Am I too familiar, Daddy (не слишком ли я фамильярна, Папочка;
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flippant ['flIpqnt], superficial ["s(j)u:pq'fIS(q)l], endeavour [In'devq]
President Cuyler made a speech this evening about the modern generation being flippant and superficial. He says that we are losing the old ideals of earnest endeavour and true scholarship; and particularly is this falling-off noticeable in our disrespectful attitude towards organized authority. We no longer pay a seemly deference to our superiors.
I came away from chapel very sober.
Am I too familiar, Daddy? Ought I to treat you with more dignity and aloofness? — Yes, I'm sure I ought. I'll begin again.
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You will be pleased to hear (/надеюсь/, вам будет приятно узнать) that I passed successfully my mid-year examinations (что я успешно сдала экзамены в середине учебного года = экзамены за первое полугодие), and am now commencing work in the new semester (и теперь начинаю учебу в новом семестре). I am leaving chemistry (я перестаю /изучать/ химию;
An extremely interesting and valuable lecture (чрезвычайно интересная и важная лекция;
We are reading Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey (мы читаем «Тинтернское аббатство» Вордсворта) in connection with our course in English Literature (в связи с нашим курсом по английской литературе = по программе курса английской литературы). What an exquisite work it is (что за совершенное произведение;
semester [sI'mestq], chemistry ['kemIstrI], qualitative ['kwOlItqtIv], analysis [q'nxlIsIs], angleworm ['xNg(q)lwq:m]
You will be pleased to hear that I passed successfully my mid-year examinations, and am now commencing work in the new semester. I am leaving chemistry — having completed the course in qualitative analysis — and am entering upon the study of biology. I approach this subject with some hesitation, as I understand that we dissect angleworms and frogs.
An extremely interesting and valuable lecture was given in the chapel last week upon Roman Remains in Southern France. I have never listened to a more illuminating exposition of the subject.
We are reading Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey in connection with our course in English Literature. What an exquisite work it is, and how adequately it embodies his conceptions of Pantheism!