B. Points for discussion,

Ш. Comment on the following:

1,1 Could hatred go on from a father to a son?

2) Is revenge a good cure for an insult?

Agatha Christie. The labours of Hercules. (Labour IX) GIRDLE OF HYPPOLITA

I. Learn the following words and word-combinations. Give their Russian equivalents. Be ready to use them in the situations from the book. Make up one sentence of your own with each expression.

an unknown masterpiece (p. 49)

to be placed on display (p. 49)

in broad daylight (p. 49)

the unemployed (p. 5O)

to be forcibly removed (p. 50)

a frame (p. 50

to smuggle (smth) (p. 50)

to be on the alert (p. 50)

to drop in (p. 50)

to search smth (p. 51)

to dope smb (p. 52]

apparently (p. 53)

to hold smb to ransom (p. 53)

to be mixed up in smth (p. 53)

to vanish into thin air (p. 54)

to confirm a theory (p. 54)

a decided taste for art (p. 54)

to be in charge of (p. 55)

to throw light upon smth (p. 55)

П. Bring out the meaning:

1. As you are going to Paris, I thought you might as well kill two birds with one stone. I'd like you to help us in a certain matter, (p. 51)

2. Plain-looking kid - but they are all plain at that age. They grow into beauties overnight, (p. 51)

3. It was an attempt at Kidnapping, They wanted to hold her to ransom, p. 531

4. He's got a bad reputation, suspected by the police of being mixed up in some questionable affaires - but he has never attempted kidnapping, (p. 53)

5. I was staying hear Cranchester and made acquaintance of Mr. And Mrs. King. (p. 54)

6. The very best masters come here to instruct the girls in music, singing, and painting. The broader culture, that is our aim. (p. 54)

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7. As though bv mag ic Cranchester Bridge had disappeared. Instead was a classical scene in rich, bright colourings, (p. 57)

Agatha Christie. The labours of Hercules. (Labour X)

THE FLOCK OF GERYON

I. Learn the following words and word-combinations. Give their Russian equivalents. Be ready to use them in the situations from the book. Make up one sentence of your own with each expression.

to apologize for smth (p. 58)

a victim (p. 59, p. 60)

a big sum of money (p. 58^

headquarters (p. 59)

to depend on smth (p. 59)

to make one's will (p. 59)

to be expelled from (p. 60)

to obey smb's instructions (p. 61)

to rely on smb (p. 60)

a coincidence (p. 61)

to destroy (p. 61)

a distant relative (p. 61)

to be deeply attached to smb (p. 62)

to spy on smb (p. 63)

a warrant for smb's arrest (p. 63)

to be flattered (p. 64)

to let smb down (p. 64)

to devise scheme 64)

П. Bring out the meaning:

1. 1 have been anxious lately about a friend of mine. (p. 58)

2. I have a very dear friend, though I have not seen very much of her lately, (p. 58)

3. There were absolutely no suspicious circumstances and the deaths did not take place in Devonshire, but at their own homes, (p. 59)

4. You'll allow your friend Emmeline to persuade you to go down to Devonshire. And there you will fail a victim to the magnetic power of Dr. Andersen, (p. 60)

5. He was a promising chemist, but he was expelled from some German University, (p. 60)

6. T told him I had lung trouble, (a 61)

7. These deaths would occur in different parts of the country, with different doctors attending them and without any risk of arousing suspicion, (p. 65)

Agatha Christie. The labours of Hercules. (Labour Xll) THE CAPTURE OF CERBERUS

I. Learn the following words and word-combinations. Give their Russian equivalents.
Be ready to use them in the situations from the book. Make up one sentence ofyour
own with each expression.

a face sparkling with intelligence (p. 66)

to be devoid of charm (p. 66)

the surface of the earth (p. 67)

to raise one s eyes (p. 67)

to be thrilled (p. 67)

jewellery (p. 67)

unpredictable (p. 67)

efficient (p. 68)

to run a club (p. 68)

to put up the money (p. 71)

to have no evidence (p. 71)'

to induce smb to do smth (p. 76)

to take the time and trouble to do smth (p. 78)

to convict smb (p. 78)

accomplice (p. 78)

II. Bring out the meaning:

1. Suddenly a voice cried his name, (p. 66),

2. He came home in a mood of pleasant excitement, (p 66)

3. Hercule Poirot required explanations, (p. 68)

4. It's a pretty interesting problem and worth doing, (p. 72)

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