Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов неязыковых вузов специальности "Государственное и муниципальное управление". Касторнова О.Н. - 53 стр.

         They decided to go there by train. The manager asked Richard and me to pick up
         Mr. Prossert at the hotel and take him to the station.
                On the way to the station Mr. Prossert asked me a lot of questions and I
         often answered: "I'm afraid I don't know, sir. We haven't made any calculations
         on that."
                Although I knew the job better than Richard I was very much surprised
         when Richard began to speak: '"I did these calculations last night," he said, "just
         for pleasure." "Oh," said Mr. Prossert, "That's very interesting. Well, now,
         probably you could tell me about..."
                And Richard could. He knew everything. He answered all the questions
         Mr. Prossert asked him. When we got to the station Mr. Prossert said good-bye
         to Richard. (However he didn't say goodbye to me.) On our way back to the
         office I told Richard what I thought of him.
                "Your information wasn't true. Why did you give him that kind of
         information?" I said. "You see, John, if the President of a big company wants to
         know something, why can't I tell him everything he wants?" "But what is he
         going to think if he checks the information?" "Do you think he'll remember it?
         What he is going to remember is you and me. He is going to remember that Pan-
         America Co has a clever young man, Richard by name, who could tell him
         everything he wanted to know and the other man who couldn’t answer his
         questions”.
                Some time later I remembered all that. I read in one of the newspapers
         that Richard is Vice – President of a big American Company. As to me I’m still
         doing my ordinary everyday job for Pan – America Co.
                (After James Gould Cozzens)
                2. Ask questions on the story.
                3. Say what have you learned about:
                1) Richard;
                2) John.
                4. Think and answer.
                1) Why was the job easy for John and difficult for Richard?
                2) Why was John surprised to hear Richard’s answers to Mr. Prossert’s
         questions?
                3) Why didn’t Mr. Prossert say good-bye to John?
                4) Why did the writer call the story “Success Story”?
                5. Tell a story about any of these ideas.
                1) A significant news event you remember well.
                2) An ethical problem you know about.
                3) A memorable event in your life (good or bad).
                4) An unusual or memorable experience while you were traveling.
                Reading III. Read the story.




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