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1. Mark helped business people to evade taxes.
2. Mark knew how to improve profits by exporting products.
3. Mark wasn’t a connoisseur of exporting.
4. Mark was a tidy person.
5. His work helped him to stop thinking about the accident.
6. Mark thought he had to carry out Colin’s last wish.
7. When Julie learnt Colin hadn’t turned up at the meeting she was furious.
8. The first thing Julie did when she learnt Colin had missed the meeting was speaking to the company’s secretary.
9. In the evening Julie contacted the police.
10. A person had to wait three days to report somebody missing.
11. The policemen promised to return Colin at any cost.
Dramatize a dialogue between Julie and the policemen in detail. Add some information if you need.
Pick out adjectives describing Julie’s and Mark’s feelings.
Do you think a lot of people who are reported missing are found? What would you do to find a missing person besides going to the police?
Fill in the form for Colin’s identity card. What other information do you think the police need to find a missing person? Add it to the table.
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8. Write down the passage “Mark quickly ate some bread and cheese…He knew that he would have to carry out the dying man’s last wish.” Prepare good reading and translation of the extract.
Give the summary of the chapter.
Chapter 8.The Funeral.
Pick out 10 proper names while listening.
2. Give a good Russian translation of the following words and word combinations and recall the situations with them: identity, to make arrangements for, to take a risk, steering wheel, briefcase, to frown, to sigh, advance, to sympathize with, to turn off the motorway, long-stay car-park, to go missing, trapped animal, to fire a gun at, cremation, to be furious with, lease, officially dead.
Give the right sequence of events.
1. John points a gun at Linda.
2. Linda identifies the body.
3. Linda gets rid of Colin’s personal items.
4. Linda gets rid of the car.
5. Linda takes a taxi from Upminster station.
6. Linda and John have dinner in a small village.
4. Answer the questions:
1. Why did John feel like a trapped animal?
2. What duties and obligations did Linda have?
3. What did they find in Colin’s briefcase?
4. Why did they get rid of some things?
5. What exactly were they looking for in the case?
6. Why was the body cremated?
7. Why did they decide to leave for a small village?
Think of a plan to the chapter. Retell the chapter according to your plan.
Imagine that John wrote a diary. Write a page from it describing his feelings and emotions in that situation. Limit yourselves to 150 words.
Give the summary of the chapter.
Chapter 9.The Advertisement.
React to the statements choosing the right letter: A (true), B (false).
1. Julie wasn’t used to working on the company’s finance.
2. The news Julie got from Jackman’s wasn’t comforting.
3. Julie gave the task to her assistant programmers to see Mr. Booker.
4. Mr. Booker was surprised to see Julie instead of Colin.
5. Julie wanted to sack Mr. Booker because she didn’t trust him.
6. Julie chose a CD with blues to relax after her work.
7. Julie decided to give an ad to a newspaper to make sure something bad had happened to her husband.
2. Give a good Russian translation of the following words and word combinations and recall the situations with them: to be desperately worried, invoices, puzzled, to be in debt, to confirm, nastily, at random, to keep out of one’s mind, failure.
Finish the sentences using not more than 4 words.
1. Julie was in her office before _____________________________.
2. Julie got the invoices ready to take them to__________________.
3. Julie needed some time to relax and to think about ____________.
4. When Julie entered Mr. Booker’s office, he spoke _____________.
Ask 10 questions to cover the contents of the chapter.
5. Write down the passage “Julie wasn’t used to working on the company’s finances…She was tense.” Prepare good reading and translation of the extract.
Think of the advertisement Julie could give. Limit yourselves to 50 words.
Give the summary of the chapter.
Chapter 10.The Search.
1. Give a good Russian translation of the following words and word combinations and recall the situations with them: research on, to require, widow, to make arrangements for, to be lined with, to one’s surprise, to start the engine, to get down to business, to make no difference to, to fence, to raise much cash, to deliver, to tremble with shock, to shrug one’s shoulders, to be confused, wrecked, to sip, to appreciate.
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Was Mark used to working on week-ends?
2. What kind of information did he get from the police?
3. Why didn’t he make an attempt to see Colin’s wife?
4. What were Mark’s plans for the week-end?
5. Why did he like rock-climbing? Do you share his opinion?
6. Where did Mark meet his client? What is this place famous for?
7. What car did Mark have? How does it characterize him?
8. Why didn’t Mark call the widow?
9. What made Mark think someone was at home?
10. Why do you think Linda’s manager didn’t try to talk her out of leaving her work?
11. What for did Linda meet with Frankie Simpson? Did she share her plans?
12. Why couldn’t Frankie give her the money right after the robbery?
13. What were the terms of the deal?
14. How did Linda explain John’s presence to Mark?
15. What valuable information did Mark come across while reading a newspaper?
Choose 3 characters from the book and describe them with as much detail as you can. Ask your group mates to guess who you are speaking about.
4. Say in what connection the following proper names were used in the chapter: Thame, Wales, Stratford-upon-Avon, Volvo, Red Lion, Birmingham, Sandwell’s.
Divide the chapter into some parts, entitle them and retell the chapter according to the plan.
