The Exchange at the Reception Counter
Dr Nicholas: to walk in unconcernedly; to be third in line; to wait patiently for one's turn; to give one's name; to have a reservation; to be shocked by the refusal; to keep oneself in hand; to produce a letter from the hotel management confirming the reservation, not cancelling it; to try to prove one's point; not to accept the explanation;
Clerk: to look up; to stiffen; to withdraw the registration pad; an embarrassing situation; to refuse to check smb in; to apologize; to shake one's head; to be firm; to follow the instructions; to allow smb to register at a hotel; strict rules concerning smb; to turn the case over to the assistant manager;
The Assistant Manager Takes Up the Matter
to have no real authority; to handle minor problems posed by guests; an elderly man; an old-timer; to have a good deal of experience; to know one's job; to take on a professional greeter's smile; smoothly; without fuss; to remove a potentially embarrassing scene from centre stage into the wings; a smooth manner; to gesture smb to a seat; to attend to a matter; to offer to find other suitable accommodation; not to dare to disobey one's orders; to arrange for smb's speedy departure; to get rid of an unwanted guest; to offer to make inquiries; to lift the receiver; a list of telephone numbers;
Dr. Nicholas Refuses to Take It Lying Down
to stand on one's rights; to make a complaint about smth; to speak sharply; to insist; to demand an explanation; a painful experience; to refuse to put up with such unfair treatment; to be determined to have it out with smb; to inquire about the reasons; to realize; to have to uo w^th the colour of one's skin;
Dr. Ingram Appears On the Scene
President of the Dentists' Association; a small elderly man; white-haired; to greet smb warmly; to speak highly of smb; to joke; to have the pleasure of introducing smb to the convention; to look forward to seeing smb; an unexpected development; a hard blow; to be beyond smb; to be unable to get over the shock; to promise to take steps; to put smth right; to assure smb; to deal with the matter; to be determined; not to permit smb to get away with it; to walk out of the hotel.
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES
Ex. 16. Translate the following sentences, using the verbs "lift, pick up, raise" according to the sense.
1. Для разгрузки товаров с корабля применяют особые, машины, которые могут поднимать несколько тонн за раз. 2. Поднимите, пожалуйста, с пола карандаш. Кто-то, видимо, случайно уронил его. 3. Чемодан оказался таким тяжелым, что я с трудом мог поднять его. 4. Не может быть, чтобы она подняла такой шум из-за пустяков. 5. Услышав телефонный звонок, он поднял трубку и ответил «Алло, слушаю вас». 6. Ребенку не терпелось поднять крышку коробки и посмотреть, что внутри. 7. Мальчику было так стыдно, что он не мог поднять глаз.
Ex. 17. Fill in the blanks with. nouns "cause, reason" according to the sense.
1. There are very good ... to believe that Ann is ill, though we don't know yet the ... of the illness. 2. My brother had to postpone his journey for family ... . 3. The ... of the quarrel between the two men must have been a misunderstanding. 4. There is no ... to suspect that the man is untruthful. 5. They are building a tunnel through the rock. That is the ... for the rock being exploded. 6. Carelessness in handling gas is often a ... of explosions. 7. He refused to explain the ... for his absence. 8. The child's poor health was the ... of the parents' anxiety, but after the medical examination it became evident that there were no ... for worry.
Ex. 18. Translate the following sentences, using "cause, reason" according to the sense.
1. Хотя и не было особой причины для смеха, но они смеялись от души. 2. Он очень невнимателен. Это причина всех его несчастий. 3. Нет причины опасаться, что Петр подведет нас. Он никогда не нарушал своих обещаний. 4. К сожалению, теперь трудно установить, что явилось причиной несчастного случая. 5. Странно, что она отказалась объяснить причину своего внезапного отъезда. 6. Не принимайте ее жалобы близко к сердцу. Она часто жалуется без причины. Такой уж она человек.
Ex. 19. Fill in ths blanks with "happy, lucky, fortunate" according to the sense.
1. His face brightened up at the ... news. 2. You seem to have been born under a ... star. 3. The boy's success at school made his mother .... 4. It ought to be considered a most ... circumstance that I met you when I needed you most. 5. "Seven" is generally considered to be a ... number. 6. It was most ... that the wind changed and the boat could reach the shore safely. 7. Though the man was ... in business yet he was far from .... 8. They were very ... in their married life. 9. I'll be ... to accept your invitation because it's not everybody who is so ... to have such a ... (nance to go and see the exhibition with you as a guide.
Ex. 20. Translate the following sentences, using "happy, lucky, fortunate" according to the sense.
1. Какое событие вы бы назвали самым счастливым в вашей жизни? - Мне посчастливилось присутствовать на открытии выставки современной живописи. 3. Мой товарищ очень хорошо отвечал на экзамене. Он говорит, что ему достался счастливый билет. 4. Как жаль, что вы упустили такую счастливую возможность. 5. Посылать открытки друзьям с пожеланием счастливого нового года — хорошая традиция. 6. Если бы не счастливое обстоятельство, мне бы никогда не довелось побывать в этих местах. 7. Его осенила счастливая догадка.
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Ex. 21. Fill in the blanks with missing auxiliary verbs, retell the passage in reported speech.
Ada Trimball wrote Walter Hughes a note. "... come. Mother and I ... love to see you. I ... not going to tell her you ... coming but ... save your visit for a surprise. So please pretend that you ... just dropped in."
On the afternoon of Walter's visit Ada could not help telling her mother he ... coming. It was a small, but complete triumph. "He wrote me and asked if he could come, and I said of course." "Why ... n't you tell me? What was behind that?" Mrs Trimball's anger ... hardly controlled. "How ... you know I want to see him?" "You can always be upstairs with a headache." "Ridiculous! I wish when you ... having people to my house you ... tell me."
"I ... telling you now. But why this strong dislike towards Walter? I ... never heard you say a word against him before. Stay upstairs, if you ... n't want to see him."
"Oh, you miserable fool!" said Mrs Trimball.
She recovered her calmness before Walter's arrival.When he entered the sitting-room she gave him her hand, but he said: "... n't I deserve* a kiss?" She put up her cheek and he kissed her.
"... you like tea, or ... you really prefer** a drink? said Ada Trim-ball.
"If there is tea, I ... rather have that. I limit myself to two drinks before dinner," he said. "Well, this is like old times."
"Where ... you live now? Colorado?" said Constance Trimball.
"Denver. I have ... living there since the war and I guess I ... really settled there."
"I ... get the tea things," said Ada Trimball, leaving them to themselves.
"I ... always heard that you have to get used to the altitude in Denver . ... that true?"
"It ... true. How ... you?"
"I ... very well, thanks. ... n't you surprised to see me?"
заслужить предпочитать
at all. Alice Ryder's in Mill Pond, so you... turn up there soon-later."
Ryder? I ... n't seen her in nearly twenty years."
(after "A Cold Calculating Thing" by John O'Hara.)
Ex. 22. Fill in the blanks with "should" or "would", give two variants if possible, note the difference, translate the sentences into Russian.
1. The tourist asked if he ... be able to exchange dollars for pounds before crossing the border. 2. The tourist asked if he ... exchange dollars for pounds before crossing the border. 3. I was not sure whether I ... influence his choice for I didn't know what was best for him. 4. I wasn't sure that the time ... suit them. 5. He didn't know yet whether he ... go there by train or plane. 6. He didn't know if she ... have any objections to the arrangement. 7. We asked the clerk at the desk if we ... register before occupying the rooms. 8. We asked if the clerk at the desk ... register us. 9. The manager told the secretary that he ... start receiving visitors at three. 10. The manager told the secretary that she ... send out the invitations. 11. Finally I realized that I couldn't just sit in this man's office forever. So I asked him what to do, I mean, what I ... do.
Ex. 23. Practise the following according to the model.
M o d e l: I haven't been home for seven years.
It is seven years since I have been home.
1. I haven't taken a holiday for five years. 2. I haven't seen him for ages. 3. She hasn't had a letter from him for a year. 4. I have heard nothing from him for a very long time. 5. He hasn't felt so fine for weeks. 6. I haven't enjoyed myself so much in years.
Ex. 24. Translate the attributive clauses into English using the Past Perfect Continuous form, explain why this form must be used.
1. He lit a cigarette and then returned to the table (за которым сидел). 2. She put down the book (которую читала). 3. He again picked up the photograph (которую рассматривал). 4. The visitor (который сидел в углу) suddenly jumped to his feet. 5. He handed me the newspaper (которую читал). 6. It was not long before she started humming again the song (которую пела). 7. Hearing the telephone ringing he threw away the cigarette (которую курил) and rushed into the hall. 8. After the telephone talk he again sat down before the TV set to see the film (который он смотрел).
Ex. 25. Translate the following sentences into English according to the model, watch the use of tenses.
M o d e l: He успел он сказать двух слов, как все рассмеялись.
Не had not said two words (he had hardly said) two words when everybody burst into laughter.
1. He успел поезд тронуться, как в вагон вошел контролер. 2. Геологи не прожили там и недели, как пошли дожди. 3. Не успели мы войти в зал, как свет погас. 4. Едва писатель произнес свое имя, как его окружили журналисты. 5. Едва он завернул за угол, как встретил своего старого приятеля. 6. Она не прочла и страницы, как заснула. 7. Я не сделал и двух шагов, как пошел сильный снег. 8. Едва докладчик произнес несколько слов, как раздались голоса протеста. 9. Не успел он отказаться от этого предложения, как пожалел об этом.
Ex. 26. Use Passive voice in the following sentences according to the model
M o d e l: The shop is under repair.
The shop is being repaired.
1. The question is still under consideration. 2. These patients are under constant observation. 3. The problem which is under discussion is of great interest to many people. 4. The new treatment of the disease is not practised yet, it's still under study. 5. "How did the case end?" "It's still under review." 6. "Did he tell you who was under suspicion?" 7. You can't see the palace now. It is under reconstruction.
Ex. 27. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A. 1. It's fifteen years since I ... home (to be). 2. Did you tell him we ... in the morning? (to leave) 3. Times ... since we were young (to change). 4. "Do you want to go home?" "I suppose it's time we ... about it" (to be thinking). 5. He came back with the good news that the suit case ... and ... to the railway station (to find, to return). 6. The place always looked unsettled as though the family ... just or ... to leave (to move in, to be preparing). 7. When his mother fell ill he gave up his practice to take care of her so that she ... her wish which was that she ... to a hospital, (to have, not to send). 8. Remembering things which he ..., it occurred to him that he not ... a truthful picture of what ... (to say, to give, to take place). 9. I could feel we ... (to look at). 10. It will be the first vacation I ... in years (to take). 11. She wished she ... in the journey (to include). 12. I ... away for a year and a half (to be). 13. The kid didn't speak while his father ... (to shave); he knew that shaving was a delicate act and if you ... (to interrupt) you ... (may cut) yourself.
B. Mr. Cust (to sit) very still. His breakfast (to lie) cold and un-tasted on his plate. A newspaper (to put) up against the teapot and it was this newspaper that Mr. Cust (to read) with interest.
Suddenly he (to get up), (to walk) to and fro for a minute then (to sink) into a chair by the window. He (to cover) his face with his hands with a sigh.
He (not to hear) the sound of the opening door. His landlady, Mrs. Marbury, (to stand) in the doorway.
"I (to wonder), Mr. Cust, if you — why, whatever is it? You (not to feel) well?"
Mr. Cust (to raise) his head.
"Nothing. It's nothing at all, Mrs. Marbury. I (not to feel) very well this morning."
Mrs. Marbury inspected the breakfast tray.
"So I (to see). You (not to touch) your breakfast. Your head (to trouble) you again?"
"No, at least, yes ... I — I just (to feel) a bit low."
"Well I am sorry, I'm sure. You (not to go) away to-day then?" Mr. Cust (to jump) up abruptly.
"No, no I have to go. It's business. Important. Very important." His hands (to shake). Seeing him so excited, Mrs. Marbury (to try) to calm him.
"Well, if you must — you must. You (to go) far this time?" She (to pick up) the paper that (to lie) on the floor.
"Nothing but this murdering business in the paper nowadays," she (to say) as she (to glance) at the headlines before putting it back on the table. "Gives me the creeps, it does. I (not to read) it."
Mr. Cust's lips (to move) but no sound (to come) from them.
"Doncaster — that's the place he is going to do his next murder," (to say) Mrs. Marbury. "If I (to live) in Doncaster and my name (to begin) with a D. I (to take) the first train away, that I would. I (to run) no risks. What you (to say), Mr. Cust? Why, Mr. Cust, you do look bad. Hadn't you better have a little drop of something? Really, now you oughtn't to go travelling to-day." Mr. Cust (to pull) himself together.
"It is necessary, Mrs. Marbury. I always (to be) punctual in my business appointments. People must have — must have belief in you! When I (to promise) to do a thing, I (to carry) it through. It's the only way to get on in business."
"But if you (to be) ill?"
"I (not to be) ill, Mrs. Marbury. Just a little worried over different personal matters. I (to sleep) badly. I (to be) really quite all right."
His manner (to be) so firm that Mrs. Marbury (to gather) up the breakfast things and (to leave) the room.
(after "The A.B.C. Murders" by Agatha Christie)
Ex. 28. Test translation.
1. Обмен мнениями оказался очень полезным. 2. Вполне понятно, что изменения, внесенные в расписание работы учреждения, касаются всех его сотрудников. 3. Еще трудно сделать какие-либо определенные заключения относительно новой модели машины. Она требует проверки и детального изучения. 4. Портовые власти Ливерпуля были озабочены положением, вызванным забастовкой докеров. 5. К сожалению, нам пришлось взять назад свой заказ на продажу нам запасных частей, так как предложенное фирмой время поставки Для нас не подходило. 6. Убедительно просим вас подтвердить телеграммой наш телефонный разговор с вами относительно условий контракта. 7. Спектакль отменили из-за болезни актера, исполняющего главную роль. 8. Напрасно ты обидел товарища, не разобравшись в чем дело. Я бы на твоем месте извинился и взял свои слова обратно. 9. Замечания редактора не вызвали никаких возражений. 10. Не было никаких возражений против того, чтобы тов. Иванова назначили руководителем экспедиции. У него большой опыт работы и, к тому же, он умеет обращаться с людьми. 11. На дверях вагонов электропоездов обычно есть надпись: «Не прислоняться». 12. Замечание было неуместным, и всем стало неловко. 13. Казалось, что она была чем-то смущена. 14. Я не нашелся, что сказать. Мне никогда раньше не приходилось бывать в таком неловком положении. 15. Взрыв был вызван небрежным обращением с газом. 16. Врач заверил нас, что нет причин для беспокойства. 17. Как только вы приедете в город, дайте нам знать, в какой гостинице вы остановились.
PRECIS WRITING
Ex. 29. a) Read the passage; b) Write 3-5 questions covering the basic points of the passage; c) Give a title to the passage and write a precis.
I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected was full. Any waiting-room—especially a dentist's, as this was—is not the best place in the world to spend an afternoon. No matter how hard a dentist tries to make his waiting-room look pleasant, it always has an atmosphere of its own. There is that smell that reminds you of a hospital. A small table in the centre is covered with very old and torn magazines; the curtains are faded and the armchairs have a sunken look about them.
This waiting-room was no exception. I took my seat and decided to pass the time watching the people around me.
A little man beside me was turning over the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was hard to understand what he was looking at, for every three minutes or so he would throw the magazine on the table, seize another, and sink back into his chair. Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to keep her son from making a noise. The boy had obviously grown tired of waiting. He had placed an ash-tray on the floor and was making aeroplane-noises. Near him, an old man was fast asleep, and the boy's mother was afraid that sooner or later the boy would wake the gentleman up. Meanwhile, the little man beside me kept sighing loudly. At last, he got up, walked towards the door and began impatiently to examine the pictures on the wall. Soon, growing tired of it, he took another magazine from the pile on the table and dropped into his chair again. Even the boy had become quiet and was now sleeping in his mother's arms. There was a deathly silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse entered. The people looked up expectantly, then settled down again as the next lucky patient was led out of the room.
SPEECH EXERCISES
Ex. 30. Retell in narrative form.
"Excuse me, gentlemen," a voice said behind Dr. Ingram as he and Dr. Nicholas were leaving the lobby of the hotel. As they turned, a camera clicked. "That's good," he said. "Let's try it once more," and the camera clicked again.
The manager came hurrying up saying: "You are not allowed to take pictures..."
Dr. Ingram asked: "Are you a newspaper man?"
"Good question, doctor," the man with the camera said. "I wish my editor heard you, he's of a different opinion, but today he'll change his mind, when I send him these pictures."
"What paper?" asked the manager suspecting the worst, but hoping it wasn't anything important.
"New York Herald Tribune."
"Good." The dentists' president said. "They'll make the best of it. I hope you saw what happened."
"You might say I got the picture," the newspaper man said. "I'll need a few details from you, so I can spell the names right. First, though, I'd like another picture outside the hotel — you and the other doctor together."
Dr. Ingram seized Dr. Nicholas's arm. "It's the way to fight this thing, Jim. We'll drag the name of this hotel through every newspaper in the country."
Dr. Nicholas nodded slowly.
As they were moving away Dr. Ingram was saying, "I'd like to do this fairly quickly. As soon as we have your pictures I intend to start pulling our convention out of this hotel. The only way to hit these people is where they feel it most—financially."
(after "Hotel" by Arthur Hailey)
Ex. 31. Answer the following questions using the active vocabulary. Sum up your answers.
A Hotel
1. What are hotels for? 2. What makes a hotel look different from other buildings in a city? 3. In what part of a city are the better hotels situated? 4. What does the inside of a hotel look like? 5. What is in the lobby? 6. What is Reception for? What are the duties of the reception clerk? 7. What services does a hotel offer to its guests? 8. What do prices for a room depend on? 9. Would you rather stay at a hotel or at your friend's when in a strange city?
Checking in
1. When do people stop at hotels? 2. When is a reservation made? How is it made? 3. What must you do on arrival? 4. How are people checked in? What papers must they have with them? 5. Why are the guests requested to leave their keys at Reception each time they leave the hotel? 6. When is it difficult to get a room at a hotel? 7. Is it the duty of the hotel management to find other accommodation in the city for a guest they can't take in?
A Congress
1. What problems does a biological (oncological, etc.) congress deal with? 2. Why are congresses held? How often are they held? What does it depend on? What has the importance of a certain branch of science got to do with it? 3. When does the Preparatory (Organisation) Committee start its work? What are its duties? 4. Why is it important that the delegates should know the programme beforehand? 5. What language does a delegate use when making his report? 6. Why are there special booths for translators? 7. Why are there radios (radio receivers) built into the chairs of the delegates? 8. What are earphones for? 9. What makes the work of a congress successful?
Ex. 32. Read the passage, апзшг the. questions, using the vocabulary of the lesson and retell it.
A Colorado farmer finished his work for the day and turned toward the house, where supper was waiting. In the dark autumn sky he noticed the lights of an airplane. It was United Air Lines Flight* Number 629, eleven minutes out of Denver and heading for Portland, Oregon, with thirty-nine passengers and five crew members.** Suddenly there was a terrible explosion. It was 7.03 P.M., November 1, 1955. The farmer standing in his yard had witnessed one of the most shocking mass murders in the annals of American crime.
When news of the tragedy reached Denver, only one man knew that murder had been committed that night. Only one man knew that a time bomb had been ticking in an old suitcase when it was loaded on the plane. The man was Jack Gilbert Graham, aged twenty-three, who once told a neighbour, "I'd do anything for money."
Jack Graham had driven his mother Mrs. Daisy King, to the Denver airport to put her aboard Flight 629, the beginning of a long-planned journey to visit a daughter in Alaska. He carried her valise and her old suitcase from the automobile to the ticket counter to bs weighed.*** The luggage was thirty-seven pounds over the sixty-six pound limit.
An airline ticket agent suggested (to Mrs. King that she might save $27 by lightening her luggage and mailing part of her clothing.
Mrs. King turned to her son. "Do you think I'll need all this?"
"Yes, Mother," he assured her. "I'm sure you will need it."
Mrs. King hesitated a moment and then nodded. While she was paying the overweight charge, her son filled out two insurance policies for $37,500 each and two others for S 6,250 each. Mrs. King signed three of the policies but for some reason Jack didn't get her signature on one for $37,500. Perhaps the ticking of the time bomb was beginning to sound in his ears and he was becoming panicky. His mother's plane was behind schedule and time was running out.
Flight 629 arrived eleven minutes late. For Jack Graham there were twelve more agonizing minutes while the plane sat waiting for a late passenger. At last the door of the plane shut behind the late passenger, and at 6.52 P.M. the big ship took off.
Questions
1. What tragedy occurred in November, 1955? 2. Who happened to witness the accident? 3. What had caused the explosion? 4. How was the accident later described by the press? 5. How was the crime prepared? 6. Where was Mrs. King going? 7. Who brought her to the airport? 8. Why did the ticket agent suggest that Mrs. King mail part of her clothing? 9. What remarks did mother and son exchange on the matter of luggage? 10. Why did Jack object to the luggage being opened? 11. What did Jack do while his mother was paying the overweight charge? 12. Why did one of the insurance policies remain unsigned? 13. Why was Jack becoming panicky? 14. What would have happened if the flight had been cancelled? 15. What facts concerning Jack came to light during the inquiry? 16. What confirmed the suspicions of the police that it was Mrs. King's son who was responsible for the tragedy?
Ex. 33. Read the following, answer the questions. Retell the passage in English.
ЕСЛИ ТЫ НЕГР...
... Расизм продолжает оставаться одной из характерных черт американского общества. Это вынуждены признать сегодня в Вашингтоне. Специальная комиссия, созданная после острых расовых столкновений в США в 1967 году, пришла к выводу в своем докладе, что Соединенные Штаты «являются страной глубоко расистской».
Условия жизни цветного населения Америки ухудшаются из года в год. В гетто американских городов, в непригодных для жилья помещениях живут негры, мексиканцы, пуэрториканцы. Здесь чувствуется острый недостаток школ и больниц.
Побывавшая недавно в США колумбийская писательница Мария Исабель де ла Вега отмечает в своей книге «Расизм в США»: «Гетто — это тюрьма, где негр — не человек. Ему отказывают в праве на человеческие чувства, за ним не признают способности к интеллектуальной деятельности и даже способности страдать».
Автор доклада о положении в штате Миссисипи, представленного одной из подкомиссий сената США, отмечал, что он был поражен условиями жизни негритянского населения в этом штате. «Когда я отправлялся в Миссисипи, — говорит он, — мне рассказывали, что существует план истребления негров, но этому я не хотел верить. Сейчас, когда я все увидел своими глазами, я верю».
Цветной в сегодняшней Америке — последний человек. Его берут на работу последним и увольняют первым. Для цветных оставляют самые тяжелые и хуже оплачиваемые виды работы. Они практически лишены возможности продвигаться по службе.
Questions
1. What remains a characteristic feature of life in present-day America? 2. What conclusion did a special US Congress committee come to concerning the causes of racial unrest in the country? 3. What are the living conditions of the coloured community? 4. What is life like in the ghettoes? 5. How does the Columbian writer Maria Isabel de la Vegas describe the position of a black person in the USA? 6. What were the impressions registered by a US Senator in a report concerning the black community in the state of Missisippi? 7. What convinced him that there was a plan for the extermination of the black population in that state? 8. Why is the coloured population especially hard hit by unemployment? 9. Why do the coloured people often say about themselves that they are the last to be hired and the first to be fired? 10. What are the chances of promotion for a coloured person?
Ex. 34. Retell the following in English.
1. ЖЕЛАННЫЙ ГОСТЬ
Прежде чем выехать в Даллас на встречу с читателями, один известный американский писатель позвонил в гостиницу и спросил, может ли он приехать с собакой.
Хозяин отеля ответил:
— Я не видел собаки, которая засыпала бы в постели с горящей сигарой в зубах и портила бы мебель. Нет собаки, которая, уезжая, увозила бы с собой полотенца и наволочки. Поэтому я с удовольствием приму вашу собаку!
a welcome guest; Dallas; a towel; a pillow case.
2. НА ВСЕ ВКУСЫ
Настоящий хозяин отеля обязан учитывать вкусы своих гостей. Этот факт не подлежит никакому сомнению. Впрочем, у одного австрийского дельца желание угодить гостям приняло несколько странные формы. В холле своего альпийского отеля он приказал повесить большое объявление. На нем написано: «Убедительная просьба к американским туристам не возвращаться в номер позже двух часов ночи, к шведским—не вставать раньше шести утра, к итальянским — не кричать после десяти вечера. К сведению туристов из Великобритании, с собаками въезд в отель запрещен».
Неизвестно, советовался ли хозяин с социологами перед тем, как повесить это объявление. «Антиреклама» привлекла огромное количество туристов: от желающих остановиться именно в этой гостинице буквально нет отбоя.
a hotelkeeper; an Austrian businessman; Alpine; to put up a notice; to enjoy enormous popularity.
Ex. 35. Read and retell the following story.
THE HOSPITABLE TAXI-DRIVER
(an episode from Charlie Chaplin's "Autobiography")
That evening when I arrived in New York, every hotel was filled. After driving round for over an hour, the taxi-driver a rough-looking fellow of about forty, turned and said: "Listen, there is no sense in trying to get into any hotel at this hour, and you're unlikely to find any other accommodation, so you'd better come home to my place and sleep there until the morning."
"That's very kind of you," I said, feeling embarrassed, and introduced myself.
He was surprised, and smiling broadly said: "My wife will get a kick* out of this."
We arrived somewhere in the Bronx** and entered one of the ordinary-looking houses. He led me to a back room where there was a large bed, in it a boy of twelve, his son, was sleeping. "Wait," the driver said, then he lifted the boy and put him over to the edge of the bed making room for me. Then he turned to me, "Get in there."
I was going to refuse, but his hospitality was so touching that I could not refuse. He gave me a clean night-shirt and I climbed into bed carefully for fear of waking or disturbing the bov.
I never slept a wink.*** In the morning when the boy got up and dressed, through my half-closed eyes I saw him give me an indifferent look and leave the room. A few minutes later he and a young lady of eight, evidently his sister, came into the room. Still pretending to be asleep I saw them staring at me wide-eyed and excited. Then the two of them left.
It wasn't long before I heard a whisper in the passage, then the driver gently opened the door to see if I was awake. I assured him that I was.
"We've got your bath ready," he said. "It's at the end of the passage." He had brought a dressing-gown and some slippers**** and a towel. "What would you like for breakfast?"
"Anything," I said apologetically.
"Whatever you want — bacon and eggs, toast and coffee?"
"Wonderful."
They timed it perfectly. The minute I finished dressing, his wife came into the room with a hot breakfast. There was little furniture but a centre table, an armchair, and a sofa; a couple of photographs of family groups hung on the wall over the sofa. While eating breakfast alone I could hear the noise coming from a crowd of children and grownups outside the house.
"They are beginning to know that you're here," smiled his wife, bringing in the coffee. Then the taxi-driver entered, all excited. "Look," he said, "there's a big crowd outside and it's getting bigger. If you let those kids get a look at you, they'll go away, otherwise the Press'll get on to it and you're sunk."
"By all means, let them come in," I replied.
And so the children came in, giggling,* and walked around the table while I drank my coffee. The taxi-driver outside was saying: "All right, don't make a fuss, line up, two at a time."
The next day the driver, in a stiff collar, and his wife, all dressed up, came to visit me at the Ritz. He said the Press had been bothering him to write a story for the Sunday papers about my staying at his house. "But," he said, "I wouldn't tell them a thing without your permission. After all it's up to you."
"Go ahead," I said.
Ex. 36. Use the following words and phrases in situations. Equality of Nations in the Soviet Union
A. the October Socialist Revolution; to open a new era in the history of mankind; to found the first socialist country in the world; to build up a socialist society; to put an end to all forms of exploitation of man by man; to unite equal nations and peoples of the USSR into one big friendly family; the "Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia"; to be published on November 16, 1917; to run as follows...; to promote the principles of equality and sovereignty; the right of nations to self-determination; to guarantee the free development of national minorities; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; to be set up on the initiative of V. I. Lenin in December 1922; to be based on principles of complete equality; to unite 15 Union Republics.
B. a Socialist Republic; to have one's own Constitution, legislative organs of power; to have the right to a free economic, political and cultural development; to enter into direct contacts with foreign states and conclude agreements and exchange diplomatic representatives with them; to make great progress in the development oi national culture; to set up higher educational establisments in Union Republics; speedy economic and cultural development; to be a base for establishing genuine equality between nations.
Ex. 37. Tell the story of the picture.
the Deep South; to have been driving for hours; to ask the way; to put up at a hotel; the colour bar.
The hotel, sir? Turn right, go as far as the prison, then turn left, past the police station and another prison, then you'll see a movie house with a "White Only" sign, move straight on till you get to the Black district, then turn left.
Ex. 38. Subjects for oral and written composition.
1. Tell the story as if you were: a) Dr Nicholas; b) Dr Ingram; c) the receptionist; d) Mr. Bailey; e) a guest who happened to witness the scene.
2. Give character-sketches of a) Dr Nicholas; b) Dr Ingram; c) Mr. Bailey.
3. Write a summary of the text.
4. The struggle of the coloured community in the USA for its rights.
5. The causes of the Civil War in the USA. Say whether the victory of the Northerners over the troops of the Confederation brought freedom to the Negro population in the true sense of the word.
6. Explain why an episode of the kind described in the text would be altogether unthinkable in the Soviet Union.
7. Write a letter to a hotel making a reservation, and then another confirming your reservation.
8. Describe your stay at a hotel.
Lesson Ten
Text: "A Vote of No Confidence" from "No Love for Johnnie" by W. Fienburgh1
Grammar: Verbals. General Review.
A Vote of No Confidence
Byrne arrived in Marshfield an hour before the meeting was due to start. He wondered why Drake, the chairman, had thought it so important that he should be present.
He let himself into the local Party office, a shop in the High Street which had been turned into an office during the election in 1950. There was a photograph of himself on one of the walls taken nine years ago which advertised:
Mr. John Byrne, your new M.P.,2 will attend at3 these offices from 6.30 p.m. onwards every Friday evening. Bring your problems to your new Labour M.P.2 He will solve them for you.
Perhaps that was the trouble, he thought. He had intended to be present every Friday evening when he was elected, for a year he had attended regularly. Every Friday he had interviewed a couple of dozen constituents about their housing problems, their pensions and a lot of individual problems.
After a year he started to make excuses. He could not find houses for people when the houses did not exist, and in any case these constituency problems were better dealt with by letter. What was the point in spending every Friday evening in the dirty office, when there was so little he could do to help the people who waited patiently to see him?
He decided that they had called him in order to make him promise to attend more regularly in future.
I must win them back, he thought, for if he lost Marshfield he had lost everything — no seat, no right of entry to the House of Commons.4
Jimmy March, the Party secretary, entered the room with his pile of agendas and started to place them on each of the chairs. He was, too, obviously avoiding Byrne, whom he must have noticed.
"Hello, Jimmy," Byrne called cheerfully, "always on the job."
"Oh, hello."
Byrne could feel the hostility in the emphatic way March moved round the room.
"I hear there's likely to be a spot of bother tonight," Byrne said.
"Perhaps."
"Of course, I'll be along more regularly on Fridays in future now we're in Government."5
"It'll be a change to see you," March said indifferently.
The door opened again and Charlie Drake, the chairman, came into the room, anxiously.
''Glad you're here, Johnnie," he said, shaking Byrne's hand.
"I got your message, what's wrong?" Byrne asked.
"I'm none too sure. Some of them want to move a vote of no confidence in you."
"Damn it, they've only just elected me."
"I know, I know. One or two of them weren't keen even then."
"But what have I done? There hasn't been time to do anything since we got back."
"They've got hold of something."
"Are you with me?"6 Byrne asked anxiously.
There was no reassurance in Drake's voice, although he did nod his head. "Oh, yes ... but I'm only the chairman. I've got to go with the will of the meeting."
One by one the committee members came in. Some of them smiled and nodded to him, but too many of them either did not want to catch his eye or were intentionally avoiding him. Annoyance gave way to fear. This was serious. There was obviously a prearranged plot on hand, and most of the younger people knew about it and were behind it. The older members of the committee sensed the atmosphere, but were unaware of the details. Whatever had started the crisis,7 he had to depend on the old hands against the youngsters. So his obvious tactic was to play for their support.
Drake was nervous, he showed it in the way the table shook when he rose and rested his hand on it.
"We'd better make a start," he said.
Ted Collins jumped to his feet in the far back corner.
"This is it,"8 Byrne thought. "This is the start."
Collins said: "I gave you notice that we wanted to discuss a vital matter concerning our Member. We can do it or we can wait. But to my way of thinking it would be better to get on with it."
There was a growl of "hear-hears."9
"I'm in your hands," Drake said weakly, "but it's not right. This should come at the end."
"Now," Byrne thought, "I'd better make a move." He stood up.
"I agree with Ted. I don't know what you want to discuss but let's get on with it."
He sat down. One up to him.10 They could not now accuse him of
trying to hide behind the rules.
"All right,"said Drake, "but don't take too long about it, Ted. We've a lot of business to get through."
Now that Ted Collins had the floor" he seemed to grow in Byrne's eyes. He was quietly confident and very sure.
"Mr. Chairman, Comrades, I don't particularly enjoy the task which lies before me. But it has been brought to my notice that our Member has recently been involved in a series12 of incidents in the House of Commons which amount to a direct betrayal of the cause for which we all worked so unselfishly at the recent election. What I want to say is this. This so-called Socialist Government which we just elected is about to start on a programme of repression in the Middle East,13 on a plan to use British troops, our lads, lads from Marshfield perhaps, in a wicked imperialist adventure in the Middle East. This right-wing14 Government which we struggled to elect, has given orders to support the Sheikh of Masran15 in suppressing the democratically elected assembly.
"Where does our Member come into this? I will tell you. He was to raise the matter on the floor in the House. A large group of fellow-members were ready to support him. But what happened? The man we sent to Westminster16 to safeguard democracy betrayed the workers of Masran. He let down his comrades in the House,4 because when the time came to approach the Prime Minister, before the eyes of the whole country, our Member was hiding somewhere.
"I say this, we can have no confidence in a man who is not prepared to stand up for his principles. We cannot put our trust in a turncoat. He has let democracy down. He has let us down. I move."17
He sat down.
Sarah Robson jumped to her feet. "I'd like to second the motion,18 Mr. Chairman. This isn't the first time our Member has failed us. How often have we seen him here in the last year or two? Time after time people have stopped me in the street and complained that they have written to the Member and had no reply."
Byrne knew he had to answer to this.
The broad, full, self-important figure of Alderman19 Raymond Glen rose to speak.
"I don't like to say this, but blunt speaking is my motto. You all know me. I'll say to a man's face what others say behind his back. I'm afraid our Member has got a bit too big for his boots.20 He'll do well to remember that we public figures owe everything to the people who put us there."
Byrne rose firmly. He dared not allow another speech against him.
"What is the basis for this attack?" he asked. "That I talked to the Prime Minister and tried to get him to change his mind on Masran? And I can say this, knowing that I can trust you, that the Prime Minister gave me firm promises which were satisfactory, as time will show." Then, his words became emphatic, almost sincere. "The Prime Minister took me fully into his confidence. All will be for the best, I make no apology for what I have done."
He was sticking his neck out too far,21 he thought. But if troops were sent to Masran he could always say that the P.M.22 had deceived him, gone back on his word and let him down.
"Now I come to the more serious part of our friendly discussion, the charge that I have ignored the constituency. Let me tell you this. During the past year I have addressed ninety-two public meetings up and down the country as my contribution to defeat the Tories." He invented the figures as he went along. He had learned from experience that it was always more effective to give the exact figures—provided, of course, no one was in a position to check your figures. But as he spoke he knew that he did not sound convincing, and he suddenly understood that they did not trust him. I've lost, he thought. I'm beaten.
"Vote," someone shouted.
Charlie Drake looked round anxiously.
"In view of the Member's explanation, does Mr. Collins wish to withdraw his motion?"
"No," an uncompromising reply from the back.
'Then we'll have to vote. Those in favour of the vote of no confidence in our Member."
Drake counted slowly. "One, two ... thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three. Against."
Five hands went up. There were no abstentions.
Charlie Drake was speaking.
"This is a very serious decision. And it can't do the Party any good coining so soon after the election. Let's leave it like this, we've made our decision—now let's say to our Johnnie here that he's on trial. Are you agreed?"
"Agreed," they said, once they had made their point.
Byrne wanted to thank them, to say something, to promise to behave himself. But he could not. Everything in the room was swimming in front of his eyes. It had been a narrow escape. Yet he should have seen it coming.
Following the election he had concentrated too much on his step-by-step progress in Parliament. He had been too ambitious. For years his mind had been constantly busy with the problem: if I take this line, how will it influence my position in the Party? What are my chances? What initiative can I take to push me a half-inch23 further towards the Ministerial office and the Ministerial car? He would have to be more careful in the future.
NOTES
1. Wilfred Fienburgh (1919-195S), English writer. During the war ha took part in the Normandy Invasion. After the war he became a trade union official. In 1951 he was elected Labour M.P. for North Islington. Нг died in 1953 after a car accident. A few days before his death he sent the manuscript of No Love for Johnnie to a publishing house; it was published in 1959.
2. M.P. Member of Parliament.
Labour M.P.: Member of Parliament from the Labour Party.
3. attend may be followed by at to indicate the place where one attends or is to attend. E.g. It was requested that he attend at the office at 10 a.m. next Thursday.
4.the House of Commons == the House палата общин
the House of Lords == the Lords палата лордов
5. in Government: in power — у власти
6. Are you with me=Are you on my side? Will you support me?
7. crisis ['kraisis] as many other Greek words absorbed into the language (basis, thesis, analysis, etc.) keeps its Greek plural form: crises ['kraisi:z] (bases, theses, analyses, etc.)
8. This is it: here — началось
9. hear! hear! int. An expression of support for the speaker's words, loosely corresponding to the Russian: правильно говорит
10. One up to him: one point in his favour
11. to have (take) the floor: to address a meeting, to speak in debate
12. series: a number of; one form is used lor both the singular and the plural
13. the Middle East: Ближний Восток
14. right-wing: reactionary — правый, реакционный Compare: left-wing — левый, прогрессивный
15. Sheikh of Masran: ruler of Masran (an imaginary Arab state)
16. Westminster=Palace of Westminster, seat of British Parliament
17. to move=to make a motion: to make a formal request or proposal at a meeting — вносить предложение
18. to second: to support a motion. No motion will be voted upon unless it is seconded
19. Alderman: one of the senior members of a city or county council
20. to be too big for one's boots: to pretend to be more important than one is in fact
21. to stick one's neck out (too far): to expose oneself to danger
22. P.M.: Prime Minister
23. inch; дюйм (==2,5 см) a unit of length used before decimalisation (десятичная система) was officially introduced in Britain in February 1971
VOCABULARY
elect vt выбирать, избирать (голосованием) to elect a representative (committee, etc.); to elect smb chairman (secretary, delegate, etc.); He was elected deputy to the local Soviet, election n выборы; general election(s) всеобщие выборы; election campaign предвыборная кампания Phr. hold an election проводить выборы, elector n избиратель; (Am.) выборщик; electoral а избирательный an electoral system
avoid vt избегать, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid smth/smb (doing smth); to avoid difficulties (an accident, a person, etc.) He avoided answering my question.
vote vt голосовать to vote for (against) smb/smth The meeting voted on the proposal point by point, vote n 1. голосование Phr. put to (the) vote 2. голос to give one's vote to smb; to have the right to vote 3. вотум, решение vote of (no)confidence вотум (не)доверия. voter n избиратель
confident а уверенный a confident look (manner, smile, answer, etc.); to be confident of success (victory, one's future, etc.); confidence n уверенность, доверие to have much (little, no, etc.) confidence in smb/smth He spoke with confidence, confidential а конфиденциальный, секретный confidential information (correspondence, etc.); a confidential report (paper, visit, etc.)
keen a 1. острый, проницательный (взгляд и т. п.) a keen look (interest, mind, intelligence, sense of humour, etc.) 2. страстно желающий, увлекающийся чем-л to be keen on smth (doing smth) He is keen on football. He was keen on winning the game.
aware a (used only predic.) сознающий, знающий, осведомленный to be aware of danger (crisis, the situation, etc.) He was aware of danger = He was aware that there was danger.
support vt 1. поддерживать to support a party (a sports team, a proposal, etc.); to support smb in his plans (ideas, work, etc.) 2. содержать (семью) Не has a family to support, support n поддержка They spoke in support of his plan.
betray vt 1. изменять, предавать to betray a secret (smb's interests, one's friends, etc.); to betray smth/smb to smb. 2. выдавать, подводить His voice betrayed him. betrayal n измена, предательство
selfish а эгоистичный, корыстный a selfish person (aim, etc.); selfish interests, etc. unselfish а бескорыстный, самоотверженный; selfishness n эгоизм
struggle vi бороться to struggle for peace (freedom, independence, equal rights, etc.); to struggle against smb He struggled to succeed in business, struggle n борьба a revolutionary (political, hard, successful, etc.) struggle
trust vt доверять(ся), полагаться (на кого-л); вверять, поручать to trust smb with a task (job, etc.) He can be fully trusted, trust n доверие, вера Phr. have (put) trust in smb
owe vi быть должным кому-л, быть в долгу перед кем-л to owe smb money (a book; an apology, an explanation, etc.) How much do I owe you? He owes much of his success to his friends.
sincere а искренний a sincere person (remark, look, etc.); sincere interests (feelings, intentions, etc.); insincere а неискренний, sincerity n искренность
deceive vt обманывать, вводить в заблуждение His fine words deceived nobody, to be deceived in one's hopes (expectations, etc.)
favour n одолжение, услуга Will you do me a favour? Phr. in favour of smb/smth в защиту, в пользу кого-л/чего-л Не spoke in favour of the arrangement. They were all in favour of continuing the discussion.
escape vi/vt спасаться, убегать, избежать (опасности, смерти и т.п.) to escape from a burning house (a sinking ship; prison, etc.); to escape danger (punishment, death, prison, etc.) to escape notice (memory, (one's) attention, etc.); escape n бегство It was a narrow escape. Ему Удалось избежать опасности чудом.
defeat vt побеждать, наносить поражение to defeat the enemy (smb's plans, etc.); to suffer a defeat потерпеть поражение
influence n влияние, воздействие to have much (little, no, etc.) influence on/over smb/smth; to be under smb's influence; influence vt оказывать влияние, влиять (на кого-л); influential а влиятельный an influential person, etc.
WORD COMBINATIONS
make excuses искать предлог, оправдание
play for smb's support добиваться чьей-л поддержки
give way to уступать (дорогу и т. п.); сменяться (о настроении)
on hand имеющийся в распоряжении, в наличии, налицо
give notice предупредить (официально)
make a move делать ход, действовать
get smth through довести что-л до конца
bring to smb's notice доводить до чьего-л сведения
amount to равняться, сводиться к чему-л
let smb down подводить кого-л
stand up for smb/smth выступать в защиту, в поддержку кого-л/чего-л
go back on one's word отступиться от своего слова
in view of ввиду, учитывая
EXERCISES ON THE TEXT
1. Answer the following questions.
1. What had been John Byrne's intentions on election? 2. Why did he start avoiding his duties by his constituents in his second year as M.P.? 3. What excuses did he make? 4. What did Byrne realise as he watched the committee members come in? 5. Who was first to take the floor? 6. What complaints were there against the M.P.? 7. Why was Byrne suddenly seized with fear? 8. Why couldn't he afford to hear out all the committee members who wished to speak? 9. What did Byrne have to say in his defence? 10. Why did Byrne sound unconvincing? 11. What motion was put to vote? 12. How did the voting go? 13. What decision was finally taken by the meeting? 14. Why was it a narrow escape for Byrne? 15. What actually accounted for Byrne's indifference to the needs of his constituents? 16. What had been Byrne's real aims in getting elected to Parliament? 17. What lesson did Byrne draw from the experience?
Ex. 2. Find in the text the English for:
A) 1. за час до начала собрания; 2. войти (открыв дверь своим ключом); 3. жилищная проблема; 4. в любом случае; 5. вернуть чье-либо доверие; 6. чувствовать враждебность; 7. намеренно избегать кого-л; 8. заранее подготовленный заговор; 9. полагаться на кого-л; 10. добиваться чьей-л поддержки; 11. вскочить н