- •Chapters 1-2
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects:
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 3-4
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3.Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions:
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 5-6
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •Insert the right prepositions.
- •Chapters 7-8
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 9-10
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 11-12
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary:
- •Chapters 13-14
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 15-16
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 17-18
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 19-20
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 21-22
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters:
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 23-24
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •Final discussion
7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
1. Быть суеверным значит бояться любой угрозы.
2. Джек очень экономен и бережлив с деньгами, поэтому он сколотил хорошенькое состояние.
3. Утопающий хватается за соломинку. Не лишай его последнего шанса.
4. Когда люди несчастны и одиноки, они часто находят утешение в созерцании природы.
5. Слишком строгие меры воспитания могут стать препятствием на пути развития ребенка.
6.Анна не считала себя достойной нового назначения.
7. Мэри призналась, что ребенок был такой избалованный, потому что она ему во всем потакала.
8. Лоуренс чувствовал невероятное возбуждение (чувства опьяняли его), когда он узнал, что зачислен в университет.
9. Чтобы поддерживать отличную физическую форму, Молли буквально изнуряла себя физическими упражнениями.
10. Любовь Майкла к Нэнси казалась безнадежной, без возможности вызвать ответное чувство.
11. Он влюбился в Памелу еще в старших классах школы.
12. Зал был полон изысканно одетых мужчин и женщин.
Chapters 11-12
Words and expressions to remember
to explore
to yearn for
to surrender
to x-ray sth / to have sth x-rayed
significant
a reasonably priced hotel
to take a liking to sb/sth
a tuxedo
to squander money
harrowing
to restrain oneself from doing
to long to do sth
peevish
the forwarding address
to be oblivious of sth
to be dread to think
to take the liberty of doing
vague
to go to extremes
to come to terms with sb/sth
to make investments
not to have the heart to do sth
to reap the full benefits
to ride one’s luck
to abuse sb’s patience
in the long run
to drive at sth
to be liable to the American income tax
to take one’s eyes off sb/sth
to be in a position to do sth
prudish
to make on a shoestring / to live on a shoestring
lucrative
to treat sb to sth
Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters:
I heard him say “Americanish” to the cashier, as though that explained all eccentricities;
He and the other doctor exchanged significant looks. Obviously they would never choose St Moritz for medical attention;
The Last Supper (the artist; allusions);
I had felt safe, although uncomfortable, in Switzerland, but here I couldn’t help remembering what I had read about the Italian connections to organized crime in America;
She strode over to the reception desk with the air of a woman who had been used to five-star hotels all her life;
She plainly had no girlish prejudices against talking to strangers in bars;
We were in the hush of the rich;
The future was far from certain, but there were gleams of hope;
If ever there was a lady made for an American’s dream of a wicked weekend in Paris, it was Lily Abbott;
It’s a hand-to-mouth existence;
I was not pleased with what the future might have in store for me;
It was a situation for a basso and I was singing tenor. High tenor;
He slipped in and out of being British;
I envy you your initiation;
Answer the questions.
What was the reason for Grimes’s leaving for Davos?
What kind of hotel did Grimes choose in Davos and why?
What did Grimes find in the pocket of the houndstooth jacket?
What conclusions did Grimes make about the appearance of the author of the letter?
Why did Grimes leave for Florence?
What European cities did Grimes visit in search of his missing suitcase?
Why wasn’t Grimes impressed by Florence art at that moment? What distracted him?
What kind of lady entered the hotel hall?
Who that mysterious man turned out to be (from Lady Abbott’s letter)?
How did Grimes guess that the suitcase belonged to Fabian?
Why did Grimes refuse the porter’s help and decide to give the suitcase to Fabian himself?
Why didn’t Fabian admit that the suitcase was his one?
Why did Grimes hit Fabian with the lamp?
Why did Fabian decide to tell his life story?
What was Fabian’s origin?
What kind of family did Fabian come from (was he born to)?
Did Fabian fight on World War II fronts?
How did Fabian take up British citizenship?
What brought Fabian to gambling?
Why did Fabian decide to involve Grimes into his fraudulent (dishonest) scheme?
What was Fabian’s offer to Grimes?
What kind of investment did Fabian make with Grimes’s money?