I. Vocabulary notes. Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization

INTRODUCTION

I. Ku Klux Klan.

Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization. It originally began in 1866 to conduct a campaign against newly enfranchised blacks. It spread through Tennessee throughout the South. Its members dressed in hoods and white sheets to play on their victims’ belief in vengeful ghosts. Its emblem was a fiery cross. Ku Klux Klan was officially disbanded in 1869.

The second Klan was organized in 1915. It extended its hostilities to Jews, Catholics, pacifists, the foreign born, radicals and labour unions. It was officially disbanded once more in 1944.

In revived it in the 1960-s and was involved in violent confrontations with anti-Klan and civil rights groups in the 1980-s.

1.	to conduct a compaign against		проводить компанию против
2.	enfranchised blacks		отпущенные на волю чернокожие
3.	hood		колпак
4.	vengeful		мстящий
5.	ghost		приведение
6.	fiery cross		огненный крест
7.	to disband		распускать
8.	Jew		еврей
9.	pacifist		пацифист
10.	labour union		профсоюз
11.	to revive		возрождаться
12.	to involve		вовлекать
13.	violent		яростный
14.	civil rights		гражданские права

II. Capital Punishment.

Capital punishment is punishment by death. It is abolished in many countries. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty it may be used only for the most serious crimes like premeditated murder. The execution may be by lethal injection, by electrocution, by lethal gas, by hanging, and by firing squad. Instead of capital punishment, life imprisonment can be used as punishment for serious crimes.

1.	capital punishment death penalty		смертная казнь
2.	to abolish		отменить
3.	premeditated murder		преднамеренное убийство
4.	execution		казнь
5.	lethal injection		смертельная инъекция
6.	electrocution		Казнь на электрическом стуле
7.	lethal gas		смертельный газ
8.	hanging		повешение
9.	firing squad.		Команда, снаряженная для расстрела
10.	life imprisonment		пожизненное заключение

III.

1.	Mississippi		Миссисипи
2.	Arkansas		Арканзас
3.	Virginia		Виргиния
4.	Clanton
5.	Cleveland		Кливленд
6.	Tennessee		Теннесси
7.	Nashville		Нашвилл
8.	Memphis		Мемфис
9.	New Orleans		Новый Орлеан
10.	Chicago		Чикаго

IV. Vocabulary notes for Introduction.

1.	to be on death row		приговорить к сметной казни
2.	to commit a crime		совершить преступление
3.	to handle		заниматься, вести
4.	legal process		судебный процесс
5.	lawyer		юрист, адвокат
6.	to persuade		убедить
7.	to change one’s mind		передумать
8.	accounting		бухгалтерский учет
9.	to be involved in politics		заниматься политикой
10.	to elect		избирать
11.	House of Representatives		Палата представителей
12.	to make a book into a movie		Снять фильм по книге

V. Comprehension questions.

1. Why is Sam Cayhall in prison?

2. What is the punishment for his crime?

3. Why does he want to handle the legal process himself?

4. How is he going to be executed?

5. What does Adam Hall try to do?

6. What may make Sam change his mind?

VI. Sum up John Grisham’s biograph y.

VII. Topics for discussion.

1. What do you think the book is about?

2. What kind of books does John Grisham write?

3. Have you read any other books by John Grisham?

4. Do you think death penalty is a horrible punishment?

CHAPTER I.

A Delicate Exercise.

I. Vocabulary notes.

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