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As it happened, the Faculty Board passed my petition, and my Class Dean
told me later that several of the professors were touched by it. They took it as a real
step in intellectual maturity.
I had to laugh when I thought about the rest of that year. I went to the
chemistry class five times a week and didn‘t miss a single one. Mr. Manzi stood at
the bottom of the big, rickety old amphitheater, making blue flames and red flares
and clouds of yellow stuff by pouring the contents of one test tube into another,
and I shut his voice out of my ears by pretending it was only a mosquito in the
distance and sat back enjoying the bright lights and the colored fires and wrote
page after page of villanelles and sonnets.
Mr. Manzi would glance at me now and then and see me writing, and send
up a sweet little appreciative smile. I guess he thought I was writing down all those
formulas not for exam time, like the other girls, but because his presentation
fascinated me so much I couldn‘t help it.
I don‘t know just why my successful evasion of chemistry should have
floated into my mind there in Jay Cee‘s office.
All the time she talked to me, I saw Mr. Manzi standing on thin air in back
of Jay Cee‘s head, like something conjured up out of a hat, holding his little
wooden ball and the test tube that billowed a great cloud of yellow smoke the day
before Easter vacation and smelt of rotten eggs and made all the girls and Mr.
Manzi laugh.
I felt sorry for Mr. Manzi. I felt like going down to him on my hands and
knees and apologizing for being such an awful liar.
II. Comprehension check.
1. Say who in the story said it and in connection with what.
1) ―You can learn a lot in this month on the magazine, you know, if you
just roll up your shirtsleeves.‖
2) ―I‘ve always thought I‘d like to go into publishing.‖
3) ―You better learn some languages.‖
4) ―No, it can‘t be too hard, because one girl got a straight A.‖
5) ―Who is it? Tell us.‖
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2. Complete the following sentences.
1) swivel
a) theme
2) offbeat
b) leaf
3) conspiring
c) voice
4) intellectual
d) people
5) lisping
e) smile
6) heart-shaped
f) things
7) obscure
g) smile
8) appreciative
h) chair
9) honorable
i) maturity
1) Esther did everything well enough and got all A‘s because….
2) Esther could learn a lot in this month on the magazine if she just…
3) Esther didn‘t manage to study German because…
4) Botany was fine, because…
5) Esther got a straight A in physics because…
6) A in physics gave Esther the idea of…
7) Esther knew chemistry would be worse, because…
8) Esther needed the time to take a course in Shakespeare, since…
9) Esther would never have succeeded with this scheme if …
10) Esther felt sorry for Mr. Manzi because…
III. Vocabulary work.
1. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words:
упираться; язвительно; неопределенного вида; мошенник; раковина;
бесхитростный; очаровывать; комар.
2. Find in the text synonyms for the following words:
a) hostel
b) enormous
c) excellent mark
d) at once
e) to watch
f) to butter up
g) to abandon
3. Match the words on the left with the words on the right using the text
wording:
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Make up sentences incorporating them.
4. Explain the meaning of the following phrases and word-combinations
in English and use them in sentences (situations) of your own.
1) to champion smb for smth;
2) to roll up one‘s shirtsleeves;
3) to have smth on the tip of one‘s tongue;
4) to be stoned for smth;
5) to recover a thread of smth;
6) run-of-the-mill person;
7) (not) to have the heart to do smth;
8) to strain one‘s brain
5. Pick out words and word-combinations pertaining to the topic ―Higher
education‖ and arrange them into the following groups.
a) grades;
b) titles;
c) structure;
d) financing;
e) subjects;
f) academic calendar;
g) academic programmes;
h) tests;
i) administration.
IV. Discussion. Answer the questions and do the following
assignments.
A) 1. What kind of job did Esther have? 2. What was Esther‘s motto? Did
she manage to achieve success following her motto? 3. What were Esther‘s
considerations concerning her future? 4. What prevented Esther from learning
German? Do you think that the reason was serious enough? 5. What did Jay Cee
offer Esther to do not to remain the run-of-the mill person? 6. What was Esther‘s
major? 7. What were her favourite subjects? 8. What were Esther‘s relations with
physics? How did she manage to get a straight A in physics? 9. Why did she make
up her mind to evade chemistry? What kind of plan did she have? 10. Why did the
Faculty Board pass her petition? What was Mr. Manzi‘s reaction? 11. Why did
Esther feel sorry for Mr. Manzi?
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B) 1. Give a sketch-portrait of Esther. 2. How can you characterize the
relations between Jay Cee and Esther? Why did Jay Cee talk to Esther a bit
waspishly? 3. Do you think that Esther was a successful and conscientious student?
What helped her to get straight A‘s? 4. How does the fact that she passed physics
successfully characterize her? 5. Why was Esther so confident of the fact that she
would pass chemistry with a straight A? 6. What helped her to persuade the Class
Dean and the Faculty Board that here offer was quite reasonable? 7. Do you think
that Esther was a run-of-the-mill person? Prove your point of view. 8. Point out
stylistic devices used by the author. What role do they play in the evaluation of the
main character? 9. Prepare the analyses of the extract according to the plan (see the
Apendix).
From “RAGE OF ANGELS”
by S. Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an Academy Awardwinning American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created
The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70) and Hart to Hart (1979–84),
but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master
of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he
became most famous. "I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down," he
explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of
a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old
Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the
chapter."
I. Read the extract and divide it into logical parts.
The hunters were closing in for the kill.
Two thousand years ago in Rome, the contest would have been staged at the
Circus Neronis or the Colosseum, where voracious lions would have been stalking
the victim in an arena of blood and sand, eager to tear him to pieces. But this was
the civilized twentieth century, and the circus was being staged in the Criminal
Courts Building of downtown Manhattan, Courtroom Number 16.
In place of Suetonious was a court stenographer, to record the event of
posterity, and there were dozens of members of the press and visitors attracted by
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the daily headlines about the murder trial, who queued up outside the courtroom at
seven o‘clock in the morning to be assured of a seat.
The quarry, Michael Moretty, sat at the defendant‘s table, a silent handsome
man in his early thirties. He was tall and lean, with a face formed of converging
planes that gave him a rugged, feral look. He had fashionably styled black hair, a
prominent chin with an unexpected dimple in it and deeply set olive-black eyes. He
wore a tailored grey suit, a light blue shirt with a darker blue silk tie, and polished
custom-made shoes. Except for his eyes, which constantly swept over the
courtroom, Michael Moretty was still.
The lion attacking him was Robert Di Silva, the fiery District Attorney for
the County of New York, representative of the People. If Michael Moretty radiated
stillness, Robert Di Silva radiated dynamite movement: he went through life as
though he were five minutes late for an appointment. He was in constant motion,
shadowboxing with invisible opponents. He was short and powerfully built, with
an unfashionable crew cut. Di Silva had been a boxer in his youth and his nose and
face bore the scars of it. He had once killed a man in the ring and he had never
regretted it. In the year since then, he had yet to learn compassion.
Robert Di Silva was a fiercely ambitious man who had fought his way up to
his present position with neither money nor connections to help him. During his
climb he has assumed the veneer of a civilized servant of the people; but
underneath he was a gutter fighter a man who neither forgot nor forgave.
Under ordinary circumstances, District Attorney Di Silva would not have
been in this courtroom on this day. He had a large staff and anyone of his senior
assistants was capable of prosecuting the case. But Di Silva had known from the
beginning that he was going to handle the Moretty case himself.
Michael Moretty was front-page news, the son-in-law of Antonio Granelly,
head of the largest of the five eastern Mafia Families. Antonio Granelly was
getting old and the street word was that Michael was being groomed to take his
father-in-law‘s place. Moretty had been involved in dozens of crimes ranging from
mayhem to murder, but no district attorney had ever been able to prove anything.
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There were too many careful layers between Moretty and those who carried out his
orders. Di Silva had spent three frustrating years trying to get evidence against
Moretty. Then, suddenly, Di Silva had got lucky.
Camillo Stela, one of the Moretty‘s Soldati, had been caught in a murder
committed during a robbery. In exchange for his life, Stela agreed to sing. It was
the most beautiful music Di Silva had ever heard, a song that was going to bring
the most powerful Mafia Family in the East to its knees, send Michael Moretty to
the electric chair and elevate Robert Di Silva to the Governor‘s office in Albany.
Robert Di Silva had taken no chances. He prepared the case against Michael
Moretty with meticulous care. He put his assistants to work assembling evidence,
cleaning up every loose end, cutting off each legal avenue to escape that Moretty
attorney might attempt to explore. One by one every loophole was closed.
It had taken almost two weeks to select the Jury and the District Attorney
had insisted upon selecting six ‗spare tyres‘ alternate jurors – as a precaution
against a possible mistrial. In Cases important Mafia figures were involved, jurors
had been known to disappear or to have unexpected fatal accidents. Di Silva had
seen to it that jury was sequestered from the beginning, locked away every night
where no one could get to it. The key to the case against Michael Moretty was
Camillo Stela and Di Silva‘s star witness was heavily protected. No one was
allowed to get near him, for Stella‘s willingness to testify rested on his belief that
District Attorney Di Silva was capable of protecting him from the vengeance of
Michael Moretty.
It was Jennifer Parker‘s first day at the trial. She was seated at the
prosecutor‘s table with five other young assistant district attorneys who had been
sworn in with her that morning. Jennifer Parker was a slender, dark-haired girl of
twenty-four with a pale skin, an intelligent, mobile face, and green, thoughtful
eyes. It was a face attractive rather than beautiful, a face that reflected pride and
courage and sensitivity, a face that would be hard to forget. She sat ramrod
straight, as though bracing herself against unseen ghosts of the past.
They took the oath, their voices subdued.
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When it was over Di Silva said: ―All right. You are sworn officers of the
court, God help us. This office is where the action is, but don‘t get your hopes up.
You‘re going to bury your noses in legal research and draft documents –
subpoenas, warrants – all those wonderful things they taught you in the law school.
You won‘t get to handle a trial for the next year or two.‖
Di Silva stopped to light a short, stubby cigar. ―I‘m prosecuting a case now.
Some of you may have read about it.‖ His voice was edged with sarcasm. ―I can
use half a dozen of you to run errands for me.‖
Jennifer‘s hand was the first one up. Di Silva hesitated a moment, then
selected her and five others. ―Get down to Courtroom Sixteen.‖
Jennifer was now in the courtroom at the prosecutor‘s table watching Robert
Di Silva at work, a powerful, relentless inquisitor.
Jennifer glanced over at the defendant, Michael Moretty. Even everything
Jennifer had read about him she couldn‘t convince herself that Michael Moretty
was a murderer. ―He looks like a young movie star in a courtroom set,‖ Jennifer
thought. He sat there motionless, only his deep, black eyes giving away whatever
inner turmoil he might have felt. They moved ceaselessly, examining every corner
of the room as though trying to calculate a means of escape. There was no escape.
Di Silva had seen to it.
II. Comprehension check.
1. Say who in the extract:
1) queued up outside the courtroom at seven o‘clock in the morning;
2) sat at the defendant‘s table;
3) radiated dynamite movement;
4) was capable of prosecuting the case;
5) was getting old;
6) had been involved in dozens of crimes ranging from mayhem to
murder;
7) agreed to sing;
8) had been known to disappear or to have unexpected fatal accidents;
9) was seated at the prosecutor‘s table with five other young assistant
district attorneys;
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10) couldn‘t convince herself that Michael Moretty was a murderer.
2. Complete the following sentences according to the text wording.
1) The quarry, Michael Moretty…
2) Except for his eyes…
3) If Michael Moretty radiated stillness, Robert Di Silva…
4) But Di Silva had known from the beginning…
5) It was the most beautiful music Di Silva had ever heard…
6) Jennifer Parker was a slender, dark-haired girl…
7) You‘re going to bury your noses in legal research…
8) Even everything Jennifer had read about him…
9) They moved ceaselessly…
3. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the
false ones.
1) Michael Moretty sat at the defendant‘s table, a silent handsome man in
his early thirties.
2) Robert Di Silva as well as Michael Moretty radiated stillness.
3) Di Silva had been a boxer in his youth but there was no hint about it
on his face.
4) Di Silva was a gutter fighter a man who neither forgot nor forgave.
5) Di Silva had a large staff and anyone of his senior assistants was
capable of prosecuting the case.
6) Di Silva found evidence against Moretty very quickly.
7) Camillo Stela, one of the Moretty‘s Soldati, had been caught in a
murder committed during a robbery.
8) It had taken two days to select the Jury.
9) The jury was sequestered from the beginning, locked away every
night where no one could get to it.
10) Camillo Stela and Di Silva‘s star witness was not at all protected.
11) Di Silva protected Camillo Stela from the vengeance of Michael
Moretty.
12) Jennifer Parker was an experienced attorney.
13) There was nothing remarkable in Jennifer‘s face.
14) Di Silva couldn‘t promise his assistants to handle a trial for the next
year or two.
15) Jennifer thought that Michael Moretty looked like a murderer.
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4. Prepare the following passage for a good reading and literary
translation: ―Michael Moretty was front-page news… One by one every loophole
was closed.‖
III. Vocabulary work.
1. Transcribe and translate the following words:
Voracious, stalk, posterity, murder, quarry, rugged, feral, attorney,
shadowbox, crew cut, regret, compassion, ambitious, veneer, gutter, prosecute,
mayhem, layer, evidence, loose, avenue, loophole, juror, precaution, fatal,
sequester, witness, vengeance, ramrod, ghost, oath, subdue, bury, subpoena,
warrant, errand, turmoil, ceaseless, meticulous.
2. Find in the given extract a) antonyms; b) synonyms for the following
words:
a) defendant‘s table; light blue; stillness; short; to take a risk; to defend a
case;
b) wild; revenge; to choose; to give evidence; slim.
3. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word-
combinations and make up your own sentences with them:
Центр города, потомство, скамья подсудимого, готовить к карьере,
нанесение увечья, в обмен на жизнь, расколоться, тщательный, быть
изолированным, месть, безжалостный, внутреннее смятение, заботиться.
4. Explain the meaning of the following phrases and word-combinations
in English and use them in sentences (situations) of your own.
1) to be assured of smth
2) to fight one‘s way to somewhere
3) to assume the veneer of smb
4) to prosecute a case
5) to be a front-page news
6) to commit a crime (murder, etc.)
7) to take (no)chances
8) to do smth with meticulous care
9) to take a precaution against smth
10) to see to smth
11) to run errands for smth
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5. Pick out words and word-combinations pertaining to the topic ―Court
and Trials‖ and make up your own sentences with them.
IV. Discussion.
1. Explain what is meant by the following statements.
a) He was in constant motion, shadowboxing with invisible opponents.
b) During his climb he has assumed the veneer of a civilized servant of
the people; but underneath he was a gutter fighter a man who neither forgot nor
forgave.
c) There were too many careful layers between Moretty and those who
carried out his orders.
d) He sat there motionless, only his deep, black eyes giving away
whatever inner turmoil he might have felt.
2. Answer the questions and do the following assignments.
A) 1. What made dozens of members of the press and visitors queue up
outside the courtroom at seven o‘clock in the morning? 2. How did Michael
Moretty look like? 3. How did Di Silva look like? What was his previous
occupation? 4. What kind of person was Michael Moretty? 5. In what way did
Camillo Stela manage to help Di Silva? 6. What was Michael Moretty charged
with? 7. Why was it so difficult to select the jury? 8. What did Di Silva do to
protect his star witness? 9. How did Jennifer Parker look like? What was her
occupation? 10. What did Jennifer Parker think of Michael Moretty?
B) 1. In what key is the extract written? (Is it narration, description or
dialogue?) 2. Where is the scene set? 3. Characterize the following persons: Di
Silva, Michael Moretty and Jennifer Parker. 4. What methods of character drawing
are used by the author in the given extract? 5. What stylistic devices are used by
the author to portray them? 6. Give your own ending to the story. 7. What
problems are touched in the extract? 8. What effect is achieved by the usage of: a)
simile, b) epithets, c) metaphors, d) periphrasis and other stylistic devices? 9. What
is the role of the allusion at the beginning of the extract? 10. How did the author
manage to show the opposition between Di Silva and Michael Moretty? 11. What
made you believe that Di Silva was an ambitious, clever and experienced lawyer?
7. Make up your own dialogues between: a) Di Silva and Michael Moretty during
the examination; b) Di Silva and Jennifer Parker after the first day in the court. 8.
Analyse the extract according to the suggested plan (see Appendix).
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