How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 14 стр.

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        b. Explain the words and expressions given in part I and reproduce the
           situations in which they were used

   III.    SPEAKING

        a. Retell the story as close to the text as you can

        b. Talking points
   1.   What impression do you get when Hartley and Vivienne meet? Doesn’t he
        look as if he were asking the girl to marry him?
   2.   Don’t they remind lovers with some problems in their relations?
   3.   Does Hartley treat Townsend as a rival? Is he really Hartley’s rival?
   4.   Who do you think Helen can be, when Vivienne insists that she should go
        away/ Why is Hartley puzzled by these words?
   5.   What do you think of Hartley when you find out that he is married?
   6.   Could you imagine from the very beginning what the end of the story would
        be like?
   7.   Does the story look like a love story as the plot develops? Is it a love story?
        What kind of story is it?

        c. Sum up the discussion in pairs

      d. ►Improve your listening / pronunciation skills
         Listen to the following passage from the story; fill in the blanks;
         intone the passage; learn it by heart
She stood quietly and 1)_______ for a short time. “Do you think for one
2)_______”, she said, “that I shall enter your house while Helen is there?”
Hartley didn’t 3)_______ that. At first he didn’t know what to say.
Then he said 4)_______ : “She will have to go. She is making my life 5)_______. I
have never had a 6)_______ day since she came to my house. But this is the
7)_______ . You are right, Vivienne, Helen must be 8)___ ____, before I can take
you 9)_______. She must go. I have 10)______. I will turn her out.”

                                     THE SLEUTHS

   I.      BEFORE LISTENING TASKS

        a. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
           Make sure you know what they mean