Hailey "The Final Diagnosis"

Read the preface to the novel and use this material to speak on the author's life and his creative work.

Lesson I Chapters One—Four, pp. 5 — 36.

Obligatory Vocabulary

to reach for smth, to dial, to catch up with smb, to summon up courage, to stand one's ground, to cut smb short, to cut smb off, unruly hair, to some extent, to run one's mind over smth, to operate on smb', what's on your mind?, to reverse one's opinion, to handle smth (a situation), to count on smth, to be run down, to shelve a plan, a show-down, to have a free hand, to set up practice, to fill (in) the gaps, to run a department (store), a record, rubber-soled shoes, to take to smth, to be oblivious of smth, to read smb's mind, a mode of life, for one thing, for another, to be subject to (criticism), to notify smb, to survive, to be at stake, to be a sore point (with smb), to take over (leadership), to think better of smth, to be in charge of smth. Exercises

I. Do General Tasks II —V.

II. Choose any five units of the hrov and record on tape the sit­uations they are used in.

III. Do General Task VI (1, 2). Work at an excerpt from Chapter Four p. 25 (from "Watching him ease his way..." up to the bottom of p. 26).

IV. Expand on the following making use of the hrov.

1. He (Kent O'Donnell) knew that his decision on the airplane three and a half years earlier had been right, (p. 17)

2. There were soft spots, of course, in the present setup, (p. 17)

3. He (Seddons) had never had second thoughts about his person­al choice of surgery... (p. 21)

4. Money sometimes was a sore point too. (p. 33)

V. Prepare to answer the following questions when discussing the-book. 1. How does the author describe the daily routine of Three Coun­ties Hospital and its medical standards? 2.What kind of person was Kent O'Donnell and how did it happen that he found himself in Three Counties Hospital? 3.What problems did O'Donnell face in his attempt to modernize the Hospital? 4. What was O'Donnell's reaction to Bill Rufus' complaint about the work of the Pathology Department? 5. Speak on the head of the Pathology Department, Dr. Joseph Pearson. What feelings does the character arouse in you? Why? 6. Why was O'Donnell annoyed during the surgical-mortality conference? What made other doctors feel ill at ease?

Lesson II Chapters Five—Nine, pp. 36 — 67

now and then, to resent smth, to encounter smb (smth), to come to like smth, smb, to take one's time, to afford smth, to break the news, to live up to one's income, as a matter of fact (course) now that..., to be admitted to hospital, to make inquiries, to go into debt, to be sour on the subject, to have a good deal (much) in common, to be conscious of smth, What are you getting at?, to cope with smth, to relate an incident, on smb's part, as you put it, on behalf of smb, to antici­pate smth, to resort to smth, to brief smb about smth, to be keen on (work), as far back as one can remember, to give way, to appeal to smb, a determined person, to check oneself, to run smth over in one’s mind, to be behind with smth, to run into smb, to identify smth, sm

Exercises