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Text 1A . AN INTERVUE

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(Mr. Leonard Morris, an Englishman in his mid thirties, is sitting in his room on

the third floor of the hotel «Rassia» in Moscow writing postcards. He is tall and thin

and has a rather long, narrow face, pale-blue eyes and blond, curly hair. He is

wearing a brown jacket, dark-gray trousers. There is a knock at the door.)

Morris: Come in!

(A young man in his early twenties enters. He is of medium height but heavily

built. He has green eyes and reddish hair, which is cut shot and worn without a

parting. He wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses. He is dressed in a green sports jacket,

light -gray trousers, an open -necked shirt and light-brown sandals.)

Smirnov: Excuse me, are you Mr. Morris?

Morris: Yes, I am. Can I help you?

Smirnov: I hope so. An acquaintance of yours, Mr.Smolin, said he thought it

would be all right if I came to see you here. But first of all I’d better introduce

myself. My name is Ilya Smirnov. I’m a reporter.

Morris: I beg you pardon, I didn’t quite catch your surname. Would you mind

repeating it?

Smirnov: Smirnov.

Morris: How do you spell it?

Smirnov: S, M, I, R, N, O, V. I must apologize for disturbing you like this, Mr.

Morris.

Morris: Oh, that’s all right, Mr. Smirnov. I’m pleased to meet you. Won’t you

sit down and tell me what I can do for you?

Smirnov: I’ve just finished translating the article you wrote for our paper on the

English education system. Your article will appear next week, and the editor would

like to add a brief biographical sketch of the author. Would you mind answering a

few questions about yourself?

Morris: Not at all.