Chapter VI.
Comprehension exercises.
1. Read the following statements. Say whether they are true according to the story, if not, correct them.
1. Dill and Jem wanted to peep in the window of Boo Radley.
2. The back of the Radley’s house was less inviting than the front.
3. Jem was the first who saw the shadowat the porch of the Radley’s.
4. Jean was the second who saw the shadow at the porch of the Radley’s.
5. Dill said to adults that they were playing strip poker.
6. Children played with matches.
7. Jean ordered Jem to bring his pants.
8. Jean unlatched the back door and held it while Jem crept down the steps.
2. Arrange the following sentences in the proper order according to the contents of the text.
1. Jem whistled bob-white and Dill answered in the darkness.
2. He came up the back steps, latched the door behind him, and sat on his cot.
3. The neighbors seemed satisfied: they all stiffened.
4. Then I saw the shadow.
5. It’s arm came out from its side, dropped, and was still.
6. We came to the gate that divided the garden from the back yard.
7. Jem leaped off the poach and galloped toward us.
8. Atticus was standing beside Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford.
9. Occasionally we heard Miss Stephanic Crawford laugh.
10. She sat at the dresser combing her hair.
3. Find the right variant of answer.
1. What did Jem see in the window?
a) Boo Radleyc) picture
b) curtainsd) shadow
2. Why couldn’t Jean sleep?
a) Jem didn’t let her sleepc) She was afraid of Boo’s revenge.
b) she was afraid of Atticusd) she saw Boo
3. Who asked Jem about his pants?
a) Atticus c) Jean
b) Dilld) Miss Maudie
4. Continue the following sentences and translate them.
1. One evening we were privileged to witness a performance by him which seemed …
2. Jem was not one to dwell on past defeats …
3. Then it turned and moved back across Jem …
4. Halfway through the collards I tripped …
5. We run back and found him struggling in the fence …
6. Every night-sound I heard from my cot …
7. Sometimes I did not understand him …
Vocabulary exercises.
1. Find the Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
To choke, to bob, to stir, pilgrimage, to latch, sweat, to leap, to dwell, to creak, option, box, ramshackle, to grab, to crouch, to skip, to crawl, respiration, shotgun, to field, to linger, to blow out.
2. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
Дать осечку, рот, сомнительный, окружать, тень, делать знак рукой (приглашать), ставни, трусишка, бежать в припрыжку, суматоха, ослепительно яркий свет, торопиться, царапина, кровать, злобный, необитаемый, отвага, оцепенение, шевелиться, небытие.
3. Translate the following sentences:
1. At first we saw nothing but a kudzu-covered front porch, but a closer inspection revealed an arc of water descending from the leaves and splashing in the yellow circle of the street light, some ten feet from source to earth, it seemed to us.
2. Because nobody could see them at night, because Atticus would be so deep in a book he wouldn’t hear the Kingdom coming, because if Boo Radley killed them they’d miss school instead of vacation, and because it was easier to see inside a dark house in the dark than in the daytime, did I understand?
3. With this thought in mind, I made perhaps one step per minute.
4. Respiration normal, the three of us strolled as casually as we could to the front yard.
5. Had Jem’s pants been safely on him, we would not have slept much anyway. Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces; the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive. I lingered between sleep and wakefulness until I heard Jem murmur.
Discussion.
- Answerthefollowingquestions:
1. Why did children wanted to peep in Boo Radley’s house?
2. Why didn’t they obey Atticus?
3. Why did Dill say that they were playing strip poker?
4. Why did Jem decide to back for his pants?
5. Who shoot and why?
2. Make the detailed plan of chapter IV.
Arrange the following sentences in the proper order according to the contents of the text.
1. Jem whistled bob-white and Dill answered in the darkness.
2. She sat at the dresser combing her hair.
3. Jccasionally we heard Miss Stephanic Crawford laugh.
4. We came to the gate that divided the garden from the back yard.
5. Then I saw the shadow.
6. It’s arm came out from its side, dropped, and was still.
7. Jem leaped off the poach and galloped toward us.
8. Atticus was standing beside Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford.
9. The neighbors seemed satisfied: they all stiffened.
10. He came up the back steps, latched the door behind him, and sat on his cot.