Christmas 2

WORKSHEET 2 - Christmas Task 1: Prove how well you can remember grammar from Chapter One and translate: 1 Nikto sa nikdy nezastavil, aby sa porozprával so Scroogom. 2 Vedel Scrooge, že Marley bol mŕtvy? 3 Aký máš dôvod byť veselý? 4 Vianoce sú len časom na platenie účtov. 5 Vonku sa zotmelo a hmla zhustla. 6 Myslel si, že uvidel Marleyho tvár na dverovom klopadle. 7 Prečo nosíš tie reťaze? 8 Tvoja reťaz bude omnoho dlhšia a ťažšia! 9 Vzduch bol naplnený duchmi. 10 Ťahali dlhé reťaze za nimi a nariekali.

Task 2: Read the second chapter and ask your partner to answer these questions (take turns in giving answers) 1 What is strange about the ringing of the church bell? 2 Who is the strange person who appears in Scrooge’s room after the clock strikes one? 3 Do you think the Ghost of Christmas Past is an evil or harmful spirit? 4 What do you think the ghost’s cap represents? 5 The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back in time to a particular place in Scrooge’s history. What is this place? 6 Can the people in the visions see Scrooge or the ghost? 7 What is Scrooge’s reaction when he first sees himself as a small boy? 8 Who is little Fan? 9 Why do you think the ghost showed Scrooge the Christmas scene in which Fan comes to take Scrooge home? 10 In the vision of Fezziwig’s party, how is Fezziwig a different kind of employer than Scrooge? 11 Does Fezziwig spend a lot of money on the party? 12 The ghost shows Scrooge a very painful scene from Scrooge’s life that involves a woman. What happens in this scene? 13 Why do you think the ghost forces Scrooge to watch this scene of this same woman many years later with her family? 14 While Scrooge’s old fiancée was spending a happy Christmas with her family, what was he doing? 15 Do these visions distress Scrooge?