Read and give the gist of the Director’s suggestions. • Answer questions l-n alongside the text. When the work on the

The director offered Martin all possible support for finishing his work and the position of laboratory head.

l. b) The way he is described is ironic (“One morning he burst in, whis-

kers alive...”; “Tubbs gasped, assaulted his whiskers, did a moment of impressive thinking, and clamored...”)

m. a) This sentence shows it: “Martin felt that his one ewe lamb was be-ing snatched from him but he could sec no way to refuse...”

n. This is an allusion to the episode from the New Testament, when the Devil tempted Christ by offering him power over the world. This information as a rule can be found in phraseology and cultural dictionaries and dictionaries of idioms.