Assignment #5.

(pp. 92-102 (69-80) up to the words: «The breeze was steady».)

I. Study the pronunciation and the meaning of the following:

to swamp 94(72); a sword 95(73); a thwart 96(74); cumulus 97(75); cirrus 98(75); malignancy 99(77); resolution 99(77); to plough 100(77); to be mutilated 100 (78); scavenger 102(80)

 

II. Find in the text the following words and phrases:

¨ сращивать, соединять 95(73)

¨ валяться, барахтаться 95(73)

¨ прищемить, сдавливать 96(74)

¨ тащить, буксировать 97(75)

¨ править рулем, управлять 97(74)

¨ питаться чем-либо 98(76)

¨ рассекать 99(76)

¨ препятствие 101(78)

 

III. Think of some 2-3 sentences for your group-mates either toparaphrase or to translate from Russian into English, using the vocabularyabove.

IV. Prepare good reading and translation of the passage on p.96 (74)«He did not need a compass... tasted good?»

 

V. Comment on the following. Give the examples from oureveryday life where possible to illustrate your point of view.

 

1. «It was too good to last, he thought. I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers» p.100 (78).

2. «When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were hit» p.100 (78).

3. «A man can be destroyed but not defeated» p. 100 (78).

4. «But I must think, he thought. Because it is all I have left» p.100 (78).

5. «He watched only the forward part of the fish and some of his hope returned» p.101 (79).

 

VI. Think over the following problem questions:

1. Why does the old man constantly consider upon his actions from the point of view of «the great Di Maggio»?

2. The old man lived almost without food and water for a pretty long time and didn’t sleep at that. What made him not lose his strength? Was it natural health or great experience or something else? Where else from can you get energy?

3. Do you agree that ‘everything kills everything in some way’ (p. 102(80)?

4. What’s your own understanding of what a sin is?

5. Give your own problem question.

Assignment #6.

(pp.102-117 (80-94)

 

I. Give the title to the part you have read.

 

II. Study the pronunciation of the following words:

Vertebrae, cartilage, trough, rigidity, hatchet, perceptible, proprietor, wrench

 

III. Find the synonyms in the text to the following:

¨ to beat, to hit with a fist 104(82)

¨ to hurt, to plunge (into) with one’s teeth 107(88)

¨ to revolt, to protest 103(81)

¨ to extract, to pull out 104(82)

¨ to eat up what the others have left on the table 112(90)

 

IV. Explain the meaning of the following expressions, containing the words from the text:

· to give smb. a broadside

· to lean over backwards

· to hang out one’s ear

· to hang up one’s hat

 

V. Translate the following sentences:

 

1. Джоанна сжала дверную ручку, но не решалась войти. Проходивший мимо Боб спросил ее: «Ты что, подслушиваешь?». «Нет, что ты! Просто вчера я протестовала против подписания нового контракта и боюсь, что, когда я войду, все обрушатся на меня».

2. Уэнди, которая раньше была заядлой курильщицей, ударилась в другую крайность и бросила курить.

3. Энн надолго осталась у Билла. Они слишком много времени проводили вместе, и это погубило их отношения.

 

VI. Think of some 2-3 sentences for your group-mates to translate from Russian into English usingvocabulary of tasks II-III.

 

VII. Translate the passage on p. 104(82) from «The skiff was still shaking...» up to the end of the passage.

 

VIII. Answer the questions:

1. What reasons besides money and food did the old man have for killing the fish?

2. Do you support the theory that it’s not a sin to kill somebody, if you love him/her?

3. The old man said he thought too much. Do you believe that his thoughts helped him or brought only harm?

4. Was the fish, which the old man had hooked worth killing?

5. Was the old man strong enough to kill the sharks? How did he manage to do away with most of them? Was it a sin to kill them?

6. Why did the old man wish his fight with the sharks to be a dream?

7. What can you buy LUCK with?

8. In what way did the people react to what had happened?

9. Will the old man go fishing again? Why?

 

IX. Comment on the following:

 

1. «You are tired, old man, he said. You’re tired inside»? 107(84).

2. «You violated your luck when you went too far outside». 110(87).

 

 

A written test recommended for checking the students’ knowledge of the vocabulary of the book «The Old Man and the Sea»

Use the vocabulary of the book instead of the underlined word-combinations:

 

1. Bob has quarreled with his former girl-friend last week and yesterday he got married in order to wound her in the most sensitive spot.

2. He had been saving money for three years and didn’t do anything he wanted very much, but not long ago he changed his habits radically and splashed out on a new pair of shoes.

3. Nick’s Granny stayed with him for a long time and in the long run he made up his mind to do away with her and calmly didher in.

4. Brace yourself up! You got stuck because of your habit oftalking too much. And now the only thing to be done is to bebrave and uncomplaining.

5. President Nixon told his wife the secret concerning future financial course of the US but a spy overheard him and blackmailed him afterwards.

 

6. She thought he loved her, but he acted accordingly to his owninterests and overindulged in her confidence.

7. James walked over everybody that’s why there was no one to help him when he was caught by trick.

8. Get a grip on yourself! What a beautiful teacher you are! You shouted your students down only because they didn’t learn the expressions from the text.

9. The old man struggled with the shark and hit her with hisknife.

10.In public this girl seems to drift and not to fall into extremes but at home she doesn’t throw away the slop-pail and speaks rudely to her mother.

«The Old man and the Sea»