Task1. Watch the second part of the first episode and fill in the gaps in the right column of the table below
Russian Equivalent (with English synonym) | English Phrases from the Subs |
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ставить в крайне недостаточно капитализированное положение = to make financially unstable | To put in a woefully position |
Аналога российского Агентства Страхования Вкладов = Federal [Deposit] [Insurance] Corporation / [FDIC] | Federal Corporation / |
освобожден от законов о коэффициенте ликвидности = not subject to | from the liquidity ratio laws |
Каждый второй = every other | |
куча наличных = a large amount of cash | a of cash |
эта фирма закрыта = This firm has been dissolved | This firm has been |
все время = from start to finish | |
Профиль кредитоспособности физ. лица = A Consumer Report | A |
в совете директоров полдюжины некоммерческих организаций = On the board of half a dozen nonprofits | On the of half a dozen |
Все на кону = Everything's on the table | |
поймать кого-либо = to catch somebody | To somebody |
совершить фальстарт, поторопиться = to act prematurely | to |
арбитраж = dispute resolution | |
Ну давай, расскажи мне, что это значит, а то я не знаю. (сарказм) = Yeah, tell me what it means. | Yeah, what it means |
дать кому-либо немного любви = to give somebody some affection | to give somebody some of that |
присвоить как можно больше денег = to seize as much money as possible | to as much of money as possible |
Номер социального страхования (частично напоминающий СНИЛС в РФ) = social security number | |
закончиться = give out | To |
допустить ошибку в интернете = to make a mistake online | to |
выпить лишнее = to drink too much | to |
кассовый чек на $29,650 = a check issued by the bank worth $29,650 | a $29,650 |
Показать, где раки зимуют = to retaliate | to |
нанять адвокатов = to hire lawyers | to |
Упереться рогом, стоять на своем = to hold firm | to |
под принуждением = under pressure | under |
похищение = abduction | |
Я не согласен = I agree to disagree | I |
рисковать = to take the risk | to |
классическая паника в виде одновременного востребования вкладов большим числом вкладчиков банка = a run on the bank | a good old-fashioned this bank |
раздеться догола = to strip naked | to |
рыночная стоимость чего-либо = the market value on smth | it is $27,000 |
полная чушь, которую несут, когда цепляются за последнюю соломинку = complete and utter straw-grasping bullshit | complete and bullshit |
рискнуть = to take a chance | to the |
Основываясь на догадках = based on a guess | |
Основываясь на признаках = based on a sign | |
болтать без умолку = to talk nonstop | to one's mouth |
поддерживать хорошее настроение = to stay positive | to |
потаскуха = a slut | a |
мое имя на заявке = my name is on the request | My name's on the |
Заниматься рэкетом= to extract money from businesses | to businesses |
на пути наименьшего сопротивления = seeking the easiest way |
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Task2. Prepare answers to the questions below, using active words from this ad the previous episode.
1. How did the daughter take the news of the family relocating to the Lake of the Ozarks? (initially shocked, she tried to... despite wishing they had stayed... )
2. How did the bank react to Marty’s demand to withdraw all his savings in cash? (reacted negatively, refusing to... and explaining that by…)
3. What losses was Marty facing if he withdrew his entire portfolio of securities from his brokerage? (facing significant losses, he realized that withdrawing would result in... causing him to regret... )
4. How did he manage to induce the bank to collect all 7 million dollars in cash? Why should they be afraid of the FDIC? (by persuading them to... having provided evidence that... they should be afraid because... )
5. How did the bank managers try to resist giving him his money the next day? What assumptions did they make? (attempting to delay, they claimed that... assuming that Marty would... )
6. How did Marty get them to let him go with his cash? Is one suitcase enough to carry around 7 million dollars? (managed to convince them by... using the argument that... no suitcase being large enough, he had to...)
7. What did Marty learn about his wife? (discovering that she had... he wished he had known earlier... )
8. What did he feel? (feeling betrayed, he couldn't help but... )
9. Why did he decide not to go into Silverwood's office? (decided against it, fearing that... having thought about the consequences...)
10. How did he save his wife from getting harmed by Del Rio? (by intervening just in time, he managed to... having anticipated Del Rio's move, he...)
11. Who had been bugging Bruce's office? Were they aware of Bruce and Marty’s business specifics? (it was revealed that... being fully aware of... )
12. What did Del Rio do with the cash Marty had brought him? (taking the cash, Del Rio... subsequently using it to... )
13. What was Marty supposed to prove? (he was supposed to demonstrate that... failing which, he would... )
14. What was at stake? (at stake was... which meant that... )