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6. Why did the man ask for a new guinea pig?
a. He was convinced that the soup was poisoned.
b. He believed that the guinea pig was safer than the soup.

c. He was confused by the absurd situation.
d. He said one thing while thinking about another.

C. Refl ect and answer.

1. Does the waiter care about the life of his customer? How do you know?
2. How would you describe this play – humorous, absurd or both? Give reasons for your answer.

Vocabulary

Read the adjectives given in the table below.

people situations and circumstances

amiable, brave, caring, dominating, empathetic, bizarre, challenging, devastating, embarrassing,
energetic, foolish, humble, impolite, jealous, frightful, gloomy, imaginary, lowly, murky,
kind-hearted, naive, outgoing, respectable, selfi sh, normal, overwhelming, probable, questionable,
truthful, undependable, worthy ridiculous, traumatic, unavoidable

Note that:

• Many adjectives can be used for both people and situations, so it is essential to understand
them in their context. For example, Shashi is a horrible person is not the same as Those were
horrible times.

In the fi rst sentence, horrible can be taken as nasty, even repulsive; while, in the second case,
the same word can be interpreted as shocking or horrifi c.

Choose words from the table above to describe the following:
1. the man dining at the restaurant

2. the waiter
3. the situation

Grammar

Simple and Compound Sentences

Read these sentences.

The waiter notices the man. He does not come to the table.

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