- •Кафедра английского языка № 5
- •Доцент Пронкина Надежда Петровна
- •The Labours of Hercules
- •By Agatha Christie
- •Foreword
- •Labour I The Nemean Lion
- •Labour IV The Erymanthian Boar
- •Lavour VI The Stymphalean Birds
- •Labour VII The Creatan Bull
- •Labour IX The Girdle of Hyppolita
- •Labour X The Flock of Geryon
- •Labour XII The Capture of Cerberus
- •Contents Assignment 1 …………………………………………… 3
- •Assignment 7 …………………………………………… 16
- •Assignment 13 ………………………………………….. 36
Labour X The Flock of Geryon
Assignment Eleven (pp. 92-105)
Answer the questions using the words given below.
Who came to Poirot one day? What was the reason for her visit?
to apologize for
to bother
to lie like a log
to consult smb
to be anxious about
orthodox religion
a sect
religious
to have doubts
to become a victim of smth
What did Miss Carnaby tell Poirot about the Flock of the Shepherd, the head of the movement and the members of the sect?
headquarters
an estate by the sea
to centre round
to depend (up)on
a ramp
What really worried Miss Carnaby and what did she find out about the deaths of the devotees?
a devotee
to make no protest
to belong to
a near relative
to have no right/doubt
suspicious circumstances
to take place in
to make a will
What did Poirot ask Miss Carnaby to do? What instructions did he give her?
to find out
a woman of great courage and determination
to be associated with smth
a mare’s nest
to pretend
to persuade
to manage
What feeling did Poirot have after speaking to Chief Inspector Japp? Why did he believe that case to be the 10th Labour of Hercules?
to look up
promising
to be expelled from
to be keen on smth
to write smth on the subject
crazy
a genuine fanatic
to die of
to suffer from
to connect smth with smth
a coincidence
to destroy
Make up a dialogue between Miss Carnaby and Poirot about her meeting with Dr. Anderson and Miss Carnaby’s impression of him.
to obey
to rely on
to benefit
a revelation
convincing
to care about
to inherit
a distant relative
to accept smth
to be indifferent about smth
to be attached to smb
an ardent believer
to make smb one’s compliments on smth
to be set for smth
What scene could one witness in a small restaurant in the sleepy little town of Newton Woodbury? Who were the actors? What did they talk about?
to be breathless
to be odd
to have visions
to stare at smb
to spy on smb
to suspect smb of smth
heart and sole
to do spying work
unfriendly
Where and in what way did the Festival take place?
to assemble
before the setting of the sun
a raised platform
golden-haired
blue-eyed
to seem magnificent
to be dressed in
to be prepared for smth
to hold out one’s arm
to move along
How and when was Dr. Anderson arrested and what impression did the arrest make on everyone?
to stand by smb
to grasp
to get oneself free
the former
a warrant
a martyr
ignorance
persecution
a syringe
What did Inspector Japp and Poirot thank Miss Carnaby for?
first class work
to be flattered
confidentially
to keep the dodge of the sanctuary
to do the best
to overhear
to let smb down
to increase
What scheme did Dr Anderson devise and what was the secret of his popularity?
to devise a scheme
under a different name
to make cultures of
to inject a dose of smth
to give the sensation of smth
the spiritual joys
a dominating personality
mass hysteria
What was Dr. Anderson’s second aim in view?
to make a will
a lonely woman
in one’s gratitude and favour
to be the cause of smth
to be introduced into
to occur
to arouse suspicion
to cultivate a substance
to delay
to intensify
harmless
to take the risk
Did the police have enough evidence to convict that dreadful person?
to have evidence
to convict
to commit a murder
to arrange
Comment on Miss Carnaby’s words:
“… I see design where there may be only coincidence.”