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2. The radio is on in an expensive pub in Soho, in the centre of London. Most of the people there are not
very interested in the news programme, but one man is. His name is Eric Masters. He is about 45 and is in very
expensive clothes. He looks very afraid of something. There is another man standing next to him in the bar.
Masters asks him a question.
«Did they say the man's name was Coke?»
«Yes, that's right. Coke... Edward Coke. Why? Do you know him?»
«Pardon?»
«Do you know him?»
«No... no, I don't know him... I just wanted to know the man's name, that's all».
3. In another part of London, a young detective is standing in the office of his chief at Scotland Yard. The
young detective's name is Richard Baxter.
«You knew Coke, didn't you, Baxter?»
«Yes, sir. I arrested him four years ago».
«Yes, I know that, Baxter. That's why I give you this order, now. Find Coke again! You must find him
immediately!»
2.5.2. Выберите правильный вариант. Не пользуйтесь текстом.
1. This man has...
a) white hair and brown eyes;
b) black hair and blue eyes;
c) grey hair and blue eyes.
2. The temperature is...
a) a few degrees above zero;
b) zero;
c) a few degrees below zero.
3. Eric Masters...
a) is looking very pleased;
b) is in a hurry;
c) is looking very afraid.
4. Baxter's chief gives him the order to arrest Coke because...
a) he arrested him 2 years ago;
b) he didn't arrest him 4 years ago;
c) he arrested him 4 years ago.
2.5.3. Ответьте на вопросы преподавателя. (Книги закрыты.)
1. What do people do on a cold winter evening?
2. What is the description of Edward Coke given in the news?
3. Why do the police think he can't stay free very long?
4. How does Eric Masters look like?
5. Why is Richard Baxter given an order to arrest Coke?
2.6. Scanning practice
2.6.1. Прочитайте вопросы. Вам нужно ответить на них после прочтения текста
1. What did the man hear?
2. What did the man think?
3. What did the man at the station say?
2.6.2. Начинайте просматривать текст. Не забудьте отметить время начала и конца работы.
Not a robber
A young man was going from the railway station. It was a dark night and there was nobody in the street.
He was walking as fast as he could when suddenly he heard that somebody was following him. The faster he
went, the faster the man behind him followed him. The man decided to turn into a side-street. After some time
he looked back and saw that the other man was still following him. «That man behind me wants to rob me»,
thought the first man and seeing a high wall around a garden jumped over it. The other man jumped over the
wall too. Now he was quite sure that this man was a robber, but he couldn't understand why the robber was not
in a hurry to attack him.
The man didn't know what to do. Then he turned round and said: «What do you want? Why are you
following me?»