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Chapter 6 The meeting in Washington
Before listening
Glossary:
1. adventure – an exciting or dangerous experience
2. brave – not showing that you are afraid; (syn) courageous, fearless, gutsy (informal)
3. get full – to include or contain many things;
4. get on – (ph.v) – to manage to live or do sth well, especially with little help; (syn)to cope with, to succeed; How are you getting on? = How is your business doing?
5. journey – an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when it takes a long time and is difficult; is usually one-way trip;
6. negatives – pieces of film from which we make photographs;
7. sound – to make a loud or disturbing noise especially as a warning or signal; (syn): honk;
8. proof – facts or documents that show that sth is true; (syn) evidence
Ex. I. Before you listen to Chapter 6 can you guess? Take a bet on whether you are right or not.
1. Who do you think went to the meeting in Washington?
a) the managers of the factory
b) only Karen
c) the Union Committee of the factory
2. Who do you think organized the meeting in Washington?
a) the President
b) the Union leaders
c) Secretary of Health
3. What was the purpose of the meeting?
a) to close the factory
b) to learn more about the workers in the factory
c) to learn why the safety at the factory was getting worse.
While listening
Ex. II. Do you agree (A) or disagree (D) with the sentences? Why?
Part I.
1. When the alarm sounded, Karen was in front of the scanner.
2. The men in white coats got angry because Karen didn’t want to go to the shower.
3. The managers made notes about all the scanners alarms and every shower at the factory
4. In September 1974 the Union Committee wrote to the leaders in Washington.
5. Two days later the members of the Committee were summoned to the White House.
6. Karen was excited about visiting the first city of the USA.
7. The managers of the factory always secretly replaced the origin negatives of the photographs by the false ones because they showed that the fuel rods were not safe.
8. The leaders of the Committee told Karen that the factory could be closed by the government.
9. Karen only wanted the leaders to take some managers of the factory for the others.
Ex. III. Complete the sentences according to Part 2 of the Chapter.
Part 2
1. After the meeting one of the ……………… ……………… (1) Karen outside in the corridor.
2. He didn’t want ……………… (2) to ……………… (3) them.
3. ‘Karen, we need ………………… (4) about these negatives.’
4. ‘Someone will have to go into the photographic laboratory and …………… (5) some negatives.’
5. ‘If one of the managers …………… (6) me there, how can I explain what I’m …………………… (7)?’
6. She thought of Mr. Bailey’s …………… …………... (8) and Susan’s ……………… (9) in the shower.
7. ‘…………………….. (10) must know what you’re doing.’
8. ‘I’ll phone you …………… (11) a ………… (12) and you can tell me how you’re ………………… ……….. (13).’
9. ‘Can I ……….. (14) you if I need ………….. (15) to someone?’
10. This is my ………… (16) with my name and phone number.
11. She saw that his name was Pete. She looked at him ……….. …………. (17) and then she ………..…………. (18) the room.
After listening
Ex. IV. Replace the phrases in italics with the words with similar meaning from the glossary. (Home-work)
1. We can manage perfectly well without her.
2. There is no evidence that the knife belonged to her.
3. I think he made a very courageous decision to resign.
4. We broke our tour in Madrid.
5. The field trip was an exciting experience for the students.
6. These results are a further evidence of his outstanding ability.
7. Her gutsy performance in the game impressed everyone, even her teammates.
8. I'm afraid you've had a wasted trip.
9. This is a chance to see how you are doing on your own.
10. Motorists honked their horns as they drove past.
Ex. V. Game “Check your memory”. Let your group mates check how many words and the definitions from the glossary have been stamped on your memory.
Ex. VI. There are 11 words from the story hidden in this word search. Can you find them all? Words can only run from top to bottom and from left to right.
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