5. Translate in writing the following sentences making use of your active vocabulary.

1. Когда мама умерла, все осознали, что она всю жизнь работала на них, никогда не имела денег, на которые она могла бы купить то, что хотела, в то же время никто не подозревал, что она больна.

2. Никто не мог помешать Роберту заботиться о дедушке, и он делал всё возможное, чтобы помочь ему.

3. С точки зрения Дила, Скаут должна была войти в дом первой.

4. Время от времени он поднимал палец и говорил что-то важное, затем он поднялся и ушёл.

5. Родители увидели, что их комната была в беспорядке, но их сын говорил, что не имеет к этому никакого отношения.

6. Скаут не хотела присоединиться к мальчикам, чтобы идти к «Страшиле Рэдли», особенно после того, как штаны Джема были разорваны и затем кем-то зашиты.

7. Ему всю жизнь трудно бросить курить.

8. Хотя все привыкли к тому, что он всегда всем удовлетворён, в тот день он казался равнодушным ко всему.

9. Хотя он был позором для своей семьи, он никогда не терпел поражения.

10. Аттикус пытался отговорить детей от преследования «Страшилы Рэдли», но не был уверен, что имеет право на это.

    6. Write a short composition, answering one of the following questions. Be ready to present the talk in class.

• What do you think of the games the children played? Was it cruel of them to do it?

• What kind of man was Mr. Radley? Try to guess it.

Unit II

Chapters 7 – 9

1. Learn the following lexical items and set expressions.

Active Vocabulary

1. to invent smth; invention;

2. contest; to enter/ take part in a contest;

3. to be worth smth; How much do you reckon the house is worth?; The book is definitely worth reading.

4. to change; to change smth for smth;

5. to change one’s mind about smth, doing smth ;

6. to be deep in thought;

7. to go to work; to come back (home) from work;

8. disappointment; to smb’s disappointment; to be disappointed with smth; to be disappointed in smb; to be disappointed that ...;

9. basis (pl bases); on this basis; to have a basis for smth;

10. to doubt smth; to have doubts/ no doubts about smth;

11. to bury smb; to be buried;

12. to permit (permitted) smb to do smth; to ask someone’s permission to do smth;

13. little by little;

14. to complete smth;

15. to be impressed with/ by smth;

16. one by one;

17. safety;

18. to do away with smb/ smth;

19. to avoid smth/ doing smth;

20. a number of smth; a great number of smth;

21. to let smb down;

22. disaster; disastrous; disastrous effects;

23. to approve of smth; to disapprove of smth;

24. to despise smb;

25. fair;

26. to get away with smth.

2. Get ready to answer the following questions:

1. What did Jem tell Scout about his school life? Was it interesting for him? Why?

2. What gifts did Jem and Scout find in the knothole?

3. What happened to the hole in the oak? Who did it? How did Mr. Radley explain his action? Was he sincere about it?

4. What happened in Maycomb in winter?

5. What was so special about the night of the fire?

6. Was Ms. Maudie grieving the next day?

7. What happened at school then? Tell us the story of Cecil Jacobs’ calling Scout’s father a nigger-lover.

8. What was Atticus in for? Who was Tom Robinson?

9. What were the reasons why Atticus was to defend Tom in court?

10. How did he ask Scout to behave? Did she fulfil his wish?

11. What were the developments at Christmas? Where did the Finches go?

12. What presents did Scout, Jem and Francis get? Do the presents they got reveal their characters to the Reader?

13. What did Francis tell Jean Louise after Christmas dinner? How did their fight end?

14. What kind of conversation did Scout and Uncle Jack have?

15. What did Uncle Jack and Atticus talk about? Could Scout overhear their conversation? Was it on purpose that Atticus let her do it?