Summary
Jack Ryan is an American. He spends his vocation with his family abroad
in London, the capital of the Great Britain.
Ryan is an historian and formerly lieutenant in the United States Marines. He
works in the Academy reading lectures for students. His wife, Cathy Ryan has a
job in Wilmer Eye Institute, John
Hopkins Hospital.
She is a doctor. She has been in London
many times, but this day is going to be a special for her. Ryan has a child,
named Sally. The parents try to spend all their free time with the daughter.
Having met his wife and daughter, Jack has become the witness of the
attack at their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Ryan manages to protect them
and kills one of the attackers whose name is John Michael McCrory. There are
three assassinators. One of them has managed to escape and the third one has
been neutralized by Jack and captured by the police. The hero of the event has
got hurt and is been sent to the surgical recovery unit of St. Thomas’s Hospital.
Sir Charles is Ryan’s doctor. The doctor is old but wise. Bu the way,
Mrs. Cathy Ryan has helped her husband having bandaged his hurt shoulder.
Kittiwake is a Jack’s nurse. She is the beautiful young girl. But it’s a big
risk to stay him alone. That’s why then police service adopts a decision to
keep an eye for Jack. Antony Wilson is Ryan’s police nurse we may say. His main
goal is to protect Jack from any kind of danger. Wilson also is a good companion, consequently
Jack’s life in the hospital isn’t boring. They smoke cigars, laugh and talk.
Jack Ryan shouldn’t wait for an easy life. He becomes as famous as the
Royal family. His photo is on the front page of all print media. He is attended
by the Prince of Wales. He comes to say thanks to him. Ryan doesn’t know but
there were not only the Prince and the Princess of Wales in the car, but also
their small baby. The Princess is shocked that’s why she doesn’t manage to
visit the hero. The queen of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh thank the American for what he has done.
All in all Jack’s brave leads to continue the Royal generation. The Queen
confers a title upon Mr. Ryan for his work. She also offers him his family to
live in the Buckingham
Palace.
After two weeks Jack is discharged from the hospital and goes to the Buckingham Palace. There is an evening in his
honor. He comes to know that his family has visited lots of sights under the
head of the royal soldier, whose grandfather is a guide. Jack is happy to hear
it. Thereу is also other reason for
being in such mood – his wife and he are expecting the second baby.
Mr. Murphy, the representative of the Provisional Wing of the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) wants to have a meeting with David Ashley or James Owens.
Finally they do what he has wanted. On the meeting, Mr. Murphy lets fall a hint
that it has been a wrong act of Mr. Ryan who has put in oar. Fortunately the
number of Jack’s enemies will be shortened as a result of the court.
Jack has already been interrogated in the hospital by the police, but
the court is the another office. The assassinator’s lawyer does all his best to
catch Jack on something. But actually he doesn’t do it. The lawyer is a member
of the IRA which is supposed to be the organization of terrorists. Owens,
Ashley and Wilson are happy that Jack is keeping a stiff upper lip during the
court process. After which the hero and his wife are invited to visit the Tower of London. Jack drinks bear and relaxes
after boring hospital weeks.
Culture Words
1. CIA
The Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent civilian intelligence agency of the
United States
government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of
National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security intelligence
assessment to senior United
States policymakers. Intelligence-gathering
is performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, many of
whom are trained to avoid tactical situations. The CIA also oversees and
sometimes engages in tactical and covert activities at the request of the President
of the United States.
Often, when such field operations are organized, the U.S. military or other warfare
tacticians carry these tactical operations out on behalf of the agency while
the CIA oversees them. Although intelligence-gathering is the agency's main
agenda, tactical divisions were established in the agency to carry out
emergency field operations that require immediate suppression or dismantling of
a threat or weapon. The CIA was founded in part for intelligence-gathering as a
means to prevent a declaration of war based on erroneous conceptions.
2. FBI
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department
of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an
internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). Also, it is the government
agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian reservations in the United States
under the Major Crimes Act. The branch has investigative jurisdiction over
violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime.
3. MI5
The Security Service,
commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security
agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) focused on foreign threats, Government
Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI). All come
under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The service has
a statutory basis in the Security Service Act 1989 and the Intelligence
Services Act 1994. Its remit includes the protection of British parliamentary democracy
and economic interests, counter-terrorism and counter-espionage within the UK. Although
mainly concerned with internal security, it does have an overseas role in
support of its mission.
4. IRA
The Irish Republican Army
(IRA) (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann)
was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended
from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that
staged the Easter Rising in April 1916. In 1919, the Irish Republic
that had been proclaimed during the Easter Rising was formally established by
an elected assembly (Dáil Éireann), and the Irish Volunteers were recognised by
Dáil Éireann as its legitimate army. Thereafter, the IRA waged a guerrilla
campaign against British rule in Ireland in the 1919–21 Irish War of
Independence.
5. RKG
RKG-3 is the designation of Russian
series of anti-tank hand grenades. It superseded the RPG-43, RPG-40 and RPG-6
series of grenades.
Questions
1. Why did Jack do "the heroic deed" ?
2. What does the author mean
using the Jack's internal dialogue in the bottom of Mr. Ryan?
3. Are the members of the Royal
family common people or not?
4. Why, in your opinion, do
terrorists want to attack the Royal family?
5. What are your feelings after
the first part of the book?
Words
1. a cocktail – бутылка с зажигательной смесью
2. to be accused of – быть виновным
3. keep a pistol centered on – направить пистолет на
4. a surveillance – слежка
5. a maximum-security prison – тюрьма
особо строгого режима
6. a round goes wild – пуля ушла в «молоко»
7. fingerprints – отпечатки пальцев
8. a traitor – предатель/изменник
9. the Security Service – служба безопасности
10. to be given a pat-down search – быть обысканным
11. to be set upon by – подвергаться нападению
12. a bullet – пуля
13. to be wounded – быть серьезно раненным
14. marksmanship – меткая стрельба
15. to hose down – поливать огнем
16. a cannon – пушка
17. the Air Force – военно-воздушные силы
18. a combat – сражение/бой
19. to get a clear shot – прицеливаться
20. assault troops – штурмовые подразделения
Jack has already been interrogated in the hospital by the police, but
the court is the another office. The assassinator’s lawyer does all his best to
catch Jack on something. But actually he doesn’t do it. The lawyer is a member
of the IRA which is supposed to be the organization of terrorists. Owens,
Ashley and Wilson are happy that Jack is keeping a stiff upper lip during the
court process. After which the hero and his wife are invited to visit the Tower of London. Jack drinks bear and relaxes
after boring hospital weeks.
Culture Words
1. CIA
The Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent civilian intelligence agency of the
United States
government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of
National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security intelligence
assessment to senior United
States policymakers. Intelligence-gathering
is performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, many of
whom are trained to avoid tactical situations. The CIA also oversees and
sometimes engages in tactical and covert activities at the request of the President
of the United States.
Often, when such field operations are organized, the U.S. military or other warfare
tacticians carry these tactical operations out on behalf of the agency while
the CIA oversees them. Although intelligence-gathering is the agency's main
agenda, tactical divisions were established in the agency to carry out
emergency field operations that require immediate suppression or dismantling of
a threat or weapon. The CIA was founded in part for intelligence-gathering as a
means to prevent a declaration of war based on erroneous conceptions.
2. FBI
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department
of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an
internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). Also, it is the government
agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian reservations in the United States
under the Major Crimes Act. The branch has investigative jurisdiction over
violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime.
3. MI5
The Security Service,
commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security
agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) focused on foreign threats, Government
Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI). All come
under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The service has
a statutory basis in the Security Service Act 1989 and the Intelligence
Services Act 1994. Its remit includes the protection of British parliamentary democracy
and economic interests, counter-terrorism and counter-espionage within the UK. Although
mainly concerned with internal security, it does have an overseas role in
support of its mission.
4. IRA
The Irish Republican Army
(IRA) (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann)
was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended
from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that
staged the Easter Rising in April 1916. In 1919, the Irish Republic
that had been proclaimed during the Easter Rising was formally established by
an elected assembly (Dáil Éireann), and the Irish Volunteers were recognised by
Dáil Éireann as its legitimate army. Thereafter, the IRA waged a guerrilla
campaign against British rule in Ireland in the 1919–21 Irish War of
Independence.
5. RKG
RKG-3 is the designation of Russian
series of anti-tank hand grenades. It superseded the RPG-43, RPG-40 and RPG-6
series of grenades.
Questions
1. Why did Jack do "the heroic deed" ?
2. What does the author mean using the Jack's internal dialogue in the bottom of Mr. Ryan?
3. Are the members of the Royal family common people or not?
4. Why, in your opinion, do terrorists want to attack the Royal family?
5. What are your feelings after the first part of the book?
Words
1. a cocktail – бутылка с зажигательной смесью
2. to be accused of – быть виновным
3. keep a pistol centered on – направить пистолет на
4. a surveillance – слежка
5. a maximum-security prison – тюрьма
особо строгого режима
6. a round goes wild – пуля ушла в «молоко»
7. fingerprints – отпечатки пальцев
8. a traitor – предатель/изменник
9. the Security Service – служба безопасности
10. to be given a pat-down search – быть обысканным
10. to be given a pat-down search – быть обысканным
11. to be set upon by – подвергаться нападению
12. a bullet – пуля
13. to be wounded – быть серьезно раненным
14. marksmanship – меткая стрельба
15. to hose down – поливать огнем
16. a cannon – пушка
17. the Air Force – военно-воздушные силы
17. the Air Force – военно-воздушные силы
18. a combat – сражение/бой
19. to get a clear shot – прицеливаться
20. assault troops – штурмовые подразделения
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