Assignment № 6

Chapter XI “Castle Rock”

Chapter XII “The Cry of the Hunters”

I. Read, copy out the new words, be ready to discuss the chapters.

II. Give the summary of the chapters.

III. Pronounce the following words properly, give the translation:

a)

1) agonizingly,

2) cessation,

3) foliage,

4) impenetrable,

5) lethal,

6) luminous,

7) multitudinous,

8) muscles,

9) myopia,

10) propitiatingly,

11) saber,

12) truculently,

13) weapon,

b)

1) ambushing,

2) decipher,

3) elephantine,

4) ensconce,

5) pursuit,

6) ravenously,

7) ululation,

8) vapour,

9) volleying,

IV. Explain the meanings of the following expressions, give the translation, memorize for the dictation and reproduce the situations they are used in:

a)

1) against all odds;

2) out of recognition;

3) to be a sport;

4) to find by touch;

5) to hold on to smb.;

6) to keep an eye on smb.;

7) to keep out of fighting distance;

8) to parry the blow.

9) to play a dirty trick on smb.;

10) to scurry hither and thither;

11) to seek in one’s mind for words;

12) to take the job off smb.’s hands;

b)

1) for the time being,

2) to diddle the savages,

3) to give a clue to a plan,

4) to have a stroke of luck,

5) to make an outlaw of smb.,

6) to occur to smb.,

7) to put all eggs in one basket,

8) to put up a good show.

9) to shove off,

10) to snatch at the advantage,

11) to take (no) time,

V. 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.

VI. 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

VII. Multiple choice: Circle the letter of the best answer to each question.

1. Why is Piggy scared when following Ralph and the twins?

a. He knows he is near a cliff.

b. He is afraid of being attacked.

c. He is afraid to confront Jack.

2. What does Roger do when Ralph tries to start an assembly?

a. He walks away.

b. He throws his spear.

c. He throws rocks.

3. What does Ralph say to make Jack angry?

a. that Jack is a thief

b. that Jack is a bad chief

c. that Jack is uncivilized

4. What do the hunters take from Ralph?

a. the conch

b. the twins

c. his spear

5. What is destroyed when Piggy dies?

a. his glasses

b. the conch

c. the pig skull

6. What does Ralph encounter when walking

through the forest?

a. a wild boar

b. the pig’s skull

c. the birthmarked boy

7. What do Sam and Eric tell Ralph when he finds them?

a. They tell him to go away.

b. They tell him where to hide.

c. They tell him to come with them.

8. Where does Ralph originally hide?

a. in a cave

b. in a thicket

c. on the beach

9. What is the first thing Ralph sees when he wakes up?

a. a ship

b. Sam and Eric

c. a naval officer

10. What surprises the officer about the boys?

a. that they have survived on the island

b. that two boys have already died

c. that they are so upset

VIII. Answer the questions:

1. Who protests out of the “heart of civilization”?

2. How does Piggy die?

3. How do the hunters attempt to get Ralph out of his first hiding place?

4. How does Ralph feel once he is on his own?

5. What does Ralph try to convince himself of regarding the hunters?

6. Why does Ralph destroy the pig’s skull?

7. How does Ralph feel about the twins being part of Jack’s hunters?

8. How does Ralph behave like a savage himself in desperation to get away from hunters who find him?

9. What are Ralph’s different strategies for escaping the hunters?

10. Why do the boys cry when they are finally rescued?

11. Why does Piggy finally decide to confront Jack?

12. How does the hunters’ war paint change them?

13. What are the hunters’ reactions when Ralph tries to remind them they need to focus on being rescued?

14. What role does Roger play among the hunters?

IX. Comment on the following sentences:

1. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.

2. Which is better to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?

3. … they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears.

4. The hangman’s horror clung round him.

5. Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone.

6. Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.

7. A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary cap on his hair … started forward, then changed his mind and stood still.

IX. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Is the story true to life?

X. G ive a written translation of the passage from “Ralph heard the great rock…” up to “… Piggy was gone”.

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