Wee-Willie-Winky

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 342.

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) – a British writer born in India. He is known for his poems, novels and short stories, especially the popular children's book The Jungle Book and for his poem If. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. He is sometimes criticized now as being a strong supporter of the British Empire and British imperialism.

1. Read the story.

2. Study the following words. Read them and translate them into Russian:

colonel, discipline, subaltern, sword, rein, badge, compound, regiment, lieutenant, groom, quarters, culprit, cantonment.

3. Read and translate the following passages:

· p. 77 – “Children resent… opinion”.

· p. 88 – “Another man… harm him”.

4. Study the following vocabulary items and bring out the situations in which they are used by the author:

· p. 77 – to deprive of

· p. 77 – to chase

· p. 79 – to get into mischief

· p. 81 – to play one's trump card

· p. 81 – I tell you what

· p. 83 – at all hazards

· p. 85 – to be moved

· p. 87 – to ask for the ransom

· p. 88 – to spare

· p. 89 – in shirt sleeves

· p. 90 – to condone

5. Make up a situation of your own using not less than 8 units from the list above.

6. Analyse the adjective unspeakable and try to remember as many adjectives with the same structure.

7. Translate the following combination from the story: “a tone of too hastily assumed authority”.

8. Translate the following word-combinations into Russian:

· I-know-you-and-you-know-me friendliness

· bring-your-own-bottle parties

· I-don't-know-your-name girls

· don't-give-a-damn attitude

· play-the-game sporting air

9. Translate into English:

1) Мальчик не возражал, когда был лишён сладкого за то, что он гонял кур по двору, но он очень страдал, когда его лишили свободы за то, что он шалил.

2) Я тебе вот что скажу: если ты дашь этому человеку возможность сыграть козырной картой, он, несомненно, воспользуется этим и никого не пощадит.

3) Я был тронут его решимостью помочь мне довести это дело до конца, несмотря на все опасности. За это я готов простить все обиды.

4) Террористы запросили выкуп, и, когда им казалось, что цель близка, их арестовали и отправили в тюрьму.

10. Answer the following questions:

1) Where is the scene laid in the story?

2) Who was Wee-Willy-Winky? What can you say about his family?

3) What did he want to discuss with Coppy?

4) How did it happen that he was arrested?

5) Why did he have to break the arrest?

6) What can you say about his behaviour under the extraordinary circumstances?

7) How was he treated after this adventure? How did his behaviour change?