SLAM - hw check - Part I

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

PART

I

Chapters

1-3

Page 3-4

• Who tells the story?                                      Sam

• mum & dad                                                       divorced
  
• favourite subject at school                       art & design
  
• hobby                                                                  skating
  
• girlfriend                                                            Alicia
  
• age                                                                       15, nearly 16
  

Page 4

Who is Tony Hawk?

He's a very famous skater. Sam has got his poster on his bedroom wall and got into the habit of telling it things, as if Hawk was listening to him.

Who is Tony Blair? If you don't know, consult Wikipedia.

a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007.

Page 5-6
1. How does Sam manage to have conversations with Tony Hawk?

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2. What is "Grind City"?

Page 10

- Who is Rabbit?

Sam's skate friend who's 2 years older, he goes to GC too.

- How old is Sam? And his mum?

15 / 32

Page 11

- Who is Rubbish?

Another of Sam's skate friends, who's a lousy skater but someone who at least talks sense

Page 12

- Why does Sam call Rabbit "thick"? 

"Thick" here means dumb. Rabbit asks a stupid question, of course Sam knows his own mum…..

Page 13: What does Rabbit mean when he says: "…..but I never did, like, the sums."?

Page 14: What is the tragedy of Sam's family?

Page 15

- Where is Islington? Consult the internet if necessary 

It's an inner-city district in London.

- How is it pronounced? Look up in your dictionary.

It is pronounced: /'ɪzlɪŋtən/ 

Page 21

"Ginormous" is a combination of "enormous" and gigantic

Page 19

Translate: a mark on your trousers = een vlek op je broek

Page 31

- "I was getting butterflies." What does he mean by that? 

He's falling in love.

Page 32

- What do you think a 900 is? 

2.5 turns; 900:360

Page 33

- "I'd been close to having sex a couple of times, but I'd chickened out."

What does "chickened out" mean? 

I was too scared

According to Sam a baby is not worth having. Explain.

Page 47: Why does his mum ask him out to the Pizza Express?

Page 49

- What word proves that the evening out was not much of a success? 

torture

Page 52

- What is a nymphomaniac?

a person that can't go for one night without having sex with someone.

Page 53

- Explain why "she'd Met A Bloke" is spelled in capital letters.

He means she's met a new man who might be a potential boyfriend.

Page 58

- What does "you were eating concrete" mean? 

It means you crash with your board

- So what exactly happened that night?

Alicia got pregnant

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