Part II Second Reading

A. Exploring Themes

1. Why did George not hate his wife? Not going to divorce? Translate: (p. 243) 'There was … her husband's sentimentality?

2. How did the talk on page 243 characterize Dorothy and her attitude to George?

3. Why did George give up his position in the National Farmers' Union? (p. 244)

4. How can you characterize Dorothy's produce from the point of view of consumers? Was it healthy? (p. 245)

5. What was George's attitude to slaughter?

6. What's the significance of Michael's passage about horror films? Translate: (p. 252) 'It's a reminder … as of lives'.

7. What shocked Michael when he looked at the packet with the Brunwin Product, especially with the serving suggestion? (p. p. 257 — 258)

8. What is the significance of the proverb 'To kill two birds with one stone' in the context on page 260?

9. Did Michael expect anything from his visit to Joan? Why are Orpheus and Yuri Gagarin again mentioned by him? (p. 263)

B. Judging for Yourself

1. Do you think George should divorce Dorothy? Yes, no. Why?

2. What do you think about horror films?

3. Do you think there is and there could be love between Joan and Michael, Alice and Michael?

C. Making Connections

1. Do you know anything about food production in your country (chicken, eggs, sausage, etc.)

2. Characterize a business woman. What are her main ambitions? Your attitude to business women? Can any woman make business? Does business need much education?

Part III Building the Vocabulary

Consult the English-English dictionary for the following words and phrases:

averse (p. 241)

to disdain (p. 242)

to retreat (p. 243)

lobbying (p. 244)

loans (p. 245)

aspiration (p. 246)

endeavours (p. 246)

surrealist (p. 247)

slaughter (p. 249)

suffocation (p. 250)

revulsion (p. 251)

adverse (p. 253)

wholesale and retail (p. 253)

Epiphany (p. 258)

elusive (p. 264)

crass (p. 265)

ostentateous (p. 265)

to foist upon (p. 253)

B. Translate into Russian

1. It (Dorothy's Empire) enjoyed a hey day. (p. 246)

2. The voices faded out of earshot. (p. 248)

3. I saw a van coming up and pulling to a halt. (p. 248)

4. … but that was very much by way of killing two birds with one stone. (p. 260)

5. Well, you've made my day, anyway (p. 267)

6. … he made the crack about there being no 'sexual dimension' to my work (p. 267)

7. She's a bit stuck on you. (p. 268)

8. Despite all that I was doing to play things down. (p. 268)

9. … and we have to find a writer who'll take it on. (p. 269)

10. She wants it to be done by proper writer. Not just an old hack. (p. 270)

C. Analysing the Author's Style

Graphical expressive means serve to convey in the written form those emotions which in the oral speech are expressed.

Italics, bold type, etc. emphasize the meaning of the given words, phrases or even sentences and texts.

Pick out and explain examples of italics in the texts

on pages: 246 — 248

251 — 252

255 — 258

p. 261 … panache… polish… style...

p. 264 … grace... zest... esprit...

p. 266 … huge

p. 270 … famous

p. 271 … really

p. 271 … Michael Owen

ad hoc