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a stir, penniless, urge, rare, contribute, bargain, tricks, slacken, emerge,
miraculously, prime, beforehand, quarrelsome, flap, cough, jeer, insult,
leap out, perish.
II. Give the English equivalents:
крупные специалисты, оставался при своем мнении, время от
времени, очень привязанный к, передовица, не возражал против
детей, около трех недель, возбудим интерес, входная плата.
III. Answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about Lord Strawberry? Find all the facts about
his hobby, his interests, his character.
2. What kind of bird was the phoenix? Describe it.
3. How did the phoenix come to live in Mr. Poldero's Wizard
Wonderland?
4. What did you learn about Mr. Poldero and his Wizard Wonderland?
5. Why did Mr. Poldero consider the phoenix a bargain at first? Why did
he change his mind later?
6. Why did he decide to set the phoenix alight?
7. How did he do the ageing?
8. How did he plan his publicity campaign? Find all the advertising
phrases about the phoenix and express the same ideas in ordinary
English.
9. Describe the day the phoenix burst into flames.
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