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‘How long have you been considering adoption, Mrs Clifton?’ ‘Ever since I realized I couldn’t have another child,’ replied Emma, without adding any details. The two men smiled sympathetically, but Miss Braithwaite remained po-faced.

8. Miss Braithwaite bowed her head.

‘But, Mr Needham,’ she said, her eyes not leaving the man with one arm, ‘I consider myself to be among the lucky ones. My heart goes out to those women whose husbands, fiancés and sweethearts did not return to their families, having made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.’ Miss Braithwaite bowed her head, and the chairman said, ‘Thank you, Mrs Clifton. Someone will be in touch with you in the near future.’

9. She looked just as crisp and perky as she had done when she’d left him the day before.

NATALIE WAS STANDING in the lobby waiting for him at 6 a.m. She looked just as crisp and perky as she had done when she’d left him the day before. Once they were seated in the back of the limousine, she opened the inevitable folder. ‘You begin the day being interviewed by

Matt Jacobs on NBC, the highest-rated breakfast show in the country.

10.Only Natalie didn’t look pleased.

Mel turned out to be right. Gable was the ultimate professional, and the title of his new film got a mention at least every thirty seconds. And although Harry had read somewhere that he and

Miss Turner couldn’t stand each other, Gable was so gracious about his co-star that even the most cynical listener would have been convinced they were bosom pals. Only Natalie didn’t look pleased, because Gable overran his slot by forty-two seconds.

11.There had been no colour.

He closed his eyes and reran the last three weeks, frame by frame, like a flickering black and white movie. There had been no colour. What a complete waste of everyone’s time and money it had all been. Harry had to admit he just wasn’t cut out for the author tour, and if he couldn’t even get the book into the top fifteen after countless radio and print interviews, perhaps the time had come to pension off William Warwick along with Chief Inspector Davenport and start looking for a real job.

12.Sebastian remained uncharacteristically silent.

‘Good afternoon, Mr and Mrs Clifton,’ said the children in unison, several of them looking round, while others carried on painting. ‘Good afternoon,’ said Harry and Emma. Sebastian remained uncharacteristically silent. Harry noticed that most of the children kept their heads bowed and appeared somewhat subdued. He stepped forward to watch a boy painting a football match. He obviously supported Bristol City, which caused Harry to smile.

13.Emma and Harry stole a quick glance at each other.

‘I’m torn,’ said Emma. ‘I liked Sophie, bubbly and fun.’ Emma and Harry stole a quick glance at each other. ‘So now it’s up to you, Seb. Will it be Sandra or Sophie?’ asked Harry. ‘Neither. I prefer Jessica,’ he said, then jumped up and ran out of the room, leaving the door wide open.

14.‘I just can’t believe it,’ said Matron as the door closed behind them.

‘Have you ever heard of Turner?’ asked Sebastian, after Jessica had finished her second glass of Tizer. She bowed her head and didn’t reply. Sebastian stood up, took her by the hand and led her out of the room. ‘Turner’s quite good actually,’ he declared, ‘but not as good as

you.’ ‘I just can’t believe it,’ said Matron as the door closed behind them. ‘I’ve never seen her so at ease.’ ‘But she’s hardly uttered a word,’ said Harry.

5. Here are some common phrasal verbs which you can use in everyday communication. Look through column 1 and say which phrasal verbs are familiar to you. Match phrasal verbs with their definitions. Think of their Russian equivalents. Recall the situations they were used in.

1.to come up with a.

•g.to suggest or think of an idea or plan

•Придумать что-то

•‘Then it’s time for you to face the facts. The aeroplane is about to turn passenger ships into floating dinosaurs. Why would any sane person take five days crossing the Atlantic

Ocean, when they can do the same journey in eighteen hours by plane?’ ‘More relaxing? Fear of flying? You’ll arrive in better shape?’ suggested Emma, recalling Sir William’s words at the AGM. ‘Out of touch and out of date, young lady,’ said Feldman. ‘You’ll have to come up with something better than that if you’re going to convince me.

No, the truth is that the modern businessman, and even the more adventurous tourist, wants to cut down on the time it takes to reach their destination, which in a very few years will sink, and I mean sink, the passenger liner business.’

2.to cut down on

•c.to do or use less of something

•Сократить

•‘Out of touch and out of date, young lady,’ said Feldman. ‘You’ll have to come up with something better than that if you’re going to convince me. No, the truth is that the modern businessman, and even the more adventurous tourist, wants to cut down on the time it takes to reach their destination, which in a very few years will sink, and I mean sink, the passenger liner business.’

3.to turn out

•to prove to be

•Оказаться

•Harry nodded, appreciating for the first time why this indomitable lady had turned out to be Emma’s Old Jack. If they had sent her off to war, he thought, Great-aunt Phyllis would surely have come home with the Silver Star.

4.to send off

•b.to ask or tell someone to leave, usually for a particular purpose

•Отправить

•Harry nodded, appreciating for the first time why this indomitable lady had turned out to be Emma’s Old Jack. If they had sent her off to war, he thought, Great-aunt Phyllis would surely have come home with the Silver Star.

5.to go out to

•d.to think of a person and feel sorry for them in a difficult situation

•Соболезновать

•My heart goes out to those women whose husbands, fiancés and sweethearts did not return to their families, having made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.’ Miss Braithwaite bowed her head, and the chairman said, ‘Thank you, Mrs Clifton. Someone will be in touch with you in the near future.’

6.to sign up

•h.to agree to become involved in an organized activity

•Подписаться на что-либо

•‘Yes, he is. Harry and I were engaged in 1939, but he felt it was his duty to sign up even before war had been declared.’ Miss Braithwaite was about to ask another question, when the man on the chairman’s left leant forward and said, ‘So you were married soon after the war ended, Mrs Clifton?’

7.to go off

•Остановиться

•to stop operating

•Oh yes, he’s very popular, as is Miss Turner. In fact I can’t wait to see their new film.’ ‘We call them movies over here, Harry, but what the hell.’ Jacobs paused, glanced up at the second hand on the clock, and said, ‘Harry, it’s been great having you on the show, and good luck with your new book. After a few words from our sponsors, we’ll return at the top of the hour with the eight o’clock news. But from me, Matt Jacobs, it’s goodbye, and have a great day.’ The red light went off.

8.to blurt out

•e. to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are excited or nervous

•Выпалить

•Matron scowled as Jessica was about to take her first bite. ‘Thank you, Mrs Clifton,’ Jessica blurted out. She devoured two more crumpets, each accompanied by a ‘Thank you, Mrs Clifton’. When she turned a fourth down with ‘No thank you, Mrs Clifton’, Emma wasn’t sure if she would have liked another one, or Matron had instructed her not to eat more than three.

6. Fill in the missing phrasal verbs.

1.She's sign up evening classes at the community college.

2.Late one evening, Gianni blurted out that he loved her.

3.Companies sometimes sent a troubled boss off for counseling.

4.Our deepest sympathies go out to her husband and children.

5.She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.

6.I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.

7.Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong.

8.As the water came in the windows, all the lights go off.

7. Find the information in the text and describe:

1)Harry’s meeting with his publisher in the States;

2)Emma’s talk with Professor Feldman, her desire to get a business degree;

3)Harry’s visit to Great-aunt Phyllis;

4)Emma’s meeting with three governors responsible for adoption, the difficulties she faced; the outcome of the meeting;

5)Harry’s first prime-time interview; his feelings, his behavior and the people he met there;

6)The continuation of Harry’s tour, his first success in America;

7)Harry, Emma and Sebastian’s visit to the orphanage in Bridgewater; their acquaintance with Jessica, Sebastian’s choice;

8)Jessica’s visit to the Cliftons’ house, Jessica’s adoption, the beginning of her life with the

Cliftons, her attitude to her new family.

9)Sebastian’s first days at St Bede’s.

8. Read the following summary of the second portion and fill in the missing facts and words.

Harry Clifton’s latest book “Nothing Ventured” gets published and he goes to America to promote it. As he gets to know Natalie Redwood, his publicist, better, he begins to have some problems. Natalie is a ravishing lady but too pushy for him. That causes the failure of Harry’s first interview. Though he summons all his …, he doesn’t manage to mention his book when he appears on his first host/interview show with Matt Jacobs. Natalie tries to reassure him, but she can’t mask her disappointment and flies back to NY, leaving Harry to himself. Harry understands that Natalie doesn’t care much of him, but he becomes more relaxed without her, switches … and his book “Nothing Ventured” comes in at number 14.

Harry also visits Great-aunt Philis who wants to know what her beloved Emma has been … to. She offers Harry her help and support, in case he needs a shoulder to cry on. Meanwhile, his wife Emma attends the lecture of Professor Feldman, a Pulitzer Prize winner. She wants to get on the board of their family’s shipping company but doesn’t have qualifications for that. Professor Feldman suggests … her as an undergraduate at Stanford to get a business degree. At the same time, Emma continues her search for Jessica, who has got a past of her own and is related to the Barringtons family. Emma successfully manages to find the girl and the couple adopts her as their daughter. Jessica is very shy, even …, but she seems to get on very well with Sebastian, who takes to her at once.