PART I. BEFORE LISTENING AND READING ACTIVITIES
Write a summary to the part 9 of the target reading materials (see Unit 9) to the story.
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PART II. VOCABULARY
Find out the meaning of the following words and expressions before you listen to the tracks.
- to call round with a message
- to set one’s heart racing
- to set one’s blood on fire
- to secure one’s place on the coach
- to tap at the door
- in old way
- with a greedy look
- insulting
- in some confusion
- on the morrow
- to invent reasons
- to be an inconvenience
- to call upon smb
- the bottom of the stairs
- to cross one’s hands
- all over again
- to send smb out
- to draw
- to make smb cry
- at smb’s side
- with surprise
- on business
- time so melted away
- to lay hand on smth
- far into the night
- over and over and over
- a burst of gratitude
- to be meant for smb
- to pay a call on smb
- to be low and small in doing smth
- to keep away from smb
- to look down upon smb
- to compel to do smth
- an envelope with a black border
- to depart this life
- scarcely
- tenderness
- a shock of regret
- take smb by the ear
- of late
- with a glow of smth
- upon smb’s face
- to turn one’s back on smth/smb
- in one’s road of life
PART III. LISTENING
Task 1. You are going to listen to the 1st part of the 10th chapter. Fill in the gaps with the missing words that are given in the table.
all over again go down call upon set secured called round with a message on fire glad at to invent reasons be an inconvenience crossed on coarse confusion on the morrow
Two days later, Wemmick ______________________________________________— a message that _______ my heart racing and my blood ______________. Mr. Jaggers, said Wemmick, had received a letter from Miss Havisham. In it she had told him that Estella had come home and would be _____________ to see me.
It was clear that I must ______________to our town next day, and equally clear that I would have to stay at Joe’s. But when I had ______________ my place on the coach, I began ________________________________and excuses for not going to Joe’s; it seemed better to stay at the Blue Boar, leading hotel of the town. I should at Joe’s, I told myself; I was not expected and my bed would not be ready; I should also be too far from Miss Havisham’s.
So, to the Blue Boar I went, having decided that I would ___________________Joe if time allowed.
I was admitted to Miss Havisham’s by the same little old woman I had seen before. She left me ________ the bottom of the stairs. I went up and tapped in my old way at the door of Miss Havisham’s room. “Pip’s knock,” I heard her say immediately; “come in, Pip.”
She was in her chair, in the same old dress, with her two hands _______________________her stick and her eyes on the fire. At the window, with her back to the room, was an elegant lady whom I had never seen before.
“How do you do, Pip?” said Miss Havisham. “So you kiss my hand as if I were a queen, __________? Well?”
“I heard that you were so kind as to wish me to come and see you,” I said.
“Well?” said the lady at the window, and turned so that I could see her face. It was Estella! But she was so much changed, so much more beautiful, that I felt like the _________________ and common boy ____________________.
“Has she changed, Pip?” asked Miss Havisham, with a greedy look. “She was proud and insulting, remember? And you wanted to go away from her!”
I said, in some ____________________, that it was a long time ago and I knew no better then. Estella laughed, and we sat down and talked. I learned that she had just come home from France, and that she was going to London. It was settled that I should stay there all the rest of the day, return to the hotel that night, and go back to London ___________________________.
Task 2. Listen to the track 10-02 and decide which of the statements are true (T) and which are false (F).
1. Miss Havisham sent Pip and Estella out to walk in the up town____________
2. Pip and Estella were silent on the way to the up town___________
3. Estella denied her being cruel to Pip when a child_________
4. Pip suggested to give Estella his arm, and let them be kind to each other__________
5. Pip was filled with a great happiness__________
6. When Pip and Estella went back into the house, Pip’s guardian had come down to see Miss Havisham on business______
7. Mr. Jaggers and Pip left Miss Havisham in the hall_________
8. Pip asked Mr. Jaggers how often he had seen Miss Havisham eat and drink_______
9. Miss Havisham had put some of her most beautiful jewels in Estella’s dress___________
10. After dinner they went back to Miss Havisham’s room and the three of them played cards___
PART IV. TRANSLATION
Translate the sentences from English into your mother tongue.
1. But when I had secured my place on the coach, I began to invent reasons and excuses for not going to Joe’s; it seemed better to stay at the Blue Boar, leading hotel of the town. I should be an inconvenience at Joe’s, I told myself; I was not expected and my bed would not be ready; I should also be too far from Miss Havisham’s.
2. She was in her chair, in the same old dress, with her two hands crossed on her stick and her eyes on the fire. At the window, with her back to the room, was an elegant lady whom I had never seen before.
3. “Well?” said the lady at the window, and turned so that I could see her face. It was Estella! But she was so much changed, so much more beautiful, that I felt like the coarse and common boy all over again.
4. I said, in some confusion, that it was a long time ago and I knew no better then.
5. It was settled that I should stay there all the rest of the day, return to the hotel that night, and go back to London on the morrow.
6. “I must have been a strange little creature to hide and see the fight that day; but I did, you know, and I enjoyed it very much.”
7. “He and I are great friends now,” I told her. “Do you remember how you made me cry?” “Yes—and that’s because I have no heart. However, I shall not be cruel today. Give me your arm, and let us be kind to each other....”
8. We walked round and round the ruined garden, and in my eyes the place had suddenly grown beautiful, because of the lovely girl at my side. I was sure, at that moment, that Miss Havisham had chosen us for one another, and I was filled with a great happiness.
9. When we went back into the house, I heard with surprise that my guardian had come down to see Miss Havisham on business, and would be coming back to dinner. The time so melted away that our early dinner-hour drew close.
10. This brought us to the dinner-table, where we were soon joined by Estella. Miss Havisham had put some of her most beautiful jewels in Estella’s hair, and I saw even my guardian look at her from under his thick eyebrows, and raise them a little from time to time.
PART V. SELF-STUDY WORK
1. Read and listen to the track 10_03.
2. Listen to one of the tracks and record yourself.