Chapter 38.

Answer the following questions:

1. Why was Nurse Sharp angry with Andrew?

2. How did Hamson happen to know that Mary had been taken away from the Victoria Hospital and put into Stillman’s hospital?

3. Why did Hamson decide to share this information with Ivory and Deedman? Did he want to get Manson into trouble?

4. Why did Hamson feel awkward?

5. Did Ivory decide to tell Dr.Gadsby the story about Manson? What for?

6. Was Dr.Gadsby pleased to hear that? Why?

7. Why did he think that Dr.Manson should be struck off? What were his further actions?

8. Did the Council decide to hold an inquiry to consider the complains against Andrew?

Match English words and their definitions:

quarrel a choice of one out of a number of possibilities

to forgive truly or in fact

surgeon the possibility of harm

actually to speak of smb or smth with admiration and approval

decision a doctor who performs medical operations

to praise to say or feel that you are no longer angry with smb

danger an angry argument

Compose and write down your own sentences using these words.

Give Russian equivalents of the following English expressions:

1) on one’s return from some place; 2) to be delayed by smb; 3) to be late for some place; 4) to take risks; 5) bitter truth; 6) to praise one’s work; 7) to feel awkward; 8) to get smb into trouble; 9) a bad-mannered man; 10) to help at the operation; 11) to report the matter to the General Medical Council; 12) to be struck off; 13) to hold an inquiry; 14) to consider the complains against smb; 15) to give smb notice of one’s decision.

Find sentences in the text where the English equivalents are used, be ready to translate them into Russian and back.

Retell the chapter as if you were Denny.

Chapter 39.

Answer the following questions:

1. How did Andrew feel before the inquiry? Why did he prefer to be alone?

2. What was Andrew’s attitude towards his lawyer Mr Hopper? Was it just?

3. Was it wise on the side of Hopper not to allow Andrew to call Stillman as a witness? How did Hopper justify his decision?

4. What was the charge against Andrew?

5. How did Hopper try to defend Andrew at the court?

6. What was Andrew's speech like?

7. Why did he compare Stillman to Louise Pasteur?

8. What caused a sensation in the Council?

9. Why did Andrew win? Was it Abbey who saved him?

10. Why did Andrew go to the grave of Christine? What did he feel?

11. What were his future plans?

Match English words and their definitions:

defence reason

to fear to feel sorry about smth you did

shameful to direct what you say to a person or group

to object to to know and understand

to address to suffer and accept smth unpleasant without complaining

contented very bad and which you ought to be ashamed of

to be conscious to be afraid of smth or smb

cause the act of protecting smb or smth from attack

rotten satisfied and happy

to regret to dislike and disapprove of smth

to bear gone bad; spoiled

Compose and write down your own sentences using these words.

Give Russian equivalents of the following English expressions:

1) to make arrangements for smth; 2) to be alone; 3) to defend smb at the inquiry; 4) to be ashamed of one’s actions; 5) in that manner; 6) to be humble; 7) to be out for a walk; 8) to pray in silence; 9) to be due to be heard; 10) to read out the charge against smb; 11) to run a centre; 12) to be in the care of smb; 13) to make sure; 14) in the interest of smb; 15) to have reason to believe; 16) to lean forward; 17) to give smb notice; 18) at least; 19) to be annoyed at the interruption; 20) for the care of one’s patient; 21) to prove the charge against smb; 22) to offend against the medical laws; 23) to have a special interest in the case; 24) to get worse|better; 25) to do harm to smb; 26) to cause a sensation; 27) to express one’s opinion; 28) to compare smb with smb; 29) to lose the case; 30) to be in practice; 31) to judge one’s actions by smth; 32) a bank of cloud.

Find sentences in the text where the English equivalents are used, be ready to translate them into Russian and back.

Retell the chapter as if you were Mary Boland.