Выполнить задание в четырёх cases

Case 5
After making a fortune, Baxter wearied of civilization and it’s luxuries. He moved to a South sea island paradise, There he lived in a thatched hut with a native bride. When he learnt that it was both legal and customary to have more than one wife, he ran up to his total to five huts and five wives. Finally the bliss wore off, Baxter quit his five wives and returned to the United States. There he died. His first wife promptly came to claim his estate - followed by the four others. A five-way lawsuit ensued.
"In the United States, a man can have only one legal wife", the first wife argued.
"As I was his first bride, under United States law I was his one-and only. His marriages to you four were illegal".
"Not so", Baxter’s four other widows retorted. "Under our island customs all five marriages were equally legal. That gives each of us, as much right to his estate as you have". 

The list of words and word combinatons under study:
to weary -утомлять,надоедать, утомляться;
 to weary of - потерять терпение,испытывать раздражение;
 thatched- соломенная или тростниковая крыша; 
customary -основанный на обычае или обычном праве; 
Customary law-обычное право,
 total - весь, целый; 
bliss - счастье, блаженство;
 to wear off - стирать, уничтожать, проходить;
 lawsuit - судебный процесс, производство дела в суде; 
to enter a lawsuit - предъявлять иск; 
ensue -(по) последовать, происходить в результате; 
to settle smth on smb - завещать

1.Look up the pronunciation of the following words and learn it:
to weary, luxuries, thatched, lawsuit, ensue, polygamy

2. Reproduce the situations in which the words under study are used

3. Paraphrase the following sentences using the words under study:

1. It was a usual habitual tradition commonly used and practiced on the island.
2. Having wearied he decided to go to the South.
3.It was a house the roof of which was covered with straw, palm leaves and the like, laid so as to protect from the weather.
4. The father says that dreadful consequences might have .
5. Our car was a complete loss after the accident.
6. The happiness was gone.
7..... and then a prosecution of a claim in a court of law ensued.
4. Comment on the following statements:
When he learnt that it was both legal and customary to have more than one wife, he ran up uis total to five huts and five wives.
 Finally the bliss wore off. His first wife promptly came to claim his estate - followed by the four others. 
A five -way lawsuit ensued. ...polygamy is contrary to United States law and public policy.

5. Answer the following questions:
1. After what did Baxter weary of civilization and it,s luxuries?
2. Who did he marry and in what kind of house did lie live on the island?
3. What did Baxter do when he learned that it was both legal and customary to have more than one wife?
4. What did the first wife do when her husband died?
5. What did the first wife say in court concerning her husband’s estate?
6 What did Baxter’s four other  widows report?

Case 6
For forty years Mr. Dollarwise doted on his wife for making ends meet on a slim budget. Then he learnt she had even saved enough to buy two houses in her own name. Reasoning that the money really was his, he sued for possession of the houses. "If her allowance had not been enough I would have had to give her more", - he said. "As it was too much, she would have repaid me. Instead, she bought houses with what was really my money." "He gave me the money to run the house as I saw fit", his wife retorted. "What I saved by my economy was my own profit". If you were the judge, would you make the wife give the houses to her husband?
The list of words and word-combinations understudy:
to dote on (upon) -любить до безумия, души не чаять, быть ослепленным любовью;
slim budget - скудный бюджет; to make ends meet - сводить концы с концами; 
 to save - копить, откладывать, экономить; 
in one, s name - на чье-либо имя, на имя кого-либо; 
possession - владение, обладание; 
household allowance - расходы по дому (на содержание семьи);
 allowance - сумма, выплачиваемая на содержание; 
to run the house - вести домашнее хозяйство; 
 to enforce - принуждать, заставлять;
 to repay - возвращать, отдавать; to reason - размышлять, рассуждать

Look up the pronunciation of the following words and learn it Possession, allowance, really, nevertheless

Reproduce the situation in which the words under study are used.

Paraphrase the following sentances using the words under study:
1. Charles was foolishly in love with Linder.
2. They were compelled to act like that.
3. He was thinking in a connected, sensible and logical manner how to do it better but came to no conclusion and went to bed.
4. It was a limited sum of money and she couldn’t save anything.
5. They were very poor so they had to spend a very small quantity of money on food.
6. The husband insisted on returning the houses.
7. The vast area of land belonged to him.
8. She avoided spending all her money and as a result she bought a house in the country.
9. In court the wife said she had bought the houses. So they belong to her.
Comment on the following statements. Give your own understanding:
1. For forty years Mr. Dollarwise doted on his wife for making ends meet on a slim budget.
2. Reasoning that the money really was his he sued for possession of the houses.
3. "He gave me the money to run the house as Isaw fit", rhe reported.
4. "If her allowance had not been enough I would have had to give more" - he said.
Answer the rollowing questions:
1. What did Mr. Dollarwise dote on his wife for?
2. Why did Mr. Dollarwise`s wife decided to save money?-
3. In whose name did she buy two houses?
4. Why did the husband say in court that  his wife should  have repaid him?
5. What did Mr. Dollarwise sue his wife for?
6. What did his wife report?
Give a brief summary of the case.

If you were the judge would you make the wife give the houses to her husband?

Read and comment on the decisionof the court:
The husband got the houses. The judge, admitting he would not dare to enforce such a decision against his own wife, nevertheless ruled: "The  household ""allowance legally belongs to the husband and what the wife saves out of it is neither compensation nor a gift to her".

Case 7
Gasper, a low-income-bracket boy with a crew cut, married a high-salaried woman executive with the fond anticipation of living effortlessly ever after. But his bride ran him the way she ran her office staff. Further, she refused to live at his mother’s. When she built a new house and moved into it, Gasper sued her for divorce on grounds of cruelty.
"She neglected me for her business, she talked me down, she embarrassed me in public. She always attempted to dominate me", he complained,
"Gasper was willing to accept the benefits of my being the bread-winner", his bride replied, "so why should he complain when I act like one? A wife is as much entitled to me the boss as a husband is anyhow".
If you were the judge would you grant Gasper a divorce?
The list of word-combinations under study:
bracket -группа, категория, группировать;
 low-income-bracket -относящийся к категории людей с низким доходом; 
executive- руководитель, администратор; 
ground-основание, причина, мотив; 
on the ground of - по причине, на основании; 
on personal grounds - по личным причинам; 
grounds for divorce - основания для развода;
 to neglect -пренебрегать, не заботиться, упускать, забывать, не обращать внимания; to talk down - перекричать кого-либо, заставить кого-либо замолчать;
 benefit -преимущество, польза, благо, пособие ;
 to grant -разрешать, давать согласие, удовлетворять просьбу; 
to grant a request (petition) -удовлетворять просьбу (ходатайство)

Look up the pronungiation of the following words and learn it:
embarras, attempt, effortlessly

Reproduce the situations in which the words under study are used.

3. Paraphrase the following sentences using the words undre study;
1. Bill always liked to have his hair very short.
2. These two gentlemen, high-salaried man, have been practicing law for ten years.
3. Only after the revolution the people were given freedom and independence.
4. He was divorced at last; the reason was: cruelty.
5. He was a high-salaried office worker at the firm.
6. The fact that he paid no attention to her made her sue him for divorce.
7. The scientists worked for the good of mankind.
8. In her conversation he noticed a low level of her intelligence.

4. Comment on the following statesments. Give your own understanding:
1. Gasper, a low-income-bracket boy with a crew cut, married a high-salaried woman executive with the fond anticipation of living effortlessly ever after.
2. But his bride ran him the way she ran her office staff.
3. "She neglected me for her business. She talked me down, she embarrassed me in public, she always attempted to dominate me", he complained.
4. "Gasper was willing to accept the benefits of my being the bread-winner", his bride replied.
Answer the following questions
1. Why did Gasper marry a high-salaried woman executive?
2. What was the bride’s attitude to Gasper?
3. When did Gasper sue his wife for a divorce?
4. On what grounds did Gasper sue his wife for a divorce?
5. What did Gasper complain of in court?
6. What did his wife say in court?
Give a brief summary of the case.
(Based upon a Kentucky decision)

Case 8
The honeymoon was scarcely over when it became painfully apparent that spendthrift Sally and thrifty Homer never should have wed. Homer tried to curb Sally’s extravagance. Sally wracked him over the head with a saucepan. This became standard operating procedure in their home the first of every month, Homer finally sued for divorce. Grounds: "Extreme and repeated cruelty".
"My head is a mass of bumps", Homer testified, "certainly repeated blows with a saucepan constitute cruelty, and I can stand any more.
"That`s silly, said Sally. "Homer, is a great big man. He could have taken the saucepan from me any time. Instead, he just turned his bade. That shows that my blows ware light taps, not a real beating".
If you were the judge would you grant Homer a divorce?
The list of words and word-combinations under study:
apparent - явный, очевидный;
 heir - прямой наследник; 
spendthrift - расточитель, транжир; 
thrifty - экономный, бережливый;
 thrift  - бережливость, экономность; 
 to testify to the fact that - показать, что (давать показания)  to testify to testify against (on behalf of)  smb -  давать показания против против (в защиту) кого-либою ;
 concede - допускать (возможность, правильность) ч-л; 
construe - объяснять, истолковывать; 
mistreatment (maltreatment) - плохое обращение; 
extreme - чрезвычайный, крайний; 
extreme penalty - высшая мера наказания
Look up the pronunciation of the following words and learn it:
thrift, wrack, procedure, constitute, construe, apparent

Reproduce the situations using the words under study are used.

3. Paraprase the following sentences using the words under study:
1. Sara, an extravagantly wasteful person, married a high salaried man of forty.
2. He told his wife she had been too economical and he found she had starved herself and her daughter.
3. The master was going to give proof that his servant had been killed.

4. Comment on the following statements:
1. The honeymoon was scarcely over when it became painfully apparent that spendthrift Sally and thrifty Homer never should have wed.
2. Homer tried to curb Sally’s extravagance.
3. This became standard operating procedure in their home the first of every month.
4. While conceding that men may be able to take more punishment than woman, it said the law should not be construed as subjecting a husband to one test of cruelty or mistreatment and a wife to quite another.
Answer the following questions:
1. When did it become painfully apparent that spendthrift Sally and Homer never shoud have wed?
2. What did Homer try to do with respect to his wife?
3. In what way did Sally treat her husband?
4. On what grounds did Homer sue for divorce?
5. What did Homer say in court?
6. Did he testify against or on behalf of his wife?
7. What were Sally’s statements?
Give a brief summary of the case.
If you were the judge сould you grant Homer a divorce?

Read and comment on the decision of the court:
Homer won. The court pointed out that if he had beaten Sally as she beat him, it undoubtedly who соuld have constituted cruelty. While conceding that men may be able to take more punishment than women, it said the law should not be construed as subjecting a husband to one test of cruelty or mistreatment and a wife to quite another.
(Based upon a Illinois case)