- •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
8. Say whose utterances these are and interpret the full meaning of each:
1. "Conch! Conch! We don't need the conch any more." 2. "I just think you'll get back all right."
3. "I hit him. I hit him with my spear, I wounded him."
4."Use a littlun." 5. "I'll go if you like. I don't mind, honestly."
6. "Why do you hate me?" 7. "I am going up the mountain to look for the beast — now. Coming?"
III. Questions and topics for discussion
1. "The sign" from the adult world. Was that world as sensible as the boys pictured it in their minds?
2. The twins see "the beast" and spread the news. Point out fantastic details in the twins' story. Note the contrast between Ralph's dream and the dreadful reality he had to face.
3. Specify Jack's, Ralph's and Piggy's reaction to the news. Point out the most sensible things Ralph insisted on. Account for Jack's aggressiveness.
4. Discuss Ralph's behaviour as chief when they came up to the castle. What made him come forward and face the unknown all by himself?
5. Comment upon the lack of order and discipline among the boys at the most dangerous moments and after them. Describe what they looked like. What necessities were they devoid of on the island?
• 6. What glimpses of Ralph's childhood does the author afford? Find proof that Ralph felt nostalgic about it. Which of the lost benefits of his childhood did he regret most?
7. The hunt with Ralph's participation. Were Ralph's feelings different from Jack's under the circumstances? Describe the game of mock hunt. What dangerous instincts did hunting release in the boys?
8. The expedition to the mountain. Compare Ralph's and Jack's attitude to its aim. Comment upon Jack's attempts to compromise Ralph before the boys. Did the expedition make sense in the dark?
9. Sum up the result of the expedition. Whose fault was its failure? Imagine the same expedition in broad daylight. 10. Account for the titles of these chapters.
Assignment 6 (Chapters 8, 9)
I. ACITVE VOCABULARY
to be astir derisive to steal off to raid smb/smth for smth
menace derision to unburden oneself lame
rebuke to have the daring to do smth evolve demented
II. EXERCISES
1. Define the contextual meaning of these lexical units relying on an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
to be astir; menace; to rebuke; derision; to steal off; to evolve; lame; demented
2. Arrange these lexical units into pairs of antonyms:
lame; sane; to threaten; sensible; to have the daring to do smth; to praise; demented; unreasonable; to funk; to be astir;
valid; to quieten down; to rebuke; to menace
3. Study the use of the active vocabulary. Account for the use or absence of the articles in the sentences (b):
a) a derisive word (laughter, reply, question), to excite (stimulate, provoke, escape) derision, to be an object of social derision, to deride inefficiency (clumsiness, ugliness, stupidity); a lame excuse (story, theory, argument); demented people (society, children), demented with frenzy (worry, alarm, panic); to have the daring to insist on justice (to contradict an authority, to stick to one's opinion, to make an experiment); a menace to world peace (to life, to health, to civilization), to menace a nation by war, to brandish a spear menacingly
b) 1. The village was astir with alarm when the enemy forces got near. 2. A mystery evolved round the Baskerville family. 3. The boy needed sympathy but found only derision. 4. Nobody will have the daring to go to the party uninvited. 5. Does your mother rebuke you when you sit down to table with your hands dirty? 6. When adolescents raid orchards for fruit, they are after the excitement of risk rather than green apples or plums. 7. He was about to unburden himself, but saw unfriendly prim faces around, thought better of it and produced lame story to incredulous ears. 8. When seeing the dog approach the kitten, the cat gave out a demented shriek and rushed to protect her little one.