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Assignment #5.

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(up to the words: «The breeze was steady».)

Study the pronunciation and the meaning of the following:

to swamp; a sword; a thwart; cumulus; cirrus; malignancy; resolution; to plough; to be mutilated; scavenger.

 

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

•зрощувати, сполучати

•валятися, борсатися

•прищимити, здавлювати

•тягнути, буксирувати

•правити кермом, управляти

•харчуватися чим-небудь

•розтинати

•перешкода

 

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

Prepare good reading and translation of the passage«He did not need a compass... tasted good?»

 

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».

2. «When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were hit».

3. «A man can be destroyed but not defeated».

4. «But I must think, he thought. Because it is all I have left».

5. «He watched only the forward part of the fish and some of his hope returned».

 

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’?

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

Assignment #6.

 

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

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

¨ to revolt, to protest

¨ to extract, to pull out

¨ to eat up what the others have left on the table

 

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. Джоана стискувала дверну ручку, але не наважувалася увійти. Боб, який проходив поруч, запитав її: «Ти що, підслухуєш?». «Ні, що ти! Просто вчора я протестувала проти підписання нового контракту і боюся, що, коли я увійду, всі обрушаться на мене». 2. Уенді, яка раніше була завзятим курцем, ударилася в іншу крайність і кинула палити. 3. Енн надовго залишилася у Біла. Вони надто багато часу проводили разом, і це погубило їх стосунки.

 

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

 

VII. Translate the passage on 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»?

2. «You violated your luck when you went too far outside».


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