I. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and expressions: направиться куда-либо, помочь устроиться, гостеприимство, было
необычайно важно, в соответствии с, рекламировать, энергичный
человек, без работы, никогда в жизни не ездил на велосипеде,
нанимать на работу, увольнять, назначить заведующим, издавать
журнал, вымолвить, передумать, с тех пор не сомневался.
II. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text and use them in the sentences of your own: got out at, to make me comfortable, in some way, application for a job,
wanted it badly, scrub floors, in a couple of hours, kept an eye on us, it
flashed through my mind, be ready for anything.
III. Paraphrase the sentences using phrases from the text. 1.
Miss Bennet and her family received him very warmly. 2.
Everybody tried to help him to find some kind of job. 3.
Their concern and hospitality were very important to him. 4.
He told Colonel Pope that he was unemployed and needed any job very much. 5.
The man thought that everything would be lost for him if he didn't find
a job.
6.
He had never ridden a bicycle in his life.
7.
Mr. Wilmot neither employed the journalist nor dismissed him. 8.
The boss made him responsible for the uptown rink.
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9.
It suddenly occurred to him that his willingness to do any job had
helped him to get his first job.
