- •Assignment 1 (Chapter I)
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •2. Study these word combinations:
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Complete the following sentences. Make your comparisons somewhat exaggerated or comic. M o d e l: He spoke with a touch of bitterness as if I had frustrated all his lifelong ambitions
- •5. Recall the situations from chapter 1 in which these utterances were used:
- •6. Apply the words and word combinations below to situations and personages different from those in the novel
- •7. Explain in English:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •III. Questions and topics for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book under discussion suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in chapters 2 and 3 which may confirm the following statements:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are, what preceded them, what state of mind they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Study these word combinations, add some more:
- •4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •6. Discuss episodes from your own life when:
- •7. Recall the situations from the book where the following sentences occur:
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Find sentences confirming that:
- •11. Say why this happened:
- •12. Say whose utterances these are and what emotions they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 4 Chapter 5
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack and the situation on the island:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •10. Say what incidents in the past these statements refer to:
- •11. Say whose utterances these are and how they throw light upon the speakers' wishes:
- •12. Say why these things happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 5 (Chapters 6, 7)
- •3. Paraphrase the words in bold type using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall the situations from chapters 6, 7 suggested by these sentences:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •8. Say whose utterances these are and interpret the full meaning of each:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 (Chapters 8, 9)
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall episodes from your life when:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Make up your own statements based on the proceedings in chapters 8,9 applying the vocabulary below to:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Quote the text to confirm the following:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 (Chapters 10, 11)
- •4. Use the active vocabulary to express these notions:
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by these sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's savages:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in the text confirming that:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 (Chapter 12)
- •3. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •4. Recall the situations from chapter 12 suggested by these sentences:
- •5. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's tribe:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm the following by quoting the text:
- •8. Say why this happened:
- •9. Discuss the implication of the utterances:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 9 Discussion of the Novel
Assignment 1 (Chapter I)
I. Active vocabulary
to pick one's way furtive adj
offhand adj to have a vote for smth
to say smth with a touch of pride to set smb apart
adolescence n mortification
ill-omened adj to be in charge of smth
intimidate vt enormity
contradict vt
II. Exercises
l. Give definitions of the contextual meaning of the lexical units below. Point out the derivatives of the words in bold type:
offhand; adolescence; ill-omened; to intimidate; furtive; mortification; enormity; to contradict
2. Study these word combinations:
a furtive glance (manner, smile, movement), furtive behaviour, to pack things furtively, to say something (to speak) with a touch of pride (envy, conceit, contempt, flattery); to sound offhand, in an offhand manner, to act in an offhand way; ill-omened look (sight, cry, sign, smile); the enormity of the offence, to see the enormity of intimidation, to reveal the enormity of the crime, to expose the enormity of nuclear weapons; to contradict a person (the authorities, the truth, bare facts, the previous statement), a contradiction in terms, contradictory feelings (rumours, versions); the mortification of failure (denial, unpopularity)
3. Translate into Russian:
1. Let us have a vote for the agenda as it stands 2. He spoke of his native town with a touch of sadness 3. It was hard stand the clerk's offhand manner. 4. This is one of the most ill-omened faces I have ever seen in my life. 5. The butler made a furtive gesture as if to hide the letter rather than hand it in. 6. A dean is in charge of each faculty. 7. Don't you see the mortification of being treated like a piece of furniture? 8. The article showed a great confusion and contradiction in terms. 9. The tallness of an English policeman is meant to set him apart from the rest of the people. 10. The lecturer was shocked to see a solitary figure picking its way to the exit. 11. The enormity of your suspicion seems to be beyond your understanding. 2. The girl spent her childhood and adolescence in Poland, that is why she speaks Polish so fluently. 13. The police succeeded in intimidating two witnesses into silence, but a new witness emerged who would not surrender to intimidation.
4. Complete the following sentences. Make your comparisons somewhat exaggerated or comic. M o d e l: He spoke with a touch of bitterness as if I had frustrated all his lifelong ambitions
l. He picked his way carefully as if… 2. You speak of your adolescence as if... 3. She has a way of interrupting you in an offhand manner as though... 4. He glanced at me furtively as if… 5. There was an ill-omened pause in his speech as though... 6. You contradict every phrase I utter as if…
7. He said it with a touch of envy as if… 8. Her beauty set her apart as though...
5. Recall the situations from chapter 1 in which these utterances were used:
l. The boy with fair hair... began to pick his way towards the lagoon
2. He tried to be offhand and not too obviously un interested but the fat boy hurried after him.
3. "I was the only boy in our school what had asthma said the fat boy with a touch of pride
4. He was... not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him awkward.
5. Protected from the sun ignoring Piggy's ill-omened talk, he dreamed pleasantly.
6. He was intimidated by this uniformed superiority and the offhand authority in Merridew's voice.
7. There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew...
8. "Let's have a vote." "Vote for chief!"
9. The being that had blown that was set apart
10. ...the freckles on Jack's face disappeared under a blush mortification
11. "Jack's in charge of the choir."
12. The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
13. He looked round fiercely daring them to contradict.