Exercise 4. Match the word from 1–7 with its definition from a–g.

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Exercise 4. Match the word from 1–7 with its definition from a–g.

1. to bring up

2. price

3. menu

4. novel

5. waiter

6. to give up

7. champagne

a. a very long written story about imaginary people and events

b. an expensive French white wine with bubbles

c. to stop doing something

d. a list of dishes and drinks in a restaurant or café

e. the money which you pay when you buy something

f. to look after children until they are adults

g. a man who works in a restaurant, bringing people food and drinks

Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps using one of the following words or phrases in the correct form.

success / order / cost / let / leave / weigh / guest / bring up

1. The parcel                  5 kilograms.

2. We invited a lot of                  to the party.

3. She was                  by her grandmother.

4. I                   my bag in the car.

5. His first novel brought him              _.

6. My parents don’t                 me come home late.

7. He                 

girlfriend.

black coffee for himself and ice-cream for his

8. It                   him a lot of money to buy this car.

Exercise 6.. Use the following phrases  in sentences of your own.

to bring up children, to write novels, to give up medicine, to have a keen understanding, to bring a menu, a high price, to order something in a restaurant, a cheap dish, to drink champagne, a basket full of something

Exercise 8. Read the text.

The Luncheon¹

(after W.S. Maugham)

William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Paris in 1874. His parents died when he was very little and the boy was brought up by his uncle. He qualified as a doctor² in 1897 but the success of his first novel “Liza of Lambeth” published in the same year encouraged him to give up medicine and become a professional writer.

In the First World War W.S. Maugham worked for the Red Cross³ and then became a secret agent. During the war his best-known novel “Of Human Bondage”⁴ (1915) was published.

His novels, plays and short stories are characterized by a clear and simple style and a keen understanding of human nature.

W.S. Maugham travelled all over the world. He died in 1965 at the age of almost ninety-two.

This happened twenty years ago when I lived in Paris. I had a small room and very little money.

A lady had read a book of mine⁵ and had written to me about it. She was in Paris and wanted to have a talk with me. She asked me to give her a small luncheon at a restaurant which she named. I was very young then and I could not say “no” to a lady.

I had only eighty francs⁶; all the money I had till the end of the month. “A small luncheon will not cost more than fifteen francs,” I thought, “and if I don’t take coffee for the next two weeks, I shall have enough money till the end of the month.”

So we met at the restaurant which she had chosen.

She was a woman of forty. She talked a lot, but as she wanted to talk about me, I was ready to listen to her. When the waiter brought the menu, I saw that the prices were very high. But she said, “I never eat anything much for luncheon.”

“Oh, don’t say that!” I answered.

“I never eat more than one thing. I think people eat too much in our days. I can eat now a little fish only. Have they any salmon?”

They had, and I ordered it for my guest. The waiter asked her: “Will you have anything while we are preparing it?” “No,” she answered, “I never eat more than one thing. But if you have a little caviar – I like caviar.”

I knew I had not enough money to pay for caviar. But I could not tell her that. For myself I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu, a beefsteak.

Then came the question of drink. “What will you drink?” I asked her.

“My doctor lets me drink only champagne.” It seemed to me that my face became white. But I ordered half a bottle of champagne.

She ate the caviar and she ate the salmon. She talked of art, literature and music. But all I wanted to know was what the “small” luncheon would cost me. “Shall I be able to pay the bill?” I asked myself again and again. “What shall I do if the bill comes to more than I have?” If the bill comes to more, I shall leave my watch and say that I shall come back and pay later, I decided.

The waiter brought another dish. She ate and I spoke of literature. At last she finished.

Then the waiter came up to us with a large basket full of peaches. They were not in season⁷ then and their price was very high. My guest took one of them.

“Coffee?” I asked her some minutes later.

“Yes, just an ice-cream and coffee,” she answered.

“You know,” she said as she ate the ice-cream, “I usually don’t eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner. But if I must have luncheon, then I never eat more than one thing.”

The bill came, and when I had paid it, I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

I am not a bad man. But I am glad that today she weighs more than three hundred pounds⁸. So I had my revenge at last⁹.

NOTES

1. luncheon['lʌntʃən]

2. qualified['kwɔlɪfaɪd] as a doctor

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