### Итоговый ответ
#### **Exercise 1**
* **What I know:** Charles Dickens was a famous English writer of the Victorian era who wrote novels about the harsh reality of poor people.
* **Three questions about Dickens:**
1. *When and where was Charles Dickens born?*
2. *Did he experience poverty when he was a child?*
3. *What are his most famous novels?*
* **Answers from the biography:**
1. He was born in Hampshire, England, in 1812.
2. Yes, his family was sent to a debtors' prison, and he had to leave school to work in a factory.
3. *Oliver Twist*, *David Copperfield*, *A Tale of Two Cities*, and *Great Expectations*.
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#### **Exercise 2**
* **Location:** The characters are in a churchyard (cemetery / graveyard).
* **Prediction:** A terrifying escaped prisoner will threaten a young boy (Pip) and demand food and help to remove his chains.
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#### **Exercise 3**
1. Pip was afraid of the convict because he threatened to **cut** his **throat**.
2. The convict turned Pip upside down because he wanted to know what was in **his pockets**.
3. The convict threatened to eat Pip's **(fat) cheeks**.
4. Pip's **parents (mother and father)** were buried in the churchyard.
5. Pip lives with **his sister (Mrs Joe Gargery) and her husband, Joe Gargery (the blacksmith)**.
6. The convict tells Pip to bring him **a file and wittles (food)**.
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#### **Exercise 4**
**a) Matching words/phrases with definitions:**
* **covered completely** — *smothered*
* **grabbed** — *seized*
* **walked with difficulty** — *limped*
* **shyly** — *timidly*
* **shaking with fear or cold** — *trembling*
* **very hungrily** — *ravenously*
* **moved so that one end/side is higher than the other** — *tilted*
* **upside down** — *head over heels*
* **stared at angrily** — *glared*
* **rough** — *coarse*
**b) Explanations of key words in bold/context:**
* **pleaded** — asked for something in an urgent, emotional way (*умолял*).
* **shivered** — shook slightly because of cold or fear (*дрожал*).
* **growled** — made a low, rough, threatening sound in the throat (*рычал, огрызался*).
* **chattered** — clicked together rapidly because of cold or fright (about teeth) (*стучали*).
* **tombstone** — a large flat stone over a grave that shows the name of the buried person (*надгробная плита*).
* **steeple** — a tall pointed tower on the roof of a church (*церковный шпиль, колокольня*).
* **file** — a metal tool with rough edges used for cutting or smoothing hard materials (*напильник*).
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### Подробное объяснение
1. **Задание 1:** Требуется вспомнить базовые факты об авторе, задать три вопроса и проверить, есть ли на них ответы во вводном биографическом тексте. Текст содержит даты жизни (1812–1870), место рождения (Hampshire), упоминание работы на фабрике и долговой тюрьмы, а также названия главных произведений.
2. **Задание 2:** На картинке и в тексте действие происходит на кладбище возле церкви (*among the graves at the side of the church porch*).
3. **Задание 3 (Поиск конкретной информации в тексте):**
* В строке 2 беглец говорит: *«...or I'll cut your throat!»* (1).
* Беглец перевернул Пипа и опустошил карманы: *«...turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets»* (2).
* Угроза съесть щёки: *«what fat cheeks you ha' got. I could eat 'em...»* (3).
* Пип указывает на могилы матери и отца: *«That's my mother... And is that your father alongside your mother? Yes, sir»* (4).
* Пип называет сестру и её мужа: *«My sister, sir – Mrs Joe Gargery – wife of Joe Gargery, the blacksmith...»* (5).
* Каторжник требует напильник и еду: *«You get me a file... And you get me wittles [food]»* (6).
4. **Задание 4:** Лексический анализ помогает точно понять эмоциональное состояние персонажей и контекст викторианской эпохи. Обратите внимание на архаизмы и диалектизмы, вынесенные в сноски текста: *wittles* (жаргонное «еда, провизия»), *iron* («кандалы»).