The Why Are You Here Cafe by John B.

Strelecky
Two
The questions:
1. Where is the narrator going?
2. What is his emotional state? How is he describing it in the chapter? Bring the examples.
3. What is he afraid of? Why is his frustration building bit by bit?
4. What surrounds him? What time is it? How do we get a certain time of the day?
5. What is the narrator dreaming of? What does he regret about?
6. What are the main difficulties the narrator faces?

Tasks:
1. Find in the text and translate into Russian:
print out —
follow straightforward direction —
road atlas —
driving trips —
degenerating state of mind —
the exit appeared —
spit ramp —
nothing but woods and grassland —
at a highway intersection —
pulled to —
indicate —
things are looking pretty bleak —
the sun was sinking lower on the horizon —
to waste –
was no longer an option —
fuel gauge —
recharge one’s batteries —
the sun had now sunk completely below the tree line –
car runs out of gas —

2. Find English equivalents in the text:

(P.5 ) казалось в высшей степени разумным –
я только больше раздражался/ разочаровывался —
прокричал я сам себе —
(6) понятия не имел —
признаки цивилизации практически отсутствовали —
(7) я сделал это из отчаяния —
было почти восемь вечера –
оставшийся бензин —
заправить автомобиль —
(8) в какой-то степени, со всей моей жизнью
выгореть —
сумерки поглощали окрестности —
становится все более похожим —

3. Find a synonym in the text:

(P.5) take with me — there were little cars —
go to — (7) to my horror —
showing — be sad about —
dreamt about — make very slow progress —
(6) you are having problems — (8) a strange statement –