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4) You’ve covered a lot of ground since I last saw you. You can’t
take on too much too fast. Because I’m an emotional wreck? Because,
feelings aren’t an addict’s friend.
5) I had a ginger tom just like him, once. Loved him with all
my heart. He’s got a mind of his own. Well, that’s the point. The
gingers got wills like iron, they are. Mine wouldn’t leave my side
till his last breath.
6) It’s just if he gets spooked in town, I don’t want him to run
off . He’s not actually mine, you know, he’s a stray.
7) Hey, mister you were a hit today, weren’t you? All right, you
want to come again tomorrow? The bright lights.
10. Translate from Russian using the vocabulary of this episode:
1) Вы его оставите, да? Я бы хотел, но не могу. Это было
бы несправедливо по отношению к нему, не так ли? Держать
его взаперти весь день. Он же уличный кот.
2) У Вас замечательный рыжий кот. У меня у самой был такой же когда-то.
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Он очень независимый. — В этом все дело.
У рыжиков просто железная воля. Мой, например, был со мной
до последнего вздоха. У Вас появился прекрасный компаньон.
Лучше друг, чем многие люди.
3) Я буду участвовать в марше за освобождение домашних
животных.
хотите, чтобы они бегали по улицам?
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Кого? — Коров, поросят, цыплят. Индеек. — Вы
—
Мы не хотим, чтобы их
убивали. Не говори мне, что ты плотояден.
4) Как ты оказался здесь?
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Я музыкант. Пишу песни и исполняю их. Меня еще не открыли пока. Ну, вот перебрался
сюда.
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Из Австралии? — Я уже здесь какое-то время. Живу то
там, то здесь...
5) Меня вывезли в Австралию еще ребенком, когда мои родители разошлись. Мама увезла меня туда, а отец остался здесь.
Ему нужно было управлять бизнесом, он, к тому же, не любил
летать.
6) Бетти употребляет наркотики?
—
Нет! — Я рискнула своей
карьерой ради тебя. Ты сказал ей, что состоишь в программе по
реабилитации?
—
Я сказал ей, что я музыкант. Значит, ты скрыл
от нее правду? Ничего себе! С тобой много чего произошло
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с последней нашей встречи. Ты не можешь сразу взваливать на
себя слишком многое.
—
Потому что эмоционально я совершен-
но подавлен?
EPISODE 3
1. Comprehension check. While watching the third part of the lm,
try to answer the following questions:
1) What does James tell Betty about his past? Does he lie to
her?
2) Whom does he fi nd collapsed near his house? What has hap-
pened to the boy?
3) What tragedy made Betty move into the fl at in the neighbour-
hood?
4) How does James spend his Christmas Eve? What do they
call this holiday and why?
6) What does Bob get for his Xmas?
7) Whom does James decide to visit on Xmas day?
8) What actually happens at his Dad’s place when James comes
visiting?
9) Why does he get arrested? How is he penalized?
10) Where is Bob taken in the meantime?
11) What kind of state is James in after this ordeal?
12) Whom does he bump into at the chemist’s?
13) What job does James take on? What are the terms of his
contract?
14) What rule does he break one day when selling his newspaper?
15) How is he punished? How is he bearing up?
2. Match the words and word combinations in Column Awith their
de nitions in Column B:
1) Inferiority complex
2) An addict A news story that discusses a person or persons
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To do something that you do not have the right to
do, since someone else is in charge of doing it
in an interactive and/or emotional way bringing
about interest or sympathy in the reader or viewer
3) allergic A condition of becoming sick when your skin becomes covered with red marks, as a reaction to
something you eat, breathe, or touch
4) To poach A strong feeling of general inadequacy, a feeling
that you are not as good, important, or intelligent
as other people
5) kennel Something that will give you an opportunity to
make progress or get further success in your career, job or some other activity
6) chaos Someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and
can’t stop taking them
7) CCTV Marked or given a name for a particular purpose
8) A human inter-
est story
9) designated A situation when everything is confused and in
10) gateway Closed-circuit television
3. Provide synonyms for the following words:
A place where dogs stay while their owners are
away
a mess
to stroke, vaguely, to panic, a junkie, moron, to cheat, inedible,
to erase, medication; to work one’s way up
4. Provide antonyms for the following words:
to authorize, to recover, to pretend, to handle, to ban, a handful,
dab (n.), envy, to go off the rails;
5. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given in the
brackets below:
(handle, dabs, airways, clean, Catsmas, recovering, fancy)
1) I’ve got some ___ in the kitchen if you want.
2) All right, so what do you ____? Wild pacifi c pink salmon?
3)
—
Has he od’ed? — Yeah.- You checked his ___?- No, no.
4) He tried. So hard to get ___. But I guess that he didn’t want
it enough.
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5) What’s all this? Happy ___, Bob. New girlfriend for you. This
is Bobbina.
6) Let’s put you under here. I think two surprise guests might
be more than they can ___.
7) He’s a junkie! Will you leave the tree alone! I’m a _____
addict actually.
6. Match the phrasal verbs with their meaning and use them in your
own examples:
1. to narrow down 5. to back off
2. to pick on 6. to break out
3. to bail out 7. to start over
4. to piss off
A. to escape from something such as a situation or a way of
life;
B. to give money to a court when someone is allowed to stay
out of prison while they wait for their trial;
C. to begin a new career or a way of life;
D. to keep treating someone badly or unfairly, esp. by criticizing
them;
E. to stop criticizing someone or telling them what to do;
F. to reduce the number of possibilities or choice;
G. to annoy someone very much;
7. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) So where’s Bob? Do you want to thank me for coming __
and bailing you __?
2) This, this dog, Bob, and I was trying to protect him and then
this whole fi ght broke __, and then...I got arrested.
3) Sell those, make a little profi t... Buy even more. After a while
you get better territories, work your way ___, et cetera, et cetera.
4) So, you got a plan. And you get one designated territory, get
it? Poach __ anyone else, and you’re done.
5) Hello, Peter Gruner, I’m __ the Islington tribune. Thank you.
Do you mind if I did a story __ you and the cat?
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6) You’re taking business __me, yeah. Why are you making this
__, why are you picking __ me?
7) They’re not going to arrest ___me. Not here. What, you think
your just __ the rules. That they don’t apply __ you?
8. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the italicized words and expressions:
1) I thought you wanted clean? I do. Of course I do. Then why
not now? I’m ready to come off the methadone. It’s a process, James.
It’s my job to manage the process with you. I’m down to ten mil.
Let’s revisit this after the holidays.
2) CC TV proved it wasn’t your fault. You had it here for busk-
ing for six months. So where’s Bob? Do you want to thank me for
coming down and bailing you out?
3) Look, I’m going to call the chemist, authorize them to give
you the methadone even though you missed it yesterday. You go
straight there, I’ll get Bob, okay? Hello. If you failed the shot any
day we can’t give you the medication.
4) Well, the big issue is the gateway opportunity. I’ll start you
off with a handful of free ones. Just like a pusher, right, you sell
them, the next ones you buy from us.
5) Ooh, can I pet him? You can try, just behind the ears though.
I see you’re a human interest story.
6) Couple that came up, you saw what happened. So they forced
you to sell to them, didn’t they? I wasn’t trying to poach. You’re
taking business off me, yeah. Why are you making this up, why are
you picking on me?
7) What am I supposed to do, how am I supposed to eat? I don’t
know. What do you want me to do? Just erase the last 20 years of
my life and start over?
9. Translate from Russian using the vocabulary of this episode:
1) Что ты собираешься делать на Рождество? Бетти пообещала провести его со мной. При условии, что я дам ей слово не
упоминать такие слова как «Рождество, веселье» и тому подобное. Эта девушка мне нравится.
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2) Ты не можешь вернуться в Ковент Гарден. Тебе запретили
играть на улице полгода. Я хочу знать, где мой кот. Ты пропустил
прием своих лекарств, не так ли?
3) С Бобом все в порядке. Он в полицейском питомнике. Мы
можем забрать его прямо сейчас. Тебя арестовали, ты не получил
своих медикаментов. Ты так близок к успеху, Джеймс. Постарайся не сорваться.
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Я ни в чем не виноват.
4) Что тут объяснять. У меня есть глаза. Ты наркоман, ты
мне солгал.
—
Я не обманывал тебя. Я всего лишь слегка скрыл
правду.
5) Журнал
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это возможность начать новую жизнь. Я снабжу
Вас для начала несколькими бесплатными журналами. Продадите их, а новые купите у нас. Опять продадите и получите небольшую прибыль.
6) Со временем Вы получите новые территории для продажи,
сделаете карьеру на продажах. Глазом не моргнете, как станете
этаким Рупертом Мердоком. Если только Вы не тупой, не продадите журналы, обратно мы не возьмем.
7) Послушайте, я не залезал на чужую территорию. Он знает,
что я не залезал на его территорию. Мой участок. Джеймс, ты
знал правила. Месяц без газет.
EPISODE 4
1. Comprehension check. While watching the fourth part of the lm,
try to answer the following questions:
1) What does one woman suggest one day James should do?
2) What makes Bob run away?
3) How does James take the disappearance of Bob?
4) Who does he confi de in?
5) Why do the publishers discuss James?
6) Feeling desperate what mistake does James almost make?
7) According to J. Bowen what has Bob done for him?
8) How does James decide to act after reuniting with Bob?
9) How is Betty willing to help him?
10) What does James have to go through and for how long?
11) Why is Betty moving out? Where is she going?
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12) What kind of business proposition does James receive?
13) Why does James’s father apologize?
14) How does the fi lm end?
2. Match the words and word combinations in Column Awith their
de nitions in Column B:
1) To score A video sharing service that allows users to watch
videos posted by other users and upload videos of
their own
2) Youtube To increase by a large amount
3) Screen sav-erA large collection of things that may be needed
4) To multiply A business that provides a service for authors, esp. by
giving them information or making arrangements
5) Literary
Agency
6) Ghostwriter Someone who writes something for someone else
7) To weather Someone or something that is diff erent from other
8) exception To buy illegal drugs
9) A stockpile A computer program that makes the screen black or
To manage a diffi cult experience without being seriously damaged
whose name will appear on it as the writer
people or things in some way and can’t be included
in a general statement
shows a picture when computer is on but not being
used
3. Provide synonyms for the following words:
to struggle, overwhelmed, adorable, for starters, to blame, a hit,
to be high, to trade
4. Provide antonyms for the following words:
to be stuck, incredible, to kick (a habit), decent, to survive, fault
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5. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given in the brack-
ets below:
(hits, sale, pavement, fault, straight, hold, willing)
1) What I mean is I’d be ____ to take him...
2) He’s not for ___. And I’m sure you can use the cash, how
much do you want?
3) Cats are independent animals. My own stupid ___, I wasn’t...
I wasn’t watching him.
4) This guy and his cat are all over YouTube, look at the __.
Over a million.
5) Can I do it ___? That’s always an addict’s question.
6) And I just thought that they wouldn’t want to share the ____
with me before.
7) The important thing is that we need to get a ___of you.
6. Match the phrasal verbs with their meaning and use them in your
own examples:
1) to make up to 4) to hang around
2) give up on 5) to go ahead
3) move on 6) lie down
A) to spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing;
B) to start or continue doing something, esp. after waiting for
a permission;
C) to do something good that helps someone feel good after you
did something bad to them;
D) to stop hoping that someone will improve and stop trying to
help or change them;
E) to be on a particular surface or in a particular place;
F) to stop doing something and start doing something diff erent;
7. Fill in the gaps with the suitable particles where necessary:
1) I’ll take care ___him, but... I wasn’t watching __ him. This
isn’t a time you want to be ___ your own.
2) Think __ the worst fl u you’ve ever had. Multiply that __hundred.
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3) The other day we were ___ selling papers and this guy came
__ to us really well dressed...
4) Every hour a struggle not to go ___ and score. It’s harder
coming __ methadone than kicking heroin.
5) It’s not my life. It was my brother’s, and... I need to
move __.
8. Paraphrase the following sentences paying special attention to
the italicized words and expressions:
1) It’s about weathering the tests, James. Can I do it straight?
That’s always an addict’s question.
2) It’s when you can’t keep your legs still even when you’re
lying down... For a week, every day of your fi ght. Every hour a strug-
gle not to go out and score. It’s harder coming of methadone than
kicking heroin.
3) The other day we were out selling papers and this guy came
up to us, really well dressed...And I just thought that they wouldn’t
want to share the pavement with me before.
4) I know you’re in there. Just wanted to say you’re not going
to see me for a few days. Val’s given me the go ahead.
5) While we were thinking a book, for starters, we’d like to team
you up with a ghostwriter, he’ll help you tell your story.
6) I don’t blame you... For giving up on me. No, dad, I don’t
want your money. I didn’t give up on you. I was ashamed.
9. Translate from Russian using the vocabulary of this episode:
1) Я встречала этих двоих. Я, бывало, наблюдала за ними
неоднократно, когда он пел. Но посмотри, парнишка и его кот
стали очень популярными в Ютубе, смотри, сколько просмотров.
2) Я тоже думаю, что ты готов. Дело только в том, как пережить этот жуткий период. Смогу ли я не сломаться? Вот извечный вопрос наркозависимого. Подумай о самом тяжелом гриппе
в твоей жизни и умножь это на 100.
3) Мне жаль, что я тебя разочаровал. Я заглажу свою вину
перед тобой. Заглажу вину перед всеми, кого я знал когда-нибудь.
Просто хотел, чтобы ты знала это.
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4) Что происходит, ты выезжаешь? Я поеду домой на какое-то
время. Не могу здесь больше оставаться. Это не мой дом. Это
дом моего брата, а мне нужно двигаться дальше. Ты мне помог
понять это.
5) Я не ожидал, что соберется так много народа. Я мог бы
пошутить, что здесь и коту некуда упасть, но, думаю, Бобу это
не понравится.
III. POSTVIEWING ACTIVITIES
1. Watch a short BBC programme about cats [https://learnenglish.brit-
ishcouncil.org/general-english/video-zone/ten-cat-facts]
“10 fascinating facts” the programme provides. Which of them has surprised you most?
2. Read about the bene ts of CAT THERAPY. Discuss them with your
partner and give some more arguments in favour of the cat therapy.
4 benefi ts of cat therapy
They help to relieve depression and stress
Cats trigger remarkable improvement in people with stress disorders, anxiety and depression. The purring is very relaxing, stimulates
concentration, and creates a very welcoming atmosphere.
They provide company
For a person who lives alone, a cat is the best option. It’s very
independent when it wants to be, but also very aff ectionate. Sometimes, however, it will be such a nuisance that you’ll just want it
to leave you alone!
They’re very funny and playful, and they’ll always keep you
entertained. Remember how important it is to feed it properly, keep
up-to-date with its vaccinations, and keep its nails cuts (unless you
want it to destroy all your furniture!)
They help with Alzheimer’s, autism and ADHD
As mentioned earlier, therapists use cats as complementary therapy in cases of autism, Alzheimer’s or
cally, there is no research to support it, they have improved the
owners’ life in thousands of cases.
Petting them, hearing them meow and purr and watching them
play serves as a stimulus for many patients.
and comment on the
ADHD. Although, scientifi -
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