Английский язык для конфликтологов

II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and expressions cтаромодная фраза, ни в малейшей степени, захватывала дух, с та-кой внешностью, скучноватая, отдавала себе отчет, встал во главе, очень знакомо, никогда не позирую фотографам, судить самому, вы-нужден был признать, сходство было поразительным, зеркальное отражение, казалось не замечала, заметили сходство, не хватало двух статуэток, изрядная суматоха, отвлечь внимание, продумал все, было трудно поверить, часто виделись, помогла украсть, в чем заключалась ваша роль?, попалась на крючок, служила для отвода глаз, не хватило бы ума, раскусила, не интересоваться живописью. III. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expres-sions from the text and use them in the sentences of your own: turn out to be true, sheer beauty, arrange a party, take for granted, local phenomenon, set eyes on, not care much for smb, arrange admirably, the jewel of the show, match up well (to), get a good view of smth/smb, peer into the picture, display of emotion, astonishing coolness, wonderful publici-ty, without much fuss, prosecute. IV. Questions on the text: 1. Why did the author come to the Franklins’? 2. Describe Deborah. 3. Why didn’t the author expect Deborah to be a clever girl? 4. What did Aubrey Melcombe say about Deborah’s face? 5. Where did he invite the girl? 6. Why did the author say that Aubrey and his fiancée knew their job when he came to the opening of the exhibition? 7. Why did everybody crowd round the picture? 8. Describe Deborah’s behaviour at the exhibition. 9. What surprised the author in the way Deborah left the exhibition? 10. What was discovered some time later? 11. How did the author guess that the theft had been carefully planned? 12. Why was Deborah indignant? 13. Who had stolen the statuettes? 14. How had Aubrey make Deborah act as a cover girl? 15. How had Deborah found out what was going on? 29