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someone ACTlVlTIES
orchestra a large group of peoplc who play various musical Befare Reading
instruments cogcther
owl a bird with large round eyes that hunts at night
porch (AmE) a placform with an open front and a roof, builr on Reacl the back cover and che introduction on the first page. What
to the sidc of a house on che ground floor do you know now about the people in the story? Circle Y (Yes) or
power che ability to control people or things; physical strength N (No) for each of these sentences.
represent to be a symbol or an example of something 1 Jorclan Baker is married to Tom. Y/N
rock co move backwards and forwards or frorn side to side 2 Nick Carraway is Gatsby's neighbour. YIN
romantic connected with lave; emocional and having ideas and 3 Daisy Buchanan is in love with Nick. Y /N
hopes that are usually unrealistic
rubber mattress a long rhin rubber cushion, containing air, which 2 Here are sorne ideas or phrases which are often connected with
you can lie on in a swimming pool F. Scott Fitzgerald ancl the 1920s. Choose che bese words to
scornfully showing, by che way you speak, your strong feeling complete the sentences about them.
that somebody or something is not good enough
sensuously in a way that suggests an interese in sexual pleasure 1 A bootlegger is someone who ...
shiver ro shake slightly beca use you are cold, frighrened, etc. a) kidnaps people. b) sel Is illegal alcohol.
slender thin in an attractive or elcganc way 2 T h e American Dream is ...
srnart (AmE) intelligent, clever a) a belief in freedom and equality for everyone.
sob to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths b) a guarantee that everyone will become rich.
sorrow a feeling of great sadness 3 The Jazz Age was a time when ...
stand to bear, tolera te, or put up with someching a) young peoplc starcecl living freer lives.
turn out to clevelop or end in a particular way b) parents insisted on stricter rules at home.
unrestful ( adj) describing people who are never calm or happy
or peaceful; Scott Fitzgerald uses it adverbially (unrestfully) in 3 At the beginning of the scory, Gatsby is searching for the woman
The Great Gatsby, bue the adverb is rare he !oves. What do you think will happen in the end? Choose the
vitality energy and enthusiasm, being ful! of life ending or endings that you would like to happen.
vulnerable easily hure physically or emotionally 1 Gatsby will find che woman he is in ]ove with.
wire (AmE) a rnessage sent from a distant place, using wires rhat 2 He and she will marry and live happily ever afterwards.
carry elcctrical signa Is, then printecl and given to somebody
yacht a large sailing boat 3 She won't love him as much as he !oves her.
4 One of them will die, in a tragic misunderstanding.