Английский язык (профессиональный). Учебно-методическое пособие по домашнему чтению

4. Write one-page summary "Barry the Blade" using the words and expressions from Ex. 1

Chapter 3 (pp. 3748)

1.Find the following words and expressions in the text. Retell the chapter using these word combinations.

2. Complete the sentences with the words from the list ant translate them into Russian.

rented, throbbing, an edge, blamed, exchanged, crumbling clammy, stretcher.

1.The ___________board fence encircled most of the trailer park.

2.The Sways___________ a trailer for two hundred and eighty dollars a month.

3.His lower lip was not swollen, but suddenly began _____________.

4.The voice had ___________ to it now.

5.Mark touched Ricky's arm and noticed how________________ it was.

6.All crime and mischief in the suburbs were automatically___________ on the trailer people.

7.A _____________ emerged from the ambulance and Mr.Clifford was put on it.

8.The cops _______________ looks as if this were a game.

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3.Focus on Grammar. Put the verb in brackets into the correct grammar form. Translate the sentences in to Russian.

1.He curled his knees to the stomach as if he ____________ (to be cold)

2.The books and backpacks ______________ (to pile) on the kitchen table.

3.If he ______________ (not to call) 911, it could be days before anyone found the body.

4.He had been (to be)to the clearing many times but suddenly ______________ (to realize)he had never seen another person there.

5.Mark knew for certain that every 911call ______________ (to record).

6.There was a sudden shudder as if he ______________ (to be freezing).

7.Mark didn't want ______________ (to record).

8.Kevin had shown the bike to a few of his buddies before it ______________ (to repaint).

9.Mark couldn't remember if Romey ______________ (to turn off) the car before he shot himself.

4. Make up the summary of the chapter using the word combinations from the first exercise.

Chapter 4 (pp. 49-56)

1. Find the following words and expressions in the text. Retell the chapter using these word combinations:

2. Focus on Grammar. Put the verb in brackets into the correct grammar form. Translate the sentences.

1)Dianne was told it __________( to be) less than ten minutes.

2)They stood in the small room ______________( to look) awkwardly at one another.

3)Ricky needed ___________________( to hospitalize).

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4)Mark told his mother about the dead body they ______________(to find).

5)Mark's hands _______________(to shake) so he sat on them.

3.Answer the questions:

1)Has Mark always been staying away from troubles?

2)Why and when did Mark vow to live a clean life?

3)Why did Mark decide to keep silent about the suicide?

4)What did Mark see on the clearing when he returned to that place and was peeking through the woods?

5)What made Mark freeze?

6)What did Hardy ask Mark?

7)Why did Hardy get interested in a boy?

8)What did Mark tell the policemen?

9)What was suspicious in Mark's answers for Hardy?

10)Why did Hardy want to drive Mark home?

11)How did Dianne Sway find her little son when she came back home?

12)Why did Hardy want to have a look at Ricky? Was it a mere desire to help?

13)Why did Mark's knees go weak when Hardy offered to take Ricky to the hospital?

14)Did Mark feel sorry that he couldn't tell mother the truth?

15)Why did Dianne feel scared and uncertain?

16)What did Hardy and Mark speak about on their way to the hospital?

17)What again seemed strange to Hardy in Mark's answers? Why did he share his thoughts with the boy?

4.Dramatize the dialogue between Mark and Hardy. Get into acting as much movement and mime as you can.

Chapter 5 (pp. 57 – 66)

1. Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Reproduce the situations where they were used in the text.

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2. Complete the sentences with the words from the list. Translate the sentences into Russian.

to discern, dropped off, concerned, non-glamorous grunt work, have possession, to confirm, to be avaliable, to overcome.

1.He knew he would be forced one day to see a shrink ____________ his fear of flying.

2.Thomas Fink handled most of the trial, especially the ___________________ and saved the easy and high – profile parts for his boss.

3.The rookie worked little on the case but happened __________________ for the joyride to Memphis.

4.He tried in vain ___________ what Memphis was telling Ttrumann.

5.Foltrigg was gravely ______________ with his public image.

6.The Memphis Police still ______________ of the note, the gun, the pills, all the physical evidence removed from the car.

7.He was fishing to see whether he'd _____________any clues during his drunken chitchat.

8.Foltrigg needed _______________ that Clifford was in fact dead and had in fact died by his own hand.

3. Give a written answer to the question: Was Roy Foltrigg a people's lawyer or a vain self – seeker? Prove you point of view with the facts from the text. Use as many essential vocabulary as possible.

Chapter 6 (pp. 67 – 88)

1. Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Reproduce the situations where they were used in the text.

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2.Answer the questions on the contents of the chapter:

1)How come that Mark and Hardy went to the cafeteria together?

2)Was the cafeteria upstairs or downstairs?

3)Were there any people in the cafeteria?

4)What was Mark worrying about?

5)What mistake did Hardy make while talking to Mark?

6)Was Mark a smooth lier?

7)What meals did they have at dinner?

8)What were they talking about?

9)What was Dr. Greenway like?

10)How was Dr. Greenway going to treat Ricky?

11)Why did he want to talk to Mark?

12)What was Dianna’s job?

13)When and why did Mark start his night time excursions?

14)Why did Hardy need overtime?

15)What was Jill Teal? How did Mark happen to meet Jill Teal?

3) Focus on Grammar. Supply the articles where necessary.

Dianna, Mark and Hardy stood by a Coce machine in one corner of the admissions lobby of St. Peter’s hospital. A doctor in a yellow jogging suit approached them and introduced himself as Dr. Greenway to Dianna. He said he was a psychiatrist and had been called by the family’s pediatrician. Dr. Greenway explained to Dianna what had happened to Ricky. He called it a sever case of acute posttraumatic stress disorder. He said that Ricky was badly scared. When the boy saw the man shoot himself he was suddenly exposed to a terrifying experience that he couldn’t handle. Normally a person would immediately become numb and paralyzed. He expected it would take some time for Ricky to come around. He wanted Dianna to stay near the boy at all times.

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4) Act out the conversation between Mark and Hardy in the cafeteria.

Chapter 7 (pp. 89 – 96)

1. Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Reproduce the situations where they were used in the text.

2.Fill in the gaps with the words from the text. Translate the sentences.

1)There were no_______________ reporters, not a soul called Roy Foltrigg until he ______________ the offices of the FBI.

2)Foltrigg took the only ________________ seat in McThune’s __________

____________________________

3)The note was _____________ with a black felt pen ____________ today or yesterday.

4)McThune’s delivery was _____________ and the __________ line was pronounced _____________.

5)McThune’s _____________ with US attorneys and their little __________

had been exhausted about twenty years earlier.

6)McThune was __________ and left no doubt that he was in ___________.

7)Fink shrank with _______________ as Foltrigg frowned at him.

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8)“The Boyette case is the FBI’s _______ ___________ at this moment, according to him”.

9)“It is _____________ that we know everything Mark Sway knows.

3.Identify the cue sentences of this chapter. Use them to make an outline of the present chapter.

4.Make up a summary of this chapter. Use the words and phrases from exercise 1 of this assignment.

Chapter 8 (pp. 97 – 118)

1. Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Reproduce the situations where they were used in the text.

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2. Focus on Grammar. Put the verb in brackets into the correct grammar form. Translate the sentences.

1)I suppose you __________________(to be) all over this place.

2)She ________________(to take) the bottle of Valium which Greenway ________

(send).

3)She removed the blanket and began ____________(to fold) it.

4)He desperately wanted his little brother ______________(to wake up) and start

_______________(to talk) about other matters.

5)They _____________(to wait) when I _____________(to arrive) an hour ago.

6)Stay in this bed until I ________________ (to return).

7)The room _______________(to grow) smaller by the minute.

8)He __________ even ___________ (to see) the first sequel to the Godfather, and he _____________(to know) all about the mob.

9)His office door ______________(to cover) with stained glass.

10)Mark convinced himself she could _________________ (to trust).

11)At first she _______________ (to amuse) by his questions, but his determination made her wonder.

12)Clint ____________ (to interrupt) again at 11.30 to inform Reggie her next appointment ________________ (to wait) for an hour.

13)The bomb had to _________________(to drop) on Reggie Love.

14)Reggie was terrified Mark ________________(to blurt) it out.

15)Romey told his client ____________ (to kill) many people.

16)Mark explained to Dianne that he ________________(to go) for a walk and

__________ (to be) there in a minute.

3. Translate the following sentences into English

1)Ему очень хотелось, чтобы его младший братишка проснулся и начал говорить о чем-нибудь.

2)Он был единственным ребенком на улице и понимал, что выглядит подозрительно.

3)Чем больше имен читал Марк, тем больше ему хотелось найти простого старину Джилла Тила.

4)Свободных мест не было, и один бедняга с загипсованной шеей сидел на заваленном всякой всячиной кофейном столике.

5)Реджи Лав было 52 года, но юриспруденцией она занималась менее пяти лет.

6)Не так уж часто ему приходилось здороваться с женщиной за руку.

7)Учусь в пятом классе на Уиллоу Роуд.

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8)Марк знал, что стоит ему все рассказать, от улыбок не останется и следа.

9)Марк гордился тем, что он сам нанял адвоката.

10)Он знал, ему станет легче, как только он все расскажет.

11)Дружеская снисходительная болтовня бабушки с внуком уступила место серии конкретных вопросов, уточняющих детали.

12)Это придется оставить напоследок.

13)Похоже, все сходилось.

14)Нет закона, который заставил бы его говорить.

4.Answer the following questions:

1)Where did Mark spend a night?

2)What was Karen? How did she work? What did Mark feel about the beautiful nurse?

3)How was Dianne?

4)What was Dr Greenway doing in the room? How was he talking to Ricky?

5)What did he say about Ricky’s state? What were his instructions for Mark and

Dianne?

6)Why Dr Greenway put off the meeting of Mark and Dianne with FBI as far as he could? Was he afraid of FBI?

7)What did Dianne learn from the newspaper?

8)Did Mark tell Dianne the truth when they were alone? Why?

9)Was Dianne in the mood for serious talk?

10)What was St. Peter’s like?

11)What for did Mark leave the hospital? Was Dianne aware of it?

Chapters 9 -10 (pp. 119 – 137)

1. Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Reproduce the situations where they were used in the text.

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3.Translate the sentences using causative verbs: have, get, make as well as: let, help.

1)Барри Малданно нанял Уиллиса Апчерча защищать его по немыслимым обвинениям в убийстве.

2)Мафиозные убийцы и торговцы наркотиками просили Уиллиса заниматься их делами.

3)Дела нищих убийц велись Уиллисом тоже.

4)Мафия разрешала Уиллису немного побродить и поболтать, но если они его звали, он тут же прибегал.

5)Джонни Сюлари приказал Уиллису прибыть в Новый Орлеан.

6)Реджи заставила Марка поднять свитер и прикрепила маленький диктофон с помощью липучек и пластиковой ленты.

7)Надменные агенты ФБР заставляли Марка рассказать им все, что ему известно.

8)Реджи попросила двух агентов предъявить ей свои удостоверения и значки. Ей были предъявлены оба документа.

9)Марк помогал Диане вывести Рики из комы.

10)Слова Реджи заставили обоих агентов сползти со стульев.

11)Агенты разрешили Марку покинуть комнату на пять минут.

12)На следующий день Рикки сняли капельницу.

4. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1an amendment to the US Constitution mainly guaranteeing certain protections in criminal cases, specifically the clause protecting persons from being compelled to testify against themselves

2(after the surname of the defendant (a female) in the case insuring the legal rights of an arrested person (as that of remaining silent or of being represented by counsel), of which such a person must be informed, according to the decision in a 1966 Supreme Court case.

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