Questions on the text: 1) What was Ainsley? 2) Who was Dicky Soames? 3) What was the main reason for Ainsley's hiding Dicky's letters from Adela? 4) How did Ainsley behave when the second letter arrived? 5) What happened as a result of his behaviour? 6) Was Adela's uncle a rich person? Prove it. 7) Did he want Adela to come into his money and why did he have to change his will? 8) What did Ainsley mean saying, "Those two letters were worth reading"? 9) What proves that Ainsley's wife guessed everything? 10) Why do you think she said that the letters had been lost?
receive-получать пассивно, без специальных усилий получателя. Получать можно материальные вещи (письмо, деньги и т. д.) и абстрактные (новости, информацию, приказ и т. д.)Имеет более официальный, литературный оттенок.
gain-имеет смысловой оттенок, указывающий на старание или борьбу ради получения чего-либо и часто переводится "завоевать что-либо".
get-этот синоним может заменять obtain и receive в разговорном языке.Отличительная черта get- его употребление с отрицательными понятиями(получить удар, шок,нагоняй, рану и т. д.)
2He spent as much time as he could with books, among which there was a grammar book and a book of arithmetic.
3He made a rapid progress as a student.He completed a twelve-year study course in only five years and graduated from the Academy with brilliant results.
4Wishing to improve education in Russia he and count Ivan Shuvalov founded Moscow University.
5Lomonosov developed a number of important theories and made some brilliant discoveries, wrote poetry some of which is remembered nowadays
B He was largely a self-made man.Being a student he worked very hard,lived on bread and water and paid for himself. He made important contributions to literature, education and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus.He founded Moscow university.