Assignment № 1

Chapter I. “The Sound of the Shell” (pp. 39-73 \ 7-31). **

1. Make use of internet to find information about William Golding and his novel “Lord of the Flies”. Be ready to share it with the others.

2. Study the pronunciation of the following words:

lagoon, echo, adolescence, typhoon, rescue, conch, obedience, descent, choir, mirage, to exhaust.

3. Learn the following words and word-combinations, explain their meaning in English and use them in the situations from the book:

to be offhand 41 (8), as far as smth. goes 44 (10), to undo smth. 44 (10), to bear smth. with patience 48 (13), to make the best of a bad job 58 (20), to intimidate 58 (21), to know one’s own mind 59 (21), to keep to oneself 59 (22), to be no good 63 (24).

4. Give English equivalents to the following verbs of motion and use them in sentences of your own:

пробираться 39 (7), карабкаться 39 (7), направиться 42 (9), кинуться прочь 42 (9), перелезть через что-либо 43 (9), поспешить куда-либо 46 (12), идти на цыпочках 48 (13), трусить, семенить 49 (14), броситься вперед 72 (31).

5. Think of some short situation (5-6 sentences) to encourage your group-mates to use the vocabulary of tasks 2-4. Do not mix up this task with the task Complete my sentence, please!

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* При подготовке данного раздела использованы некоторые задания, представленные в Методических разработках по домашнему чтению по книге У. Голдинга «Повелитель мух» (составитель В.Г. Прозоров), Петрозаводск, КГПИ, 1986 г.

** Здесь и далее первая цифра указывает № страницы по изданию 1982 года, а вторая – по изданию 1995 года

6. Answer the following questions:

1. When does the action take place? How can you prove it? 2. What happened to the boys? 3. What did Ralph use the shell for? 4. What did the boys who had gathered on the beach look like? 5. How did the members of the choir differ from the other boys? 6. Why did Jack prefer to be called by his last name? 7. Why was Ralph elected chief? 8. What plan did he put forward? 9. What did the boys feel like during the expedition? 10. What made the boys think that the island was uninhabited? 11. Why did Jack fail to stab the pig?

VII. Comment on the sentence:

“… here at last was the imagined but never fully realized place leaping into real life” (p. 50 \ 15).

VIII. Give character sketches of Ralph, Piggy and Jack. Prepare a list of key-words for each sketch.

IX. On a separate sheet of paper give a written translation of the extract on p. 72 (31) from “They were in the beginning … up to … back to the track”.

Assignment № 2 Chapter II “Fire on the Mountain” (pp. 73-93 / 32-47) Chapter III “Huts on the Beach” (pp. 94-106 / 48-57)

1. Learn the pronunciation of the following words:

to seize, dubiety, to caress, maintenance, grotesque, incompetence, horizon, silhouette, tumult, opaque, spear

2. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. Use them in the situations from the book:

to look round challengingly 74 (33), to break the rules 75 (33), to be about to do smth. 77 (35), to twist into oneself 77 (35), to keep up with 82 (38), to be the first to do smth. 83 (39), to find room for smth. 83 (39), to break into a cheer 85 (41), to keep a look-out 88 (43), to lose one’s temper 91 (45), on all fours 94 (48), to take smb. seriously 100 (53), to get fed up 103 (55), to cock one’s ears 106 (57).

3. Give English equivalents to the following phrases:

влезть в разговор (32), голосовать поднятием руки (33), взрыв смеха (35), искать поддержки (36), неподтвержденный доказательствами (37), потерять нить разговора (37), перекричать (43), завизжать, запищать (44), выйти из себя (45), жестикулировать, пытаясь подобрать подходящее слово (50).

4. Situations of encouragement.

5. Fill in the gaps with prepositions:

1. Ralph surveyed the wreck __ distaste. 2. He rolled __ and peered __ Jack’s fierce, dirty face. 3. He screwed __ his eyes and swung __ __ search the horizon. 4. The ground was hardened __ an accustomed tread and as Jack rose __ his full height he heard something moving __ it. 5. He squatted __, parted the leaves and looked __ __ the clearing. 6. I wonder how far __ you could see that.

6. Comment on the following sentences:

1. Until grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun (77\35). 2. Once more … was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure and content (83\39). 3. But you can feel you are not hunting, but – being hunted (101\53). 4. Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was (101\53).

7. Topics for discussion:

1. The meeting and the decisions taken at it.

2. Making a fire on the mountain.

3. Dwell upon the symbolic meaning of the conch.

4. You are Piggy. Make up your speech on top of the mountain.

5. What was the attitude of the boys towards Simon and to what he said? Why?

8. Give a written translation of the extract on p. 83 (39) from “They found a likeliest path” … up to “Not for the two of us”.