Assignment № 9 Chapter XI “Castle Rock” (pp. 253-271 / 169-182)

I. Learn the pronunciation of the following words:

luminous, myopia, multitudinous, propitiatingly, impenetrable, weapon, saber, agonizingly, truculently, cessation, lethal, muscles, foliage, rhythmic

2. Study the following words and word-combinations, explain them and use them in the situations from the book:

to take the job off smb.’s hands (253/169); to scurry hither and thither (253/169); to hold on to smb. (254/169); to be a sport (256/171); to seek in one’s mind for words (256/172); against all odds (257/172); to find by touch (257/172); out of recognition (261/175); to play a dirty trick on smb. (263/176); to keep out of fighting distance (264/177); to keep an eye on smb. (264/177); to parry the blow (266/179).

2. Find in the text synonyms to the following words:

dirty (257/172), very large (259/173), very little (260/174), to decide (261/175), to steal (263/176), to take hold of (266/178), to scream (268/180), seriously (270/182).

2. Translate the following sentences into English using the vocabulary of the chapter:

1. Ральф дул на костёр, пока у него не зазвенело в ушах от усилий, но всё без толку. Наконец утренний ветерок снял с него эту заботу. 2. Хрюша не собирался умолять Джека быть человеком. Он не хотел просить его вернуть очки, как об одолжении. Он был полон желания сказать Джеку, что тот обязан отдать очки. 3. Хрюша знал, что ему не поздоровится, но его терпение кончилось. 4. Хрюша мог найти дорогу только на ощупь. Поэтому Ральф посоветовал ему держаться на безопасном расстоянии. 5. Ральф не спускал глаз с Джека и отбивал его удары своим копьём.

V. Comment on the following sentences:

1. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought p. 258(172).

2. Which is better to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? p. 268(180).

3. … they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears p. 268(180).

4. The hangman’s horror clung round him p. 270(182).

VI. On a separate sheet of paper give a written translation of the passage on p. 268(180) from “Ralph heard the great rock…” up to p. 269(181) “… Piggy was gone”.

VII. Items for discussion:

1. How do you account for Piggy’s resolution to go to Jack’s tribe?

2. Why did the boys smarten up before going there?

3. Did anybody expect their coming?

4. Dwell upon the symbolic meaning of the conch exploding into a thousand white fragments.

5. Give a character sketch of Roger.

Assignment № 10 Chapter XII “The Cry of the Hunters” (pp. 271-279 / 183-202)

I. Learn the pronunciation of the following words:

pursuit, injury, fatal, vapour, ululation, vague, ambushing, interior, decipher, loyalty, ensconce, volleying, ravenously, elephantine, cruiser

2. Study the following words and word-combinations, give their synonyms and use them in the situations from the text:

for the time being (272/184), to make an outlaw of smb. (272/184), to shove off (277/187), to occur to smb. (279/189), to snatch at the advantage (280/190), to take (no) time (282/191), to diddle the savages (282/191), to have a stroke of luck (283/192), to put all eggs in one basket (288/195), to give a clue to a plan (288/195), to put up a good show (296/202).

2. Match the word or phrase with its definition:

1. thicket

2. to jeer at smb.

3. to be touched by smb.’s action

4. simpleton

5. to pull oneself together

6. innocence

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a) somebody who has a very low level of intelligence

b) to force oneself to stop behaving in a nervous way

c) the fact of not being guilty of a crime

d) a group of bushes and small trees

e) to be moved and a little embarrassed

f) to laugh unkindly at smb. to show that you strongly disapprove of them

2. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and phrases:

У него потекли слюнки (272\183), оставить кого-либо в покое (272\184), по его телу побежали мурашки (273\184), держать что-либо наготове (274\185), мне чурики (я в домике) (275\186), поднять тревогу (277\187), тебе же лучше будет (278\188), растянуться цепью (279\189), стоять на страже (280\190), продираться сквозь чащобу (287\195), прорвать цепь (288\196), пугало (295\201), передумать (296\201).

2. Situations of encouragement.

2. Comment on the following sentences:

1. Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone (272-273/184)

2. Roger sharpened a stick at both ends (280/190)

3. A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary cap on his hair … started forward, then changed his mind and stood still (296/201)

2. Topics for discussion:

1. What did Ralph see in the middle of the clearing?

2. Dwell upon the twins’ behavior when they saw Ralph. Why did they open Jack’s plans?

3. What ideas did Ralph have to rescue from the pursuit and which did he choose?

4. How do the boys change when the adults appear on the island?

5. Are you satisfied with the way the book ends? Why? Is it a weak ending?

6. Is the story true to life?