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Professional TeacherThe Hunger Games - Upper Intermediate / Advanced
Read this paragraph from chapter 1 of The Hunger Games.
When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol. Eventually I understood this would only lead us to more trouble. So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts. Do my work quietly in school. Make only polite small talk in the public market. Discuss little more than trades in the Hob, which is the black market where I make most of my money. Even at home, where I am less pleasant, I avoid discussing tricky topics. Like the reaping, or food shortages, or the Hunger Games. Prim might begin to repeat my words and then where would we be?
Questions:
1. Which idiom does Katniss use to mean 'be quiet' ?
2. Which adverb means 'after some time' ?
3. Which two word phrase means 'illegal economy' ?
Aug 26, 2022 3:59 PM
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