Learn these words and word-combinations

shark		акула
bother		надоедать
property		собственность
hand		передать в руки
silently		молча
seize		схватить

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

болеть, внимательно осматривать, заподозрить, быть в ловушке, целиться, защищать, протестовать

Agree or disagree with these statements:

1. Coke tried to get up but his legs were tied. 2. His heart hurt terribly. 3. Hugo looked at him like a snake inspecting its dinner. 4. They would never have become suspicious if Coke and Kate had used Hugo’s white Jaguar. 5. When Hugo saw Master’s car parked halfway up the road he decided to catch Coke and free Masters immediately. 6. As soon as Kate realized that Coke had been trapped she broke into the garage to help him. 7. Suddenly there was a terrific crash as Kate broke down the side door of the garage. 8. Baxter believed Hugo when the last told him he had been protecting his property. 9. Baxter arrested Masters and Hugo because his Chief Inspector had followed Masters everywhere.

Answer these questions:

1. Where did Coke find himself when he came to? 2. What circumstance made Hugo become suspicious? 3. What wouldn’t have happened if Coke hadn’t used Master’s white Jaguar? 4. What did Hugo decide to do when he saw Master’s Jaguar parked halfway up the road? 5. What did Hugo and his men do after they caught Coke? 6. What wouldn’t Coke have done if he hadn’t been tired? 7. What did Coke think about when he looked at Kate, who was tied to a chair in the garage, too? 8. What did Coke think about the situation he and Kate found themselves in? 9. What wouldn’t have happened if Hugo had used a revolver four years ago? 10. What did Hugo intend to do when he aimed the revolver at Coke’s head? 11. What happening made Hugo turn round and gape? 12. Who descended inside the garage through the sky-light? 13. How did Hugo explain that he was holding a revolver in his hand? 14. How did Baxter make Hugo give him the revolver? 15. What did the policemen do with Hugo, Masters and the three men? 16. What did Baxter tell Masters after the policemen arrested him? 17. How long had Baxter been in the garage? 18. When would Hugo have phoned the police if he had only wanted to protect his property?

Translate into English:

1. Если бы Бакстер не следовал за Мастерсом, он не узнал бы, что Коук находится в ловушке. 2. Хуго не поймал бы Коука, если бы тот не воспользовался машиной Мастерса. 3. Кейт не попала бы в беду, если бы Коук не попросил ее помочь ему. 4. Полиция никогда бы не схватила Хуго, если бы Коук не проник в гараж через люк. 5. Если бы Хуго хотел защитить свою собственность, он бы позвонил в полицию час тому назад. 6. Если бы Главный инспектор не приказал Бакстеру наблюдать за Мастерсом, полиция никогда бы не узнала, кто был настоящим шпионом. 7. Коук навсегда остался бы в тюрьме, если бы он не сбежал из нее.

Speech Exercises:

• Retell this episode as if you were Coke.

• Retell the episode as if you were Baxter.

Retell the episode using the following words and phrases:

come to; tied; hurt; suspicious; decide; stupid mistake; ask for help; be trapped; bother; aim; terrific crash; gape; roar; drop; protect; break in; hand; move forward; seize; property; protest; prove; untie.

Answer these questions

1. What happened when Coke came to? 2. How had Hugo and his men discovered that Coke was near the garage? 3. Why had Coke made such a bad mistake? 4. How did Coke become a free man again?

The Man Who Escaped

General Discussion

Episodes 1-12

1. Daily routine in prison where Coke was serving his sentence.

2. The news about Coke’s escaping from prison.

3. What do you know about Masters?

4. What do you know about Richard Baxter?

5. Coke’s hiding-place after his escaping from prison.

6. Baxter’s movements after he was given the order to find Coke immediately.

7. Why did Coke escape from prison?

8. How did Coke manage to find a house in the country?

9. What did the house look like and who lived in it?

10. What story did Coke tell the old woman about himself?

11. Why did the sergeant worry about Mrs. Bentley and who did he send to her place?

12. What did Coke find out about Coke from Baxter?

13. How did the old lady help Coke?

14. What happened in Mrs. Bentley’s house when the policeman came in?

15. Halls and Baxter’s adventure in the countryside.

16. How did Coke manage to get away from Halls and Baxter?

17. What did Coke know about pocket radios all policemen had and what interrupted his thoughts while he was driving along in the police car?

18. What kind of interview with the Chief Inspector from Scotland Yard did Baxter imagine while he and Halls were walking along in the middle of the countryside?

19. What did Coke want to find in the village?

20. How did Masters feel after Coke’s escaping and what conversation did he have with Hugo?

21. What incident happened to Coke while he was racing towards London on the motorbike?