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5)Hodder Emanuel Jacobsen isn't quite like anybody else. A dreamy nine-year-old with a passion for strange flights of fancy, rum whirls, and asking his stressed-out teacher … questions about her perfume.

6)BUT there was no … in the little town that same tranquil Saturday afternoon (Tom Sawyer by M.Twain).

7)Even the … and confusion at the railway terminus, so wearisome and bewildering at other times, roused me and did me good (The Woman in White by W.Collins).

8)Maddox was … to talk about it.

9)Their map has since been … by photographic atlases.

10)He was lost in … of the landscape.

11)I was very … to agree to their conditions, but I didn't really have much choice.

12)She … the letter … and threw it in the bin.

13)We … Mom … lunch at the Savoy.

14)You are an … young woman.

15)The performance was full of … .

16)Peer review is the … of new scientific discoveries by experts in the field, and is an essential step in ensuring the quality of scientific studies.

17)His mother … into the room.

18)David was wondering on his show today what … you simply cannot live without?

19)One man managed to … from the club as police arrived.

20)I don’t drive much these days, my car is … .

6 Translate the sentences into English using words and expressions from Vocabulary Practice Section. Pay attention to the underlined words and expressions.

1. Сонный администратор нацарапал наши имена в своем жур- нале и выдал ключи от номера. 2. Когда я зашел в клуб, меня сразу же поразило отсутствие привычной веселости, посетители были растеряны и молчаливы. 3. Мне очень не хотелось согла- шаться с их условиями, но у меня не было особого выбора. 4. По- сле однодневной передышки на Рождество, когда торговля от- дыхала после предрождественской подарочной суеты, магазины вновь открылись для нового этапа покупательского нашествия. 5. После прочтения Мр. Гаррис скомкал записку, положил ее в пе-

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пельницу, достал зажигалку и поджог бумагу. 6. Лингвисты обес- покоены, что в Сингапуре английский язык вытеснит местные языки и диалекты. 7. У Джорджа была ужасная привычка зада- вать неподходящие вопросы. 8. Когда дети наконец-то уснули, Тед устало оглядел детскую, выключил настольную лампу и по- тихоньку вышел из комнаты. 9. Она нехотя улыбнулась. 10. Каж- дое утро монахи проводят час в созерцании своего внутреннего мира. 11. Увидев состояние комнаты, Лили не раздеваясь энер- гично принялась расставлять вещи, стряхивать пыль, собирать бумажки. 12. Было очень поздно, когда я вернулся домой, все спали, поэтому я на цыпочках прошел на кухню в поисках чего- нибудь съестного. 13. Твой компьютер на последнем издыхании, пора выкинуть эту рухлядь. 14. Иногда за хорошее поведение она водила детей в зоопарк и угощала мороженым. 15. Компа- ния Mitsubishi была одной из первых, кто в 2001 году выпустила в продажу устройство, совмещающее мобильный телефон и пор- тативный компьютер.

7Make up your own sentences or a story using the vocabulary from the exercises above.

Comprehension and Discussion

8 Answer the questions below.

1)Why was Michael’s visit to Joan so important to him? What did it change in his career and private life?

2)Why did Joan invite Michael?

3)Was Michael a man of action or imagination? What could make him act in the situation on a train? Support your ideas from the text.

4)Why did Michael search for a proper word for his review for so long? What kind of a word did he need? Why was it so important for him to find it? Why was ‘brio’ a good word? Why was he so furious when he read the review in the newspaper?

5)What did Michael see in Phoebe’s picture? What impression did it make on him? What was really shown in the picture?

6)What did you learn about Phoebe in the chapter? Are your impressions different from what you got to know about her from the chapter about Roddy?

7)What are the links of this chapter to previous ones?

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9 Characterise

1)Alice (her appearance, manner of behaviour);

2)Joan (her appearance, way of living, relationships with Michael, Graham and Phoebe);

3)Graham (his political, literary views, manners);

4)Phoebe as an artist.

What techniques and language does the narrator use to characterise her / him? Support your ideas from the text.

10Comment on the following quotations and explain their meaning. Do you agree with them?

1)… as a man of imagination rather than action: condemned, like Orpheus, to roam an underworld of fantasies, when my hero Yuri would not have hesitated to plunge boldly towards the stars. (p. 263)

2)… most publishing is vanity publishing… (p. 269)

3)The problem with the English novel is that there’s no tradition of political engagement. (p. 276)

4)I had invaded him, penetrated, wormed my way inside him: when the review appeared … I would wound him; wound him deeply. (p. 278)

5)… and once again I had the sense (p.the sense which had never been far away, ever since my birthday visit to the cinema in Weston-super-Mare) that it was my destiny to act the part of a shy, awkward, vulnerable little man, caught up in a sequence of nightmarish events over which he had absolutely no control. (p. 302)

6)How different my life might have been, how very different, if I had stepped into her room instead of slipping back into darkness as quickly and as silently as a dream slips from the waking mind. (p. 304)

Creating a Commentary

11 Comment on the meaning and usage of the following references and allusions, give the context they are used in.

Midlander (p. 273); Southerner (p. 273); Falkland’s War (p. 267); David Blunkett (p. 273); SDP (p. 273); Godard’s Tout Va Bien (p. 275); Sterne and Diderot (p. 276); Margaret Thatcher’s Speech to Scottish Conservative Party Conference (p. 282); Scrabble (p. 291); Cluedo (p. 300)

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Language and Style

12The section of the chapter beginning with the words ‘Joan lived in a small …’ (p. 274) is written in a style unlike any of the other sections. How far is the language different?

13Translate the following passage.

We played three games … as Blackshaw Towers itself. (pp.301–302)

Extending Your Response

14Discuss the following question.

1)When Michael was 8 he wrote a story ‘The Castle of Mystery’. Have you ever tried writing anything? Would you like to? What would it be about?

Thomas

PRE-READING

Focus Activity

1 Discuss the following questions.

1)There are five major senses (channels) to get information about the world around us – sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste. Which one is the most important for you?

2)How often do you watch TV or DVD (video)? Why do you watch it?

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ACTIVE READING

Vocabulary Practice

2Find the following words in the text, give their definitions, derivatives and translations. Give the context they

are used in.

apprehend; ludicrous; jeopardize; malpractice; tycoon; aversion; fraud

3 Find the English equivalents to the following words and expressions. Give the context they are used in.

выпускать на рынок; конкурент (конкурирующий товар); войти в моду, завоевать популярность (ph.v.); убыточный; немедленно, незамедлительно (id.)

4 Match the words (1-8) to their synonyms (a-h).

5Fill the gaps in these sentences with a suitable word or expression from the box below. Put it in an appropriate form. Some words and expressions are used more than once.

1)I had to make a decision … .

2)The company hopes to … the new drug by next October.

3)He also argued that arresting Mr Bashir could further … the quest for peace in Darfur.

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4)A 55-year-old property … is being questioned on suspicion of killing his wife after charred remains were found at their French chateau.

5)The suspects were the alleged leaders of four illegal file-sharing networks and were charged with hacking, piracy and computer… .

6)Despite his … to publicity, Arnold was persuaded to talk to the press.

7)He's been charged with tax … .

8)There is a shortage of donor organs in the UK Most people have a strong … to the idea of receiving a donor organ from a killer, a study suggests.

9)I don't think this strange new fashion will … .

10)Business … Asil Nadir has arrived at the Old Bailey for his first court appearance on … charges.

11)Two major online dating agencies are being sued for alleged … and … in the United States.

12)England footballer David Beckham has joined his wife and family on holiday after labelling newspaper claims about his private life as "…".

13)It was easy for the bystander immediately to … the vast size of these objects.

14)It is … to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol.

15)The organization … a campaign to raise $150,000.

16)Skateboarding … quickly.

17)Pizza Express trumps a bid by The Restaurant Group to take control of … pizza and pasta chain Ask Central.

6 Translate the sentences into English using words and expressions from Vocabulary Practice Section. Pay attention to the underlined words and expressions.

1. Министерство юстиции США объявило об экстрадиции из Эс- тонии 26-летнего Сергея Чурикова, обвиняемого в преступном сговоре с целью совершения компьютерного мошенничества и хищении личных данных. 2. В интервью журналистам режиссер

Shane Black, автор «Смертельного оружия» (Lethal Weapon), «Последний бойскаут» (The Last Boy Scout) и других боевиков сказал, что у него со временем развилось отвращение к этому жанру, поэтому он решил переключиться на романтические ко- медии. 3. Арест китайского магната Zhou Zhengyi, подозревае-

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мого в мошенничестве с налогами, может иметь серьезный по- литический резонанс. 4. 23-летний участник преступной группи- ровки получил пожизненное заключение за то, что нанес ноже- вой удар своему обездвиженному сопернику. 5. По результатам отчетов экзаменационных комиссий количество должностных преступлений в области образования в Великобритании возрос- ло на 25 % в этом году. Персонал благотворительной организа- ции помогающей жертвам насилия в семье опасается, что сокра- щение финансирования может поставить под угрозу будущее са- мой организации и тех, кому они помогают. 6. Заявления о том, что эта команда станет чемпионом Лиги нелепы. 7. Компания Porsche выпустит ограниченное число новых гибридных супер- каров Spyder. 8. Идея сделать очки модным аксессуаром очень медленно завоевывала популярность. 9. Когда мужчина передо мной потерял сознание, мне пришлось срочно принимать реше- ние – сначала вызвать спасателей или оказать первую помощь.

7Make up your own sentences or a story using the vocabulary from the exercises above.

Comprehension and Discussion

8 Answer the questions below.

1)All members of the Winshaw family had some kind of mania, what was Thomas’s one? In what way did it influence his life?

2)The Winshaw family “carved up the whole bloody country between them” (p. 107). What was Thomas’s role in the process? What did he specialize in?

3)Could you enumerate Thomas’s achievements?

4)What could the sentence ‘He had lost the use of his eyes by then.’ (p.311) mean? Give your reasons.

5)What were Thomas’s connections with the film industry? Could you describe his encounters with the actors from What a Carve Up!?

6)The chapter about Thomas begins with the description of his success as a businessman. One of the reasons was his intuition, instinct. ‘As usual, his instincts were right’. Is it true about all members of the Winshaw family? Support your ideas from the text.

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7)Was Thomas responsible for Michael’s father’s death? Why? Why not?

8)What are the links of this chapter to previous ones?

9Characterise Thomas as a businessman, merchant banker, film industry investor and brother by completing the chart below. What techniques and language does the narrator use to characterise him? Support your ideas from the text.

10Comment on the following quotations and explain their meaning. Do you agree with them?

1)… he was convinced that it would turn Britain into a nation of voyeurs… (p. 308)

2)… that he, the spectator, was in a position to sit back and watch, untouched and unobserved. (p. 309)

3)… he never did see it happen. He had lost the use of his eyes by then. (p. 311)

4)Thomas’s world had always been apprehended through the eyes: this was why (among other things) he never felt any desire to touch or be touched by women. (p. 311)

5)There’s no point in passing some scandalous piece of legislation and then giving everyone time to get worked up about it. You have to get right in there and top it with something even worse, before the public have had a chance to work out what’s hit them. The thing about British conscience, you see, is that it really has no more capacity than … a primitive home computer… . It can only hold two or three things in memory at a time. (p. 313)

6)The only place Thomas could find even greater, more lasting fulfillment … was in the are of murgers and takeovers. (p. 321)

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Creating a Commentary

11 Comment on the meaning and usage of the following references and allusions, give the context they are used in.

VCR (p. 307); merchant bank (p. 307); the City (p. 309, 310); Bank Rate Tribunal (p. 310); Maurice Harold Macmillan’s speech in Bedford (p. 311); Black Wednesday (16 September 1992) (p. 311); Bazoft (p. 313); Nigel Lawson (p. 314); John Major (p. 313–314); Number Eleven (11 Downing Street) (p. 314); Ludgate Hill (p. 314); Guinness Trial (p. 322)

Language and Style

12 Translate the following passage.

Thomas’s world had always been apprehended entirely through the eyes … to be between £100,000 and £1 million. (pp. 311–312)

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

13Discuss the following questions.

1)The world economic crisis of 2008 is often called bank crisis and many governments blame risky and ill-thought through banking schemes which led to the collapse of economies in many countries. Do you support this point of view? Why? What reasons could you give to defend it?

2)Find some information about the reasons of the world economic crisis. Which of them seem to be the most likely? Why?

December 1990

PRE-READING

Focus Activity

1 Discuss the following questions.

1)How often do you watch TV? How many hours a day do you spend in front of your TV-set? What programmes do you like?

2)Are there any situations when you can not do without TV? What are they?

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ACTIVE READING

Vocabulary Practice

2Find the following words in the text, give their definitions, derivatives and translations. Give the context they are used in.

apprehension; hypocrisy; gamble (n); ordeal; affectionate

3Find the English equivalents to the following words and

expressions. Give the context they are used in.

устроиться, осесть (ph.v.); воспользоваться ситуацией; отвраще- ние; пролить свет (ph.v.); держать нос по ветру, быть в курсе со- бытий (id.); теория заговора; ссориться (infml., ph.v.);

4 Match the words (1–6) to their synonyms (a-f).

5 Fill the gaps in these sentences with a suitable word or expression from the box below. Put it in an appropriate form. Some words and expressions are used more than once.

1)Conspiracy theorists claim Neil Armstrong did not walk on the moon I have to admit that I love a good … up to a point, they are often more interesting than the facts.

2)Don't lend them the car – they're … of you!

3)I sorted out my mail, then … to some serious work.

4)They seemed devoted to each other and were openly … .

5)In a depressed market, we cannot afford to take a … on a new product.

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