Learn these words and word-combinations

have nothing to do with it		не иметь никакого отношения к
What does it matter?		Какое это имеет значение?
involve		включать в себя; замешивать в
suspect		подозревать
crash		авария
swallow		проглотить
pose as		выдавать себя за

Give the English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations

владеть собой; доказать; упустить шанс; начать сначала; сказать ровным холодным голосом; государственные секреты; колебаться; погубить; быть в безопасности; антикварное оружие

Agree or disagree with these statements:

1. Coke killed several people in cold blood. 2. Coke didn’t blame Masters for framing him four years ago, when Coke, as a result of Masters betray, was sentenced to prison. 3. Masters admitted that it was his idea to send Coke to Epping Forest that night. 4. Masters made Hugo sell government secrets because he knew compromising tings about him. 5. Masters involved Coke because the police suspected Hugo. 6. Hugo thought the crash wouldn’t kill Coke. 7. Hugo and Masters wouldn’t be safe if Coke were dead. 8. Masters said that they hid microfilms of secret documents in the parcels that Masters sent abroad by ordinary mail.

Answer these questions:

1. What did Coke want to do while he was listening to Master’s story? 2. What was Coke’s attitude towards Masters? 3. What kind of troubles did Coke have because of Masters? 4. How did Coke manage to get grip on himself? 5. What would happen if he killed Masters? 6. Whose idea was to send Coke to Epping Forest? 7. What did Masters tell Coke about Hugo? 8. What had Hugo made Masters do? 9. What reasons did he have to blackmail Masters? 10. What sort of things did Hugo know about Masters? 11. Why did Masters frame Coke up? 12. What did Hugo and Masters want the police to think? 13. What did Hugo and Masters hope for when they arranged Coke’s car crash? 14. Why wasn’t Masters in the army any longer? 15. In which way did Hugo continue using Masters? 16. What did the people they sent secret documents to pose as? 17. What was Coke’s last question?

Translate into English:

1. Коук хотел заставить Мастерса рассказать правду. 2. Если бы Мастерс не соврал на суде, Коука не посадили бы в тюрьму. 3. Коук знал, что , если бы он убил Мастерса, он не смог бы доказать свою невиновность. 4. Мастерс рассказал Коуку, что Хуго продает правительственные секреты любому иностранному государству, которое заинтересовано в них. 5. Хуго заставлял Мастерса поставлять ему информацию. Если бы Мастерс отказался, то Хуго погубил бы его репутацию. 6. Коук хотел узнать, почему Мастерс подставил его. 7. Хуго хотел, чтобы полиция думала, что Коук был шпионом. 8. Полиция стала бы считать, что это Коук украл секретные документы, если бы они нашли их в машине Коука после аварии. 9. Если бы Коук погиб в аварии, то Хуго и Мастерс оставались бы в безопасности и по сей день.

Speech Exercises:

• Dramatise the conversation between Coke and Masters.

• Name the facts that Coke found out from Masters.

Retell the episode using the following words and phrases:

pull the trigger; kill in cold blood; lose one’s freedom; a spy; get a grip on oneself; prove; innocent; have nothing to do with; government secrets; make someone do something; tell the police; ruin; involve; suspect; dead body; crash; safe; useful; dangerous; hide; pose as.

Questions

1. Why didn’t Coke kill Masters? 2. What did Masters tell Coke about Hugo? 3. Why did Masters always obey Hugo’s orders? 4. Why had Masters sent Coke to Epping Forest? 5. How did Hugo and Masters send secret documents abroad?

CHAPTER 23

SYNOPSIS: Masters has told Coke that Hugo had planned what had happened to Coke in Epping Forest. He thought Coke would be killed in the crash and that the police would think he was the spy when they found the documents in his car. Coke wants Masters to take him to Hugo.

Masters told Coke that Hugo owned a large garage in the North of London. Cars that had been damaged were taken there to be repaired. It was also where the secret documents Hugo sold were kept before they were micro-filmed and sent abroad. They got into Masters’ white Jaguar and drove there. Coke sat in front with Masters. Kate sat behind. It was almost evening when they got to the garage. It was at the end of a street and was surrounded by shops and small houses. They parked at the end of the street. People were beginning to close their shops and go home. The garage stayed open until six. Coke sat and watched the lights go off. When the last one had been turned off and the garage was completely dark, Coke turned to Masters again. ‘Now tell me exactly where the documents are kept before they’re sent off,’ he said. At first Masters did not answer. He had become a little braver again. Coke pressed the pistol into his stomach. ‘Because of you, I’ve been kept in prison for four years. Because of you, my life has been ruined. I’ll kill you here and now if you don’t answer!’ Masters looked at the pistol and went pale. ‘They’re kept in Hugo’s office, in an ordinary file in his desk,’ he answered. ‘And the microfilms?’ Coke demanded. ‘They’re kept there, too.’ ‘Do you know if any documents have been sent off recently?’ ‘Some were sent off last week. I know. I sent them myself,’ Masters said. ‘And will there be any there now, waiting to be sent off?’ Again Masters hesitated. Coke pressed the pistol even harder into his stomach. ‘I don’t know. There might be. Hugo told me he was going to give me some soon,’ he said. Coke gave Kate the pistol. She was still sitting behind Masters. ‘Keep him here until I get back,’ he said. ‘But what are you going to do?’ she asked. ‘Break into that garage if I can. Perhaps I can find proof that Hugo sells these things. If I do, I’ll phone the police.’ ‘But what if you don’t? What if you’re seen and caught before you can find anything at all?’ Kate asked. But Coke had already started walking towards the dark garage. In the dark winter evening, it looked very much like a prison.