There are a lot of new words in this chapter.
You will understand some words because they are similar to German words or words from another language which are used in German.
You will recognize new words whose meaning is clear to you because you know other words of the same word family and you have learned some word building rules.
Sometimes you will know the meaning of a word because you have learnt a similar word in another foreign language.
There will certainly also be words whose meaning you don't understand, but which are not really important for an understanding of the text.
Sometimes the context in which a word appears will give you clues to it meaning.
Only look up a word in a dictionary if you can't really guess the meaning of it and it is important to understand the story.

List of words in chapter 3.

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Summarize this chapter in four or five sentences

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Harry receives mysterious letters.

escape - evasion - connection with others

Mercury delivers news. He was Zeus' son.

1. Mr Dursley

   He's proud of his son going to his old school, too. He lets Dudley poke Harry with his stick. He's "nice" to Harry and gives him Dudley's second bedroom..

2. Mrs Dursley

   She bursts into tears when she sees her son in his new uniform.

3. Dudley Dursley

   He will be going to secondary school. It is Smeltings, Vernon's old school. He will wear a uniform: maroon tailcoat, orange knickerbockers, flat straw hat - a boater, and he will carry a knobbly stick. With his stick he pokes Harry and he even gives his father a sharp tap on the head. He once swapped his parrot for a real air-rifle. A lot of his toys are broken. He has got a lot of books but doesn't seem to read them. He kicks his mother, too..

4. Aunt Marge (mentioned)

   She is on holiday on the Isle of Wight. She is ill because of eating a funny whelk.

5. Piers, Dennis, Malcolm, Gordon (mentioned)

   They are Dudley's friends and visit him every single day. They are all big and stupid. Dudley is the biggest and most stupid of his Harry-hunting gang.

6. Mrs Figg (mentioned)

   She has got crutches and a broken leg tripping over one of her cats. She can also be nice to Harry. She lets him watch TV and gives him a bit of chocolate.

7. Harry

   He would be going to secondary school. Harry would go to Stonewall High, the local comprehensive school. His uniform would be Dudley's old clothes, dyed grey. Harry's 11th birthday is on a Tuesday.

8. A toothless old man

   He gives them the rowing boat.

9. Someone

   Someone is knocking at the door of the shack.
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   This person is Hagrid.

1. The Dursleys' house

   It has got 4 bedrooms: one for Vernon and Petunia, one for visitors, one where Dudley sleeps and one for all his toys. There is a cupboard where Harry slept before he moved to Dudley's second room.

2. The hotel

   It is a gloomy-looking hotel, where they stay overnight. It is on the outskirts of a big city. It's Railview Hotel, Cokeworth. Harry and Dudley sleep in room 17.

3. A forest, a field, a suspension bridge, a multi-storey car park

   They are in the middle of a forest, but only a short time. It's the same with the other places.

4. The coast and shack

   They go to a shack on an island rock by boat. The shack has only 2 rooms.

1. What is the meaning of the following sentence: "Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?"?
   
2. Why does Vernon enter Harry's cupboard for the first time?
   
3. Why does Vernon decide to move Harry to the smallest bedroom?
   
4. To what extremes do the Dursleys go to trying to evade delivery of Harry's letters? How does this alter their daily habits?
   
5. Describe the process by which the sender of the letters knew Harry's exact location, and how they were delivered.

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A symbol is something real that stands for an idea. A symbol is usually a real, concrete thing that stands for an abstract idea.
What could the smelting stick be a good symbol for?

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There are some very rich, colourful and powerful words in English, where we have to use more than one word in German e.g. gasp=nach Luft schnappen.
Try to find some in this chapter.
Try to find some nice words used instead of "to cry" and "to go". Look them up in your dictionary and translate them into German.

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