Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: Glossary
Besedišče: poveži besede iz romana s spodnjimi definicijami. / Vocabulary: match the words from the novel with their definitions below.
| 1 bedsit
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after graduating from Hailsham around age 16, the students are sent to live in the __________, where young adult clones are allowed to live freely until their donations are scheduled to begin |
| 2 Gallery
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the children at Hailsham are divided into three classes: Infants, __________; Kathy is “thirteen or fourteen” in her Senior 3 year |
| 3 Culture Briefing
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a class where older Hailsham students role-play situations they will encounter in the outside world, such as ordering in a restaurant or talking to a police officer |
| 4 rounders
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at these events, students at Hailsham can use tokens earned for good artwork to buy toys, clothes, and knickknacks; the items are second hand, which suggests that they are charitable donations from non-clones |
| 5 guardians | a studio apartment that includes a bedroom, a sitting area, and a kitchenette |
| 6 Courses
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the adults who run Hailsham and act as both teachers and parent-figures to the children there |
| 7 Juniors and Seniors | friendliness and camaraderie |
| 8 bonhomie
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a euphemism that the clones use for death; most clones __________ after their third or fourth organ donation. |
| 9 snogging
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the clones use this slang term to refer to “normal” people who could potentially be the “originals” from which they were modeled |
| 10 complete | the students at Hailsham are encouraged to create art; each quarter, they bring their artwork to a special event called an __________ where they can trade their pieces for those done by other students |
| 11 donors | the buildings where clones are held between donations; Some of them, like Kingsfield, are repurposed hotels or “holiday camps,” while others, like the one in Dover, seem to have been built intentionally for the recovery of donors |
| 12 Sales
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students at Hailsham have few possessions, so they put great care into their _________––artwork that they buy from other students at the quarterly Exchanges |
| 13 carer | British slang for heavy kissing |
| 14 possible
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most of the characters in Never Let Me Go are clones designed to become __________––that is, organ __________ |
| 15 recovery centre
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the __________ was created by a group of activists, including Madame, to demonstrate to the public that the clones are human beings with souls |
| 16 collection | a clone who acts as a nurse and companion to other clones who are undergoing their donations |
| 17 Exchange | the training that donors must undergo to become carers |
| 18 Cottages | a British game similar to baseball |
(Adapted from http://www.gradesaver.com on 23 April 2017)
