ACTIVITY # 5

TEXT A

a. The conversation begins with an encounter between Jerry, and Peter. The dialogues suggest that Jerry came from the zoo, and he lost his way as he was walking, and did not notice where he was going.

b. In a normal conversation, this event happens, when someone is not sure whether he is the one being addressed like in the case of Peter. His response was not wrong technically because he simply clarified if Jerry was talking to him. In another perspective Peter would have responded “ So what if you went to the zoo?” and then he would follow up by asking “who are you?” it can be concluded from the dialogue that the two people conversing does not know each other.

c. Other phrases that would give the similar meaning in Peter’s line is “Probably you have been”. In the particular line it can be concluded that Peter is somewhat unsure if he was answering Jerry’s question correctly, and it also shows a feeling of annoyance between Peter and Jerry. In the description of the line it is stated that Peter, was anxious to get back on his reading and so it would probably be the reason why he is annoyed of Jerry because he didn’t want any distractions while he was doing something.

d. The phrase “good old” refers to an expression which implies that something memorable or important reminds him of the thing he mentions as “good old”. In this context it is quite obscure what Jerry is reminded of the “good old north”.

e. The word “boy” is commonly used when a person is talking to a younger person who is a male. From the scenario we can conclude that Jerry is an older man than Peter is. Another detail in the lines support this, the detail that says Jerry “gets his pipe” means that Jerry is a smoker and he is of old age or perhaps legal age.

f. In my opinion, what will happen next is that Peter is going to help Jerry find his way back to the zoo and because Jerry was thankful because Peter helped him, he will be giving Peter a gift, or something and they will become friends.

TEXT B

a. In the old English, the word “Pray” does not necessarily mean “Worship-Pray, or God-Pray”, but it is equivalent to the word “please” a common word used to be more polite to a person, especially to a stranger. In the dialogue, the use of the word pray, is “Please” or for politeness which is intended to be used especially if you are talking to a stranger.

b. There is nothing wrong with the use of such adjectives in the first meeting because these are also used to show politeness. It also shows that the conversation is somewhat formal because there is a bit of exaggeration with the use of adjectives, but in another perspective it is just right to use them because Gwendolen is stating her observations, and her expectations. These are basically just first impressions.

c. The lines directly expose that the two conversing people are trying to make acquaintances of each other. The lines also show that they are trying to impress each other and trying to be close to one another by being kind and polite towards each other.

d. In my opinion, Gwendolen was not yet sitting down because she still wanted to ask something from Cecily and it would be more polite if she asked her while they are not sitting yet.

e. The saying “if you wish” is equivalent to “yes you may”. It is implied that Cecily will always be calling Gwendolyn by her first name.

f. Gwendolen means that everything is okay between the two of them, and by this she means that they are now friends because they are on a first name basis already and they have introduced themselves to each other.

g. In my opinion, they might not really like each other and the scene seems a bit “plastic”, and by plastic I mean “fake” because it is not really that fast to be on a first name basis and get too many praises at a short span of time. But this may be the opposite.

h. I think that the two will be business partners or they will be best friends.

ACTIVITY # 6

	TEXT A	TEXT B
Setting	At A Street	At A Restaurant/ at A Ball/Party
Period	20th Century	18th or 19th Century
Relationship Between the characters	Strangers	Strangers
Type of language used	Modern English w/ a bit of Slang	Old English