Q: CHAPTER X

GAVINIA ON THE TRACK

Corp, you remember, had said that he would go to the stake rather than break his promise; and he meant it, too, though what the stake was, and why such a pother about going to it, he did not know. He was to learn now, however, for to the stake he had to go. This was because Gavinia, when folding up his clothes, found in one of the pockets a glove wrapped in silk paper.

Tommy had forgotten it until too late, for when he asked Corp for the glove it was already in Gavinia's possession, and she had declined to return it without an explanation. "You must tell her nothing," Tommy said sternly. He was uneasy, but relieved to find that Corp did not know whose glove it was, nor even why gentlemen carry a lady's glove in their pocket.

At first Gavinia was mildly curious only, but her husband's refusal to answer any questions roused her dander. She tried cajolery, fried his take of trout deliciously for him, and he sat down to them sniffing. They were small, and the remainder of their brief career was in two parts. First he lifted them by the tail, then he laid down the tail. But not a word about the glove.

She tried tears. "Dinna greet, woman," he said in distress. "What would the bairn say if he kent I made you greet?"

Gavinia went on greeting, and the baby, waking up, promptly took her side.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was Gavinia frying?
2. Were they big?
3. Who found the glove?
4. What was she doing when she found it?
5. Did she give it back?
6. What was it wrapped in?
7. Who said he'd rather go to the stake than break his promise?
8. Was anyone crying?
9. Who?
10. Was the glove in a purse?
11. What was it in?
12. Do we know whose glove it was?
13. Who was waking up?
14. Did they baby cry too?
15. Who said not to say anything to Gavinia?
16. What got lifted by the tail?
17. Was anyone relieved?
18. About what?
19. Why was Gavinia upset with her husband?
20. What was the baby's name?
A: 1. trout
2. no
3. Gavinia
4. folding up his clothes
5. no
6. silk paper
7. Corp
8. yes
9. Gavinia
10. no
11. a pocket
12. no
13. the baby
14. yes
15. Tommy
16. the trout
17. yes
18. that Corp did not know whose glove it was
19. his refusal to answer any questions
20. unknown
Q: A new word is becoming more and more popular on the Internet in China - but no one knows quite what it means.The word "duang" is so new that you can't even find it in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like fire on the Chinese Internet , appearing more than 8,000,000 times on Weibo, where 15,000 users had more than 312,000 discussions. On Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. But what does it mean? "Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like I'd better go back to school now," said Weibo user Fahmida. Another user asked: "Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang." "To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user Beatrice. "Duang" seems to be imitating a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 appeared in a shampoo ad where he used the sound "duang" to describe his soft and black hair. The word came to people again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to visit Chan's Weibo page with comments . The word seems to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect Chinese meaning for it, but you could use it to give emphasis to the word that follows it. A kid might be "duang cute", for example.

Answer the following questions:
1. What doe duang mean?
2. Is the word used a lot?
3. Where?
4. HAs it appeared on Weibo?
5. HOw many conversations?
6. how many users?
7. Can you find it in the dictionary?
8. Where did it start?
9. doing what?
10. What kind of ad?
11. in what year?
12. Is it used as a noun?
13. as a verb?
14. adjective?
15. What did Chang post on his weibo page?
16. What did users do?
17. HOw many?
18. Is there a CHinese meaning for it?
19. What can you uise it as with a word?
20. Was it looked up on Baidu?
A: 1. no one knows
2. Yes.
3. On the internet in China.
4. More than 800,000 times.
5. Over 8 million times in 312,000 conversations.
6. 15,000
7. No.
8. With Jackie Chan.
9. Describing his hair in an ad.
10. A shampoo ad.
11. 2004.
12. No.
13. Sometimes,.
14. Yes, to give an emphasis like "Duang cute"
15. Chans shampoo ad.
16. Comment on it.
17. Thousands of users.
18. Not a perfect meaning.
19. Emphasis.
20. Yes.
Q: (CNN) -- UK lawmakers have voted in the House of Commons to recognize Palestine as a state "as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution."

The motion was backed overwhelmingly Monday by 274 votes to 12. However, fewer than half of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons took part in the debate.

The motion passed was, "That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.

The measure is mainly symbolic and is not binding on the government. However, it lends added weight within Europe to calls for Palestinian statehood.

Ten days earlier, the new government in Sweden said it would recognize a Palestinian state.

"A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to coexist peacefully. Therefore, Sweden will recognise the State of Palestine," said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in his first statement of government policy.

'Not a gift, but a right'

The UK vote came after five hours of debate in the House.

Former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, of the Conservative Party, told MPs that during his time in office in the 1990s, the United Kingdom committed "for the first time to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state."

"I have never wavered in that view and I believe that the earlier that state comes about the better, both for the Palestinians and for the Middle East as a whole," he said.

Shadow foreign minister Ian Lucas, of the opposition Labour Party, said the motion would be supported by his party but that the timing and manner of deciding whether to recognize Palestinian statehood was a matter for the current coalition government.

Answer the following questions:
1. In what country is this vote happening?
A:
1. in the UK