What do you know about him?

Before reading learn new words.
alongside
to plead
to confront
to glare
nettle
to chatter
debtor
rag
influence
earnestly
to growl
to lame
to bury
to mutter
porch
ravenous
convict
to shiver
file
coarse
to lick
hardship
to limp
encounter
to seize
impact
profound
рядом, около
просить, умолять
столкнуться
смотреть свирепо
крапива
стучать зубами
должник
лоскут
влияние
искренне
ворчать
хромать
хоронить
бормотать
крыльцо
прожорливый
осужденный
дрожать от холода
напильник
грубый (ткань)
облизывать
невзгоды
хромать, ковылять
встреча
хватать
влияние, воздействие
основательный

Before reading learn new words.
steeple
to tear
to soak
timidly
tombstone
tilt
to sting
to tremble
tight
to smother in
to hold your noise
to point to
to have half a mind to
to speak up
колокольня
рвать, разрывать
промокать
робко, запуганно
надгробие
наклонять, опрокидывать
жалить
трястись, дрожать
тугой, плотный
покрывать
быть тише
указывать
быть склонным сделать ч-л
повышать голос

Look at the picture. Where are the characters? What do you think will happen in the extract? Read to find out.
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Text 2
Text 3
Text 4
Prison chain
Hard, greyish black stone used for making tools
Wild roses with long, prickly stems
Area close to a stone
Trees with their branches cut back
Used when referring to sb who lived or worked somewhere recently
A village or part of a town with its own church & priest
Sb who makes things out of metal
Food
NOTE
graveyard

Read the extract again carefully and complete the gaps with a suitable word or short phrase. Compare with a partner.
cut
throat
Pip’s pocket
cheeks
parents
his sister
a file and wittles (food)
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Text 2
Text 3
Text 4

Listen and read the text again. Match the highlighted words/phrases in the extract with their meanings below:
Covered completely
Grabbed
Walked with difficulty
Shyly
Shaking with fear or cold
Very hungrily
Moved so that one end/side is higher than the other
Upside down
Started at angrily
Rough
seized
tilted
head over heals
smothered
timidly
limped
ravenously
coarse
trembling
glared

Match the words in bold to their meanings. Choose some and mime or draw their meaning.
soaked
chattered
lamed
steeple
porch
tombstone
pleaded
rag
fearful
shivered
pointed
stung
cheeks
lay
growled
torn
Covered are at the entrance to a building
Frightening
Piece of old cloth
Extremely wet
With injured legs or feet that make it difficult to walk
Caused sudden sharp pain (usually by insects)
Ripped
Shook because of cold/fear
Made a low threatening noise like a dog
Knock together repeatedly because of cold/fear
Begged intensely
Indicated with a finger
Is situated
Pointed structure on a church
Piece of stone on a grave that says who is buried underneath
Soft parts of face on either side of mouth

Match the words in bold to their meanings. Choose some and mime or draw their meaning.
muttered
file
threatening
liver
tighter
Stating an intention to hurt/harm
More firmly
Spoke so that other people find it difficult to hear
Tool for making wood or metal objects smoother
Organ of the body that cleans blood

Read the description of the convict again in the first section of the extract and make notes about how he:
walked
looked
spoke
acted
lamed
limped
glared
eyes looked most powerfully into mine
a terrible voice
growled
muttered
shivered
teeth chattered
ate ravenously
licking his lips
with a threatening shake of the head
tilted me back as far as he could hold me
he tilted me again
Answer

Close your eyes and imagine you are Pip sitting on the tombstone. What can you see, smell, hear, touch? How do you feel?

Explain the meaning of the underlined sections of the text in your own words.
Hold your noise!
Be quiet!

Explain the meaning of the underlined sections of the text in your own words.
Licking his lips
Moving his tongue around the outside of his mouth.

Explain the meaning of the underlined sections of the text in your own words.
I’ve half a mind to …
I’m considering (doing sth, usually as a threat to a naughty child)

How does the convict’s way of speaking differ from Pip’s? Underline the parts of the convict’s speech that show us this and say what they mean. Why do you think Dickens did this?
The convict speaks rudely with slang expressions and poor grammar, while Pip speaks politely and formally with correct grammar.
Convict’s speech:
Show us where you live
Show me where you live
Pint out the place
Point to the place
What fat cheeks you ha’ got
What fat cheeks you have got
I could eat ‘em
I could eat them
Now lookee here!
Listen well
Who d’ye live with – supposin’ I kindly let you live, which I han’t made up my mind about?
Who do you live with – assuming I generously allow you to live, something which I still have not decided
And you know what wittles is?
And do you know what wittles are?
You bring ‘em both to me
Bring them both to me
Dickens was trying to show the different backgrounds of the two characters and the different class of each character. (Magwich – lower working class criminal; Pip – educated middle class)

In pairs, take the roles of Pip and the convict and act out their dialogue in the graveyard. Change the ending.

Fill in: pleaded, chattered, muttered, soaked, shiver, pointed, tombstone, ravenously, steeple, porch.
Workbook
chattered
tombstone
soaked
shiver
porch
ravenously
muttered
steeple
pleaded
pointed

Fill in: in, by, about, of, at, to.
at
by
in
to
of
about

Match the verbs with their meanings. Then, complete the sentences using the verbs in the correct form.
g
a
h
b
e
c
f
d

Match the verbs with their meanings. Then, complete the sentences using the verbs in the correct form.
growled
smothered
licked
seized
trembled
glared
tilted
limping

Tick the parts of the body you can see in the picture.