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Culture Corner

  1. Do you know that …

Boxing Day (Ch. 20), the first day after Christmas Day, is a public holiday in the UK?

Shaftsbury Avenue (Ch. 20) is a street in central London leading from Piccadilly Circus where there are many West End theatres?

RADA (Ch.20) stands for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a famous school in London for people who want to become actors?

Why were these proper names mentioned in the book?

  1. Do some research and tell you group-mates about:

-public holidays in Great Britain

-the West End of London

-theatres in Great Britain

You may find the following links helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.visitbritain.com

Part VI Сhapters 21-25

Pre-text Discussion

  1. Answer the following questions:

  1. Do you think Tom is devoted to Julia?

  2. Avice Chrichton has been mentioned in the previous chapters. What role is she going to play in Julia’s life?

  3. Julia doesn’t feel at ease with her son. Is she on close terms with her mother?

  1. Read Part VI and check your answers.

General Comprehension

  1. Who said it?

  1. “Be a sport, Julia. It’ll please her so much”.

  2. “Sooner or later you were bound to fall in love and that would end it”.

  3. “Why, what I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing”.

  4. “It’s high time I was getting back. It would be hell if I really came to the conclusion that the theatre wasn’t worth the fuss and bother they make about it”.

  5. “I’ve been selfish. I’ve ruined your life, I didn’t know what I was doing”.

  6. “She won’t believe me when I tell her you an’ me ‘ad tea together, she’ll think I’m kidding…”

  1. Who did it?

  1. Who advised Michael to engage Avice Chrichton for the new play?

  2. Who allowed Tom to stay in the flat rent free till time improved?

  3. Who told Julia that her acting had gone all to hell?

  4. Who made a fuss over Julia because she was in poor health and needed rest?

  5. Who wrote to Julia brisk, business-like letters?

  6. Who suggested having a cup of tea?

  1. Mark the following sentences as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.

  1. Julia promised Avice to put in a word for her in her talk with Michael as Michael always followed her advice.

  2. Tom openly admitted that he had fallen in love with Avice and was engaged to her.

  3. Julia considered Avice to be a hard mercenary little thing that was ready for everything in order to get a part.

  4. Julia’s only consolation was Charles. In her letter to Charles she wrote about the awkward position she was in and asked for his advice.

  5. Julia couldn’t keep from considering Jimmie Langton’s advice: “Don’t be natural … The stage is make-believe. But seem natural”.

  6. Julia’s mother asked Julia to tell her friends that her husband was in business.

  7. When Charles visited Julia in St Malo Julia realized that he still adored her.

  8. When a man who looked like a clerk or a shop-walker recognized Julia in the Edgware Road she was taken aback..