SOLARIUM

I. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases using an English-English dictionary:

Endangered species (p. 181), to feel giddy (p. 183), ludicrous (p. 184), atrocious (p. 184), pins and needles (p. 190), to pester (p. 190), barbarian (p. 194), despondency (p. 201), high and low (p. 207), to pull the wool over sb’s eyes (p. 208), truth will out (p. 208), to keep oneself to oneself (p. 209)

II. Recall the situations in which the words and phrases from ex. I were used in the chapter under discussion.

III. Explain what is meant by:

1. “Eva, in Great Britain your ‘Madame’ is too onions-and-beret.” (p. 181)

2. X-rays make me queasy. (p. 184)

3. Belgian. The destiny of discreet neighbours is to be confused with the noisy ones next door. (p. 188)

4. ‘We don’t really do Europeans at school …’(p. 204)

5. … speaking one language only is prison! (p. 4)

6. Getting caught with a French novel would send me to the electric chair. (p. 205)

7. She wasn’t getting a ‘Sorry’ from me. (p. 208)

8. But it’s an ill wind, I always say. (p. 209)

IV. Read ‘Beauty and Art’ (pp. 17-18 from ‘A commentary with annotations’) and answer the following questions:

1. Why does Jason go to Madame Crommelynck?

2. What kind of person is she?

3. What do they talk about?

4. Why are these meetings so important for Jason?

5. What happens to Madame Crommelynck and her husband at the end of the chapter?

6. How does Jason feel about it?

V. Give a summary of the chapter.

SOUVENIRS

I. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases using an English-English dictionary:

Omniscience (p. 219), foster parents (p. 221), to beat around the bush (p. 222), rain check (p. 224), to stand up to sb (p. 225), defiant (p. 232), to bring up a topic (p. 232), to come by sth (p. 239), to scurry (p. 239), to be on the verge of tears (p. 244), to intimidate (p. 244), to press charges (p. 245), to turn out (p. 247)

II. Recall the situations in which the words and phrases from ex. I were used in the chapter under discussion.

III. Explain what is meant by:

1. Girls’re from another planet. (p. 217)

2. But back in Cork I do live in a turf hut with a leprechaun called Mick in my potato plot. (p. 219)

3. Why mope around going, like, “Woe is me!”? (p. 222)

4. Keep your cards closer to your chest than that, honey. (p. 238)

5. Good moods’re as fragile as eggs. (p. 246)

IV. Answer the following questions:

1. Divide the chapter into episodes. Describe what happens to Jason in each of them. Comment on the way he feels.

V. Give a summary of the chapter.

MAGGOT

I. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases using an English-English dictionary:

To stand a chance (p. 250), ready, set, go (p. 251), leper (p. 252), to malinger (p. 254), to have what it takes (p. 253), ring leader (p. 254), to grass (p. 257), a sense of decorum (p. 258), to trample (p. 258), a student teacher for (p. 262), sinister (p. 266), to push sb around (p. 274)

II. Recall the situations in which the words and phrases from ex. I were used in the chapter under discussion.

III. Explain what is meant by:

1. Mr McNamara’s inexperience showed itself again. (p. 255)

2. I felt sorry for Mr McNamara. He’s me, in a way. (p. 257)

3. These jokes the world plays, they’re not funny at all. (p. 260)

4. Miss Lippetts’s no idiot. Sending Gary Drake to Mr Nixon’d’ve turned his joke into today’s main headline. (p. 264)

5. Teachers’re always using that ‘in your own words’. I hate that. (p. 265)

IV. Answer the following questions:

1. Why are the boys making fun of Jason?

2. How do they learn about his stammer?

3. What book are they reading? Have you read this book?

4. What other problems does Jason have to face during this school day?

V. Give a summary of the chapter.

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