КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА ПО ФИЛЬМУ "JANE EYRE"
методическая разработка по английскому языку (11 класс) по теме

ЧАСТЬ 1

READ THE TEXT ABOUT CHARLOTTE BRONTE. TRANSLATE AND DEFINE IF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE.

Charlotte Bronte:

Charlotte Bronte was a famous English writer. Her four published novels that are partly autobiographical are still widely read today.

Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, Charlotte was the third daughter of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. Her father was a clergyman and the family was quite poor. There were 6 children in it – 5 girls and one boy. After the death of Charlotte’s mother in 1821, her mother’s sister Elizabeth came to look after the family. In 1824 the four eldest girls were sent to Cowan Bridge School, which was famous for its poor conditions. The children lived in cold dark rooms and were always hungry. Charlotte’s two sisters died in that school. Later Charlotte Bronte described the school in her novel “Jane Eyre”, so we can say that the novel is partly autobiographical.

When Charlotte Bronte left school she became a teacher at school for girls and lived with her two sisters and the brother. The Bronte sisters wrote poems and novels. Their first book was published in 1846. Charlotte’s first novel was “The professor” but “Jane Eyre “ is her true claim to greatness. It was first published under the pen name of Currer Bell in October 1847. Why under the pen name? It was unusual for women to be a writer in those times.

Charlotte Bronte is greatly admired for her use of language and her emotional honesty.

The writer died in 1855 from an illness associated with pregnancy. But “Jane Eyre” is one of the most passionate and popular romances in the English language and English literature.

1. Charlotte was born in Thornton in 1816.

2. She was the fourth daughter in the family.

 3. She was from a rich family.

4. After the death of Charlotte’s mother, her mother’s sister came to look after the family.

5. The children were sent to Cowan Bridge School.

 6. When Charlotte left school she became a doctor.

7. Her first novels were published under a pen name.

8. The writer died from cancer.

9. Her novels were partly autobiographical.

ЧАСТЬ 2

READ AND TRANSLATE THE TEXT

Jane Eyre is an orphan. After her parents die, she is put in the care of her aunt. She has a very hard and difficult upbringing, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall where she is given a job of looking after the daughter of a certain Mr Rochester. Mr Rochester is a classic hero from romantic fiction. He’s dark and very angry-looking and has a bad temper but at the same time he is very attractive. In spite of Jane’s plainness, Rochester is fascinated by her. He finds her witty and full of spirit. Gradually, he falls in love with her and Jane falls in love with him. Everything looks as if it’s going to be happy but at the very last moment they are prevented from marrying when it is revealed that Rochester’s wife is not only alive, but she’s also mad, and living in the attic rooms of Thornfield Hall.

Jane runs away and nearly dies out on the moors. Luckily, she is rescued by the Reverend St John Rivers, and later, although she is still in love with Rochester, she agrees to marry Rivers and go with him to India. She is stopped from doing this by a telepathic message from Rochester. Jane returns to Thornfield Hall to find that the house has burnt down, and that Rochester is sad and deeply depressed. He had tried unsuccessfully to save his wife from the fire, and during his attempt he had been blinded and permanently injured by the fire.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. Why was Jane sent to live with her aunt?
2. Why did she go to Thornfield Hall?
3. What was Mr Rochester like?
4. What qualities attracted Rochester to Jane?
5. Why couldn’t they get married?
6. Why didn’t Jane die on the moors?
7. What stopped her from going to India with St John?

8.     What happened to cause Rochester’s terrible injuries?

Часть 3

Read the text.

Jane returns.

(The following scene takes place when Jane returns to find Rochester after the fire. Rochester is blind and doesn’t realise that she has come. Jane takes a tray from the housekeeper to take into him.)

“Give the tray to me. I will carry it in “. I took it from her hand. The tray shook as I held it. The water spilt from my glass. My heart struck my ribs hard and fast. Mary opened the door for me, and shut it behind me.

The room looked gloomy. A neglected fire burnt low in the grate, and, leaning over it, with his head against the high , old-fashioned mantlepiece, was the blind occupant of the room. His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, curled up as if afraid of being trodden on. Pilot pricked up his ears when I came in, then he jumped with a yelp and a whine, and bounded towards me.

He almost knocked the tray from my hands. I set it on the table, then patted him, and said softly, “Lie down!” Mr Rochester turned mechanically to see what the disturbance was; but as he saw nothing, he turned back and sighed.

“Give me the water, Mary,” he said. I held out the now only half-filled glass; Pilot followed me, still excited.

“What is the matter?” Rochester inquired.

“Down, Pilot!” I again said. Mr Rochester checked the water on its way to his lips, and seemed to listen. He drank and put the glass down.

“It is you, Mary, isn’t it?”

“Mary is in the kitchen,” I answered.

He put out his hand. “Who is this? Who is this?” he demanded, trying, as it seemed, to see with those sightless eyes.

“Answer me – speak again!” he ordered imperiously.

“Will you have a little more water, sir? I spilt half of what was in the glass,” I said.

“Who is it? What is it? Who is speaking?”

“Pilot knows me, and John and Mary know I am here. I came only this evening,” I answered.

“Great God! – am I mad?”

“No, sir, you are not mad. Your mind is too strong for madness.”

“And where is the speaker? It is only a voice? Oh, I cannot see you, but I must touch you, or my heart will stop and my brain will burst. Whatever, whoever you are, let me touch you!”

I took hold of his hand and imprisoned it in both mine.

“These are her fingers!” he cried, “her small, slight fingers! If so, there must be more of her.”

The muscular hand broke from mine, my arm was seized, my shoulder, neck, waist – I was entwined and gathered to him.

“Is it Jane? This is her shape – this is her size –“

“And this is her voice,” I added. “She is all here, her heart too.”

“Jane Eyre! – Jane Eyre!” was all he said.

Let’s try to understand the new words from the text. Do the exercises 7 and 8 on page 62.

Match the words with the dictionary definitions:

Gloomy grate curl up prick up one’s ears bound sigh gather

a) to lie comfortably with arms and legs drawn close to body b) to pull around or close to something c) to move along quickly by jumping or leaping d) to raise the ears so as to listen attentively e) to let out a deep breath slowly and with a sound, usu. Expressing sadness, tiredness or satisfaction f) the bars and frame which hold wood, coal, etc. in a fireplace g) almost dark, esp. in an unpleasant way

Now find a word in the text which means the same as each of the following:

8. forgotten about
9. resting one’s body against
10. stepped on
11. in a commanding voice
12. grabbed violently
13. wrapped around