2. "Arina, something doesn't seem right about our neighbour!"
a. Who was Arina?
b. Who was the neighbour?
C. Why do you think the speaker felt that something didn't seem right about their neighbour?
3. “There will be trouble between them and my neighbour.”
a. Who said these words and who is them?
b. When were these words spoken?
c. Why did the speaker think that there would be trouble between them and his neighbour?
C Answer these questions.
1. Who was Semyon Ivanov? How did he get the job of a track-walker?
2. What did the job of a track-walker involve? What was its drawback?
3. Why was Vasily angry?
4. What preparations were done for the inquiry?
5. What did Semyon do when the Chief's trolley approached his hut?
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Answers to the questions are as follows:
2.
(a) Arina was Semyon Ivanov's wife, who was a former soldier who the work as a railroad track walker.
(b)Semyon's neighbor was Vasily Stepanych, a fellow track walker.
(c)The speaker felt this way because when they met and spoke, his neighbor kept mute. He was also prone to losing his cool.
3.
(a) These are the words of Semyon Ivanov.
"Them" were the Chief, the Traffic Inspector, and four men working with levers and handles.
(b) This was said when the chief and the accompanying inspector asked him about his neighbor, Vasily Stepanych.
(c) The speaker expected difficulty between him and his neighbor because the traffic inspector inquired about Vasily and whether he was the same person against whom the inspector made a note last year.
C Answers to the questions:
1. Semyon Ivanov was a former soldier who worked as an army officer's assistant. When he was traveling on a train, the station master, who was also his officer in the regiment, gave him a job as a track walker.
2. The Track Walker had to go over the track twice a day to inspect and tighten the nuts, inspect the water lines, listen for tremors in the rails, and clear the snow from the track. The main disadvantage of this job was that he had to obtain inspectors' authorization for even minor tasks.
3. Vasily was enraged because he believed he had been underpaid and penalized for growing cabbages without the inspector's approval.
4. For a week, Semyon and Vasily worked tirelessly to prepare for the inquiry and get everything in order. The sleepers were thoroughly examined, spikes were inserted into nuts, posts were painted, and yellow sand was scattered at the level crossing.
5. When the chief's trolley arrived at Semyon's hut, he rushed and reported in a soldierly fashion.
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