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1. If I had any sense I would have married a Malay girl.
2. If I had only my chance I know I would have made good.
3. Perhaps he was right, perhaps it would have eased my mind. I wonder what he would have said.
4. She would have scratched my eyes if she could.
5. If you had had any pride, if you had had any sense of decency, you would have thrown his presents in his face.
6. Of course all this wouldn't have happened if the girl hadn't been a fool.
7. Would she have said that if it hadn't meant something to her?
2.29 Complete the sentences given below:
1. If Sonny's brother hadn't read in the paper that Sonny had been arrested...
2. If Sonny hadn't used and peddled heroin...
3. If the circumstances had been different...
4. If Sonny hadn't been homesick...
5. If Sonny's brother hadn't been anxious for Sonny...
6. If it hadn't been for Isabel's open and easy manner...
7. If Isabel hadn't been genuinely glad to see Sonny...
2.30 Say whether these statements are true or false When giving your arguments use sentences of unreal condition like this:
That's true. I don't think his childhood was happy because if it had been happy...
1. Sonny's childhood was not happy.
2. Sonny's brother was a kind, decent, reliable man capable of self-criticism
3. Sonny's brother knew him well and in the past they used to be close friends.
4. Sonny's brother was anxious for Sonny's fate (his children's fate, for the fate of other children).
Speaking Activities
2.31 Suppose you were Sonny's brother. What would you say about Sonny? What do you think the future might have in store for him? For your children?
2.32 Suppose you were Sonny. What could you say about yourself? About your relations with your brother, your parents and mates? How do you visualize your future?
2.33 Draw character sketches of Sonny, his brother and the brother's wife. Turn to the text for facts and proofs and use sentences of unreal condition e.g.: If he hadn't been anxious for his fate he wouldn't have done it (said it).
2.34 Imagine you are the members of the school teachers' board and Sonny is your student.
Role-play
Discuss the incident and the ways of solving the problem for Sonny and other children.
Problems - You heatedly discuss the following problems:
a) the living conditions in Harlem;
b) the social environment in Harlem;
c) the relations between children and parents;
d) drug addiction among children;
e) social measures taken against juvenile delinquency.
Cast List The following people take part in the discussion:
the headmaster; the school psychologist; the school doctor; a representative from the parents' board; the teachers of the school, both young and old.
Role Cards
The headmaster, age 58.
You have a large family on your hands, have gone through many difficulties, raised your children, you are strict, but understanding, really caring for children.
The doctor, aged 53.
You are married, but have no children. You are well aware of the situation in Harlem and at school, but your attitude is negative, you demand strict measures against drug addicts.
The psychologist, aged 35.
You are concerned with the growing psychic unstability of children resulting from the pressure of the outside adult world, money problems, poor living conditions, unemployment, drug addiction, alcoholism among parents in Harlem.
The other teachers of the school.
They are of different ages and have different views on the problems under discussion.
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