1. Adrian Mole is a boy from the book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend. Because of some of his life circumstances Adrian Mole has a right to some sort of benefit (пособие).
1) Does Adrian receive the benefit he is entitled (has a right) to? (reading for the main idea)
Thursday February 5th
My mother has bought some of those overalls that painters and decorators wear.
She is having her ears pierced tomorrow. I think she is turning into a spendthrift. Nigel's mother is a spendthrift ... because she buys a pair of high heels every week.
I would like to know where the family Allowance* cjoes, by rights ft should be mine. I will ask my mother tomorrow.
Friday February 6th
I asked her about my family Allowance today, she laughed and said she used ft -for buying gin and cigarette. If the Social Services* hear about ft she will cjet done!
Thursday September 10th
Asked my father for five pounds fifty for school trip to the British Museum. He went berserk and said, "What happened to free education?*" I told him that I didn't know.
Monday September 14th
School dinners are completely bad now. ^rravy seems to have been phased out along with custard and hot puddings. A typical menu is: hamburger; baked beans, chips, carton of yoghurt, or a doughnut, it's not enough to build healthy bone and sinew (мускулы). I am considering making protest to Mrs Thatcher* It won't be our fault if we grow up apathetic and lacking in moral fibre.
2) WORD POWER
Read the story again and identify the meaning of the words below. Choose between the two suggestions, (guessing meaning by context)
a spendthrift -
A. a person who can spend money wisely
B. a person who cannot spend money wisely
to go berserk -
A. to become angry
B. to become pleased
to phase out -
A. to stop using smth gradually
B. to start doing smth gradually
to lack -
A. not to have enough of smth
B. to have enough of smth
3) Look at the pictures and say if this is a typical menu Adrian used to have at school. Is this what he has for dinner at school at present? (reading for detail/interpreting pictures)
4) What is it that
+Adrian doesn't approve of in his mother's behaviour and about his school dinners? Why?
+Adrian's father doesn't approve of free education? Why?
5) What is a Family Allowance?*
6) What impression does Adrian make? (understanding the personality of a book character)
Do you think Adrian is not looked after in a proper way? Do you think he does not see any reason to be optimistic about his future?
Does Adrian really have sound reasons to be pessimistic about his future?
Do you feel Adrian is over-reacting a bit?
7) Which of Adrian's problems do you find serious, easy to solve or not a problem at all? (making judgments)
8) IN YOUR CULTURE
Write something of that sort about your family life, (relating a story to one's own experience)
Do you have similar problems in your home or at school?
How do you cope with your problems?
Do you receive a Family Allowance or other benefits?
How much is it? What do you or your family spend it on?
1) Does Adrian receive the benefit he is entitled (has a right) to? (reading for the main idea)
Thursday February 5th
My mother has bought some of those overalls that painters and decorators wear.
She is having her ears pierced tomorrow. I think she is turning into a spendthrift. Nigel's mother is a spendthrift ... because she buys a pair of high heels every week.
I would like to know where the family Allowance* cjoes, by rights ft should be mine. I will ask my mother tomorrow.
Friday February 6th
I asked her about my family Allowance today, she laughed and said she used ft -for buying gin and cigarette. If the Social Services* hear about ft she will cjet done!
Thursday September 10th
Asked my father for five pounds fifty for school trip to the British Museum. He went berserk and said, "What happened to free education?*" I told him that I didn't know.
Monday September 14th
School dinners are completely bad now. ^rravy seems to have been phased out along with custard and hot puddings. A typical menu is: hamburger; baked beans, chips, carton of yoghurt, or a doughnut, it's not enough to build healthy bone and sinew (мускулы). I am considering making protest to Mrs Thatcher* It won't be our fault if we grow up apathetic and lacking in moral fibre.
2) WORD POWER
Read the story again and identify the meaning of the words below. Choose between the two suggestions, (guessing meaning by context)
a spendthrift -
A. a person who can spend money wisely
B. a person who cannot spend money wisely
to go berserk -
A. to become angry
B. to become pleased
to phase out -
A. to stop using smth gradually
B. to start doing smth gradually
to lack -
A. not to have enough of smth
B. to have enough of smth
3) Look at the pictures and say if this is a typical menu Adrian used to have at school. Is this what he has for dinner at school at present? (reading for detail/interpreting pictures)
4) What is it that
+Adrian doesn't approve of in his mother's behaviour and about his school dinners? Why?
+Adrian's father doesn't approve of free education? Why?
5) What is a Family Allowance?*
6) What impression does Adrian make? (understanding the personality of a book character)
Do you think Adrian is not looked after in a proper way? Do you think he does not see any reason to be optimistic about his future?
Does Adrian really have sound reasons to be pessimistic about his future?
Do you feel Adrian is over-reacting a bit?
7) Which of Adrian's problems do you find serious, easy to solve or not a problem at all? (making judgments)
8) IN YOUR CULTURE
Write something of that sort about your family life, (relating a story to one's own experience)
Do you have similar problems in your home or at school?
How do you cope with your problems?
Do you receive a Family Allowance or other benefits?
How much is it? What do you or your family spend it on?
