III. Do General Task VI (1). Work at the extract from Chapter Seventeen, p. 121. (From "The afternoon flight"... Up to the end of p. 123.)

IV. A) Find in the text of the novel the word-combinations corre­sponding to the following Russian phrases:

Дурное предчувствие (c. 96); (У нее было) заразительно-приподнятое настроение (c. 98, 100); под влиянием порыва (c. 99);невозмутимый голос (человек) (c. 106); скрывать свое презрение к кому-либо(c. 107); поджать губы (c. 118).

b) Retell the situations from the book with them.

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

1. Coleman thought: This is where pathology begins and ends; these are the borderlands where we must face the truth of how little we really know... (p. 109)

2. For the first time a feeling of uneasy doubt assailed him (Mike Seddons). (p. 127)

VI. Prepare to answer the following questions while discussing the book . 1. what facts testify to Dr. Pearson's hard conservatism? How did he try to justify his views? 2. What urged David Coleman to speak his mind with the Alexanders? Why did he compare medicine to a war? 3. What feelings and emotions overwhelmed John Alexander in the -hospital nursery? 4. How did it come about that it was Dr. Pearson who pronounced the final diagnosis in Vivian's case? How does it char­acterize the man? 5. What made Kent O'Donnell think of moving to New York?

LESSON V Chapters Nineteen—Twenty-four, pp. 127— 162.

Obligatory Vocabulary

a nagging thought; to drop in (into); to fidget; lofty ideas; to be brief and to the point; to muse (on; upon); to do well; to divert attention; to say smth offhandedly; to be in jeopardy; to cling to smth (power); to make way; for good; to fire smb; to jump to hasty conclusions; to dispose of smth; to come back to smb; to grope for smth; in good faith; an adequate excuse; to try for school (exam); to put on make-up; out of pity; it is no good: to have the grace to do smth; to be a turning-point; for good or ill. Exercises

I. Do General Tasks II —V.

II. Render in indirect speech and record on tape the dialogue 2 between Mike and Vivian during their last meeting (pp. 155—156). Make use of the HROV.

III. Give a brief summary of Chapter Twenty-One.

IV)

a) Find in the text of the novel English equivalents of the following Russian phrases: потрудиться ч.л сделать(c. 133); я забыл (c. 136быть на языке у кого- либо (c. 140).

b) Retell the situations from the book with them.

V Expand on the following making use of the hrov.

l ...he (Charles Dornberger) was to share the sad and bitter har­vest of another man's incompetence; and worse—a man who was a friend, (p. 138) 2. He (O'Donnell) thought bitterly: ...I dallied and procrasti­nated, playing politics, convincing myself I was behaving reasonably, while all the time I was

selling medicine short.(p. 142)

3.This was the cup he (Coleman) had sought. Kent O'Donnell had lifted it to his lips. (p. 157)

VI. Prepare to answer the following questions.

1.What thought did Dr. Dornberger have at the back of his mind after examining the Alexander baby? 2. Why did Dr. Dornberger ask Dr. O'Donnell to take over the case? 3. What episode from the medi­cal practice of his father came back to David Coleman? What has it to do with the events described? 4. What proves that the hospital was run inadequately and sometimes carelessly? Who was to blame for it? 5. How did David Coleman formulate his attitude to medicine and to the hospital? Who shared his opinion? 6.What kind of warning did Dr. Pearson give to David Coleman on leaving the hospital? Topics for General Discussion

• Dependence of medical service under capitalism on the whims of tycoons.

• Low medical standards characteristic of provincial US hospi­tals.

• Character sketches of: O'Donnell, Pearson, Coleman, Lucy Grainger, Dornberger, The Alexanders, Vivian, Mike Seddons.

• Your opinion of the book.

• Some Possible Essay Topics:

1. A doctor is believed to keep up with the latest achievements of both theoretical and practical medicine.

2. A doctor's true professionalism is seen primarily through his humanism.

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