Equilibrium (part X)

I. Look through the words necessary to understand the episode;

antagoinist / adversary – соперник; противник; fluid – плавный, подвижный;

rote mastery – свободное владение мастерством; lethal – смертоносный;

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Equilibrium (part XXV)

I. Look through the words necessary to understand the episode;

sweeper – (very rare) спецназ, амон;

II. Memorise the following words & be ready to use them in speech as active vocabulary;

audience – a formal meeting with a very important person;

upheaval – a sudden or violent change, especially one that affects people's lives and causes problems;

assassination – the murder of a famous or important person, esp. for political reasons;

make it through something – to not die as a result of an illness or an accident;

to accomplish – to succeed in doing sth, esp. sth that you have been trying to do for a period of time;

network – a group of people, organizations, or places that are connected or that work together;

to plant – if someone plants a bomb, they hide it where they want it to explode;

to set off – to do sth which start the reaction; to make sth explode;

to disrupt – to interrupt sth and prevent it from continuing by creating a problem;

supply – an amount of something that can be used, or the process of providing this;

cause – an organization, belief, or aim that a group of people support or fight for;

touch – a particular quality that someone can add to a situation;

III. Match the English words with their Russian Equivalents:

audience политическое убийство; террористический акт;

upheaval дело;

assassination устанавливать (взрывное устройство);

make it through sth снабжение, поставки;

to accomplish соприкосновение;

network аудиенция;

to plant взрывать;

to set off совершать, выполнять; достигать; доводить до конца;

to disrupt прорваться;

supply прервать, нарушить;

cause переворот, потрясение ( в обществе);

touch взаимосвязанная группа людей, организация, сеть;

IV. Read the questions below and find the answers in the film:

1) Did Mary realise that Preston fell in love with her?

2) What difficulties were there to approach Father?

3) Could the underground benefit from his death according to Jurgen’s point of view? How?

4) Did Preston agree to kill Father being sure that he would succeed in doing it?

V. Discuss the following questions in pairs or groups of threes using your active vocabulary:

1) Why did Preston share his secret with Mary?

2) What made Jurgen ask Preston to stop seeing Mary? Will Preston listen to him?