- •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
III. Questions and topics for discussion
1. What difference was there between the first and the second meeting on the platform? Discuss the information Ralph gave to the audience. Why did Ralph accentuate the glamour of living on an uninhabited island? What made Jack constantly break in?
2. Comment on the first measures taken by Ralph to ensure discipline and order.
3. The episode with the little boy who was afraid of "the beastie". Why did Ralph insist that there was no beast? What was the danger of Jack's reaction to it?
4. The boys regard the possibility of being rescued. Why did Ralph follow the others when they rushed to the mountain to make a fire?
5. The boys gather the fuel. Whom did the work unite! Which of the boys was set apart?
6. Whose idea was it to use Piggy's glasses to light the fire? What was dangerous about the way the idea was put into practice? Why did Piggy protest so violently? What made Jack choose Piggy an object of his scorn?
7. The first death on the island. Was it an accident? How did the boys take it?
8. Jack's hunting activities. Was it only meat he was after? Quote the text to confirm your view.
9. Ralph is disappointed in the boys. Why did Ralph and Jack treat hunting differently? Discuss the growing antagonism between them.
10. Sum up all the references to the conch and its growing importance. What does the conch symbolize? Point out the episode when danger to the conch meant violation of order among the boys. Why was Piggy the protector and Jack - the enemy of the conch?
11. Comment upon the titles of chapters 2 and 3. Specify their implications.
Assignment 3
I. Active vocabulary
to adjust oneself to smth bloodthirsty
dubious outsider
to huddle together disinclination for smth
to exercise control over smb. chant smth
taboo to assert one's chieftainship to imposesmth upon smb
II. Exercises
1. Explain the meaning of these words and word combinations: to adjust oneself; dubious; to huddle together; taboo; disinclination; to chant; to impose; to assert
2. Arrange these words into pairs of synonyms: to impose; to adjust oneself; to hinder; barbarian; dubious;
to prevent; to adapt oneself; sinister; disinclination; ill-omened; to force; savage; doubtful; unwillingness
3. Study these word combinations, add some more:
a dubious result (compliment, influence), dubious help (progress, advice, value); bloodthirsty eyes (cries, savages, wolves); disinclination for manual labour (continuous effort, planning one's actions), inclination for research (self-analysis, exaggeration, aggressive actions); to impose advice upon people, to impose one's friendship upon the younger, to impose one's opinion upon the indifferent, to impose one's authority upon the audience; to assert one's rights (claims, statements, power), to assert oneself, self-assertion; to exercise control over the activities of some people (a committee, an institution, a department)
4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
1. The woman was the self-assertive type: peremptory, admitting of no criticism but provoking a lot. 2. His aunt's arrival was a dubious surprise. 3. It will be difficult for you to adjust yourself to the new routine within a fortnight. 4. Your
inclination for laughing at the wrong moments and your disinclination for serious effort go hand in hand, don't they? 5 When it started raining, the sheep huddled together under an enormous oak-tree. 6.1 don't want to impose my will upon you nor exercise control over your actions, but I strongly advise you to think twice before taking your final decision. 7. The football fans chanted encouragements to their favourites producing a lot of unwelcome noise throughout the match. 8. The boy playing the role of the wolf made such bloodthirsty cries that the spectators looked at him in terror. 9. The errant son's name became a taboo in the Hyde family.
5. Make up sentences of your own with these words and expressions: dubious, outsider, to huddle together, to impose smth on (upon) smb, disinclination for smth