Vocabulary

1)Crush - passion, deep and strong interest. She had a crush during her summer vacation to Italy but they couldn't go on.
2)Bitch about -to grumble.Old women are always bitching about and it can be really annoying.
3)Barrister - a lawyer. His dream was to enter a prestigious univercity and become a barrister.
4)Moonily - in a dreamy manner. He looked at her moonily and realised the impossibility of being friends if he made the declaration of love.
5)Pathetic - miserable, not really good. Her new boyfriend was a pathetic representative of a mankind 
6)Strident - loud and harsh ( sound). He was so nervious that his voice became strident
7)Eventually - finally, after all. They were solving the problem for 40 min and, eventually, the answer was wrong.
8)Smugly - in a self satisfied manner. The detective took the vase and smiled smugly.
9)Pig out - eat too much. They broke up and she decied to pig out instead of crying
10)Undeniably - can't be disapproved. It was undeniably that her husband was unfaithful.
11)Watchword - a word or phrase expressing a person's core aim or belief, motto. Her watchword is - never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
12)Furious - angry, evil. After visiting her hair hairdresser she was very furious.
13)Attempt - to try. She attempted not to cry during watching the old soviet film but she failed
14)Impertinent - not showing any respect. His behaviour was becoming impertinent and they had to call security.
15)Joyous - full of happiness. She was joyous when her father had presented her a bike.
16)Assumption - a guess. My assumption was correct when I thought that the main character wasn't killed by his brother
17)Grin - a broad smile. His grin meant that he had planned something unkind.
18)Interject - to interrupt for a remark. If she had interjected him they could have saved their marriage but she had said a really terrible thing.
19)Eligible - suitable. His mother was looking for an eligible wife for her favorite son.
20)The Tarts and Vicars - a kind of costumed party. She was organizing the Tarts and Vicars party for her birthday.
21)Sluttish - slattern, untidy. Her room was so sluttish that she couldn't find her telephone.
22)Persuade - cause smb to do smth. Martin couldn't persuade his daughter not to eat the ice cream and had to ask to help his wife.
23)Prat - a foolish person. Tom pretended to be a prat and his classmates always helped him with his homework
24) Rambling - without an order. His rambling speech didn't inspire anyone.
25) Dazzling - extremely bright, awesome. The story wasn't dazzling but it's worth reading
The references: http://www.lingvo-online.ru/ru  http://universal_en_ru.academic.ru

Filming

Renee Zellweger 
- Bridget Jones

Colin Firth 
- Mark Darcy

   For me, the actors are ideal for their characters. Daniel looks         arrogant, Mark is serious but still charming and Bridget is cute and easygoing. 

But the film is really differs from the book. Firstly, there are some unimportant adds from the creators, like Mark's Japanese wife and that Bridget was not allowed to smoke in presence of her mother etc. 

Secondly, the film is much more realistic than the book. There is no crime story about the lover of Bridget's mother who stole money. Bridget just decided to renew her relations with Daniel which pushed off Mark for a while but finally they came together during New Year's Night which was very romantic. But the most strange moment that in the film Bridget can seem like a real sloven and a vulgar girl but it's not so bad in the book.

I reckon that the film is even more peculiar than the book and it's rare case but,in my opinion, it's better than the book.

Gemma Jones
 - Bridget's mother

Jim Broadbent
 - Bridget's father

Hugh Grant 
- Daniel Cleaver

My opinion

"My New Year Resolution

I WILL NOT

Get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen"

You open the book and forget about your own problems and laugh at her sometimes stupid, sometimes ridiculous behavior. The book doesn't have a lot of philosophy, it doesn't gift you new knowledge, but the book was written to entertain and it fulfills its function perfectly. If you open it you can't stop reading.

The main characters are wonderfully described. It's easy to fall in love with Mark and you really don't like and understand Bridget's mother. It's a usual book for usual people. Sure not all can be in reality but it give you an opportunity to dream about such boyfriend as Mark, about being so brave as Bridget, about being so lucky as her mother.

All my expectations came true. The main advantage of its book is its entertaining function - it's a good book to read after long and grey day. Second one is its language, it's read quickly and everything is clear but for someone such easy vocabulary can be disadvantage.

Also there is another disadvantage, you can guess the end right at the beginning of the book but mostly it's inherent to all entertaining literature so it's not an absolute disadvantage.

To sum up I can say that after the reading you want to have a continuation of the story and I really advice at least watch the film which is suitable for a long winter evening.( By the way, I think that it's the rare case when the film is better than the book)

My ending

                                                      How could it end in the real life?

Supposably, attractive and rich man fell in love with not very clever and not very thin woman. Bridget’s mother went off with a young man who stole a lot of money from her neighbors and friends. Mark doesn’t help her because he is a lawyer and it’s rather public profession and he shouldn’t be in such controversial situation. Bridget’s mother goes on to live with Julio but finally she understands that there are no real feelings between them – he used her to get money and she still loves her husband. She is trying to return to him but fails because he can’t the unfaithfulness. Meanwhile Bridget is trying to connect with Mark because she realizes that she likes him and he would be perfect for her as a husband. But Mark doesn’t answer her phone calls. Once Bridget goes to the café and sees Daniel. They renew their relations. Bridget’s mother makes her daughter marry Daniel but Bridget still loves Mark. But her mother is really hard-bitten and finally she achieves success. They are married. Daniel cheats, Mark is sorry that he couldn’t fight for his love; Bridget doesn’t live with her real destiny. An only winner is mother. But suddenly she understands that she isn’t happy – she doesn’t have a family anymore, her daughter blames her and friends don’t want to treat with her. By different tricks she puts up with her husband, connects Mark and Bridget and learns from mistakes. Everyone is happy and villains are punished. The End.

CULTURE

All countries and families have its traditions, rules and prejudices. Bridgets’ ones are not exceptions. If you are more than 30 and you aren’t married you are under pressure. All friends are trying to find a couple for you. Your family makes you get acquainted with potential husbands, the richer the better. I think in the case our countries aren’t different. Everywhere society knows better what you need and when you need it. And if everyone says so it makes you think about it and feel loneliness. For filling the vacuum women usually watch shows or soap operas, like Blind Date and Casualty in Britain and its analogues in Russia, just not to think about their own problems.

During the entire book Bridget and her friends arranged dinner parties and organized great celebrations which aren’t so popular in Russia. Usually Russian people invite only good friends, but no more than 5 people. But Bridget invited friends, their boyfriends and even some people which are not enjoyable for her, that I find funny. And she had to cook for them difficult dishes which aren’t usual for anyone’s ration. It doesn’t become such headache in my motherland. The guests are already happy just to visit their friend and often they bring some food for not to complicate the life of the host. But the discussions are the same everywhere – men, clothes and friends who didn’t come. Even the party when Bridget wanted to wear a bunny girl outfit can be compared with mascarads which are widely spread in Russia.

It's interesting that the author mentions two english classic books - "Pride and Prejudices" and "Wuthering Heights" that are really important for engliesh culture, like books of Tolstoy and Pushkin poems for us. Actually all the book is full of comparison with "Pride and Prejudices" - features of the main characters, behaviour of the main female character's mother, feelings between two main heroes.

" It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting 'Cathy' and banging your head against a tree."

All in all, nothing differs so much that can shock, our countries aren’t far, most of people know about their culture by films, books, the Internet and I hope that British people know some true about our culture.

Letter Tom --------> Bridget

Adress <happybridget@gmail.com>

Topic - Gossips

Data - February,10

Dear Bridget,

I’m sorry I haven’t written you for ages because I was going to travel and didn’t have even a second to write. Now I’m here in Alabama but all in good time.

You remember I took part in a competition The Alternative Miss World and didn’t succeed but now I’m in the country which is free from prejudice and I’ll win it esrecially with such great support. You must remember my boyfriend Creepy Jerome and now he is my ex-boyfriend. I found my real only love. His name is Frederick and he is from France or Italy, I don’t remember exactly but he is a real Appolo. He is perfect and I thank God every day that I have a new perfect nose because we would never be together without that surgery. To tell the truth, now I’m planning to have plastic surgery to change my awful elephant ears. How could I have been living such all this years?

Anyway, how are you? Jude told me that you had problems with Mark and you even broke up? I hope that Daniel wasn't the cause, was he?  Remember – Inner Poise.

Sorry,I have to go to help my sweetie or he will burn our dinner( the same like you ( wrote it and realized how much I miss you))

XOXO,

Tom

Information Gap

Year

The book tells us about life of an Englishwoman during a year. But it’s not stated what exact year it is. We can suggest that it’s earlier than 2000 because Bridget and all her friends don’t have any mobile phones and computers. 

Flat

She lives alone in a flat which is always littered and she can’t ever find anything and the descriptions of her home bring to mind the image of studio apartment because everything is situated in one room. 

                                              Food

Bridget wants to pass for cookery expert but it seems that she eats mostly fast food like pizza, smoothie and sushi and for parties she tries to cook extravagant dishes like Veloute of Celery, Confit of Oranges and etc but instead she gets blue soup, omelette and marmalade because of a lack of practice.

Clothes

It’s clear that Bridget doesn’t have a perfect taste. Her clothes have a diapason from a leather skirt till Grandma's clothes. Mark Darcy is a lawyer that’s why he perhaps wears mostly elegant and dark suits except New Year’s parties. Best Bridget friend is a gay and I think his looks are fashionable and stylish. Her friend man-hater sure wears only trousers and nothing more feminine. Her ex- boyfriend Daniel must look like a dandy with elegant and expensive designer clothes.