II. Answer each question in 5-7 complete sentences Include a quote from the text that supports your response. 1. Speak on Mayella Ewell' s testimony.
2. What did Atticus try to emphasize when he cross-examined Mayella?
3. Comment on Tom Robinson's testimony.
4. Can you explain Dill's crying during the trial?
5. Do you agree that Mr. Gilmer is a racist?
Court Reporter:
You are the Maycomb County Reporter. Write a news article for the Maycomb Tribune describing Mayella's and Tom Robinson's testimony.
Translate the paragraph: “Slowly but surely I began to see the pattern of Atticus's questions………..Papa needed them at home” (Chapter 18).
Give a gist of the chapters.
UNIT 10. CHAPTERS 20-21
Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.
aridity (n.): dryness
capital charge (adj. + n.): a charge for a crime that is punishable by death
corroborative evidence (adj. + n.): To corroborate is to strengthen and support. Corroborative evidence, in a trial, is evidence that makes a case stronger. Atticus is telling the jury that there is no evidence to strengthen the case against Tom.
corrupting (vb.): To corrupt someone is to bring that person down to a lower moral level. Since it at first appears that Mr. Raymond has given Dill liquor to drink, it would seem that he is corrupting him.
fraud (n.): a lie; a deception
indicted (vb.): formally accused; charged
minute (adj.): exact; precise.
pauper (n.): an extremely poor person
perpetrated (vb.): committed
temerity (n.): foolish or rash boldness
unmitigated (adj.): out-and-out absolute
acquit (vb.): clear of a charge; find not guilty
charged the jury (vb. + n.): When Judge Taylor charges the jury, he gives them instructions in law before they go off to deliberate or decide the case
exhilarated (adj.): cheerful, merry Words and word combinations for intensive study.
corrupt (v.) run-of-the-mill (adj.)
indict (v.) aridity (n.)
detachment (n.) temerity (n.)
unmitigated (adj.) peeved (adj.)
acquit (v.) to return a verdict Assignments
I. Translate the sentences in which the words and word combinations for intensive study are used. Reproduce them in the situations from the book.
II. Answer each question in 5-7 complete sentences Include a quote from the text that supports your response. Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond? Why is this character important in the context of the trial?
2. Comment on Atticus's speech at the trial. Divide it into logical parts.
Describe the atmosphere in the court-room during the hours of waiting for the jury's verdict
What effect did the verdict make on Jem?
III. Translate the paragraph: “But I must have been reasonably awake……Take him, Mr. Finch”. (Chapter 21).
IV. Give a gist of the chapters. UNIT 11. CHAPTERS 22-23
Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.
feral (adj.): wild; savage
heathen (adj.): unenlightened; without religion or morals
ruefully (adv.): regretfully
commutes (vb.): changes; makes less severe
dry (adj.): clever but subtle
furtive (adj.): sneaky
infantile (adj.): childish
statute (n.): law
vehement (adj.): full of emotion and strong feeling
wary (adj.): cautious
wryly (adv.): humorously; slightly sarcastic Words and word combinations for intensive study.
overstep (v.)
bat an eye comeback (n.)
spit (v.) furtive (adj.)
commute (v.) misgiving (n.)
thunderbolt (n.) tacky (adj.)
fiddling (n.) aggravate (v.) Assignments
I. Translate the sentences in which the words and word combinations for intensive study are used. Reproduce them in the situations from the book.
II. Answer each question in 5-7 complete sentences Include a quote from the text that supports your response. 1. Why did Maycomb's black population deliver an avalanche of food to the Finch's household?
2. Can you prove that Miss Maudie treated Jem as a grown-up?
3. Comment on the conversation between Jem and Miss Maudie.
4. Can you say that Jem, like Tom Robinson, is a mockingbird?
5. In what way did Bob Ewell take his spite out on Atticus? How did the incident affect the children?
6. Jem begins to enter the adult world in these chapters. Comment on it.
7. Who on the jury wanted to acquit Tom? Why? What does it mean for Jem?
8. Why did aunt Alexandra forbid to invite young Walter Cunningham to dinner?
9. What did the children discuss in their bedroom?
III. Translate the paragraph: “According to Miss Stephanie Crawford… he could be dry sometimes” (Chapter 23).
IV. Give a gist of the chapters. UNIT 12. CHAPTERS 24-25
Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.
apprehension (n.): In this case, fear
bellows (n.): a machine that allows air to be pumped through a system; in this case, an organ
bovine (adj.): cow-like
brevity (n.): shortness
devout (adj.): devoted to religion
hypocrites (n.): people who pretend to be something they are not
impertinence (n.): disrespect
largo (adj.): Largo is a direction used in music which means "at a very slow tempo." Mrs. Merriweather is apparently speaking to Scout very slowly.
squalid (adj.): miserable; wretched
squalor (n): filth
vague (adj.): not clearly felt; somewhat subconscious
roly-poly (n.): a small bug that can roll itself into a ball. Also known as a pillbug, sowbug or wood louse.
scowling (vb.): A scowl is a facial expression caused by scrunching up one's forehead and brow; a look of displeasure.
veneer (n.): attractive outer surface. Words and word combinations for intensive study.
squalid (adj.) ordeal (n.)
budge (v.) squalor (n.)
the last straw scowl (v., n.)
trot (v.) obituary (n.)
holler (v.) cripple (n.)
to be pierced
Assignments
I. Translate the sentences in which the words and word combinations for intensive study are used. Reproduce them in the situations from the book.
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