1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.

2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.

• The twenty-five thousand dollars, I was going to give Hank was a small price to pay for freeing me from the guilt about my brother;

• I wasn’t used to hard women;

• You represent the pure, undefiled American public here tonight. Let’s hear the simple wisdom of the masses…

• Voting is an undignified occupation for a grown man…

• You don’t joke in this town, friend;

• The Xerox is Washington’s secret weapon. No man is safe if there’s one in the office;

• To know from birth that the way up is through the sewer;

• The Water-gate break-in;

• I was beginning to have the feeling that I would have to be at my best physically and mentally, anytime I had anything to do with Evelyn;

• She put on her armor for the day’s work;

• … a man regrets in daylight the dark confidences of midnight;

• Whatever happens, I thought, I am not going to look like that when I am his age…

• But caution was becoming automatic with me;

• The Swiss were tolerant toward prosperous visitors to their country;

• I swore softly at the chain-belt system of manufacturing and selling in America, where everybody makes and sells a million identical copies of everything.

3. Answer the questions.

• Why did Grimes feel jealous of Hale when he phoned him in Washington?

• Why didn’t Evelyn pay any attention to Grimes during the poker game?

• What subjects were discussed during the poker game?

• What did Jeremy Hale think of his job?

• Why did Grimes give the impression of being a man with something to hide?

• Why did Evelyn trust Grimes?

• Why did Grimes decide to give his brother that big sum of money?

• What hopes did Grimes put (place) on his changing place of living?

• Was Grimes sorry to leave the USA?

• What preparations did Grimes make for the trip?

• What happened to Mr.Drusack?

• What situation did Grimes find himself in at the hotel in Switzerland?

4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.

• Grimes longed for a family;

• Grimes was quite superstitious (the silver dollar in the pocket);

• Evelyn was pragmatic, practical with a man-like manner of acting;

• Grimes was self-respecting (sure of himself);

• Grimes was a smart man;

• Hale was satisfied with his job for the government;

• Grimes was an honest person;

• Evelyn was a worldly woman;

• Evelyn thought she could trust Grimes;

• Evelyn didn’t have any romantic feelings about Grimes;

• Grimes produced the impression of a reliable man;

• Grimes was rather attentive (sharp-sighted; alert);

• Grimes was ironic with a good sense of humour;

• Grimes was rather cold-blooded.

5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.

• How can one feel when finding oneself in unusual surroundings (from being a nightwork to talking and playing with important political figures)?

• Sincerity is impossible and punishable when being engaged in doing big business or politics;

• When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. – O. vonBismarck

• Such people will be prosecuted by the authorities (the intrepid-truth-seeker, the brave little old truth announcer);

• How much do you have to pretend if you want to succeed in business or politics?

• I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. – Socrates

• The press is irresponsible. It lost the war in Asia for us. It chums up the public against the President, the vice President, it holds up all authority to scorn, it’s making it more and more impossible to govern the country.

• The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing. – Ben Okri

• Money was both a disease and a cure.

• They who are of the opinion that money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for money. – G.Savile

• It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. – G.H. Lorimer