PART I: BEFORE LISTENING AND READING ACTIVITIES

Write a summary to the second part of the target reading materials (see Unit 2) to the story. Be ready to present your piece of writing in the class. 

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PART II. VOCABULARY

Find out the meaning of the following words and expressions, before you listen to the recording.

• to get from church 
• well-to-do (adj) 
• corn-merchant (n) 
• to be dressed in her best 
• splendid (adj) 
• robbery (n) 
• to suffer a great deal 
• to be forgiven for one’s sins 
• to sit down at the table 
• as if in a dream (adv) 
• to held on tight to smth 
• large-breathing (adj) 
• middle-aged (adj) 
• with a mouth like a fish 
• staring eyes 
• sandy hair 
• to stand upright 
• to deal with smth 
• to do one’s best to do smth 
• to whisper to smth 
• to struke out on smth 
• at the side of smth 
• a bitter rain comes beating against smb 
• to take smb on one’s back 
• it was no use doing smth 
• of a sudden (adv)

PART III. LISTENING

Listen to track 03_01- 03_02 and put the given excerpts in the correct order.

____a) The sergeant gave us strict orders to keep behind the soldiers, and to speak no word after we reached the marshes. When we were out in the raw air, I whispered to Joe, “I hope we shan’t find them.” And Joe whispered back, “I’d give a shilling to know they were off the marshes, Pip.”
____b) At last, Joe’s job was done. As he put on his coat again, he proposed that some of us should go with the soldiers and see what came of the hunt. Mr. Pumblechook had no such desire, but Mr. Wopsle said he would go, if Joe would. Joe said he would take me too, if my sister approved. My sister said: “If you bring the boy back with his head blown to bits by a musket, don’t expect me to put it together again.”
____c) Everybody, except me, said no, with confidence. Nobody thought of me.
____d) “Yes,” replied the sergeant. “They’re pretty well known to be out on the marshes still. Anybody here seen anything of them?”
____e) “D’you think you’ll catch these convicts, sergeant?” asked Mr. Wopsle, when the men had been supplied with food and drink.
____f) Joe looked at them and announced that the job would take a little while; in the meantime, perhaps the soldiers would like to step inside and take a little to eat and drink; which, of course, they were only too glad to do.
____g) “Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,” he said. “I am on a chase after escaped convicts, and I need a blacksmith.” His eyes settled on Joe. “The lock of these handcuffs is broken,” he said, “and they may be wanted for immediate service. Will you have a look at them?”
____h) It was a sergeant who had spoken to me. He was now looking round at the company with the handcuffs held out in his right hand, and his left on my shoulder.
____i) The sight of the soldiers on our door-step caused the dinner party to rise in some confusion, and caused Mrs. Joe, coming back into the kitchen with empty hands, to stop short and stare, as she said, wonderingly: “The pie’s gone!”
____j) But I got no farther than the house door, for, as I threw it open, I ran headfirst into a party of soldiers with their muskets; one of whom held out a pair of handcuffs to me, saying: “Here you are—these are for you, my boy!”
____k) My sister went out to get it. I saw Mr. Pumblechook balance his knife. I heard Joe say, “You shall have some, Pip.” I felt that I could bear no more. I let go of the leg of the table and ran for my life.
____l) Uncle Pumblechook, who was a large-breathing, middle-aged, slow man, with a mouth like a fish, dull staring eyes, and sandy hair that stood upright on his head, said: “Well, now, Mrs. Joe, we’ll do our best to deal with it.”
____m) I held on tight to the table-leg. Must they! They had little hope of tasting that pie!
____n) The moment came when we all sat down at table. I ate what was given me as if in a dream. The meal was almost over, and I had begun to think that I was safe, when my sister said to her guests: “You must taste a slice of my pie.”
____o) I had suffered a great deal in church, where I had prayed that I might be forgiven for my sins.
____p) When Joe and I got back from church, we found the table laid, Mrs. Joe dressed in her best, the dinner cooking, and everything most splendid. And still not a word of the morning’s robbery!
____q)We had company to dinner that day. Mr. Wopsle, the clerk at church, came to dine; and Uncle Pumblechook, Joe’s uncle, who was a well-to-do corn-merchant in the nearest town.
____r) As we came nearer to the shouting it became more and more certain that it was made by more than one voice. When we had run the noise close, the sergeant went in first, with two of his men close behind. The others stopped and levelled their guns.
____s)The sergeant and his men started running off to the right, and Joe ran after them so fast that I had to hold on tight to keep my seat.
____t) We had been walking some time when, of a sudden, we all came to a stop. There had reached us, on the wings of the wind and the rain, a long shout. It was repeated. No—there seemed to be two or more shouts raised together.
____u) We struck out on to the marsh through the gate at the side of the churchyard. A bitter rain came beating against us, and Joe took me on his back. I considered for the first time whether my convict, if we came upon him, would suppose that it was I who had brought the soldiers there? But it was no use asking myself this question now. There I was on Joe’s back, and there were the soldiers in a line in front, moving towards the Battery.

PART IV. AFTER LISTENING AND READING ACTIVITIES

Answer the following questions.
1. Who was about to have dinner that day?
2. Who was Uncle Pumblechook?
3. Did Mrs Joe know about the morning’s robbery?
4. Why was Pip nervous when having dinner?
5. What was Uncle Pumblechook like? Describe him.
6. What caused the dinner party to rise in some confusion?
7. Who had spoken to Pip?
8. What was Joe asked to do? How long did it take Joe to cope with the task?
9. Where did Joe and Pip go? What for?
10. What was the weather like that day?

PART V. TRANSLATION
Translate the following sentences from English into your mother tongue.

1. We had company to dinner that day. Mr. Wopsle, the clerk at church, came to dine; and Uncle Pumblechook, Joe’s uncle, who was a well-to-do corn-merchant in the nearest town.
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2. When Joe and I got back from church, we found the table laid, Mrs. Joe dressed in her best, the dinner cooking, and everything most splendid. And still not a word of the morning’s robbery!
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3. Uncle Pumblechook, who was a large-breathing, middle-aged, slow man, with a mouth like a fish, dull staring eyes, and sandy hair that stood upright on his head, said: “Well, now, Mrs. Joe, we’ll do our best to deal with it.”
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4. But I got no farther than the house door, for, as I threw it open, I ran headfirst into a party of soldiers with their muskets; one of whom held out a pair of handcuffs to me, saying: “Here you are—these are for you, my boy!”
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5. Joe looked at them and announced that the job would take a little while; in the meantime, perhaps the soldiers would like to step inside and take a little to eat and drink; which, of course, they were only too glad to do.
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6. The sergeant gave us strict orders to keep behind the soldiers, and to speak no word after we reached the marshes. When we were out in the raw air, I whispered to Joe, “I hope we shan’t find them.” And Joe whispered back, “I’d give a shilling to know they were off the marshes, Pip.”
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7. We struck out on to the marsh through the gate at the side of the churchyard. A bitter rain came beating against us, and Joe took me on his back. I considered for the first time whether my convict, if we came upon him, would suppose that it was I who had brought the soldiers there? But it was no use asking myself this question now.
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8. As we came nearer to the shouting it became more and more certain that it was made by more than one voice. When we had run the noise close, the sergeant went in first, with two of his men close behind. The others stopped and levelled their guns.
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9. The other convict seemed to be bruised and torn all over. He could not so much as get his breath to speak until they were both separately handcuffed.
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10. I had got down from Joe’s back, and stood on the edge of the ditch. I looked at him and slightly moved my hands and shook my head, to let him know that I was innocent. He gave me a look that I did not understand, and it all passed in a moment.
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PART VI. SELF-STUDY WORK
1. Listen to the track 03_01-03_03 at home and practice reading it.
2. Listen to the track 03_03 and write the summary on it.