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5. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given in the brack-
ets below:
(lower, dump, mean, deck, behead, eureka, ramifi cations, smitten,
vanish)
1) I want you to stay. I make a ___ scrambled egg.
2) Just a tooth problem. You know, a little sensitivity in ____
seven.
3) And I got her in the thing, and I ___ her and everything goes
according to plan exactly and she’s gone.
4) I’m just trying to fi gure out the various ___. I just don’t like
this whole thing!
5) I mean, all of a sudden you’re ready to ___ the whole story.
6) This guy is the son of a Lord! They’ll take us to the Tower
of London and___ us!
7) Well, he certainly seems ___ with you.
8) No, no. Sixteen, wait, 21 jet planes, 12 spinning midgets. ___!
I’ll be right back.
9) The guy owns a ___ of Tarot cards. That’s not a crime.
6. Unscramble the idioms and use them in your own examples:
1) to give someone A) a whistle on somebody
2) to be on a wild B) for a sucker
3) to play someone C) without fi re
4) there’ s no smoke D) and scraps
5) bits E) an enormous hand
6) to blow F) goose chase
7. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) I got a tremendous hand ___ the audience.
2) We’re not gonna break ___ his room if that’s what you’re
thinking.
3) Me, I was born ___ the Hebrew persuasion, but, when I got
older, I converted __ narcissism.
4) My mnemonic system failed ___me. What do you want me
to say? Now exactly what are we looking __ in here?
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5) I’m telling you, we’re __ a wild goose chase. Believe me.
6) Yes, well, I was just showing Father ___. He loves English
homes. Yes, I was very impressed __ your cellar.
7) You don’t make an accusation. We can phone ___ an anony-
mous tip.
8) What’s __? You look so sullen. No, I’m not. I just... I get sad
___ birthdays.
9) I’m beginning to fade. Sondra, don’t let me __! I wish you’d
fade __ good!
8. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the italicized words and expressions:
1) I’m doing the dematerializer trick with this chick from Manchester. I don’t know where they get these people, but she looked
like Sitting Bull.
2) And suddenly, Strombel appears. What? Yes, Strombel’s in
there! I got a tremendous hand from the audience.
3) You know, you’re getting so upset. I’m just trying to fi gure
out the various ramifi cations.
4) If he’s smitten with anyone, it’s Jade Spence. Who is Jade
Spence? A would-be investigative reporter who’s falling in love with
the object of her investigation.
5) Yes, we’re very proud of her. She’s a lovely girl. Overcame
a great handicap. Yeah. You know, she was learning disabled. Her
mother and I took her to many specialists, you know.
6) Yes, I was very impressed with your cellar. I have a wonderful cellar myself. No wine, but it’s rodent free.
7) I understand... and he’s innocent and we can’t make the
story Then he realizes that you’re, you know, you’re a pushy little
phony who’s been playing him for a sucker and he dumps you,
you know.
8) You know how many crank tips the papers say the police get?
You’re gonna phone one in on Peter Lyman! They’ll hang up on
you mid-sentence. Besides, if the story’s true, I want to be the one
to break it.
9) It’s starting to add up against him. Bits and scraps are coming together.
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9. Translate from Russian using the vocabulary of this episode:
1) Я сажаю ее в эту коробку, чтобы она исчезла, и все идет
согласно плану, и она дематериализуется. Потом внезапно появляется Стромбель. Зрители хлопали мне с большим энтузиазмом.
Хотелось бы мне проделывать это каждый вечер!
2) Боже, этот парень, наверняка, замечательный любовник.
Я о том, что ты внезапно готова забросить свое расследование.
Мне нужно выяснить, какую смесь он ест на завтрак.
3) Какие еще доказательства тебе нужны?
—
А что мы скажем
полиции? Что у парня есть колода карт Таро? Это не преступление. Что он опоздал на игру в покер? Так он достаточно умен,
чтобы запастись алиби.
4) Ты знаешь, что всегда говорил о сенсации Джо Стромбель?
«Заполучи ее первым, но сначала убедись, что выяснил все правильно».
5) Я бы не удивилась, если бы он сделал мне предложение.
—
Ты родилась в ортодоксальной семье. Они примут в свое лоно
серийного убийцу?
6) В этот раз я не ошибаюсь, хотя я согласен, еще рано нажимать на курок. Если ты будешь действовать преждевременно,
он не только останется на свободе, но и твое профессиональная
репутация будет подорвана, может, навсегда.
7) Мог бы я жить в Лондоне? Нет. Не пойми меня неправильно. Я люблю Лондон, но знаешь, помимо языковых сложностей, есть еще вождение. Я не могу привыкнуть к их правилам, потому что они не по той стороне ездят. Каждый раз,
когда я вожу машину здесь, я уверен, что погибну в автокатастрофе.
EPISODE 4
1. Comprehension check. While watching the fourth part of the lm,
try to answer the following questions:
1) Which newspaper does Vivian’s father’s friend work for?
2) What’s this journalist’s attitude towards Sondra’s investigation?
3) What is the shocking news he shares with Sondra and Sidney?
4) What sort of confession does Sondra make to Peter?
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5) What kind of lie does Peter own up to?
6) How does Peter take Sondra's confession?
7) What clue does Sidney remind Sondra of and why?
8) What kind of theory does Sidney have about the death of
Betty Gibson?
9) When does Joe Strombel appear again and who is he talking
with this time?
10) Whom does Sidney talk to to fi nd out the truth about Eliza-
beth Gibson's death?
11) Why does he have to revisit Peter's house and what does he
discover there?
12) Where does Peter invite Sondra and what happens there?
13) How does Sidney die?
14) What is the outcome of the boating accident?
15) Where is the fi nal scene of the movie set?
8. Match the words and word combinations in Column Awith their
de nitions in Column B:
1) evidence To make someone give you money or do what you
want by threatening to tell people embarrassing information about them;
2) libelous A secret plan by a group of people to do something
bad or illegal, esp. in politics;
3) A tip A type of journalism that tries to discover information of public interest that someone is trying to
hide;
4) tabloid Facts or physical signs that help to prove something;
5) To blackmail Containing written statements about someone that
are not true;
6) conspiracy A chemical substance that is found in the cells of
all living things, and contains genetic information;
7) Investigative
journalism
8) To run a story A useful suggestion;
Worrying that people do not like you and are trying
to harm you, though you have no proof of this;
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9) paranoid A newspaper with fairly small pages mostly containing stories about famous people and not much
serious news;
10) DNA To print an article;
3. Provide synonyms for the following words:
Titillating, to tarnish, to disclose, fl amboyant, duplicitous, to merge,
to sniff out, unnerving, to blow (smth), to assure, to snoop, to brag,
to vanish, to pursue.
4. Provide antonyms for the following words:
Vivid, imaginative, genuine, deranged, obscure, to fake, to request,
to discourage, dodgy, perseverance, a handicap, to rehearse, to add
up, upright.
5. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given in the brack-
ets below:
(at that, circumstantial, delusional, to sue, source, run, journalism,
apprehended, to break, bloodhound)
1) Well, it’s very vivid and rather shocking, and there are some
genuine ____ bits of evidence.
2) No newspaper should or would ever ___ this story.
3) Flamboyant theories that tarnish a man, and a well-known fi g-
ure __ __, without a single shred of substantial proof.
4) Because he’d have no choice but _ __ you and the newspaper,
and he’d win.
5) Okay, you won’t disclose your ___, but what you have done
is let your imagination run wild.
6) This kid is a ____. Look at her! She could sell the story to
any tabloid in town. Today, the police have _____ the Tarot Card
Serial Killer. And it most assuredly is not Peter Lyman.
7) Banks is a ____paranoid who’s given Scotland Yard information that only the killer could possibly know.
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8) You know, I don’t know how __ ___ this to you, honey, but...
you were adopted.
9) He’s a magician called Splendini. I’m a ____ student.
6. Unscramble the idioms and use them in your own examples:
to put a fl y
to get stars like a plague
to avoid smth a part missing
treasure from the rest of the world
to have in one’s eyes
to get something off on air
to come a crimp into smth
someone wouldn’t hurt trove
to get away one’s chest
to walk full cycle
7. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) So he came late ___ a poker game and said he was going
away ___ a business trip and he got caught lying.
2) It’s not ____ the law to own a Tarot deck, or keep ___it
wherever you like.
3) Now that I’ve preached ___ the realities of accurate reporting,
I want to tell you how catastrophic __everybody involved it would
have been if you had, say, taken the results of your investigation __
a tabloid.
4) Of course,__ the route I fell ___ you, and now I totally blew
___ it.
5) Listen, this thing adds ___. You’re alone up there ___ a very,
very dangerous man.
6) Oh, I was just checking ___ the Stradivarius. I play a few
pieces myself ___ the violin.
7) It’s so nice to be ___ here with you, just away ___ the rest
of the world and... Yes, I often come out here to read and, well,
and fi sh.
8) Well, it became a constant demand __ money and I just could
not let that go __, could I?
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8. Match the phrasal verbs with their meaning and use them in your
own examples:
1) to add up; 5) to fall for;
2) to check out; 6) to skulk around;
3) to wind up; 7) to rub somebody out;
4) to follow up: 8) to sniff out;
A) to make sure the information is true by examining it;
B) to move in a stealthy or furtive manner;
C) to discover something;
D) (usually in negative) if a set of facts does not match other
information you have already;
E) to make someone angry or upset;
F) to try to fi nd out more about something or do something more
to deal with it;
G) to fall in love with someone;
H) to kill someone;
9. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the italicized words and expressions:
1) You’d look pretty foolish in court with your accusations, and
that’s where you’ll wind up. Because he’d have no choice but to
sue you and the newspaper, and he’d win.
2) But fi rst let me continue my tedious professorial lecture. Viv-
ian’s dad and I go way back. He said you were a journalism student.
You talk about getting a tip. Okay, you won’t disclose your source,
but what you have done is let your imagination run wild.
3) He got the story before he died, and then he died before he
could follow it up. Well, why did he give it to you? He didn’t know
he was dying. I don’t buy it. I knew Joe Strombel well. If he’d had
a tip that he considered reliable, he would certainly have pursued
it himself, from the grave, if necessary.
4) Now that I’ve preached on the realities of accurate reporting,
I want to tell you how catastrophic for everybody involved it would
have been if you had, say, taken the results of your investigation to
a tabloid.
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5) He’s led the police to two additional bodies and his DNA and
a fi ngerprint they found check out. I know this puts a crimp in your
scoop, but Henry Banks is the Tarot Card Serial Killer.
6) I’m a pushy, duplicitous, ambitious college student. I lied to
him, over and over. Darling, he lied to you, too, so it’s even.
7) The truth is, that a company my father owns is about to merge
with a company in the Middle East. It’s a very sensitive situation,
and the less anyone knows about it, the better. And we just didn’t
want the press to sniff it out.
8) Not only am I not angry with you, but you...
solutely made my day!
an imaginative, dramatic fi end. I love it.
—
What? Just suspecting that I could be such
—
You do? — Yes. I think
—
You’ve ab-
it’s one of the funniest, craziest things I’ve ever heard in my life.
9) Now that we’ve confessed our sins, let’s move on with our
lives, huh? Really? Yeah. I want to hear all about the real you. And
I assure you in advance, I’ll love it.
10. Translate from Russian using the vocabulary of this episode:
1) Позвольте мне преподать Вам урок профессионального журнализма. Ни одна газета ни за что не напечатала бы Вашу статью. Почему? Это было бы верхом безответственности и клеветы. Все, что у Вас есть, это ряд занимательных соображений.
Экстравагантные теории, которые чернят человека, при этом
известную персону, и не предлагают ни одного убедительного
доказательства.
2) Сначала дайте мне продолжить свою скучную профессорскую лекцию. Отец Вивиан и я знакомы очень давно. Он сказал,
что Вы изучаете журналистику. Вы говорите, что Вы получили
наводку. Хорошо, Вы не хотите выдавать свой источник информации, но Вы позволили разыграться своему воображению.
3) Что, если бы я сказала Вам, что так уж случилось, что
моим источником стал некий Джо Стромбель?
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Покойный Джо
Стромбель? Вы имеете в виду, что он поделился с начинающим
репортером сенсацией и сам не довел историю до конца?
4) Теперь после моей проповеди о необходимости достоверного репортажа, я хочу сказать вам о том, какой катастрофой
обернулось бы для всех решение отнести результаты Вашего
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расследования в желтую прессу. Сегодня полиция арестовала серийного убийцу в деле Карт Таро. И совершенно определенно
это не Питер Лайман.
5) Кто рассказал Вам все это?
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А, газетчик. — Ныне покойный. Очень глупо. Он так стремился раскопать последнюю сенсацию.
6) Ты помнишь, когда мы были в поместье, я нашел улику,
а ты решила, что я чокнутый?
в своем уме, что не припоминаю это конкретный случай.
—
Я так часто думала, что ты не
—
А это
ты помнишь? Эту маленькую вещицу? Эту улику? Да, Бетти Дж.
Я проверил всех девушек, которых убили. Ту, которую убили
в тот вечер, когда мы видели Питера на улице, звали Бетти Гибсон.
—
И что? — Бетти — это часто сокращение от Элизабет. —
Прекрати, Сидней. Это уж совсем притянуто за уши.
7) Я реально теряю терпение. Я не говорю, что этот парень
совершил все убийства. Я говорю, что он прикончил Элизабет
Гибсон и вписал это убийство в серию Карт Таро, чтобы его не
поймали.
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Генри Бэнкс сознался во всех убийствах. — Генри
Бэнкс сумасшедший. Он страдает от галлюцинаций. Ты знаешь,
как эти ребята любят хвастаться, когда их сажают.
III. POSTVIEWING ACTIVITIES
1. Watch a short interview with Bob Woodward, in which he gives
three tips to the budding reporters
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tion which this celebrated American investigative journalist mentions
in his talk.
2. Fill in the gaps to complete the idiomatic expressions:
, and identify three tracks of getting informa-
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVK
put; mouth; take; get; have; lost; breathe; louder
a) …...for words; e) …. in a good word for someone;
b) don’t …... a word; f) by word of …..;
c) …... someone at their word; g) Actions speak ….. than words;
d) ….. a word in edgeways; h) ….. a quick word with someone;
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Now use the idioms in the following sentences:
1) He ….. me at my word when he reminded me of my promise
to help him with the project.
2) She is such a chatterbox, when she starts talking you can’t
….. a word in edgeways.
3) When Ann was asked what had happened with her new laptop,
she couldn’t explain anything, she was …. for words.
4) Peter had a very good chance of winning this contest but trying to be discreet and cautious he told his best friend: “Don’t …..
a word of this to anyone yet!”
5) When she landed in hot water with her boss her friend tried
to …. in a good word for her with her supervisor.
6) When John came to his offi ce in the morning, Jack was already
waiting for him and asked quite nervously: “John, can I …. a quick
word with you? It’s very important”.
7) We never advertised our product but people learned about it
by word of …. mostly.
8) He seems to be shy and reserved but everybody knows that
in his case the saying “Actions speak …. than words” is especially
relevant, as he is very loyal and dependable.
3. Translate the article from Russian:
Наверняка вы чувствуете, как современные технологии захва-
тывают нашу жизнь: всего каких-то пару лет
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и вот мы с трудом можем представить свой день без гаджетов и интернета.
Живое общение становится редкостью, и мы все глубже погружаемся в виртуальный мир.
Студенты недавно поделились со мной: одновременно смотреть в глаза собеседнику и при этом незаметно набирать сообщение в телефоне они умеют как минимум со школьной скамьи.
А теперь это чуть ли не в порядке вещей: проводить время
вместе с друзьями и при этом виртуально присутствовать гдето еще.
Исследования этого года показали, что 89% респондентов использовали свои мобильные телефоны во время последней встречи с друзьями, а 82% из них считают, что именно из-за телефонов разговор не ладился.
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