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Suggested activities. aChoose the correct answers:
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a Choose the correct answers:
| In what field of science did Fuller and Bowfort work? | They worked in the field of biology. They worked in the field of medicine. | |||
| They worked in the field of geology. | ||||
| Where was their research post situated? | It was in Alaska. | |||
| It was situated in northern Canada. | ||||
| It was located in the Antarctic. | ||||
| Who was the cause of the rivalry between the two men? | It was Fuller's wife. | |||
| It was Bowfort's wife. | ||||
| It was Bowfort's girl-friend. | ||||
| Why didn't Fuller become a biologist? | He was not interested in biology at all. | |||
| His parents were against that. | ||||
| He could not experiment on animals and kill them. | ||||
| What facts made Bowfort think that Fuller hadn't | There was no weapon beside the dead body. | |||
| committed suicide? | Fuller had started making breakfast. | |||
| The above two above facts made him think so. | ||||
| Where did Bowfort find Fuller's rifle? | He found it in the laboratory. He found it in its usual place in the corner near the door. | |||
| He found it outside in the snow. | ||||
| Whose footprints did Bowfort find by the cabin? | They were Fuller's footprints. He found a stranger's footprints. He discovered both Fuller's and a stranger's footprints. | |||
| What did Bowfort say in his radio report? | He said that Fuller had been murdered. He said that Fuller had committed suicide. | |||
| He said that his death had been an accident. | ||||
b Say if you agree or dasagree and support your viewpoint:
1 Grace caught Fuller's eye from the very beginning.
2 Fuller's dream was to spend a year above the permafrost line.
3 Fuller and Bowfort began to get on each other's nerves from the very beginning of their stay at the research post.
4 Bowfort suggested that they should go back, but Fuller refused to do so.
5 Fuller sometimes shot at animals, and he often hit them.
6 One day Bowfort found Fuller dead in the laboratory.
7 There was a lot of snow around the cabin, and nobody could approach it without leaving a visible trail.
8 Though Bowfort was his rival. Fuller had no intention to kill him.
9 The pouch filled with ice was the last clue to reveal the «impossible» crime.
10 Fuller's death was an accident.
с Paraphrase the following sentences in English:
1 We began to get on each other's nerves.
2 Let's cut out the cracks about Grace.
3 We might make the best of each other.
4 This is one project I can't walk out on.
5 That's just the point.
6 I sent a message to the effect.
d Translate the sentences using these verbs: to catch, to stock, to thin, to face, to miss.
Грейс привлекла его внимание с самого начала. В хижине имелся запас продовольствия на год. Послания от Грейс сократились до одного-двух в неделю. Я сидел на своем обычном месте лицом к окну. Ружья на его обычном месте не-было.
е Translate the sentences using these nouns and adjectives: early, question, head, failure, uneasy.
Фуллеру в то время было сорок с небольшим. О поездке в город не могло быть и речи. Соперничество достигло критической точки. Его женитьба была неудачной. Я погрузился в беспокойный сон.
f Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the verb to make:
1 That's enough to make a detective out of anybody.
2 It was 200 miles to the nearest settlement, making a trip into town out of the question.
3 We might make the best of each other.
4 That was the only field in which I wouldn't make a fool of myself.
5 Do men about to commit suicide start making breakfast?
6 I made my way to the window.
7 The police would never even make the trip to the cabin to check my story.
8 The frost had made the window completely opaque.
g Write out all the words related to guns and rifles, from the text. Compare your list with those of your group-mates.
h Think and answer: