Focus on vocabulary. Transcribe and read aloud the following words.

Transcribe and read aloud the following words.

solemn, narrative, insight, mournful, gigantic, insoluble, chaos, banish, menace, virtue, microcosm, superb, cease, primarily

Give the words for these definitions.

1. a state of disorder and confusion

2. causing deep thought and respect

3. invent, design

4. warm and comfortable

5. put away from, out of (the mind)

6. morally good or right

7. make easy to do or understand

8. complicated in form

9. long for with great, tender feeling

10. worry about (a solution to a problem)

Give synonyms.

1. magnificent, first-rate 6. bad-tempered

2. threat 7. traditional

3. stimulate 8. sad, gloomy

4. understanding 9. cunning, deceitful

5. story 10. advantage

Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.

1. to be fascinated … violence

2. to be involved … some form of crime

3. to appeal … one’s taste … narrative

4. to oppose … the muddle … the real world

5. compared … the problem of staying sane

Say it in English.

1. недооценивать

2. покончить с суетой дня

3. приходить в восторг от описания насилия

4. перестать удовлетворять потребность читателя в хорошо рассказанной истории

5. быть в первую очередь рассказчиком

6. глубокое понимание психологии

7. искусно придуманная история

8. история с занимательным элементом загадочности

9. традиционный и стилизованный роман

10. недостатки детектива являются частью его очарования

11. люди окружены колоссальными проблемами

12. ясные упрощения

13. входить в хорошо организованный микрокосм

14. детектив – это то, что нужно

15. своеобразные достоинства

Paraphrase this passage replacing the underlined words and making any other necessary changes.

Reading detective stories is especially pleasant when one is away from home. The day’s nervous agitationis over; and now to make the mind as cosy as the body. But some grave stuff won’t do. The detective story is the thing, though its merits haven’t been adequately valued. Genuine enthusiasts of the genre condemn the violent atmosphere and wish detective novelists were not so traditional. An excellent detective story could be written about people who are not involved in any form of crime.

What a modern reader wants is a narrative, an artfully designed tale. A really good detective story opposes to the enormous grim world its own clearly organized problems and clever solutions.

As conscientious citizens, we are surrounded by immense problems that are threatening and seem to escape solution. That’s why it is so enjoyable to spend an hour or two thinking about the mystery of the detective story. After the newspaper headlines, it’s refreshing to enter this well-organized microcosm.