QUESTIONS
-What do you know of the crisis of the missiles in
Cuba?
-How do you think the world will end? Do you think
it’s going to be and end for the humanity? What is, according to your opinion,
the best literary end of the world?
-Is Monday the worst day of the week, or it is a
cliché? Do you have a favourite day? And a day you hate? Do you know the origin
of the prejudice against Fridays (in Anglo-Saxon countries) or Tuesdays (as for
example in Spain)?
-About news: Why are they all the time negative? Is
there a secret objective? Or is it simply because people don’t like good news?
-Can you see an analogy between the pair of presidents
and the pair of fathers-in-law?
-Do you keep old clothes or do you prefer donating
them? Is there any piece that you love specially and want to keep it forever?
-What do you know about Guy Fawkes Day? And about Guy
Fawkes?
-Is there an analogy between Guy Fawkes Day and a
wedding?
-There had been a worldly alarm of a nuclear explosion,
and at the end there were only fireworks. Do you think the author wanted to
mean something with this?
-What was your experience with weddings? Have you been
in a very unusual wedding?
VOCABULARY
flippant, distraught, forked out, crackling, tantrum,
chucking it down, glued, aimer, get into flaps, grizzling, fixture, thrill,
regalia, give it a miss, foible, slouching, juddering, rant, plonked, Bovril,
debriefings, swig