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CHAPTER XVII.

THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE

In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. It seemed to Ursula as if Birkin had gone out of her for the time, he had lost his significance, he scarcely mattered in her world. She had her own friends, her own activities, her own life. She turned back to the old ways with zest, away from him.

And Gudrun, after feeling every moment in all her veins conscious of Gerald Crich, connected even physically with him, was now almost indifferent to the thought of him. She was nursing new schemes for going away and trying a new form of life. All the time, there was something in her urging her to avoid the final establishing of a relationship with Gerald. She felt it would be wiser and better to have no more than a casual acquaintance with him.

She had a scheme for going to St Petersburg, where she had a friend who was a sculptor like herself, and who lived with a wealthy Russian whose hobby was jewel-making. The emotional, rather rootless life of the Russians appealed to her. She did not want to go to Paris. Paris was dry, and essentially boring. She would like to go to Rome, Munich, Vienna, or to St Petersburg or Moscow. She had a friend in St Petersburg and a friend in Munich. To each of these she wrote, asking about rooms.

She had a certain amount of money. She had come home partly to save, and now she had sold several pieces of work, she had been praised in various shows. She knew she could become quite the 'go' if she went to London. But she knew London, she wanted something else. She had seventy pounds, of which nobody knew anything. She would move soon, as soon as she heard from her friends. Her nature, in spite of her apparent placidity and calm, was profoundly restless.

1. Who did Ursula turn away from?
2. Who did Gudrun have an intimate relationship with?
3. What kind of relationship did she want with him?
4. Where would she go in her plan?
5. Why not Paris?
6. Would she consider other places?
7. In which of them did she have a friend?
8. Did she reach out to them?
9. How?
10. To inquiry about?
11. Did she have limitless funds?
12. Why not London?
13. How much was in her secret stash?
14. What was she waiting for to relocate?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Birkin
2. Gerald Crich
3. a casual acquaintance
4. St Petersburg
5. Paris was dry, and essentially boring
6. Yes
7. St Petersburg and Munich
8. yes
9. she wrote to them
10. rooms
11. no
12. she knew London,
13. seventy pounds
14. to hear from her friends

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East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; , DDR), was a socialist state in Central Europe, during the Cold War period. From 1949 to 1990, it administered the region of Germany that was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War IIthe Soviet Occupation Zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the OderNeisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin, but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone, while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones. East Germany, which lies culturally in Central Germany, was a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Soviet occupation authorities began transferring administrative responsibility to German communist leaders in 1948, and the GDR began to function as a state on 7 October 1949. Soviet forces, however, remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989, the GDR was governed by the Socialist Unity Party (SED), though other parties nominally participated in its alliance organisation, the National Front of Democratic Germany. The SED made the teaching of Marxism-Leninism and the Russian language compulsory in schools.

The economy was centrally planned, and increasingly state-owned. Prices of basic goods and services were set by central government planners, rather than rising and falling through supply and demand. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the USSR, it became the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc. Nonetheless it did not match the economic growth of West Germany. Emigration to the West was a significant problem - as many of the emigrants were well-educated young people, it further weakened the state economically. The government fortified its western borders and, in 1961, built the Berlin Wall. Many people attempting to flee were killed by border guards or booby traps, such as landmines.

1. What's the official name of East Germany?
2. What is its German acronym?
3. What type of government did it have?
4. Which region of Europe is it in?
5. How long did it exist?
6. Who occupied its land before that?
7. At the end of which conflict?
8. Was West Berlin part of the country?
9. What did other parts of Germany become?
10. How many other zones were there?
11. Who controlled East Germany?
12. Was the Russian army stationed there?
13. For how long?
14. What was built in 1961?
15. Who built it?
16. What problems did the state have?
17. Where?
18. How did that hurt it?
19. Did they learn Russian in school?
20. Which party ran the country for most of the time?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. German Democratic Republic
2. DDR
3. socialist
4. central
5. 1949 to 1990
6. Soviet forces
7. World War II
8. no
9. the Federal Republic
10. three
11. Soviet Union.
12. Soviet forces, however, remained in the country throughout the Cold War
13. throughout the Cold War
14. the Berlin Wall
15. The East German government
16. emigration
17. to the West
18. it weakened it economically
19. yes
20. the Socialist Unity Party

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What would life be like if you give up using your cell phone? Will it become boring? Twenty-eight eighth-graders at St. Matthew School in San Francisco will tell you it can still be rich and colorful. These students took part in their school's "tech-free" challenge. They couldn't use cell phones for two weeks from Nov 11 to Nov 22. The idea was to help students understand how technology has affected their lives, said Denise Uhl, principal of the school. Uhl did a survey on technology usage among the eighth-graders before thinking of the challenge. She found that 84 percent of the students said they didn't like it "when everyone was on their cell phones", but they didn't know what to do about it. The answer was actually easy --- to stop constantly using cell phones. To help students understand the point, Uhl created the activity. It was warmly welcomed among students. "I wanted to sign up for the tech-free challenge because it was just really a good idea to do it," eighth-grader Joe told local newspaper Catholic San Francisco. "I wanted to get closer to my family. And it really worked. I started to hang out with my family more. We watched more family movies and we played a lot of board games." The activity also helped students develop their interests. During the two weeks, Lucas said he spent much more time outside, picking lemons in his garden. Maddie finished a painting and Cassie created a scarf on a loom .

1. Will life be exciting without a phone?
2. When did the students stop using phones for the challenge?
3. Where was the school loacted?
4. What was the name of the educational building?
5. What was the name of the head professor?
6. Name one of the individuals that partook in the study.
7. Did he spend more time outdoors?
8. Who else partook in the study?
9. What did she do while not on her telephone?
10. What local paper wrote about the project?
11. Could the children play apps on the telephone while on the project?
12. Did the children think the project was beneficial?
13. Who was a local 8th grader who screened films with loved ones?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. can be
2. Nov 11 to Nov 22
3. San Francisco
4. St. Matthew School
5. Denise Uhl
6. Lucas
7. YES
8. Maddie
9. finished a painting
10. local newspaper Catholic San Francisco
11. No
12. yes
13. Joe