8. Role-play

1. Speak as Lambert trying to explain to Mitch what the situation was like:

• the firm is highly creative helping its clients to pay smaller taxes, which can’t but annoy the FBI and the IRS

• the “drug” version of the accident in the Caribbean

• the “uncompromising” code of ethics of the firm implying that “no lawyer can dictate morals to his client”, even if the latter is” not a saint”

9. Follow-up written assignments

Write a Summary of Part 3. Make use of linking words, the Active Vocabulary, Idioms and Grammar Patterns of Part 3. Write from 200-250 words. Use the Summary of Chapter 1 as a model.

10. Commentary

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1. Deli (informal)=abbrev. for delicatessen=a shop that sells unusual and often expensive foods, especially foods that are cooked and ready to eat. In the US, many delis also sell sandwiches and some have tables at which to eat.

2. Pay phone= a pay phone=a public telephone inside a public building which one can use only after putting in a coin

Chapter 12

1. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary now renamed Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex (also called Brushy)=a large maximum-security prison near the town of Petros, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction

History

The prison was built from stone mined on the property. It opened in 1896, and is the oldest operating prison in Tennessee as of 2008. The prison was founded as a result of the aftermath of the Coal Creek War, an 1891 lockout of coal miners that took place in Coal Creek and Briceville, Tennessee, after miners protested the use of unpaid convict labor in the mines. This labor conflict was eventually resolved in favor of the coal miners with a bill passing the Tennessee state legislature to abolish the convict labor system, to be replaced by a modern penitentiary system of which Brushy Mountain was the first to be constructed. The prison is nearly encircled by a remote section of the Cumberland Plateau. Escape attempts have been infrequent and almost always unsuccessful.

Current function

The prison has a current capacity of 584. It is used as the state's reception/classification and diagnostic center for East Tennessee and houses all custody levels of inmates, although it has a maximum security designation. The current warden (as of 2008) is Jim Worthington. A small historical museum on the prison property displays old record books, photos, and news articles. Due to poor conditions and low capacity a plan for a new, larger facility is currently underway to replace it.

Notable inmates

Among the most famous inmates at Brushy Mountain was James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., who, with six other inmates, managed to escape but was at large for just three days. Byron Looper, who was convicted in 2000 for the murder of State Senator Tommy Burks, is serving a life sentence at Brushy Mountain. A notable, albeit fictional, occasional inmate is Otis Lee Crenshaw, the trailer- dwelling country music singer created by comedian Rich Hall. Yet another fictional inmate was Ray McDeere, the brother of Mitch McDeere, in the novel “The Firm”.

2. Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Roy Orbison=the singers popular in the 1960s

Chapter 13

1. R and R stands for “Rest and Relaxation”, which is a holiday from work given to a person who has been working really hard.

2. Capital gains tax=a tax assessed on profits realized from the sale of a capital asset, such as stock=налог на прирост рыночной стоимости капитала (например, от продажи акций, облигаций и т.д.)

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3. The Super Bowl=a football game played in the US each year, usually in late January on a Sunday, known as Super Bowl Sunday. The game decides which team is the winning team of the year, and has been held every year since 1967. It is an important event that is watched on TV by millions people, and many people have Super Bowl parties at their homes.

4. Rogue (humor)=a person who enjoys making trouble=шалун; проказник

Chapter 14

1. Yuppie (from abbrev. of Young Upwardly-mobile Professional=a young person in a professional job with a high income, especially one who enjoys spending money and having a fashionable way of life

2. Scum (derog.)=a worthless, immoral person (scum=пена)

Chapter 15

1. the Confederacy in the American Civil War (1861-1865)=the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost

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