiency [sɛlf səˈfɪʃənsɪ]

passionate [ˈpæʃənɪt ]

ecstatically [ɪksˈtætɪk(ə)lɪ]

desolate [Л€desЙ™lЙЄt]

wreath [riЛђОё]

decisively [dЙЄЛ€saЙЄsЙЄvlЙЄ]

yawn [jЙ”Лђn]

ferociously [fЙ™Л€rЙ™КЉКѓЙ™slЙЄ]

contemptuously [kЙ™nЛ€temptjКЉЙ™slЙЄ]

neighbor [Л€neЙЄbЙ™]

announced [Й™Л€naКЉnst]

accusingly [Й™Л€kjuЛђzЙЄЕ‹lЙЄ]

uncivilized [КЊnЛ€sЙЄvЙЄlaЙЄzd]

enthusiastically [ЙЄnЛЊОёjuЛђzЙЄЛ€Г¦stЙЄk(Й™)lЙЄ]

hesitate [Л€hezЙЄteЙЄt]

ether [Л€iЛђОёЙ™]

sophisticated [sЙ™Л€fЙЄstЙЄkeЙЄtЙЄd]

insincerity [ЛЊЙЄnsЙЄnЛ€serЙЄtЙЄ]

influence [ˈɪnflʊəns]

vaguely [Л€veЙЄglЙЄ]

3.

Accusingly, contemptuously, helplessly, ecstatically, miserably, honestly, abruptly, decisively, politely, impatiently, ferociously.

1. It was lonely for a day or so until one morning some man asked … the way.

2. Then he turned me around, … and … .

3. “Do they miss me?” she cried … .

4. “Never heard of them,” he remarked … .

5. “You live in West Egg,” she remarked … .

6. “I hurt it. You did it, Tom,” she said … .

7. “Well, these books are all scientific,” insisted Tom, glancing at her … .

8. “We’ve got to beat them down,” whispered Daisy, winking … toward the fervent sun.

9. “You mean to say you don’t know?” said Miss Baker, … surprised.

10. “Very romantic,” he said, and then … to me: “If it’s light enough after dinner, I want to take you down to the stables.”

4. The following are sentences paraphrased from the text. Look through the chapter to п¬Ѓ nd the original ones.

1. I didn’t want to listen to private secrets, so I pretended to be asleep, busy or careless.

2.