Dr NO

Chapter 7

Words and expressions to find in the text:

1. jegyzeteket készített He made notes

2. földrajz geography
3. rajz drawing
4. a hegy egyik oldalán on one side of the mountain
5. meredek szirtfal
6. szikla, szirtfal rocks
7. mocsár swamp
8. a személyzet egy tagja member of the staff
9. berúgta az ajtót kicked the door
10. lelökte a kosarat az asztalról és hátraugrott He quickly pushed the basket off the table and jumped
backwards
11. mérges kígyó poisonous snake
12. pók spider
13. érett ripe
14. nagyító magnifying glass
15. képtelenség, badarság nonsense
16. lepedő sheet
17. rovar insect
18. lény creature
19. csúszik-mászik crawling
20. százlábú centipede
21. mozdulatlannak kellett maradnia he had to remain completely still
22. mellkas chest
23. izzadni sweat
24. remegni, reszketni tremble
25. áll (testrész) chin
26. undor disgust
27. párna pillow
28. amilyen keményen/erősen csak tudta as hard as he could
29. kidurran burst open
30. folyadék liquid
31. hányni vomited

Questions to answer:

1. What did Bond do in the library?

He found a good map of Crab Key and he made notes about the geography of the island. He also made a
drawing of the map.

2. Was the map that Bond studied very up-to-date?

No, it wasn’t. The map was old. It had been made many years before the roseate spoonbills were found on the
island.

3. What strange gift did Bond get in the hotel? Was he happy about the present?

A messenger brought a gift for Bond. It’s a basket of fruit. The messenger said that it was from Acting
Governor’s assistant at King’s House. He was not happy. He was suspicious this gift. He looked through the
magnifying glass and checked the peach carefully. He found a tiny, brown hole in the skin of the fruit.

4. What did Bond ask the Colonial Secretary to do?

Bond said to Pleydell-Smith:” I’ve received a gift - It’s a busket of fruit. It’s here in my hotel room. I want you
to find a scientist who can make some tests on it. I want someone to find out if there’s poison in the fruit.
Please don’t tell anybody else about the report.”

5. Why didn’t Bond ask for help from London? What was his dilemma?

Perhaps Bond should tell his boss that everything had changed and that he needed some help from London.
There was some dangerous people doing some bad things on Jamaica. Bond could ask M to declare an
emergency and to send more agents. He could tell M that Doctor No had tried to kill him with poisoned fruit.
But was that a good idea? He didn’t know yet if the fruit was poisoned. And he wasn’t sure that Doctor No
had sent it. M might think, ’What’s this nonsense about poisoned peaches? 007 has completely lost his nerve
and now he’s become crazy He must come home.’ After a few mintes, Bond decided not to contact London.
But he was taking a risk. If something did go wrong now, and he hadn’t sent a warning to M, Bond would be in
trouble. He might lose his job. Or he might die.

6. Why was Bond’s life in danger?

In the middle of the night, James Bond woke up suddenly. Then Bond felt a movement on his right foot.
Something was starting to move slowly up his leg. It was a centipede. He knew that some centipedes in the
Caribbean were very, very dangerous. If this creature bit him and its poison went into his body, Bond would
probably die!