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Third Edition
811.111(075.8)
JANETA LUPU
Third Edition
Foreword …………………………………………….. 7
GLOBAL ISSUES
Lesson 1. Globalization …………………………………… 9
The Present Tense ………………………………….. 14
Lesson 2. International Crime …………………………….. 19
The Present Perfect Tense ………………………….. 23
Lesson 3. Demands of Human Solidarity …………………. 27
The Past Tenses …………………………………….. 29
Lesson 4. Communications ……………………………….. 33
The Modal Verbs …………………………………… 37
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
Lesson 1. Education ……………………………………….. 43
The Subjunctive ……………………………………. 46
Lesson 2. Career …………………………………………... 49
Direct and Indirect Speech …………………………. 56
Lesson 3. Family Life ……………………………………... 59
The Passive Voice ………………………………….. 63
Lesson 4. Feminism ……………………………………….. 67
The Sequence of Tenses ……………………………. 71
LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT
Lesson 1. Book review ……………………………………. 73
The Infinitive ……………………………………….. 77
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The author
Lesson 1
GLOBALIZATION
Preamble
Economic aspects
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Political aspects
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Curiously enough, there are those who view the stability brought
about by globalization as a threat to democracy. You might think that
anything that promotes world peace and prosperity could hardly be a
threat to democracy. And yet the objectors do have a point, in a way.
What the loss of national sovereignty entailed by globalization means,
they say, is that in many instances individual nation-states will no
longer have the independence to act in accordance with the
democratically expressed wishes of their citizens; “the will of the
people” will inevitably be curtailed, frustrated, by a nation’s
international commitments and obligations to the world community.
That is undeniably true. Multilateral and transnational ties – designed
to promote international cooperation and stability – reduce the scope
for unilateral action and “national self-determination” (in a global
world, no nation “go it alone”). That notwithstanding, this particular
objection to globalization misses the mark.
The only acceptable form of democracy is one based on an
entrenched, constitutional respect for human rights, i.e., the rights
and liberties of individuals. This is what is called liberal democracy.
Perhaps the single most important element in liberal democracy is the
rule of law. It is the presence or absence of the rule of law that
determines whether a society can be said to be free or not.
(adapted from Globalization by G.B.
Madison, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy;
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario)
Bibliography:
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● Divide the text into units and make your own commentaries on
each of the aspects of globalization mentioned in the text.
● The text is adapted from a longer essay. What characteristics of
the academic style can you infer from the text?
● Find the meanings of the words in italics and use them in
sentences of your own.
● Make sure you understand the meanings of the following
phrasal verbs and then make up sentences: to break into, to break off,
to break up, to blow off, to knock down, to point out, to hold up, to tell
off, to put off, to let down.
Grammar
● Read the sentences of a diary and mind the use of the present
simple for daily habits with the following verbs: give, touch, start,
end, do, try, get up, have, collect, sort out, manage, collapse, update,
print off, drive, leave, grab, go.
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a) in demonstrations
Pre-heat the oven to 190C. Place the red onions in a roasting tin
with the balsamic vinegar, 3 tablespoons of olive oil and seasoning.
Mix well and roast in the oven for an hour. Seal the chicken breasts on
both sides in the remaining olive oil over a medium heat before
brushing each one with pesto.
Add the tomatoes, pine nuts and shredded basil to the roasted
onions. Pour in the chicken stock and place the pesto-glazed chicken
breasts on top of the onion mixture. Return to the oven and roast for
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Hagi hits the ball off the back front, and it goes straight to the
boundary.
Note: The speaker may also use the present progressive in his/her
commentary; the chioce will depend either on the duration of the
action, or on the speaker's point of view.
c) in announcements:
d) in headlines:
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When Hamlet meets his father's ghost, he learns the truth about
his uncle Claudius. (fictitious event)
f) in stage directions:
Written Assignment
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INTERNATIONAL CRIME
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Comprehension
● Answer the following questions:
a) What do we mean by international crime?
b) What types of international crime do you know?
c) What may the causes of such crimes be?
d) What is domestic terrorism?
e) Why is it dangerous?
f) How do the terrorist organizations operate?
g) Who are the victims of the terrorist attacks?
h) What is money laundering?
i) What is the main motivation for money laundering?
j) How does money laundering affect the states?
k) How do the international institutions try to prevent international
crime?
Present Perfect
● You often use the present perfect with some of the following
time adverbials. Which ones?
all my life, ever, just, last month, already, next week, lately, now,
for three days, never, so far, since 1989, yesterday, yet, recently.
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a) One thing … (to change) over the years and that is his
attitude to studying.
b) Judges … (to become) their latest unwitting victims.
c) The company … (to pick up) market share from rivals.
d) The IMF and the World Bank … (to have) always their
critics, usually left-leaning academics.
e) The Net … (to open) the way for new coalitions of dissidents
– unionists, environmentalists, feminists, human-rights
campainers.
f) The anti-globalizers … (to reach) the point where they are an
organized association, with their sections, their commissions,
and their treasury. They are the rebels of our age.
g) The actors’ union … (to campaign) for casting on the gounds
of talent alone.
h) Her family … (to spend) the last few years travelling from
country to country.
i) His remarks … (to turn) the spotlight on the most emotive
issue within the teaching profession.
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Written Assignment
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Comprehension
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Grammar
For the past three years, Lindita Rexhepi, an ethnic Albanian high
school student from the mining city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo,
has not been able to go home. She … (be) 14 when Serb troops …
(expel) her and her family from their cement-block home and …
(force) them across the border into Montenegro. When the war …
(end) in 1999, they … (return) to find the narrow road into their
hillside neighbourhood blocked by Serbs. The last time Lindita …
(try) to visit … (be) nearly a year ago. Riding in a police car under the
protection of French troops from the NATO-led peace-keeping force
KFOR, she and her family …(attack - passive) by a gang of men who
…(lob) a tear-gas canister through the front window. “I … (freeze)”,
Lindita says of the incident. “I … (can) not even move my legs. Now,
we don’t even try anymore.”
(TIME, February, 2002)
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Past Progressive
● Read the sentences and explain the use of the past progressive
in each situation:
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Written Assignment
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COMMUNICATIONS
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mo
m = ———
1- v2/c2
where the rest mass mo represents the mass of a body that is not
moving and c is the speed of light, which is about 3 105 km . sec-1, or
about 186,000m. sec-1. …
Suppose that Moe is moving in the x-direction with a uniform
velocity u, and he measures the position of a certain point, shown in
Fig. 15 -1. He designates the “x-distance” of the point in his
coordinate system as x. Joe is at rest and measures the position of the
same point, designating its x-coordinate in his system as x'. The
relationship of the coordinates in the two systems is clear from the
diagrams. …
How can you describe the text in point of its structure and
vocabulary?
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● After reading the first text, look up the meaning of the words in
italics using them in contexts of your own.
● Talk with your colleagues about your e-mails and on-line chats.
Use as many special terms as possible. Here is a specialized word list
which might be of help to you: access, feed in, data banks, modem,
screen, keyboard, terminal, to edit, to insert, to delete, to justify, to lay
out, on-line, off-line.
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Functions of Modals
Ability/Inability
Possibility/Impossibility
Permission/Concession
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Necessity
Prohibition
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Advice
Criticism
We should have made sure that the tickets were valid. (but we
didn’t)
He ought to have cooked dinner. (but he didn’t)
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● Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form and then translate
the text into Romanian:
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Lesson 1
EDUCATION
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Comprehension
Grammar
The Subjunctive
Other examples:
a) It is important that children associate education with men as
well as women.
b) It is important that we have parental support.
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Written Assignment
CAREER
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Basics
The cover letter or letter of application is a personal statement of
interest in a particular position or company. A resume that is being
submitted by mail should always be accompanied by such a letter. It is
not necessary for on-campus interviews. It should be typed on the
same quality paper as the resume and limited to one page. Optimally,
it should be addressed to a specific person since this receives more
attention than one merely addressed to “Personnel Director.”In
preparing your letters, pay careful attention to the organization of
ideas, grammar and spelling. Edit it meticulously and get a second
opinion. Always use a standard business-letter format and maintain a
formal tone, even if you are well-aquainted with your contact within
the organization.
Format
A cover letter serves three basic purposes and is divided into
sections accordingly:
Statement of Purpose:
Begin with a statement of purpose. Name the position to
which you are applying and how/where you learned of the
position or organization.
Explanation of Qualifications:
Explain why you are interested in working for this employer
and specify your reasons for desiring this type of work.
Emphasize any qualifications you particularly want the
employer to notice and refer him/her to the enclosed resume.
Closing:
State your availability for an interview. Better yet, give a
time when you will recontact the company to further discuss
employment opportunities.
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Maria Ionescu
28, Victoria Str.
Sector 1
Bucureşti
maria@rol.ro
Prof./Dr. …
Principal/Rector of …
35, … Str./Blv.
Sector/Code …
August 1, 2002
Dear Mr./Mrs. …
Sincerely,
Maria Popescu
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● Before starting to prepare your cover letter and CV, make sure
you understand all the words underlined as well as the ideas.
Grammar
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FAMILY LIFE
From time to time we all get angry. Parents and children both
have a right to be angry at times. It’s all perfectly normal. To
understand the role anger plays in the parent – child relationship, you
need to understand why your child is behaving in a particular way.
And you need to understand your reactions to that misbehaviour.
Through this understanding, you can learn to respond to a child in a
positive and constructive way.
The first step is to look at your own anger. Remember that
children learn from observing and will imitate your behaviour. How
we express anger is influenced by our culture, family background, and
the norms set by the people around us. While we can learn to choose
how we express anger, these influences are powerful. Psychologists
have grouped people into three general categories based on how they
express anger.
First, there are people who use a passive style and rarely express
anger directly. Instead, this type of person stuffs their anger inside,
which often leads to psychological or physical problems. Unresolved
issues build up until the person explodes, often at another person who
has little to do with the underlying cause of the anger.
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What are some ways parents can begin to break the circle of
disagreement with their teens? First, recognize that teenagers must
become independent, to learn to become adult, just as they had to
learn to walk and talk to grow from infancy to childhood. The first
toddling steps away from the mother and the first “No, I won’t” are
the beginnings of growth toward independence, the task of every
healthy child.
If becoming independent is the task of children, then the task of
parents must be to help their children reach independence by allowing
them to walk (and fall), talk (and make mistakes) and slowly take
control of their lives.
The changing parent/child relationship is bound to cause some
problems and stress in all families. Parents can no longer control every
part of their teen’s life, but they can keep communication lines open
and be a positive example for their teen to follow. The warmth with
which mature parents speak of their relationship with their teens is
evidence that the struggle to help and let the children go is well-
rewarded, for only then will they want to come back.
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– Does a father have the right to give his children his last name
even if his wife objects?
– Can an expectant mother obtain an abortion without her
husband’s permission?
– Should a teenager, unhappy with her parents’ restrictions on
her smoking, dating, and choice of friends, be allowed to
have herself placed in a foster home?
– Should a childless couple be permitted to hire a “surrogate
mother” who will be artificially inseminated and carry a child
to delivery?
Comprehension
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Grammar
1. I hadn’t been with the firm for more than four months when
they taught me the elements of marketing and made me a
sales representative.
2. They recently increased my salary by thirty per cent.
3. The trouble is that at the same time they reduced my expense
allowance by nearly half.
4. Now my firm has offered me a job in Hong Kong but I won’t
take it because someone else has promised me a much better
job in Japan.
5. They should do away with income tax altogether.
6. If necessary they could put up value added tax by way of
compensation.
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The ozone layer is what protects all life on earth from the harmful
effects of the sun’s ultra violet rays. The most frightening part is that
the damage is irreparable. Efforts were made in that direction when
the first hole over Antarctica was given official confirmation in 1985.
The world was thrown into panic, or so it seemed. Individuals,
galvanised into action, threw away their aerosols and stocked their
cupboards with the so-called “ozone-friendly,” pump-action
alternatives. However, as the shock wave of publicity subsided, people
gradually began to revert back to their old habits, probably imagining
that it was all alarmist propaganda designed to make money for
someone. Fortunately, drastic action was taken by the world
governments and a programme of chemical reduction was devised and
implemented which, it was hoped, would see the total phase-out of
CFCs (chlorofluoro carbons) by the year 2000. Yet, it was not drastic
enough. New holes are threatening.
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FEMINISM
Pre-reading discussion
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Comprehension
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● Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets; then turn the
passage into reported speech.
“I apologise for not (type) all the letters,” said the boss’s
secretary, “but I (have) too much work to do,” she explained.
“You always (make) this excuse,” complained the boss; “perhaps
you (not work) hard enough,” he suggested.
“No, that (not true),” she denied. “But I (arrive) rather late,” she
admitted.
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Written Assignment
Lesson 1
BOOK REVIEW
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Grammar
The Infinitive
1. Absolve yourself and you will have the suffrage of the world.
2. Though the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg,
and, besides, would not have picked up materials for another.
3. Did you find a rhyme to “niche”?
4. A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man
perfected without trials.
5. They began to count the absentees.
6. I want him to act less rashly.
7. This is for him to account for.
8. He was the last to come.
9. Byron went to Greece to fight for her independence.
10. To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
(William Shakespeare, King John)
11. To know is to be powerful.
12. To be or not to be, that is the question.
(William Shakespeare, Hamlet)
13. He was known to be an expert in these matters.
● State the tense, aspect and voice of the infinitive forms in the
following sentences:
1. I am glad to be flying in a Boeing 737 to Bangkok.
2. Anaїs was very glad to be invited to the party.
3. My yellow roses don’t seem to have been damaged by the
storm.
4. I expect my daughter-in-law to come soon.
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SCULPTURE
Pre-reading discussion
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The Participle
Active: Passive:
Present: giving being given
going ―
Perfect: having given having been given
having gone ―
Past Participle: gone given
Participial Constructions
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e.g. There being no other person in the office, she lit her
cigarette.
All the candidates having been examined, the commission
left the classroom.
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♦ The world is filled with people who have worked hard but
have little to show for it. Something more than hard work
is necessary; it is creative thinking and firm belief in your
ability to execute your ideas. The successful people in
history have succeeded through their thinking. Their
hands were merely helpers to their brains.
♦ Do you know how to fail? If you do, then you will know
also the secret of succeeding, for the two are forever
locked together.
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MUSIC
Pre-reading discussion
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[…]
Josh Ronsen: Celibidache, why is he so significant for you?
Iancu Dumitrescu: Above all, Celibidache is, in my opinion, one
of the greatest intelligencies of this century. He is thus a thinker, a
philosopher of unordinary stature, even among people of profession,
the philosophers …
JR: Could you be more specific?
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Grammar
The Gerund
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● Here are sentences containing -ing forms. State the name and
function of each of them.
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BEAUTY PAGEANTS
Pre-reading discussion
Comprehension
● True or false?
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1. They say that this book was written by two people. (said)
2. There is nothing we can do about it. (done)
3. I hate them to leave me behind. (left)
4. You shouldn’t take delight in other people’s failures. (gloat)
5. Could someone answer my question? (there)
6. It is usual for children to ask a lot of questions. (apt)
7. “I disapprove of people who lie,” he said. (disapproval)
8. “Don’t talk during the lesson!” the teacher said. (forbade)
9. He flew to New York with no stop-overs. (direct)
10. A speech was delivered and the film was shown. (first/later)
11. Why don’t you give all these old clothes away? (rid)
12. He felt that his employers didn’t appreciate him. (granted)
13. She said she was worried about the problem of pollution.
(concern)
14. Some friends put his name forward to be spokesman.
(nominated)
15. He suffers from delusions and hallucinations. (prone)
16. The end of the film was completely unexpected. (taken)
17. A rejection of their offer would have been foolish. (accepted)
18. It obviously wasn’t her intention to offend you. (mean)
19. You should do what your tutor advises. (advice)
20. She said she disliked loud music. (expressed)
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e.g. I’ve told you once and I’m telling you again; we’re in a
foreign country – mind your behaviour!
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e.g. Bob, Janet, Mary and Philip are all very hard-working.
It is used:
a) after affirmative or negative adverbs:
e.g. No, she said.
Yes, of course, they answered.
c) in coordinate clauses:
e.g. They went home, had a nice dinner, rested for a while and
then watched TV.
e.g. He told me about the book that he read, that he had to read
and that he liked to read.
e.g. This grammar book, which was published last year, is one
of the best I’ve ever used.
e.g. “I’ve got a lot of work to do,” he said, “so I’d better go
home now.”
It is used:
a) in compound words:
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They mark the Direct speech in English, and are also used to
mark a quotation.
It is used:
a) in imperative sentences:
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SPELLING GUESS
Level: any
Type: blackboard
Choose two teams of not more than 10 members each for this
game. One team decides on the word, and one of its members puts
dashes on the blackboard to represent the number of letters in the
word. Suppose the word chosen is chemistry. The player puts on the
blackboard:--------- (nine dashes). The play continues with each player
on the opposite team in turn calling out a letter. The letter is put in its
proper place if it belongs in the word. Suppose the first player says A.
Since there is no A in the word, the next member of the team calls a
letter. He says E, and the player at the blackboard puts it in its proper
place: --E------ Because E was correct, the player gets another turn.
If the word is completed before or by the time each member of
the team has called out a letter, the team scores one point.
For the second word, the teams reverse their roles. The game
continues in this way to any number of words the group decides on.
The person who has been chosen IT gives a three-letter word like
hat or bag and then begins to count to 12. The person addressed must,
before the count of 12, give words beginning with each of the three
letters in the word given or become IT.
For example, if the word is hat, the player might say, “Hand,
arm, toe” . If the word is bag, the player might say, “Beam, apple,
gum”.
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BROKEN PROVERBS
Level: advanced
Type: oral
The leader should have a master list of proverbs with the division
into halves indicated, e.g. “A stitch in time / saves nine”. The second
halves of all the proverbs on the list should be written on cards ahead
of time. Before the play begins, these cards should be spread out so
that all the members of the group can see them.
The play begins with the leader reading the first half of the
proverb on the list. The members of the group who recognize it grab
for the card containing the other half. The play continues in this way,
the player with the most cards at the end being the winner.
WHAT’S WRONG?
Level: advanced
Type: paper
Prepare in advance a number of sentences each having one word
that is obviously wrong. The object of the game is for the players to
rearrange the letters of each wrong word to make a word that fits the
meaning of the sentence. One point is scored for each correct word.
Here are some examples, with the solution written in parantheses
after each one:
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ANAGRAMS
Level: intermediate to advanced
Type: paper
In this game players may work individually or in teams of two or
three persons.
Give each player or team a list of words, each of which can be
rearranged into at least one other word. The lists may be typed
beforehand or written on the blackboard. Give the players a limited
time in which to rearrange each word in the list to form a second
word. The person or group that gets the most words correct is the
winner.
BUILDING WORDS
Level: intermediate to advanced
Type: paper
Write on the blackboard a list of 20 word endings: ted, ent, ket,
her, red, dow, sty, ure, ase, tch, wly, ter, ons, try, mes, ast, ics.
Give the players a limited time in which to make these endings
into words. The score is the number of correct answers. Any known
uncapitalized word is acceptable. The first three above might be
wanted, student, basket. The play may be repeated with other lists of
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Paul would be built like his mother, slightly and rather small. His
hair went reddish, and then dark brown; his eyes were grey. He was a
pale, quiet child, with eyes that seemed to listen, and with a full,
dropping underlip.
As a rule he seemed old for his years. He was so conscious of
what other people felt, particularly his mother. When she fretted he
understood, and could have no peace. His soul seemed always
attentive to her….All the children, but particularly Paul, were
peculiarly against their father, along with their mother. Morel
continued to bully and to drink. He had periods, months at a time,
when he made the whole life of the family a misery. Paul never forgot
coming home from the Band of Hope one Monday evening and
finding his mother with her eyes swollen and discoloured, his father
standing on the hearthrug, feet astride, his head down, and William,
just home from work, glaring at his father. There was a silence as the
young children entered, but none of the elders looked round.
William was white to the lips, and his fists were clenched. He
waited until the children were silent, watching with children’s rage
and hate; then he said:
‘You coward, you daren't do it when I was in.’
But Morel’s blood was up. He swung round on his son. William
was bigger, but Morel was hard-muscled, and mad with fury.
‘Dossn’t I?’ he shouted. ‘Dossn’t I? Ha’e much more o’ thy
chelp, my young jockey, an’ I’ll rattle my fist about thee. Ay, an’ I
sholl that, dost see.’Morel crouched at the knees and showed his fist in
an ugly, almost beast-like fashion. William was white with rage.
‘Will yer?’ he said, quiet and intense. ‘It ’ud be the last time,
though.’
Morel danced a little nearer, crouching, drawing back his fist to
strike. William put his fists ready. A light came into his blue eyes,
almost like a laugh. He watched his father. Another word, and the men
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The matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the women's
tea was over and Maria looked forward to her evening out. The
kitchen was spick and span: the cook said you could see yourself in
the big copper boilers. The fire was nice and bright and on one of the
side-tables were four very big barmbracks. These barmbracks seemed
uncut; but if you went closer you would see that they had been cut into
long thick even slices and were ready to be handed round at tea. Maria
had cut them herself.
Maria was a very, very small person indeed but she had a very
long nose and a very long chin. She talked a little through her nose,
always soothingly: ‘Yes, my dear,’ and ‘No, my dear.’ She was always
sent for when the women quarrelled over their tubs and always
succeeded in making peace. One day the matron had said to her:
‘Maria, you are a veritable peace-maker!'
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Stephen’s mother and his brother and one of his cousins waited at
the corner of quiet Foster Place while he and his father went up the
steps and along the colonnade where the Highland sentry was
parading. When they had passed into the great hall and stood at the
counter Stephen drew forth his orders on the governor of the bank of
Ireland for thirty and three pounds; and these sums, the moneys of his
exhibition and essay prize, were paid over to him rapidly by the teller
in notes and coin respectively. He bestowed them in his pockets with
feigned composure and suffered the friendly teller, to whom his father
chatted, to take his hand across the broad counter and wish him a
brilliant career in after life. He was impatient of their voices and could
not keep his feet at rest. But the teller still deferred the serving of
others to say he was living in changed times and that there was
nothing like giving a boy the best education that money could buy. Mr
Dedalus lingered in the hall gazing about him and up at the roof and
telling Stephen, who urged him to come out, that they were standing
in the house of commons of the old Irish parliament.
− God help us! he said piously, to think of the men of those
times, Stephen, Hely Hutchinson and Flood and Henry Grattan and
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