- •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
4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
Grimes felt indifferent towards Pat;
Evelyn had a sense of humour;
Evelyn was rather a hospitable hostess;
Fabian felt a kind of affection to Evelyn;
Fabian was a true attentive and loving friend;
Grimes wasn’t happy in his marriage;
Grimes was a responsible husband/father;
Evelyn was a real businesswoman;
Fabian was a born businessman;
Henry had completely changed his lifestyle;
Priscilla Dean caused a lot of trouble.
5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
Sudden coming into money (pros and cons): opportunities, consequences, moral issues;
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. – H.W. Beecher
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. – A. Rand
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. – F.D. Roosevelt
Life shouldn’t be printed on dollar bills. – C. Odets.
6. Insert the right prepositions.
Watch out ……………….changes in the weather.
I didn’t have to pay any duty………………… the five Roman suits.
Outside there was the sound of the traffic on Fifth Avenue, reduced ……………a rich hum by thick walls and heavy drapes.
I hoped to be able to teach you to blend……………….the scenery.
Evelyn was not going to be taken……………… surprise.
Evelyn and Fabian came ………………. terms at last.
Surprisingly, Evelyn approved ……………..our plan.
Fabian decided to come…………… ………………. a new scheme.
I couldn’t see their faces in the dark but could make ……………… that they were both holding guns.
Grimes had to fire………………… the man.
Fabian coached Grimes ………………….. Britishisms.
He wants to take us ………… a ride ………….. his boat.
Evelyn insisted …………seeing the casino and playing ……… the roulette table.
She hadn't been ………… Paris ………… years and it would be a shame just to pass ………...
We had driven slowly, stopping often to sight-see and indulge ………. great meals outside Lyon and in Avallon.
The customs man who came ………… to me must have taken pity ………. my condition because he merely waved me …………..
You're pleased ………….. the prospect of having a son.
The lobster turned ……….. to be every bit as good as Evelyn had promised.
I could see that ……. better or worse he had decided to win ……… Evelyn.
He did not make it ………. the wedding, as he was in England that week.
I pondered …………. the special, marvelous taste of breakfasts that you made ………… yourself on a sunny morning.
This area is rich ……………… three things: money, potatoes, and painters.
I couldn't see their faces ………… the dark but could make ………. that they were both wearing leather jackets and fishermen's long-billed caps.
7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
1. Было очевидно, что представители конкурирующей фирмы не были расположены сделать первый шаг в переговорах.
2. На последнем совещании Джек предложил новый метод работы, но его предложением пренебрегли.
3. Нельсон был буквально ошеломлен, когда увидел новый туалетный столик своей жены.
4. Фирма инициировала новую рекламную кампанию. Их конкуренты почувствовали свою уязвимость.
5. Перевод, выполненный Оливером, был полон лексических трудностей, но он справился с работой.
6. Есть мнение, что наши конкуренты собираются заключить сделку.
7. Лекции профессора М. плохо посещаются. Помимо того, что он косноязычен, он еще и груб.
8. Вся партия товара была выкуплена нашими партнерами. Имея в виду деньги (по части денег), они получили приличный доход.
9. Нора совершенно не выносит, когда квартира загромождена мебелью.
10. В конце тяжелого трудового дня у Майкла остался только час, чтобы навестить тяжело больного отца в отделении интенсивной терапии (реанимации).
Chapter 25 + final discussion
Words and expressions to remember
contemptuous of sb/sth; contemptuously
to have enough of sb/sth
to coach sb on (Britishisms)
on behalf of sb
to ease the pain of doing sth
that makes my day
distinguished people
composed
disgusted; disgustedly
to neglect sth
cunning
a hangover from childhood