Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой А. Кристи "Избранная детективная проза". Котлярова С.В - 20 стр.

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2. Give a character sketch of:
1) Raymond West
2) Miss Greenshaw
3) Mrs. Cresswell
4) Miss Marple
4. Finessing the King
Pre-reading tasks
1. Find the names for the card’s suits and pictures.
2. Find the meanings of the card terms:
a game, a rubber, a trick, to finesse.
Do you play bridge?
3. Make sure you know how to pronounce these words:
intrigued, magnanimously, scintillate, iniquity, tongue, nestle, outra-
geous, hospitably, misapprehension, awkward, imperturbable, trium-
phant.
Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
1) What was the spouses’ attitude to dancing?
2) What was the difference in the headlines of the three newspapers?
3) Why did Tuppence want to go to the Three Arts Ball?
4) What did the costumes look like?
5) What people attracted Tuppence’s attention at the Ace of Spades?
6) Why did Tuppence go to the next booth? What did she see there?
7) Who did the girl call her murderer?
8) Who came to Tommy’s house next morning? What news did they
bring?
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9) What was found clasped in the dead lady’s hand? What did this
thing mean?
10) Why did Inspector Mariot come again in the evening?
11) What did Tuppence observe while poring over the fragments?
12) Why did Tommy ask Sir Arthur to come round?
13) How did Sir Arthur react at the beginning of Tuppence’s narration?
How did he react at the end?
14) Why had Sir Arthur committed a murder?
15) Why did he commit a suicide?
Vocabulary
1. Find in the text The English equivalents to the following words
and expressions:
страстно желать (p. 121), будь человеком (p. 122), с некоторым опа-
сением (p. 122), быть в хорошем настроении (p. 123), намеренно
(p. 124), слегка приоткрыта (p. 124), упасть на колени (p. 126), пре-
рывающимся голосом (p. 127), с ввалившимися глазами (p. 129),
оправдать (p. 135), находиться в заблуждении (p. 137), негодяй /
темная личность (p. 138), невозмутимый (p. 138).
2. Fill in the gaps using ex. 1:
1) For the first time since his leave reminiscences came over him and
he felt he ____ to see the town of his birth again.
2) The old lady ____ before the crucifix, her lips whispering a prayer
for her sick husband.
3) He opened the envelope with ____ as he never expected any good
news from his sister.
4) Obeying her mother’s order Lisa came out of the room, but she left
the door____, she did it ____ to be able to hear at least something
from their talk. 
2. Give a character sketch of:                                            9) What was found clasped in the dead lady’s hand? What did this
1) Raymond West                                                               thing mean?
2) Miss Greenshaw                                                         10) Why did Inspector Mariot come again in the evening?
3) Mrs. Cresswell                                                         11) What did Tuppence observe while poring over the fragments?
4) Miss Marple                                                            12) Why did Tommy ask Sir Arthur to come round?
                                                                          13) How did Sir Arthur react at the beginning of Tuppence’s narration?
                                                                              How did he react at the end?
                       4. Finessing the King                              14) Why had Sir Arthur committed a murder?
Pre-reading tasks
                                                                          15) Why did he commit a suicide?

1. Find the names for the card’s suits and pictures.                      Vocabulary
                                                                          1. Find in the text The English equivalents to the following words
2. Find the meanings of the card terms:
                                                                          and expressions:
a game, a rubber, a trick, to finesse.
                                                                          страстно желать (p. 121), будь человеком (p. 122), с некоторым опа-
Do you play bridge?
                                                                          сением (p. 122), быть в хорошем настроении (p. 123), намеренно
3. Make sure you know how to pronounce these words:                       (p. 124), слегка приоткрыта (p. 124), упасть на колени (p. 126), пре-
intrigued, magnanimously, scintillate, iniquity, tongue, nestle, outra-   рывающимся голосом (p. 127), с ввалившимися глазами (p. 129),
geous, hospitably, misapprehension, awkward, imperturbable, trium-        оправдать (p. 135), находиться в заблуждении (p. 137), негодяй /
phant.                                                                    темная личность (p. 138), невозмутимый (p. 138).

Comprehension                                                             2. Fill in the gaps using ex. 1:
Answer the following questions:                                           1) For the first time since his leave reminiscences came over him and
1) What was the spouses’ attitude to dancing?                                 he felt he ____ to see the town of his birth again.
2) What was the difference in the headlines of the three newspapers?      2) The old lady ____ before the crucifix, her lips whispering a prayer
3) Why did Tuppence want to go to the Three Arts Ball?                        for her sick husband.
4) What did the costumes look like?                                       3) He opened the envelope with ____ as he never expected any good
5) What people attracted Tuppence’s attention at the Ace of Spades?           news from his sister.
6) Why did Tuppence go to the next booth? What did she see there?         4) Obeying her mother’s order Lisa came out of the room, but she left
7) Who did the girl call her murderer?                                        the door____, she did it ____ to be able to hear at least something
8) Who came to Tommy’s house next morning? What news did they                 from their talk.
   bring?
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