- •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
6. Apply the words and word combinations below to situations and personages different from those in the novel
ill-omened; to set smb apart; mortification; to contradict; to say smth with a touch of
7. Explain in English:
scar; creeper; reef; lagoon; jetty; coign; crag
8. Paraphrase or explain:
1. The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. (p. 40)
2. You could see now that he might make a boxer, as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil (p. 44)
3. This last piece of shop brought sniggers from the choir,... (p. 58)
4. ...what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy... (p. 60)
5. He (Ralf) hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult. (p. 64)
III. Questions and topics for analysis and discussion
1. Speak about the author of the book.
2. Where is the scene laid? What had happened on the island before Ralph and Piggy met? Give your idea of the time of the action.
3. Give a character sketch of Ralph relying on the references to his appearance, manner, background.
4. Sum up Piggy: his appearance, manner, background, Point out the grammar peculiarities of his speech, instances of his cleverness, of his being able to give good advice. Why was Piggy set apart from the others from the very start? Was it betrayal on Ralph's part to mention Piggy's nickname?
5. Discuss Jack: his appearance, manner, position in the choir, his features of a leader, his opinion of himself. What did his authority rest on?
6. Why did the children prefer Ralph for their chief? How did Ralph and Jack react to it?
7. Why did Ralph and Jack like each other?
8. Pay attention to the way Ralph, Piggy and Jack expressed their strong emotions. How does it characterize each?
9. How did Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon regard their finding themselves on an uninhabited island?
10. Discuss Ralph's first steps as a leader.
11. Dwell on the episode with the piglet.
12. Account for the title of the chapter. Trace all references to the shell, its physical properties, its functions power it gave to Ralph.
13. Make a list of words and expressions characteristic of schoolboys' slang.
Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3
I. Active vocabulary
to break in to catch smb's eye to convey smth to smb
savage n challengingly to shout smb down
hinder to set smth on fire nightmare
by tacit consent spontaneously
II. Exercises
1. Give definitions of the contextual meaning of these lexical units: to break in; to convey; to challenge; to hinder; spontaneously; by tacit consent; nightmare
2. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations; suggest some more: to look round challengingly, to challenge, to challenge a person to a duel; to convey some meaning (peace and understanding, amiable feelings, local colour); by tacit consent (understanding, agreement, approval); to act (react, answer) spontaneously, a spontaneous reaction (act, question)
3. Translate into Russian:
1. Words fail to convey my feelings. 2. The speech he made was spontaneous but impressive. 3. By tacit consent we went on working after the bell. 4. Please, don't break in till I have finished. 5. See to it that the child is not hindered in his work. 6. There was a challenge in his voice which nobody dared to answer. 7. The walk along the muddy road in the dark was a nightmare. 8. There was a tumult at the end of the meeting caused by the speaker's sarcasm. Somebody tried to shout him down but thought better of it after catching the chairman's eye. Don't drop matches here. You may set the forest on fire in this hot weather. 10. Fancy him calling us a mob of savages! Did savages dance to a tape-recorder?