Part III Building the Vocabulary

A. Consult the English-English and English-Russian dictionaries

to salve (p. 338)

to impugn (p. 339)

relic (p. 340)

apparition (p. 340)

rapture (p. 340)

accomplice (p. 340)

devious (p. 341)

unscrupulous (p. 342)

a watchword (p. 345)

a token (p. 345)

upheavel (p. 346)

to unravel (p. 346)

tortuous (p. 349)

bemused (p. 350)

intimidating (p. 351)

macho (p. 353)

to defect (p. 354)

to smother (p. 355)

reposeful (p. 356)

B. Translate the following sentences

p. 339. Well, I'm in breach of it.

p. 345. They didn't try to bait the hook with something else while they were about.

p. 346. There was something about his manner that suddenly brought home all the injustice of Findlay's predicament.

p. 346. I hear on the grapewine that …

p. 346. You should keep your ear to the ground.

p. 348. There's bound to be a hotel or a pub, or something

p. 351. She is an old hand.

p. 352. Hope, she doesn't wear you out, eh?

p. 352. He could never quite get to his handkerchief.

p. 355. … Why you feel out with your mother ...

Unit XII (p. P. 369 — 400) Part I First Reading

A. Thinking about the Chapters

How does this chapter present Graham Packard?

Do you feel respect for him? Why?

What do you feel for Mark?

What kind of person Saddam Hussein is?

B. Understanding the Plot

1. What did Mark celebrate? Who was invited to his especially elaborate party? What was his wife doing? What do we learn about his character? (p. p. 369 — 370)

2. What did he see on the screen? Was he shocked? Who was a man with a camera in his study? (p. 370)

3. What was Graham's career as a cameraman in 1983-1990? What film was he intending to make? Who and why offered him a job of Head of Marketing and why did he first refuse and then agree? (p. 370 — 373)

4. At what film did he start working? Why did he want to hire some good actors?

5. April 1987. What did we learn about Mark's business during his visit to Iraq? What was General Qalat Saleh showing him and what was their talk about? (p. p. 374 — 376)

6. May 1987. Where did Mark go? What for? Whose recorded voice were they listening to? Was their talk connected with Saddam Hussein? What weapon were they talking about? (p. p. 376 — 378)

7. December 1961. What were the relations between Mark and his mother? What did you learn about his mother? What can you say about his visit to her in 1976 in Miami? (p. p. 378 — 381)

8. September 1988. What was Graham's reason to see Michael? Did he come into contact with him? What effect did Graham's call to Joan have on their relations? (p. p. 381-382)

9. 1981. Why did Mark's wedding party last longer than his wedding? Was Mark annoyed at the accident? Why? What was he presented by an Iraque diplomat with? What was Mark accused of? (p. p. 385 - 388)

10. October 1986. What can you say about the meeting between Henry and Mark? What was the main topic of their conversation? (p. p. 385 — 388) Translate: (p. 386) 'He knew all ...

11. January 20^th 1988. What phone was Graham waiting sitting in his office? Did the call come? What was it about? What did Graham do? What did he think about the material he had collected? (p. p. 388 — 390)

12. April 28^th 1989. What did you learn about The First Bagdad International Exhibition for Military Production? What impression did the orgy produce on you? ( p. p. 391 — 398)

13. December 31^th 1990. What happened with Graham and how did he get free? (p. p. 399 - 400)