In spite of the one-man show, the game was out of reach. Kyle

McAvoy sat quietly on the bench, watching the game and waiting for the

clock to wind down. One game to go and the season would be over, his last

as a basketball coach. In two years he’d won a dozen, lost two dozen, and

asked himself how any person in his right mind would willingly coach at

any level. He was doing it for the kids; he’d said to himself a thousand

times, kids with no fathers, kids from bad homes, kids in need of a positive

male influence. And he still believed it, but after two years of babysitting,

and arguing with parents when they bothered to show up, and hassling with

other coaches who were not above cheating, and trying to ignore teenage

referees who didn’t know a block from a charge, he was fed up. He’d done

his community service, in this town anyway.

He watched the game and waited, yelling occasionally because that’s

what coaches are supposed to do. He looked around the empty gym, an old

brick building in downtown New Haven, home to the youth league for fifty

years. A handful of parents were scattered through the bleachers, all

waiting for the final horn. Marquis scored again. No one applauded. The

Red Knights were down by twelve with two minutes to go.

At the far end of the court, just under the ancient scoreboard, a man in a

dark suit walked through the door and leaned against the retractable

bleachers. He was noticeable because he was white. There were no white

players on either team. He stood out because he wore a suit that was either

black or navy, with a white shirt and a burgundy tie, all under a trench coat

that announced the presence of an agent or a cop of some variety.

Coach Kyle happened to see the man when he entered the gym, and he

thought to himself that the guy was out of place. Probably, a detective of

some sort, maybe a narc looking for a dealer. It would not be the first arrest

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in or around the gym. After the agent/cop leaned against the bleachers, he

cast a long suspicious look at the Red Knights’ bench, and his eyes seemed

to settle on Coach Kyle, who returned the stare for a second before it

became uncomfortable. Marquis let one fly from near mid- court, air ball,

and Coach Kyle jumped to his feet, spread his hands wide, shook his head

as if to ask, “Why?” Marquis ignored him as he loafed back on defense. A

dumb foul stopped the clock and prolonged the misery. While looking at

the free-throw shooter, Kyle glanced beyond him, and in the background

was the agent/cop, still staring, not at the action but at the coach.

For a twenty-five-year-old law student with no criminal record and no

illegal habits or proclivities, the presence and the attention of a man who

gave all indications of being employed by some branch of law enforcement

should have caused no concern whatsoever. But it never worked that way

with Kyle McAvoy. Street cops and state troopers didn’t particularly bother

him. They were paid to simply react. But the guys in dark suits, the

investigators and agents, the ones trained to dig deep and discover secrets–

those types still unnerved him. (J. Grisham)

II. Choose any Ukrainian-English parallel texts and contrast them

highlighting allomorphic features of the grammatical systems of the two

languages .

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Навчальне видання

ГУДМАНЯН Артур Грантович

КРИЛОВА Тетяна Василівна

ГРАМАТИКА АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ

ТА УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВ

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В авторській редакції

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