Ju le s Verne

Around the world

in 80 days
Text adaptation and activities by Eleanor D o naldson
Illustrated by Paolo D ’A ltan
 Contents
About the Author 4

CHAPTER ONE When Phileas Fogg meets Passepartout g

CHAPTER TWO When Phileas Fogg makes a bet 19
CHAPTER THREE When gentlemen are thieves 30
CHAPTER FOUR When our adventurers
rescue a woman from certain death 40
CHAPTER FIVE When Passepartout becomes an acrobat 56
CHAPTER SIX When our friends risk their lives 67
CHAPTER SEVEN When Phileas Fogg comes to the rescue 78
CHAPTER EIGHT When Phileas Fogg becomes
the captain of a ship 92
CHAPTER NINE When it is better to travel east 100

DOSSIERS Great journeys around the world 49

Passenger ships and Transatlantic travel 88

INTERNET PROJECTS 53, 66, 76

ACTIVITIES 6, 8, 14, 25, 36, 45, 53, 54, 62, 74, 85, 91, 97, 106

AFTER READING 110

PET Cambridge PET-style activities 6 ,1 4 ,1 6 ,1 7 , 36,37, 47,

62, 65, 76, 85, 97, 108

T: g rad es 4 / 5 Trinity-style activities 16, 47

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are recorded on the accompanying CD.

Chapter 9 is downloadable from our website: www.blackcat-cideb.com.

B rs t These symbols indicate the beginning and end of the passages

linked to the listening activities.
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About the author
Jules Verne was born in 1828 in the town of Nantes, in France.
When he was a boy, he ran away from home and tried to get on a
ship to the Caribbean. The men on the ship found him and sent him
back home.
In 1847, Jules's father sent him to Paris to study law. He did not like
the subject very much and his father was angry when he left law
school and started writing plays instead. His plays were not very
successful at the beginning, and he had to find another way to earn
money because he was in love with Honorine, a widow 1 with two
young children. He became a stockbroker 2 and married Honorine a

1. w id o w : t h i s w o m a n ’s h u s b a n d is dead.
2. s to c k b ro k e r : a p e r so n w ho help s people i n v e s t t h e i r m o n e y in o t h e r
co m p a n i e s .

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year later, in 1857. They had a son called Michel. During this time
Verne continued writing, and in 1852 he wrote a book about how a
man could travel across Africa in a hot-air balloon. 3 One publisher
suggested that he wrote an adventure story, using the same ideas.
He did this, and in 1863, he wrote Five Weeks in a Ballodn. People
liked this new mixture of fact and fiction, and the book was an
immediate success.
With the help of his friend and publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, he
wrote many books, sometimes two a year. Some of the most famous
of these are: A Journey to the Centre o f the Earth (1864), From the Earth
to the Moon (1865) and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1869).
In these stories his heroes are clever men who are able to find
solutions to problems and escape from dangerous situations.
This is also the case in Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). This
was not only Jules Verne's most popular story but he also saw it
performed several times as a play during his own lifetime. Many of
Jules Verne's stories becam e classic film s, for exam ple, Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1954).
Jules Verne was popular in his time because of people's interest in
science. Today, people are interested to see how m any of his
imaginary inventions became reality. For example, in From the Earth
to the Moon, the story is very similar to the real events of man's first
journey to the moon in the Apollo.
Jules Verne did travel later on in his life, and in 1884 he did a tour of
the Mediterranean. He died in 1905 in Amiens, France. Many people
think of him as the 'father' of science fiction.

3. h o t - a i r b allo on
 Q Writing
W rite a sentence about Jules Verne for each date on the timeline.

Example: Ju les V erne w as b orn in 1828.

1828 1847 1852 1857 1 873 1905

P E T 0 Comprehension check
For each question choose the co rrect answ er — A, B, C or D.

1 Jules Verne’s father was very angry when Jules

A Q tried to get on a ship to the Caribbean.
B Q decided to go to Paris.
C Q did not like studying law.
D Q left law school and started writing plays.

2 At the beginning of his career

A □ he changed his mind and became a stockbroker.
B □ he had to marry Honorine.
C his plays were not very successful.
D □ he had a lot of money.

3 Jules Verne’s adventure books were successful because

A Q people liked this mixture of fact and fiction.
B Q they portrayed the life of heroes.
C Q they were all based on true stories.
D Q his friend and publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel helped him.

4 Jules Verne was popular in his time because

A Q many of his stories became classic films.
B Q many of his stories became famous plays.
C □ one of his stories was similar to the real events of m an’s
first journey to the moon.
D Q ] people then were very interested in science.

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Before you read

Q Test your Geography!

Can you m atch the places in the photos (A-F) th a t Phileas Fogg goes
to on his journey around the world?

1 Egypt 3 Mumbai (Bombay) 5 Hong Kong

2 Yokohama 4 San Francisco 6 New York

K 2 1 r 0 Listening
You will hear a description of the places in exercise one. W rite the
number next to the picture.

O Speaking
Discuss these questions.

1 Have you, or someone you know, been to one of these

places/countries?
2 Which places in the world would you like to visit? Make a list. You
will look at this question again in Chapter Two.

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CHAPTER ONE

When Phileas Fogg

meets Passepartout
L e t m e b egin by in tro d u c in g a m y s te r io u s E n glish g e n tle m a n O B '
ca lle d P h ileas Fogg. M ost p eop le d o n ’t k n ow v e ry m u ch a b o u t
him , b ut b e ca u se he d o es th e sa m e th in g e v e ry day, so m e people
th in k th e y know e v e ry th in g a b o u t him . He is v e ry h a n d so m e and
he is a tr u e g e n tle m a n . He is c e r ta in ly rich , b u t no o n e k n ow s
how he m ad e his m o n ey.
Has he e v e r b e e n to a n o t h e r c o u n tr y ? He ca n n a m e a lot o f
c o u n t r i e s on a w o rld m a p an d he k n o w s t h e m o s t in c r e d i b l e
th in g s a b o u t th e m . He pro b ab ly tra v elled a t on e tim e , b u t s o m e
people in sist t h a t he h a s n o t le ft London f o r m a n y y e a r s . M aybe
he only t r a v e ls in his head.

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CHAPTER ONE

He is a very p riv ate m an and he d o es n o t h ave m a n y frie n d s.

The only tim e he sp e a k s to o th e r people is a t th e R e fo r m C lu b , 1
w h e re he g o e s to read n e w s p a p e rs and play card s. He do es n o t
play to win. He plays f o r t h e e n jo y m e n t o f th e g a m e . He o f t e n
wins, but he d o es n o t k eep th e m o n ey . He gives it to ch arity . He
likes to s e e his g a m e s as a ch alle n g e ; a ch alle n g e t h a t d o es n o t
require an y physical e f f o r t.
He has lunch a t th e R efo rm Club every day, in th e sa m e room,
a t th e sa m e table. He goes h o m e a t midnight. He lives in his house
in Savile Row, a good ad d ress in ce n tra l London. No one ev e r goes
th e re, e x c e p t his m a n s e rv a n t, who m u st alw ays be on tim e and be
co m p letely loyal 2 to Phileas Fogg. In fa c t , this very m orning, his
m a n s e r v a n t lost his jo b b e c a u se th e w a te r he brou gh t Phileas Fogg
w as to o h o t to shave with. And this is w h ere our sto ry begins.
P hileas Fogg w a s sittin g in his a r m c h a ir w a itin g f o r his new
m a n s e r v a n t a t so m e tim e b e t w e e n elev e n and h a lf p a s t eleven.
(At e x a c t l y h a lf p a s t e lev e n Mr Fogg g o e s to t h e R e f o r m Club.)
He lo o k ed up a t t h e h a n d s o f t h e la r g e c lo c k by t h e wall t h a t
c o u n te d ev e ry se c o n d w ith a loud tick.
T h e r e w a s a k n o c k a t t h e d o o r an d a y o u n g m a n o f a b o u t
th ir ty c a m e in.
‘You sa y t h a t you are F ren ch, bu t you r n a m e is J o h n ? ’ ask ed
Phileas Fogg, looking a t him carefully.
‘J e a n , sir, n o t J o h n , ’ said th e young m an. ‘J e a n P a s s e p a r to u t .
I a m an h o n e s t m a n , sir, and I m u s t te ll you t h a t I h a v e n ’t
b ee n a m a n s e r v a n t all my life. I w a s a physical e d u c a tio n t e a c h e r

1. R e fo rm Club : a po litic al club in L ond on w ith s e r v i c e s f o r m e m b e r s . It

b e g a n a ro u n d 1 8 3 2 t o give m e m b e r s o f t h e Liberal P a r t y a p la c e to
m e e t and d is c u s s t h e i r ideas.
2. loyal : a l w a y s su p p o r ti n g s o m e o n e or s o m e t h i n g .

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and a m u sic t e a c h e r ; th e n I b e c a m e a singer. I o n c e rode a h o rse

in a circus, and f o r a tim e I w o rk e d f o r t h e fire brigad e in Paris. I
fou n d out t h a t a c e r ta in Mr Fogg w a s looking f o r a m a n s e r v a n t.
“He is a v ery clever, c a r e fu l m a n , ” t h e y told m e. “You w o n ’t find
a q u ie t e r m a n in all o f E ngland. He d o e s t h e s a m e th in g e v e ry
d a y . ” And so I c a m e h e r e t o a s k a b o u t t h e j o b , in t h e h o p e o f
finally b eing able to live a qu ie t life.’
‘Y e s , s o m e o n e a t t h e R e f o r m Club to ld you th is I b elie v e —
p r o b a b l y t h e s a m e p e r s o n w h o t o l d m e a b o u t y o u . Do y o u
u n d e rs ta n d w h a t ty p e o f p e rso n I’m looking f o r ? ’
‘Y e s, sir. I do, and I th in k I’m p e r f e c t fo r th e j o b . ’
‘Well th e n , w h a t tim e is it n o w ? ’
‘Eleven tw e n t y - t w o , Mr Fog g,’ P a s s e p a r t o u t replied, ta k in g his
p o c k e t - w a t c h 3 o u t o f a sm all side p o ck et.
‘E x a ctly fo u r m in u te s l a t e , ’ n o te d Phileas Fogg, looking a t his
own w a tc h . ‘So, l e t ’s say you s t a r t e d w orking f o r m e as f ro m —
elev e n t w e n t y - s i x . ’
P h ileas Fogg s t o o d up f r o m his a r m c h a ir , picked up his h a t,
and w e n t o u t o f t h e d o or w ith o u t say ing a n o t h e r word. F rom th is
b r i e f in t r o d u c ti o n , P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s ab le to m a k e n o t e o f his
em p lo y er. He w a s a b o u t f o r t y y e a r s old, an e le g a n t m a n w ith an
a t t r a c t i v e , g e n t l e f a c e . He w a s t a l l , w i t h b l o n d h a i r a n d a
m o u s t a c h e . He w as th e s o r t o f p e rso n w ho r e m a in e d in credibly
c a lm , e v e n u n d e r p r e s s u r e . He had g e n t l e e y e s t h a t f ix e d you
w ith a firm s t a r e . 4 He n e v e r s e e m e d u p set 5 or w orried. He w as
. » r

4. firm s t a r e : t o look a t s o m e o n e w i t h o u t t a k in g y o u r e y e s a w a y f r o m
them .
5. u p s e t : un hap py .

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 When Phileas Fogg meets Passepartout

a t y p i c a l E n g l i s h m a n . It w a s a l w a y s d i f f i c u l t t o g u e s s a n
E n g lish m a n ’s tr u e feelin g s.

And our F r e n c h m a n ? P a s s e p a r t o u t had an a t t r a c t iv e * f a c e and

he w a s in c r e d ib ly s t r o n g . He had blue e y e s , an d u n tid y , cu rly
brow n hair. He w as a s w e e t p e rso n w ho u n d e rsto o d th e m e a n in g
o f tr u e frie n d ship and loyalty.
It w a s j u s t a f t e r h a lf p a s t elev e n and P a s s e p a r to u t , w ho w a s
now a lo n e in his n ew h o m e , d ecid ed to look aro u n d . In P h ileas
F o g g ’s ro o m his c l o t h e s w e re divided into s e a s o n s ; e a c h j a c k e t
h ad a n u m b e r . In t h e c o r n e r , t h e r e w a s a s a f e 6 f o r k e e p i n g
m o n e y , w a t c h e s a n d o t h e r i t e m s . A f t e r l o o k i n g in a ll t h e
d if f e r e n t ro o m s, he finally c a m e to his own b e d ro o m . Above th e
f i r e p l a c e t h e r e w a s an e l e c t r i c c lo c k ; it w a s t h e s a m e e l e c t r i c
clo ck t h a t P hileas Fogg had in his ro o m . T h e tw o clo ck s tick e d a t
t h e e x a c t s a m e s e c o n d . B e lo w t h e c l o c k t h e r e w a s a p i e c e o f
p ap e r listing th e d etails o f Mr Fog g ’s day.

8 2 0 : Tea and Foasi

7.37" W a fe r f o r shaving (body FemperaFure)
II.Z5: Brush M r Fogg’s jackeF

T h e list told P a s s e p a r t o u t e v e r y th in g he n e e d e d to do f r o m
m o rn in g until m idnigh t w h en Mr Fogg w e n t to bed.
‘N o t b a d a t a l l , ’ t h o u g h t P a s s e p a r t o u t . ‘A m a n w h o is a s
re g u lar as clo ck w ork ! 7 This is j u s t w h a t I w a s looking f o r . ’

6. s a fe : a s t r o n g m e t a l c u p b o a r d w ith lo c k s in w h ich you k e e p v a lu a b le

th in g s .
7. a s re g u la r a s clo ck w o rk : s o m e o n e w h o a l w a y s d o e s e v e r y t h i n g on
t i m e a nd in t h e r ig h t or d e r .

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 The text and beyond

PET 0 Comprehension check

Read these sentences about Chapter One. Decide if they are correct or
incorrect. If the sentence is correct, m ark A. If it is not correct, m ark B.

A B
1 Phileas Fogg made his money travelling around the world. □ □
2 Phileas Fogg gave the money he won to charity. □ □
3 Every day Phileas Fogg went home to a house in
Saville Row. □ □
4 It was important to Fogg th at his manservant was
on time. □ □
5 Passepartout was a manservant for many years in France □ □
6 Passeparout found it difficult to guess an Englishman’s
feelings. □ □
7 The clock in Passepartout’s room was slow. □ □
8 Passepartout thought his m aster was adventurous. □ □

Q How quickly can you find the differences?

There are eight d ifferences betw een the original te x t and the te x t
below. Can you find them all? W rite them below under the te x t.

In Phileas F ogg’s room his c lo th e s w ere divided into d if f e r e n t

colours; each jack et had a number. In the wardrobe, there was a bag
for keeping money, w atches and other items. After looking in all the
different rooms, he finally cam e to his own bedroom. Above the
chest of drawers there was an electric clock; it was a red clock like
th e one th a t Phileas Fogg had in his living room. The two clocks
played music at the exact same time. Below the clock there was a
book listing the details of Passepartout’s day.

...

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 T I V I T I E S

Q Jobs
A P assepartout has done a lot of jobs. Unscramble the words to find
job s he has done. T h ere are also som e job s c o n n e cte d to th e
author, Jules Verne. Which ones are they?

RAACBOT ...........................................................
MEFNARI ...........................................................
NSAMTNVERA ...........................................................
IMCISUAN ...........................................................
NISREG ...........................................................
ROSKCTOBKRE ...........................................................
ECARTHE ...........................................................
RIERWT ).................................................

B Find th e jobs in th e list above in th e w ord sq u are below. Look

carefully! You can read some words backw ards. How quickly did
you find them all?

N E N T P U M T Q P M X
U T Y A I 0 A A O P A T
R W R S M B F L O R N X
B A F A O E I Z U E S F
K A B R I C R I U H E W
E Y C A E N S I X C R R
G A Y M N B D 0 F A V I
Q J A F W K Q R U E A T
D N S I N G E R I T N E
O W V S N S G R V V T R
N A I C I S U M Q U E K
T V W Q M S I C A u H R
X S K H E S M E M H K L
D S T O C K B R 0 K E R
U W X C S V F T A A K D

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Q Adjectives
Match these adjectives with their opposite. Which adjectives can you
find in Chapter One? Who or w hat do they describe?

1 □ weak A tall
2 □ rich B tidy
3 □ handsome C strong
4 □ stupid D ugly
5 □ untidy E dishonest
6 □ curly F clever
7 □ short G poor
8 □ honest H straight

T: GRADE 4

Q Speaking: hobbies/sports
Phileas Fogg played cards with his companions at the Reform Club. He
also had an interest in travel. We can say that these are his ‘hobbies’, the
things he does for enjoyment, not for work. Which of the jobs in exercise
3 could be a hobby? Answer these questions about hobbies.

1 Do you have any hobbies?

2 Where do you do these hobbies?
3 Would you like to try a new hobby? If yes, which one?

P E T 0 Writing
You find a note on the table from Jane, who lives in your flat. She is at
work so she asks you to do some task s for her today. Leave a note for
Jane. In your note you should:

• say what tasks you did

• apologise because you couldn’t do all the tasks
• say why you couldn’t do the other tasks.

I <
(3 5 -4 5 words)

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Q Routine
Phileas Fogg does th e sam e thing every day. Imagine one day you
wake up and you have to do the sam e thing every day for one year.
You have all the money you need. Use you imagination to w rite a list
of things you would like to do every day for a year.

mo
i
p £ -p
Listening ♦
For each question th ere are th ree pictures. Listen to the recording.
Choose the co rrect picture and put a tick ( / ) in the box below it.

1 What is Joe going to

2 What time does Carla say she will arrive?

a n h d H D

3 What does the woman decide to buy?

H D
4 What job have both men done?

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 A C T V T E S

Before you read

Q Vocabulary
In Chapter Two you will read some words connected to the story of a
crim e. Use the crossw ord clues (across/d ow n ) to help you find the
w ords for the puzzle. Check their meaning in a dictionary.

robbery thief detective evidence Scotland Yard

rew ard investigation identity a rre st steal

Across 2
1 An .... gives more details < □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □
about a crime.
3 A takes things that don’t belong
to him/her. 3
7 If you find a criminal, sometim es
you get a... 4 5
9 The crime of stealing money or objects. □ □
□
10 A tries to find criminals.
6
□
□ □
Down
□ □
2 Office for finding
criminals in London. 7
8 □
4 Facts to show how a
crime happened. . 9
□ □
5 Name, personal details, etc.
6 To take someone else’s □
belongings. '» □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □
8 The police take someone away.

Q Titles
Read the title of Chapter Two. Tick ( / ) the sentence which is closest
to w hat you think will happen next.

1 Q ] Phileas Fogg will risk all his money to do something impossible.

2 Q Phileas Fogg may lose or win money as a result of something
he says he will do.
3 Q Phileas Fogg will play a game of cards for a lot of money.

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CHAPTER TWO

When Phileas Fogg

makes a bet
Every day, Phileas Fogg left his house a t half p ast eleven. He put his BSH'
righ t fo o t in fro n t of his left fo o t 5 7 5 tim es — he knew th e e x a c t
length of every step — and he put his left fo ot in fro n t of his right
fo ot 5 7 6 tim es before arriving a t th e step s of th e R eform Club.
He u s u a lly w a i t e d a li t t l e b e f o r e h a v in g lu n ch a t t h i r t e e n
m in u te s to o ne. Then he w e n t to th e lounge ro o m w h e re he s p e n t
t h e a f t e r n o o n r e a d in g t h e n e w s p a p e r s . At fiv e o ’c lo c k he had
a f t e r n o o n t e a 1 an d a t t w e n t y to six it w a s t i m e to go to t h e

1, a f te r n o o n t e a : t e a w ith s o m e fo o d , t r a d i t i o n a ll y e a t e n a b o u t f o u r or
fiv e o ’c l o c k in t h e a f t e r n o o n .

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G a m e s R o o m to play c a r d s w ith o t h e r w e a l th y and r e s p e c t e d 2
m e m b e r s o f t h e club, like Sir Ralph G a u tie r and Andrew S t u a r t .
On th is p a rtic u la r day Andrew S t u a r t s t a r t e d to read a s t o r y
t o t h e m f r o m t h e e v e n in g n e w s p a p e r a b o u t a r o b b e r y a t t h e
B an k o f E n g la n d .3
T h e r o b b e r y t o o k p lace on 2 9 S e p te m b e r . The t h i e f sto le f if ty -
five th o u s a n d pounds while t h e head c a s h ie r w a s bu sy w riting a
r e c e i p t f o r j u s t a f e w p e n c e . E n g l a n d ’s b e s t d e t e c t i v e s w e r e
looking f o r t h e t h i e f a f t e r h ea rin g t h a t t h e B an k o f England w a s
o f f e r i n g a r e w a r d o f tw o t h o u s a n d p o u n d s to t h e p e r s o n w h o
w a s able to c a t c h th e th ie f. From th e f ir s t in v e s tig a tio n s into th e
r o b b e r y t h e y k new only o ne th ing f o r c e r ta in : he w a s an e le g a n t,
w e l l - s p o k e n 4 g e n tle m a n .
W hile t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s o f th e club s a t a t t h e ta b le , re a d y to
play th e ir g a m e o f card s, A ndrew S t u a r t c o n tin u e d to ta lk a b o u t
th e ro b b ery .
‘W h e r e d o y o u t h i n k t h e t h i e f is h i d i n g ? H e c o u l d b e
a n y w h e re . The world is so big!’
‘It is n ’t so big a n y m o r e , ’ replied Phileas Fogg.
‘W h a t do you m e a n ? , ’ said A ndrew S t u a r t w ith a laugh. ‘The
e a r th d o e s n ’t g e t an y s m a l le r !’
‘Ah! B ut t h e e a r t h is s m a l le r , ’ said Sir Ralph G a u tie r. ‘If you
th in k t h a t w e c a n no w go aro u n d it te n t i m e s q u ic k e r th a n we
could o n e hundred y e a r s ago. Did you know t h a t to d a y a m an can
tra v e l aro u n d th e world in only t h r e e m o n t h s ? ’
‘Eighty days to be e x a c t , ’ Phileas Fogg c o r r e c t e d him.

2. w e a lth y an d r e s p e c te d : p eo p le liked t h e m b e c a u s e o f t h e i r high

p o s i ti o n in s o c i e t y , o r a t t h e club.
3. B an k o f E n g lan d : t h e c e n t r a l b a n k o f t h e U nited K in g do m .
4. w e ll-s p o k e n : he s p o k e good Englis h, like a w e l l - e d u c a t e d g e n t l e m a n .

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‘Eighty d a y s ? ’ ask e d a su rprised m a n a t t h e ta b le .

‘W ell, m a y b e t h a t ’s tr u e , b u t only if you d o n ’t c o n s i d e r bad
w e a t h e r , s t o r m s , s h i p w r e c k s , 5 and o t h e r t h i n g s ,’ said a n o th e r .
‘In e i g h t y d a y s , c o n s i d e r i n g all p o s s i b le e v e n t s , ’ c o n t i n u e d
Phileas Fogg.
‘Ah! You th in k so, do you, Mr F o g g ? ’ laughed Sir Ralph. ‘Well,
I ’ ll b e t f o u r t h o u s a n d p o u n d s t h a t a j o u r n e y l i k e t h a t is
im po ssible in such a s h o r t t i m e . ’
‘I r e p e a t t h a t it is p o ssib le to do th e jo u r n e y in t h a t t i m e , ’ said
Phileas Fogg, his e y e s fix ed on Sir R a lp h ’s smile.
‘Well, if you a re so c e r ta in , th e n do it y o u r s e l f !’
‘I will,’ replied Phileas Fogg.
‘W h e n ? ’
‘I m m e d i a t e l y . And I’ll b e t n o t f o u r , b u t t w e n t y t h o u s a n d
p o u n d s t h a t I c a n go a r o u n d t h e w o rld in e i g h t y d a y s ; I will
re tu rn h e r e in 1 , 9 2 0 h ours, or, if you p re fe r, 1 1 5 , 2 0 0 m in u te s. Do
you a g r e e to t h e b e t ? ’
T h e y all lo o k ed a t o n e a n o t h e r . T h e y could n o t d ec id e if he
w as serio u s. ‘W e a g r e e , ’ th e y said.
‘G ood. I’ll t a k e t h e t r a in f o r D over a t a q u a r t e r to nine th is
e v e n in g . T h e b e t s t a r t s a s f r o m . . . ’ P h il e a s F o g g t o o k a s m a ll
n o te b o o k and pencil fr o m his p o c k e t and m a d e a n o te :

Z October, 8 A S p.m.
‘And I will re tu rn h ere to t h e R e f o r m Club a t eig h t f o r ty -f iv e
on S a t u r d a y 21 D e c e m b e r . If I a m n o t h e r e by t h a t ti m e , th i s
c h e q u e f o r t w e n t y th o u s a n d pounds is y ou rs, g e n t l e m e n . ’

5. s h ip w re ck s : t h e s e h a p p e n w h e n a ba d s t o r m o r a n o t h e r u n e x p e c t e d
e v e n t d e s t r o y s a ship a t s e a .

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 And w ith t h e s e w ord s he le ft th e ch e q u e fo r tw e n t y th o u sa n d
pounds on th e ta b le , picked up his h a t and w e n t o u t o f th e door.
At te n to eigh t his m a n s e r v a n t w as su rprised to s e e his new
e m p l o y e r 6 c o m e th ro u g h th e door. A fe w m o m e n t s la t e r Phileas
Fogg called to him fr o m his ro o m .
‘P a s s e p a r to u t ! I n eed you to p re p a re our bags. W e ’re leaving
in te n m i n u t e s .’

6. e m p lo y e r : t h e p e r s o n you w o r k f or.

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 ‘Leave h o m e now, Mr F o g g ? ’ Surely his m a s t e r w as n o t serious.
‘Y e s , ’ his m a s t e r replied. ‘W e a re going aro u n d th e w o rld .’
‘Around t h e ... ? ’
‘In eig h ty d a y s ,’ replied Fogg, ‘W e ’re ta k in g a tr a in to Dover.
F rom t h e r e a b o a t le a v es to Calais a t elev e n o ’clo ck to n ig h t. So
we h a v e n ’t a se c o n d to lo s e .’
‘W ell r e a l l y l ’t h o u g h t P a s s e p a r t o u t , s h a k i n g his h e a d . J u s t
w h e n he fin ally t h o u g h t he had t h e p e r f e c t jo b . He w a n t e d to

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 w o rk f o r P hileas Fogg b e c a u s e he w a s a g e n tl e m a n w ho lived a
q u ie t life, w ho alw ay s did t h e s a m e th in g s. And n o w ? How w a s
th is going to be a qu iet li f e ? ’
‘P ack a sm all bag w ith j u s t m y n ight th in g s in it, please , and
p a c k on e f o r y o u rself. W e ca n buy e v e ry th in g else w h en w e need
i t / added Phileas Fogg, and w ith t h e s e o rd e rs he le ft th e ro o m .
P a s s e p a r t o u t still f e l t a little c o n f u s e d b u t he fo llo w e d his
m a s t e r ’s o r d e r s . He q u i c k l y p a c k e d t h e i r b a g s a n d a t e i g h t
o ’clo ck t h e y w e re re a d y to leave th e h o use. Phileas Fogg t o o k a
r e d b o o k s h o w i n g t h e a r r i v a l s a n d d e p a r t u r e s o f t r a i n s in
d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s and a m a p s h o w in g t h e r o u t e o f t h e sh ip s
fro m e a c h po rt. T h en he o p en e d P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s bag, t o o k tw e n t y
th o u sa n d pounds out of th e safe, put th e m oney in
P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s bag and clo sed it tightly. F o r ty -fiv e m in u te s la t e r
th e y w e re on th e tr a in to Dover.
P a s s e p a r t o u t t h o u g h t n e r v o u s ly a b o u t t h e n o t e s in his bag.
He hoped he w a s n o t going to lose th e bag.

P h il e a s F o g g ’s j o u r n e y w a s n o t a s e c r e t f o r lo n g . T h e
n e w s p a p e rs ta lk e d a b o u t it w ith i n t e r e s t and sh o w ed p ictu re s o f
p o s s i b le r o u t e s . S o o n e v e r y b o d y in L o n do n w a s ta l k i n g a b o u t
Phileas F og g ’s d e p a r tu re and his plan to go aro un d th e world in
e ig h t y d ays. S o m e p e o p le t h o u g h t he w a s m ad , o t h e r s said he
w a s a g e n iu s . P e o p le w e r e m a k in g b e t s on t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f
Phileas Fogg co m p le tin g th e j o u r n e y a t all. But a fe w days later,
t h e f r o n t p a g e s h ad a n o t h e r s t o r y . A c e r t a i n I n s p e c t o r Fix, a
d e t e c t i v e f o r S c o t l a n d Y a r d , said he k n e w t h e i d e n t i t y o f t h e
th ie f. All t h e ev id en c e p o in ted in o n e d ire ctio n : to a w ell-kn o w n
and r e s p e c t a b l e m e m b e r o f th e R e f o r m Club — Mr Phileas Fogg.

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The text and beyond

Q Do you want to win £20,000?

How to play: answ er question one w ithout looking a t the te x t. If your
answ er is co rrect, you win the money. Continue to the next question.
If th e an sw er is in co rre ct, s ta r t again. (Check th e t e x t for c o rre c t
answ ers.) You can ask an oth er stu d en t for help with one question,
1- 6 !

ASK A STUDENT “S x 1

1 2 Ig g g T Q p 3

1 Who makes a bet of 2 0 , 0 0 0 ?

A Q Phileas Fogg B Q Sir Ralphe Gautier
C Q Passepartout D Q Andrew Stuart

2 They read about a robbery. Where does it take place?

A □ at a club B Q in a bank
C Q Fogg’s house D □ on the train

3 How much is the reward offered by the bank?

A □ £2,0 00 B Q ] £ 5 ,0 0 0
C □ £10,0 0 0 D □ £ 2 0 ,0 0 0
4 On which date will Fogg return to the Reform Club?
A Q 1st October B Q 2 0 th October
C Q 2nd October D Q 12th October

5 When does the boat leave for Calais th at night?

A Q 1 0 .0 0 B 11.00
CQ 0 9 .0 0 D □ 12.00
6 How many steps does Fogg take to reach the Reform Club?
A □ 575 B O 576
C Q 288 D □ 1151

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Q Summary
Read the new spaper headlines. Number the headlines in th e sam e
order you first read about the subject in the te x t.

1 □ Phileas Foqg: the Gentleman Thief?

2 □ See the World in Three Months:

fact or fiction? i _____ ti

3 □ Careless Cashier Costs Bank £55,000

4 □ £ 20,000 Bet on Impossible^Journey.

2 O ctober, 8.45 pm
Look at the way we say and read dates:
• 2 October: the second o f October (note: we use first, s e c o n d ...
not one, two...)
• 8 .4 5 : we can say this in two ways — e ig h t-fo rty -fiv e or
a q u a rter-to-n in e.

Q Dates and times

Answer these questions

1 When is your birthday? Do you know what time you were born?
2 Do you know the birthdays of any famous celebrities?
3 When do you get up at the weekend?
4 What time do you you usually go to school/work?
5 Work with a partner And ask each other questions about your daily
routine.
Ex.: W h at tim e d o y ou usually h a v e b r e a k fa s t?
I usually h a v e b r e a k fa s t a t 7:30. And you ?
6 Make a list of well-known events in small groups and then ask each
other questions about the dates.

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Q Around the World number quiz
Look at the sentences. W rite a number in the box for each sentence.
When you finish, read out your answ ers. W rite some m ore questions
like these and te st someone else.

11,000 8 1.35 billion 6695 7 8848

1 Mount Everest i s ...........metres high.

2 The Nile i s ...........kilometres long.
3 The Grand Canyon is sometim es called t h e ......... th wonder of the
world
4 The population of China in 2 010 w a s ...........
5 The world h a s ...........continents.
6 The Pacific Ocean i s ...........m etres at its deepest point.

Q Game
On a world map, can you find a country beginning with each letter of
the alphabet? Which letter can ’t you find?

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Q Your trip around the world
Connect to the Internet and go to w w w .blackcat-cideb.com . Click on
the title of the book and on the Internet project link.

Preparing for your trip

You are going to go on a journey around the world. To prepare for
your journey, you need to do some research.
Make a list of the countries you......................................................................
want to visit ...............................................

Use the Internet to find out some inform ation about them :
1 Which cities are there?
2 What places can you visit?
3 Are there any activities you want to do, e.g. elephant rides?

Add to the list things you need to do/buy before you leave.
Number them in the order you are going to do them .
] change money at bank Q buy travel guides
[ ] find out about visas I ] book hotel rooms
] get aeroplane tickets get passport
^ ....................................................

Think of three things you would like to take on holiday and why.

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Before you read

Q Means of transport
With an oth er person, in five minutes make a list of as many types of
tran sp ort as you can think of.

0 Reading pictures ♦
Look at the pictures. How many of these types of tran sp ort can you
find? Use a dictionary if necessary.

rickshaw car bicycle van ca rt taxi

lorry motorbike train elephant

Q Prediction
In the next two chapters, Phileas Fogg goes from Bombay (now called
Mumbai) to C alcutta. Which typ es of tra n sp o rt will be used in the
te x t?

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CHAPTER THREE

When gentlemen
are thieves
I n s p e c t o r F ix w a s o n e o f t h e d e t e c t i v e s i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e Q
ro b b e ry a t th e B an k o f E n glan d . In his y e a r s a s a d e te c tiv e he
knew only one th in g fo r c e r ta in : all th e b ig g est crim in a ls looked
like re s p e c ta b le g en tle m e n . The m o n ey, th e quick d e p a rtu re . It
all m ad e se n se . P h ileas Fogg w as a re s p e c ta b le g e n tle m a n , and
he, In sp e c to r Fix, w a n te d to g e t th e re w a rd fo r c a tc h in g him .
He so o n d isc o v ere d t h a t P h ileas Fogg w a s on th e M o n g o lia , a
ship t h a t sailed fr o m Brindisi, in Italy, to B o m b a y , in India.
Our detective decided to look carefully at all the people getting on
and o ff th e M on g olia. On Wednesday, 9 October, Inspector Fix saw
Phileas Fogg and his m a n se rv an t as th ey arrived in th e Suez C a nal.1

1. S uez C anal : a m a n - m a d e ri ver, built in Su ez , Egypt. It w a s used by

sh ips t o go f r o m E uro pe t o Asia, via A frica.

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‘So, t h e r e ’s our t h i e f ! ’ he w h isp ered . 2 ‘All I n eed to do now is

to tell S c o tla n d Y ard and w a it f o r a w a r r a n t f o r his a r r e s t , 3 and
th e n th e re w ard is m in e .’
Fix decided to s p e a k to F og g ’s m a n s e r v a n t.
‘Egypt is a b ea u tifu l c o u n t r y ,’ b eg an th e in sp e c to r.
‘Y e s , t h a t ’s t r u e , b u t w e a r e t r a v e l l i n g so q u i c k l y , ’ re p lie d
P a s s e p a r to u t .
‘W hy a re you trav ellin g so quickly? Su rely you c a n ’t s e e Egypt
in only a fe w d a y s .’
‘My m a s t e r w a n ts to tra v e l aro u nd t h e world in eig h ty d a y s...’
he said, lo o k in g a t t h e d e t e c t i v e ’s c o n f u s e d f a c e . ‘I k no w , i t ’s
c o m p le t e m a d n e s s . ’
‘W e ll, y o u r m a s t e r is... an u n u s u a l m a n , b u t I im a g i n e he
m u s t be v e r y rich to t r y to do a j o u r n e y like t h a t in su ch a s h o r t
tim e.’
‘To te ll y ou t h e t r u t h , he h a s t h e m o n e y he n e e d s . But... I
really m u s t leave. W e h ave a b o a t to c a t c h . Good day, M r...?’
‘ Fix , m y n a m e is In s..., Mr F ix . And I b e l i e v e t h a t w e a r e
possibly going t h e s a m e way. Are you also going to B o m b a y ? ’
‘Y e s, w e are. Sorry, n o t to in tro d u c e m y self. My n a m e ’s J e a n
P a s s e p a r to u t . I’m su re w e ’ll s e e e a c h o t h e r a g a in .’ P a s s e p a r t o u t
to u ch e d his h a t and w aved g ood bye.
His c o n v e r s a t i o n w ith P a s s e p a r t o u t m a d e In s p e c t o r Fix fe e l
even m o re c e r ta in t h a t Phileas Fogg w a s th e th ie f. ‘I m u s t s to p
h im ,’ he th o u g h t. But h o w ? W ith o u t th e w a r r a n t f o r his a r r e s t it
w as im po ssible, and he could e s c a p e again.

2. w h isp e re d : s p o k e in a q u i e t v o ice.
3. a w a r r a n t fo r his a r r e s t : a legal d o c u m e n t t h a t giv es t h e d e t e c t i v e
t h e p e r m i s s io n t o a r r e s t s o m e o n e .

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 P h ileas Fogg, on t h e o t h e r hand , w a s c a r e f u l ly p lan n in g his
jo u r n e y . He k e p t d eta iled n o t e s o f t h e d a te , th e le n g th o f e a c h
p a r t o f t h e jo u rn e y , th e tim e and t h e p lace s t h e y sto p p ed in.
On 10 O c to b e r, th e ship le ft Suez f o r t h e n e x t sto p — B o m b ay .
Th e s e a w as rough, 4 bu t Phileas Fogg w as n o t w orried and so o n

4. The s e a w a s ro u g h : it w a s m o v in g a lot.

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fou nd people on th e ship to play ca r d s with. On 2 0 O c t o b e r th e y
arrived in B o m b ay .
Phileas Fogg se e m e d to have no in t e r e s t in exploring th e city.
In stea d he ask ed P a s s e p a r t o u t to buy s o m e n ew c lo th e s f o r th e
lo n g t r a i n j o u r n e y . P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s h a p p y t o a c c e p t . F o r
P a s s e p a r to u t B o m b a y w as a new and ex citin g place to be. T h e re
w ere so m an y things to buy and th e re w ere cloth es o f every colour.

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In th e end he b o u g h t tw o sun h a ts , s o m e n ew s h ir ts and a new

pair o f s a n d a ls f o r him self. He w a s going to re tu rn to th e s t a t io n
w h e n h e s a w s o m e g ir l s w e a r i n g lo n g re d d r e s s e s a n d g old
j e w e l l e r y ; t h e y w e r e d a n c i n g in t h e s t r e e t a n d p e o p l e w e r e
follo w ing beh in d th e m . P a s s e p a r t o u t co n tin u e d to follo w th e m
until he s a w a f a m o u s p ag o d a n o t f a r f ro m th e road.
‘Well, I still have an hour. A f te r all, w hy should I go around th e
world and n o t s e e a n y t h in g ? ’ he th o u g h t.
O n c e i n s i d e , P a s s e p a r t o u t s t a r e d in a m a z e m e n t 5 a t t h e
s t r a n g e s t a t u e s . In f a c t he w a s so i n t e r e s te d in th e detail on th e
walls t h a t he c o m p le te ly f o r g o t o ne sm all detail a t th e door. One
m o m e n t P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s lo o k in g a t th e ce ilin g , th e n e x t
m o m e n t he w a s s ta rin g a t t h e floor. A p rie st t o o k his a r m s and
a n o t h e r p r i e s t t o o k P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s s a n d a l s a n d h it him w ith
th e m ! P a s s e p a r t o u t pushed t h e p r ie s t s aw ay. The p rie s ts fell to
th e ground le aving th e a n g ry people in t h e p ag o d a to run a f t e r
P a s s e p a r t o u t , p a s t t h e sig n a t t h e d o o r t h a t r e a d : No s h o e s
inside th e pagoda.
P a s s e p a r t o u t did n o t s t o p r u n n in g u n til he a r r i v e d a t t h e
s t a t io n w ith th e bags, but he w a s w ith o u t his new sh o e s. He told
his m a s t e r ev e ry th in g . Phileas Fogg w a s n o t happy.
‘B r it is h law p r o t e c t s Ind ian s a c r e d p l a c e s , ’ he e x p la in e d . ‘I
ho pe th is d o e s n o t bring us m o r e tr o u b le , b u t a t l e a s t you a re
here on t i m e . ’
P a s s e p a r t o u t u n d e rsto o d how easily his m a s t e r could lose his
bet. He f e lt w orried.
Yes, it w a s tru e , th e y w e re tw o days early, bu t an y th in g could
still happen.

5. a m a z e m e n t : t h e f e e li n g you h a v e w h e n y o u ’re v e r y su rp r is e d .
 When gentlemen are thieves

T h re e d ays la t e r th e tr a in s to p p e d a t a sm all v illa g e .

P a s s e p a r t o u t h e a r d t h e tr a in d riv er s h o u t, ‘E v e ry o n e m u s t g e t
off. The railw ay line end s h e r e !’ The railw ay line fro m B o m b a y to
C alcu tta w a s n o t y e t finished. The p a s s e n g e r s had to trav el to th e
n e x t sta tio n , Allahabad, on th e ir own. People who o ft e n travelled
b e t w e e n th e tw o to w n s w ere quick to find a w ay to co n tin u e th e ir
jo u rn e y . A m ong th e d if f e r e n t ty p e s o f t r a n s p o r t th e r e w ere little
c a r ts pulled by co w s and ponies, and rick sh aw s pulled by bicycles
or th e m en fro m th e village.
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s w o rrie d a b o u t how to g e t to th e n e x t
s t a t i o n , b u t P h i l e a s F o g g i m m e d i a t e l y f o u n d a m a n w it h a n
e l e p h a n t an d a f t e r a s h o r t d i s c u s s i o n , t h e m a n so ld him t h e
ele p h a n t fo r a very high price, and th e tw o tr a v e lle r s w e re so o n
on th e ir w ay to th e n e x t s t a t io n w ith a guide and th e e le p h a n t,
called Kiouni.
At a b o u t nine o ’clo ck t h a t night our a d v e n t u r e r s c a m e to a big
f o r e s t o f palm t r e e s w h e re t h e y had to sto p to let Kiouni r e s t and
e a t th e le av es fr o m th e t r e e s . For a fe w days t h e y slep t in h u ts in
th e middle o f th e ju n g le . S o m e t im e s t h e y h eard th e crie s o f th e
m o n k e y s o r s a w t h e f o o t p r i n t s 6 o f t i g e r s . T h e ir j o u r n e y w a s
going well until th e e le p h a n t suddenly stopp ed .

6. f o o tp r in t : a m a r k in t h e s h a p e o f a f o o t t h a t a p e r s o n or an a n im a l
m a k e s in or on a s u r f a c e .

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P E T Q Comprehension check
Choose the correct answer —A, B, C or D.

1 Inspector Fix was waiting for

A Q the warrant for Phileas Fogg’s arrest.
B [^] the M ongolia to leave Brindisi.
C Q Passepartout to walk past him.
D Q Phileas Fogg to get on another ship.
2 What did Passeparout tell Inspector Fix?
A Q His m aster was a very unusual man.
B Q ] His m aster was going to Bombay because he is rich.
C Q He did not have time to speak to strangers.
D Q His m aster planned to travel the world in eighty days.
3 What did Passepartout buy in Bombay?
A Q He bought sunglasses and two white shirts.
B Q He bought sunhats, shirts and a pair of sandals.
c EH He bought a pair of sandals and two train tickets.
D Q He bought some gold jewellery.
4 The priests at the pagoda were angry because
A □ it was against the rules to hit a priest.
B Q Passepartout pushed one of them away.
C Q they thought Passepartout was not showing respect.
D Q Passepartout was wearing the wrong type of shoes.
5 The train stopped because
A Q it always stopped for one night.
it was quicker to travel by cart or rickshaw.
c □ it was dangerous to travel further.
D Q the railway line w asn’t finished.
6 How did Fogg and Passsepartout get to the next stop?
A Q They walked through the jungle with the guide.
B Q They bought an elephant to take them with a guide.
C Q The man who sold them the elephant took them.
D Q They took a rickshaw and walked through the jungle.

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 C T V T

P E T © Signs
Look a t th e t e x t in each q u estio n . W h at does it sa y ? Choose th e
co rrect letter, A, B, or C.

From: det-reed@met-police.co,uk
To: insp-smith@met-police.co.uk
I'm pleased you can now read
your email. Can you send your
report to the British Consulate
this week?
Regards,
Detective Reed
] Inspector Smith is still having
problems opening his email.
] Detective Reed must send a
report to the British
Consulate.
] Inspector Smith must give a
report to the British
Consulate.

Incredible M a n Tours A Q You can book tours every

Monday.
, Tourist Booking Centre
B Q There are elephant tours
Elephant Tours
every week.
(2 days) every Monday C Q You go to a hotel on the
elephant tour.

A Q You can visit the temple at 12

JAIN TEMPLE:
midday.
AAAlEBAR HIll
B Q The visit to the temple takes
VISITORS ARE
five hours.
H/ELCOAAE BETWEEN
C Q Visitors not wearing shoes are
10 AAA AND 3 PAA
welcome any time.
PLEASE REAAOVE
SHOES

] Report thieves to the police at

Warning:
Thieves operate at this station.
Passengers should keep bags
with them at all times.
the station.
] Hold your bag even if
someone tries to steal it.
| | W atch your bags. A thief
could steal your luggage.

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Q A new type of tourism: the reality tour
Read the te x t and fill in the gaps with the words in the box. Do you
agree with this type of tourism ?

reason tou r tem ples visit guides

films interested tourism

At one time sightseeing in Mumbai probably

in c lu d e d a t o u r to s e e i m p o r t a n t c i t y
buildings (1) ........................ gardens or maybe
Indian film celebrities, but in th e p a st few
y ears W e s te r n to u rists are less in te re ste d
in t h e p a l a c e s o f t h e r ic h a n d m o r e
(2) ........................ in some of the world’s poorest
and most crowded areas: the ‘slums’. Popular
(3) like ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the
story of an Indian boy from Dharavi, a poor
area of Mumbai, who wins the £ 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
rupees on the TV show ‘Who w ants to be a
Millionaire?’ are part of the (4) ........................
f o r t h e g ro w in g i n t e r e s t in t h e s e a r e a s .
T o u rists a re curious, n o t only a b o u t local
c u s t o m s , b u t also a b o u t how p e o p le live
there. Not everyone wants to see this type of
(5) ............................ They don’t w an t th eir ordinary lives to beco m e a
tourist attraction or for people to think of them as ‘poor’. On the other
hand, they can see that this type of tourism can be a good thing. One
(6) .......................... o rg a niser, for
example, gives the money they
m ak e to s c h o o ls and th e y use
p e o p le w h o live t h e r e a s
(7) ..........................The tourists visit
th e many small industries th a t
m ak e th e th ings we buy every
day. Many tourists will say they
h ave le a r n t s o m e th in g new
about life and about happiness
from their ( 8 ) .........................

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Before you read

Listening
Listen to the first p art of Chapter Four. Underline the incorrect facts
in these sentences and co rrect them .

1 The people of the village are celebrating a wedding ....................

2 The wife of the prince is from a poor family.............................
3 Phileas Fogg says there is no time to save Mrs Aouda.............................
4 Passepartout ran towards the fire to save Mrs Aouda............................

Q Vocabulary
A Use a dictionary to find the words in the word box. Which of these
words can you find in the pictures? (There is m ore than one word
for each picture).

bonfire flames storm sunrise clouds town

Com plete th e puzzle w ith th e w ord s to spell th e nam e (in th e

shaded squares) of a trad itio n Phileas Fogg is both curious and
surprised about in Chapter Four.

□ □ □ □ m a n
□ □ □ □ □ □
s c o n
□ □ □ □ □
□ □ □ S IZ E D
□ □ □ □ □ □

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CHAPTER FOUR

When our adventurers

rescue a woman from
certain death
T h ey s to p p e d n e a r a v illa g e , w h e r e th e y h e a r d th e so u n d o f O S '
s tra n g e m u sical in s tru m e n ts . T h eir guide w e n t to d isco v e r w h a t
w as h ap p en in g and he w as so o n b ack w ith th e n ew s. The people
o f th e village, th e ir guide said , w e re ce le b ra tin g a local tra d itio n
called suttee. Our tra v e lle r s im m ed iately w a n te d to know m o re
a b o u t it. The gu id e to ld th e m t h a t w h en a w o m a n ’s h u sb a n d
dies, his w ife m u st die w ith him and th e y burn h e r alive in a big
fire.

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 When our adventurers rescue a woman from certain death

‘T h e n a m e o f t h e w o m a n is Mrs A o u d a ,’ he to ld t h e m , ‘and
s h e ’s very b eau tifu l. Sh e is fr o m a rich fam ily. Her f a t h e r w a s a
b u s i n e s s m a n . H e r p a r e n t s s e n t h e r t o a E u r o p e a n s c h o o l in
B o m b ay . She le a rn t E u ro p ean la n g u a g e s th e r e , and sh e h as
E u ro p e a n w ay s. Her p a r e n t s died and sh e had to m a r r y an old
prince. S h e b e c a m e a widow a f t e r only t h r e e m o n th s . T h e y a re
t a k i n g h e r to t h e p a g o d a t o n i g h t . T h e y a r e g o in g t o b u rn h e r
alive to m o r r o w , a t s u n r is e .’
‘My g o o d n e s s ! How t e r r i b le ! Do su ch t r a d i t i o n s still e x i s t ? ’
a sk ed Phileas Fogg.
‘Poor w o m a n !’ w h isp e red P a s s e p a r to u t .
‘W e can still sa v e h e r ,’ said Phileas Fogg. ‘W e a re a fe w h ours
ahead of tim e.’
‘Y e s , b u t sir, if w e s a v e th is w o m a n , t h e y ’ll tr y and kill u s !’
said th e ir guide.
‘I c a n only s p e a k f o r m y se lf, bu t I a m p re p a re d to t a k e t h a t
risk ,’ replied Phileas Fogg.
‘Me, t o o ! ’ said P a s s e p a r to u t . W h en th e y arrived th e y s t a r t e d
to plan th e re s c u e . U n f o r tu n a te ly t h e r e w e re g uard s all around
th e p ag o d a and so t h e y decided t h a t it w as to o d a n g e ro u s to do
an ything . T h e y w e re a b o u t to leave, w h en P a s s e p a r t o u t said t h a t
m a y b e he had an idea. W h en th e sun c a m e up th e n e x t day, th e
crow d 1 arrived to s e e t h e b o n fire re a d y f o r t h e s a c r if ic e . 2 Our
t r a v e l l e r s d is a p p e a r e d a m o n g t h e p e o p le . T h e y s a w t h e d e a d
p r i n c e a n d h is y o u n g w i f e t h r o u g h t h e s m o k e . P h i l e a s F o g g
p re p are d h im s e lf to run to w a r d s th e fire in a final e f f o r t to sav e

1. cro w d : la rg e gro up o f p eo ple.

2*; s a c r if ic e : t h e killing o f an a n im a l or p e r s o n in a sp e c ia l re lig io us
c e r e m o n y a s an o f f e r i n g t o a god.

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Mrs Aouda, w h en suddenly a te rrifie d cry c a m e fr o m th e crowd.

Her husban d w a s n o t dead! He sto o d up in th e f la m e s , t o o k his
w ife in his ha nd s and ran in th e o p p o site d ire ctio n to th e crowd.
It w a s n o t d ifficu lt to im ag in e P h ileas F o g g ’s s u rp rise w h e n he
la t e r d isco v ere d t h a t th e w o m a n ’s ‘h u s b a n d ’ w a s P a s s e p a r to u t . A
fe w m o m e n t s la t e r our h e r o e s d isap p ea re d into th e f o r e s t with
th e ir new trav ellin g co m p a n io n , follow ed by th e an g ry guards.
Mrs Aouda slowly s t a r t e d to w a k e up w h en th e y re a c h e d th e
s t a t i o n a t A l la h a b a d . P h il e a s F o g g t h a n k e d his g u id e f o r his
loyalty and g ave him th e e le p h a n t. For a young guide an e le p h a n t
like Kiouni w a s a big p r e s e n t . He could m a k e a lot m o re m o n e y
n o w t h a t h e h a d h is o w n e l e p h a n t . He w a s v e r y h a p p y a n d
c o n tin u e d to t h a n k Mr Fogg and th e o th e r s until th e y left.
On th e tr a in to C alcu tta, P hileas Fogg and P a s s e p a r t o u t told
Mrs Aouda all a b o u t th e ir ad v e n tu re . Mrs Aouda co u ld n ’t believe
it: t h e s e m en risked th e ir lives — f o r her! She r e m e m b e r e d th e r e
w a s a cou sin w ith a b u sin e s s in Hong Kong and hoped he w a s still
t h e r e . Phileas Fogg pro m ised n o t to leave h e r until sh e w a s s a fe .
At se v e n o ’clo ck t h e y arrived in C a lcu tta . Th e ship f o r Hong
Kong did n o t leave until tw e lv e o ’clo ck midday. F o r tu n a t e ly th e y
w e re still on tim e — or, so th e y th o u g h t.W h e n Phileas Fogg and
P a s s e p a r t o u t a rrived w ith Mrs Aouda a t th e p o rt o f C alcu tta, an
o fficial sto p p ed th e m .
‘I’m a f r a i d y ou h a v e t o s t a y h e r e . Y o u m u s t s p e a k t o t h e
p o lice ,’ he said.
‘If it is a b o u t th is lady, th e n you should know t h a t sh e is h ere
to e s c a p e th e p r a c ti c e o f su tte e, w hich is a g a in s t th e law in th is
c o u n tr y and sh e h a s a right to le a v e .’
‘A lady? No, no. The c o m p la in t is fr o m a p rie st in B o m b a y .’

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B ut how did th e police in C a lc u tta know a b o u t P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s

a d v e n t u r e s in B o m b a y ?
T h e a n s w e r w a s s i m p le . I n s p e c t o r Fix. How did he g e t t o
C a l c u t t a ? H o w did h e k n o w w h e r e t h e y w e r e g o i n g ? T h a t
r e m a in s a m y s t e r y , b u t o n e th in g w a s su re : I n s p e c t o r Fix w a s
d e t e r m in e d to sto p Phileas Fogg and his visit to th e police while
in B o m b a y gave him th e very re a s o n he need ed .
The o fficial on th e o t h e r hand, did n o t w a n t to k eep t h e m . It
w a s m u ch e a s i e r he said f o r Phileas Fogg to pay th e fine f o r his
m a n s e r v a n t ’s b e h a v io u r. D e sp ite P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s p r o t e s t s , w ith
o nly a f e w h o u rs to go, P h ile a s Fogg paid t h e fin e . For Fix, all
s e e m e d lost. Th e w a r r a n t w as n o t in C a lc u tta as he th o u g h t, but
still, he had a plan. He j u s t had to w ait a little longer.

On t h e ship, all w a s well, until a bad s t o r m n e a r S in g a p o r e

m e a n t th e ship w as a day late. If th e ship f o r Y o k a h a m a le ft on
tim e , it w as to o late. His m a s t e r could lose every th in g .
At t h e p o rt in Hong Kong, Phileas Fogg w e n t s t r a ig h t to th e
C aptain.
‘W h e n d o es t h e n e x t b o a t to Y o k o h a m a l e a v e ? ’ Fogg a sk ed .
‘T o m o rro w m o rn in g ,’ he replied.
‘Didn’t it leave th is m o r n in g ? ’
‘No, t h e y had to re p air it, so it ’s n o t leaving until t o m o r r o w . ’
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s very happy to h e a r th is good new s.
Phileas Fogg simply w r o te how late th e y w e re in his diary.
r
& Novembei— minus 24- bours

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 A C T I V I T I E S

The text and beyond

Q Question words
Look at the sentences below. First put the words in the answ ers in the
co rre c t ord er. Then choose th e b est question w ord (A-E) fo r each
sentence (1-5).

A Where B Who C What D When E Why

1 ...........did the guide tell them about ‘su tte e ’?

a/m ust/sacrifice/his w ife/for/husband/her
life/W hen/dies/him/w oman’s
2.... ...........was Mrs Aouda?
widow/an/The/prince/of/oId
3 did they rescue Mrs Aouda?
T h e/w h en /nex t/cam e up/sun/the/day.
4 did Fogg give the guide an elephant?
his/w anted/He/to thank/service/for/him .
5 did the police stop Fogg and Passepartout?
stopp ed /p ort/T hey/at/them /the.

0 Characters
Decide if these statem en ts about Mrs Aouda are true (T) or false (F)
C orrect the false ones.

T F
1 She was the daughter of an Indian prince. □□
2 She received a good education. □□
3 She has European ways. □□
4 She was clever, but she was not beautiful. □□
5 Both her parents died when she was a little girl. □□
6 She did not want to marry her husband. □□
7 She became a widow after a year. □□
8 She has an uncle with a business in Hong Kong. □□
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 V T I E S

Q Discussion
Discuss the questions below.

1 In Chapter Four, the practice of s u tt e e m e an t the death of the

wife. After many years, this practice stopped.
Do you know of any traditions th a t are no longer practiced but
the celebration rem ains? In your opinion, is it possible to
‘c e le b r a te ’ such things?
2 P asseparto ut is in trouble because he did not understand the
im portance of local cu stom s. Make a list of cu stom s you know
about in other countries th a t are different to you own.
Have you ever been in trouble for not knowing about a local
cu sto m ?

Q Past Simple
Complete these sen ten ces about C hapter Four with the verbs from
the box, in the past tense. When you finish, put the sentences in the
order you read about them in the story.

give hear leave run send

stand take tell w rite

A Q T h e y .......................her to the pagoda to burn her alive with the

body of her husband.
B Q Much to their surprise P a sse p a r to u t.......................up in the
flames a n d .......................in the opposite direction.
C Q ] The ship for Hong K o n g .......................twenty-four hours later.
D Q After their long journey Phileas Fogg thanked their guide and
.......................him the elephant.
E Q The g u id e.......................them everything about the local tradition.
F Q T h e y .......................the sound of strange musical instruments.
G Q Phileas F o g g how late they were in his diary.
H Q Her p a r e n t s ..................... her to a European school in Bombay.

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 Listening
You will hear a radio announcem ent about a local event. Fill in the
^ET
missing inform ation in the numbered spaces.

Event: Notting Hill ( 1 ) ................................................... inmonth of

( 2 ) ................................................ in the city of ( 3 ) ...................................................
Things to do: watch the ( 4 ) ................................... listen to *
( 5 ) ................................. . eat food.
Number to call about favourite things to do: ( 6 ) ...................................
Best way to get there: Underground (some stations are
(7) .................................in the Notting Hill Gate area); Bus number
(8 ) ................................. from Victoria ( 9 ) ....................................or walk.

T: GRADE 5

Q Speaking: Festivals
W e’ve just read about people celebrating this unusual tradition called
suttee. Work with a partner and ask each other the following questions.

1 Have you ever been to a festival? If so, which one?

2 Can you describe it?
3 Can you name some of the most popular festivals in your country?
4 Which one do you like the most and why?

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O LOGS
On the journey, Phileas Fogg records tim es and dates of their arrivals
and depatures. On a ship you can find this type of inform ation in the
ship’s log. Read the inform ation about logs below and an sw er the
questions.

» ^
/ BLOG Inscription Annuaire Visile guktee Forum Aide
" *<1 CRtER UN >108 j "'................... ...............

■■■
From ship’s log to web log
Go Travel Blog

I’ve been doing some research on logs for my travel blog and this
is what I have found.
A logbook was a book used for writing down distances and times.
Ships used to keep logbooks so the captain could see how far and
how fast the ship travelled. Today ship’s logs have other types of
information, for example, details about the weather and important
events, as well as the ports the ship visits. I also found out in my
English class that the word log is not just used for ships. It can
mean a place where we record information, for example, a way of
keeping a record of problems we find with a machine. The person
who keeps the log should add something every day or when
anything new or important happens (we call this ‘updating’ the log).
One of the most recent changes in the use of ‘logs’ is in a popular
activity called ‘blogging’. A blog (web log) is a website anyone can
create - like this one! People use blogs to write down their
thoughts, ideas and opinions; it is like a diary (Americans call it a
journal) on the Internet. If you have never used a blog, now is the
time to start. I hope you enjoy reading my travel blog. I just need to
remember to update it!
1 What type of information is this?
2 What information was kept in a ship’s log?
3 How often should you write in a log?
4 Why is a blog like a diary?

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 Imbarco di Colombo, Pelagio Palagi, 1826-28.

Great journeys
around the world
Travelling East
For Europeans living in the Middle Ages, the most famous person to
travel to the East was Marco Polo. Marco's father and uncle visited
China when he was a little boy. They met Kublai Khan who ruled 1
all of China at that time. They promised to return and some years
later they did; this time Marco came with them. Marco told the story
of his adventures in the new worlds he visited between 1271 and
1291 and the time he spent in the court of Kublai Khan in The Travels
o f Marco Polo.
Later, ships from Europe travelled east around Africa and India, but
very few travelled west.

1. ru led : w a s in c o n t r o l .

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Travelling West
Christopher Columbus (born in Genoa, Italy) knew the world was
round but he thought it was smaller. He thought by travelling west,
a ship could be in China in less time than by travelling east. This was
because nobody in Europe knew of the land we now call America or
the Pacific. In 1472 he was finally given the money for his journey by
the King and Queen of Spain. He was so sure his ship was sailing to
the 'Indies' (modern-day Indonesia) that when he arrived at the
Caribbean Islands he called the people there 'Indians'. When he
described the places he visited, people asked if this really was the
East or a new land.
The first person to cross the Pacific was the Portuguese explorer 2
Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan found a route to the Pacific through
Panama. Ferdinand Magellan died in the Philippines. His men took
one ship back to Spain. At the end of the journey only eighteen
people were alive; they were the first people to sail around the
world.

From South Pole 3 to North Pole

In the late 1700s, a large area of the South Pacific and Antarctica
remained a mystery. In his second journey to find a land called 'the
southern continent', the great explorer Captain Cook sailed around a
strange island where it was always cloudy and said noone could live
there. This island of ice was not the 'southern continent', it was
Antarctica.
Captain Scott travelled across more of the Antarctic than anyone of
that time, in some of the coldest temperatures on earth. He hoped to

2. e x p l o r e r : a n o b j e c t used f o r tr a v e l l in g o v e r sn o w .
3. Pole : t h e n o r t h or s o u t h en d o f t h e e a r t h .

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 Landing o f Columbus, John Vanderlyn, 1775-1852.

be the first man to arrive at the South Pole, but in 1912, the
Norwegian Roald Amundsen was also in Antarctica and arrived at
the South Pole first. Scott and his men died on the return journey,
not know ing th at they w ere close to food and w ater. Roald
Amundsen was the first man to travel to both the North and South
Poles, but it w asn't until 1979 that anyone travelled around the
world from 'Pole to Pole' in one journey.
An expedition, 4 led by the adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, went
across the Sahara and Africa, then by ship to A ntarctica. They
travelled to the South Pole on foot, before sailing across the Pacific
all the way to Canada. They arrived at the North Pole with the help
of sledges 5 before returning to London after their amazing journey
in some of the most difficult climates known to man.

4. e x p e d i t i o n : an o r g a n i s e d j o u r n e y f o r s c i e n c e , r e s e a r c h , e t c .
5. s l e d g e : an o b j e c t used f o r tra v e l l in g o v e r sn ow .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------W W --------- W Bm m r

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 Steve Seaton, Peter James, Sara Odell and Sir Ranulph Fiennes of Team Hi-Tec
during the glacier hike stage twenty of the 1999 Eco Challenge in Patagonia.

Different ways to travel

In 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco to travel across America
but he decided to continue his journey and became the first man to
travel the world on a bike. Since then, people have used many
different types of transport: by helicopter, in a balloon and even by
walking and running.
The Jules Verne Trophy is given to the person who goes around the
world in any type of yacht in the fastest time starting in France and
finishing in England. In 2010 a French man completed the journey in
48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 52 seconds.
One man is travelling around the world without leaving England. A
computer is showing his journey while he tries to row 6 over 40,000
kilometres in three years on a rowing machine. If he completes it, he
is hoping to receive thousands of pounds; he will give the money to
charity.

6. ro w : m o v e t h r o u g h w a t e r w ith o a r s .

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Q Comprehension check
Number the events (A-F) in the order they happen.

A Q Thomas Stevens rides around the world on a bicycle.

B Q Magellan’s men are the first people to go around the world.
C Marco Polo m eets the Kublai Khan.
D Q Captain Cook sails around Antarctica.
E Q Sir Ranulph Fiennes travels from Pole to Pole.
F Q Columbus visits ‘the Americas’ for the first time.

►►► IN T E R N E T PROJECT Hi
Find out more about famous explorers and adventurers.
Connect to the Internet and go to www.blackcat-cideb.com.
Click on the title of the book and on the Internet project link.
► In groups choose a different explorer/adventurer. Make a poster
showing this person’s life and/or travels.
 Q Your trip around the world
Connect to the Internet and go to www.black cat-cid eb .com . Click on
the title of the book and on the Internet project link.

On your around the world trip you go to a traditional festival.

Use the Internet to find out about traditional festivals in:
a India
b Hong Kong
You decide to start a travel ‘blog’. You want to write what you did like
a diary, but also about your thoughts and feelings. Write a report on
your first day at a festival. There is an example of the first few lines
below.
We w en t to th e Holi fe s tiv a l today. I f y ou g o to India arou n d th e en d o f
M arch, y ou m u st g o to th e N orth o f India an d s e e this. T h ere w ere p e o p le \
throw in g co lo u red w a ter ev ery w h ere so m y c a m e r a is yellow !
Luckily, Ja m e s b ro u g h t his c a m e r a so Tve p o s te d his p h oto s.
Think about oth er ways of com m unicating with your friends a t home.
W r it e t h e m h e r e .
Id if■ffT-ztr.

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 C T V T E S

Before you read

mo Listening
Listen to the first p art of Chapter Five. For each question tick ( / ) A, B
or C.

1 Where are they?

A □ in Singapore B Q in Hong Kong C Q in Yokohama
2 Inspector Fix is waiting for
A Q the Hong Kong police. B Q Phileas Fogg.
C Q the arrest warrant.
3 Passepartout goes to
A □ a bar. B □ a hotel. C [ ] to see Mr Fogg.

0 What happens next?

Tick ( / ) the option you think does not happen next.

A Q Passepartout hits Inspector Fix. B Q Passepartout falls asleep.

C Q Passeparout disappears.

Q Word game
W rite a word in the box to describe the person in the picture. Then
m atch the people (1-3) to the things they can do (A-C).

A □ keep objects in the air B Q pull a funny face

C Q do gymnastics

Put the shaded le tte rs above in the co rre c t ord er to com plete this
sentence.

Passepartout finds a n e w _____

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When Passepartout
becomes an acrobat
Hong Kong w as th e la st co u n try th e y tra v e lle d to u n d er B ritish H U
la w . I n s p e c t o r F ix w a s on t h e s h ip a n d t h i s w a s h is f in a l
o p p o rtu n ity to g e t an a r r e s t w a r r a n t fo r P h ileas Fogg. It w a s n o t
d if f ic u lt to im a g in e h is a n g e r w h e n he d is c o v e r e d t h a t t h e
B ritish o fficials in Hong Kong knew n o th in g a b o u t th e w a r r a n t
an d to ld him he h ad to w a it a g a in . His o n ly c h a n c e to a r r e s t
P h ileas Fogg w as to keep him in H ong Kong, b u t h ow ?
While he w as thinking a b o u t this, Fix re co g n ised P a s s e p a r to u t
w alking down th e s te p s o f th e C a r n a t ic , th e ship which w as takin g
th e m to Y o k o h a m a . An e x c ite d In sp e cto r Fix ran to w a rd s him and
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‘Fix. W e m e t in Egypt, in th e Su ez’, he said a little out o f b r e a t h . 1

P a ssep a rto u t w as surprised by this sudden introduction.
T m sorry, Mr Fix, bu t I need to go b a c k to th e h o tel to tell my
m a s t e r t h a t t h i s sh ip i s n ’t l e a v i n g t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g . T h e
re p a irs are c o m p le te ; it ’s going to leave t o n i g h t .’
‘O f c o u r s e , I u n d e r s t a n d , ’ I n s p e c t o r Fix b e g a n . ‘But, i t ’s still
early, I know a nice place n e a r th e hotel. I’m su re w e ca n sto p fo r
a drink. It’s difficu lt to find a good frien d to ta lk to a f t e r such a
long jo u r n e y a w a y fr o m h o m e . ’
‘W ell, j u s t o n e d r in k .. . ’ said P a s s e p a r t o u t . He r e m e m b e r e d
f ro m t h e la s t jo u r n e y t h a t Mr Fix w a s good co m p a n y .
W h e n th e y w e re inside th e bar, In s p e c t o r Fix gave th e b a r m a n
s o m e m o n e y an d a s k e d him t o m a k e a v e r y s t r o n g d rin k f o r
P a s s e p a r t o u t . Less th a n an ho ur l a t e r P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s d ru nk
and fell a sle e p a t th e ta b le.
The d e t e c t i v e ’s plan w a s co m p le te .
‘Phileas Fogg w o n ’t know a b o u t th e ship until it’s to o la t e ,’ he
sm ile d . ‘And n o w Mr Fogg, I j u s t n e e d to w a it u ntil I h a v e t h e
w a r r a n t f o r y o u r a r r e s t , arid it w o n ’t be long now , you c a n be
certain o f t h a t ! ’

The next day, w hen P h ile a s Fogg w oke up, he sa w

P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s n o t in h is r o o m . He p a c k e d t h e s u i t c a s e s
h im s e lf and paid th e hotel bill. Th e n he w e n t s t r a ig h t to t h e port.
Mrs Aouda c a m e w ith him; a f t e r spending th e day b e f o r e looking
f o r h er cou sin sh e w a s to jd t h a t he didn’t live in Hong Kong any
m o re, in f a c t , his n eig h b o u r th o u g h t he w as in Europe.
‘You m u s t c o m e w ith us, m a d a m . I will n o t h e a r ‘n o ’ f o r an

I
1. o u t o f b r e a t h : ha v in g d if f ic u l ty t o t a k e air in to his c h e s t and s p e a k
n o rm a lly .

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a n s w e r / said P hileas Fogg w h en he h eard th e n ew s. Mrs Aouda

k n e w h e r a n s w e r . T o l o o k f o r a m a n s h e d i d n ’t k n o w w a s
difficult, but re tu rn in g to India w as im possible.

At t h e p o r t P h il e a s F o g g lo o k e d f o r h is m a n s e r v a n t .
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s n o t a t th e p o rt and th e ir ship, th e C a r n a t ic w a s
n o t t h e r e e ith e r. Mrs Aouda w a s very w o rrie d bu t Phileas Fogg
did n o t s e e m w o r r i e d a b o u t t h e d e p a r t u r e o f h i s s h i p o r
P a s s e p a r t o u t , in s t e a d he w e n t to s p e a k to t h e c a p t a i n s o f t h e
d if f e r e n t b o a t s in th e port.
I n s p e c t o r Fix, w h o w a s w a i t i n g f o r P h il e a s Fog g, f o l lo w e d
behind. W h a t w a s Phileas F og g ’s new plan ? Fix sa w him pay th e
c a p t a i n o f a sm a ll ship, w ho a g r e e d to le a v e im m e d ia t e ly . ‘Oh
n o !’ th o u g h t In s p e c t o r Fix. ‘He alw ay s th in k s o f s o m e th in g . T h a t
th ief! He c a n ’t e s c a p e ! Not n o w .’
Fix w a lk e d up a n d d o w n n e a r t h e sh ip , u n til P h il e a s F og g
n o tice d th e p o o r m an .
‘Are y ou lo o k in g f o r a ship , t o o , m y g o o d m a n ? ’ he a s k e d .
‘W e ’re g o in g to J a p a n . If t h a t ’s t h e d i r e c t i o n y o u ’re g o in g in,
y o u ’re w e lc o m e to c o m e w ith u s .’
‘T h an k you, sir. T h a t ’s very kind o f you. My ship le ft early and I
am in a te rrib le situ atio n , in f a c t , I w as j u s t thinking a b o u t how I
c o u l d f i n d a n o t h e r s h ip t o t a k e m e t o Y o k o h a m a , ’ r e p l i e d
In sp e cto r Fix. He w as am a z e d a t his good luck but he w a s w orried
t h a t t h i n g s w e r e n o t g o i n g e x a c t l y a s h e p l a n n e d . He w a s
d e term in ed to c a t c h his th ief. ‘I’ll have to follow Fogg around th e
world if t h a t ’s th e only w ay I can c a t c h h im ,’ he th o u gh t.

But w h e re w a s our frien d P a s s e p a r t o u t ?

P a s s e p a r t o u t w o k e up in th e b ar a fe w ho urs later. His h ead
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a b ar and ... th e ship! The C a r n a t ic w as leaving t h a t evening. He

looked a t his w a tc h . ‘Oh n o !’ he th o u g h t. T m late. Mr Fogg will be
a t t h e p o r t n o w . ’ He r a n t o t h e b o a t a n d g o t o n . He l o o k e d
e v e r y w h e r e f o r Mr Fogg and Mrs A ouda, b u t he could n o t s e e
t h e m . T h e n h e s t a r t e d t o r e m e m b e r h is a f t e r n o o n . ‘ B u t o f
c o u r s e !’ he th o u g h t. ‘Mr Fogg d o e s n ’t know. How could h e ? I w as
still in t h a t b a r with Mr Fix, and th e n I ...’
It w as to o late. The ship w as already sailing to w ard s Y o k o h am a.
He f e lt v ery bad. This w a s te rrib le . His m a s t e r w as losing his
b e t and he did n o t h ave a p e n n y in his p o ck et!
W h en he arrived in Y o k o h a m a , he w alked aroun d th e s t r e e t s ,
tryin g to d ecide w h a t to do. S o o n he f e l t hungry and he decided
to sell his e le g a n t E uropean j a c k e t and buy an old J a p a n e s e one,
but th e m o n e y w a s n o t enou gh. He n ee d ed m o n e y to e a t and to
sleep, and, a b o v e all, to re tu rn h o m e. J u s t w hen he th o u g h t th e
situ a tio n w a s h o p e le ss he s a w an a d v e r t is e m e n t f o r a circus.

Don’t miss Batulcar’s Circus.

The last show before the circus moves to America.
Acrobats, clowns, lions, tigers and much more!

‘W hat luck!’ thought Passepartout. ‘I’ll go to the circus owner. If he

lets me go with them, I can go to America, and from th ere to England.’

‘So, you say y ou ’re fro m P a ris?’ said Mr Batulcar, a big m an with
a b a l d 2 head and a m o u stach e . He looked a t P a sse p a r to u t carefully.
‘Y e s, a tr u e Parisian, f ro m P a ris ,’ replied P a s s e p a r to u t .
‘W e ll, y o u k n o w h o w t o m a k e f u n n y f a c e s t h e n , ’ s a i d Mr

2. b a ld : he a d w ith lit tle or no hair.

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B a t u l c a r sm ilin g f r o m t h e c o r n e r s o f his m o u s t a c h e . ‘Y o u c a n
s t a r t as a c l o w n / said Mr B atu lc a r.
T h a t n ig h t an a c r o b a t w a s ill, and P a s s e p a r t o u t had to t a k e
his place as p a r t o f a h u m an pyram id. P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s £ t th e
b o t t o m o f th e py ram id and he had to c a r ry th e w eig h t o f se v e ra l
m e n on h is s h o u l d e r s . T h e a u d i e n c e s h o u t e d o u t lo u d ly , t h e
dru m s so u n d ed like a th u n d e r s t o r m , and th e n ... th e a c r o b a t s in
t h e py ram id fell to t h e f lo o r like a p a c k o f ca r d s . P a s s e p a r t o u t
ru n t o w a r d s s o m e o n e in t h e a u d i e n c e , s o m e o n e he w a s v e r y
happy to see . It w a s his old em p lo y er, P hileas Fogg. But how did
he g e t t h e r e ?
W hen Fogg and Mrs Aouda arrived in Y o k o h a m a , th e y spoke to
th e cap tain o f th e C a r n a tic and found P a s s e p a r to u t’s n a m e a m o n g
th e list o f p a sse n g e rs, but his tic k e t only to o k him to Y o k o h am a .
Phileas Fogg and Mrs Aouda w a n te d to find P a s s e p a r to u t b e fo re
th e ship left fo r its n e x t d estin a tio n — San Francisco. In sp e cto r Fix
s t a y e d w ith t h e m , t e ll in g t h e m h e m u s t r e t u r n t o E u r o p e via
A m erica on b u sin ess and why n o t with frie n d s?
T h e y l o o k e d a ll o v e r t h e c i t y b u t t h e y c o u l d n o t f i n d
P a s s e p a r t o u t a n y w h e re. Then Phileas Fogg sa w th e sign f o r th e
circus. ‘In tere stin g ,’ he said to himself. ‘L et’s go and see th e circus
b e f o r e w e le a v e t o w n , ’ he to ld t h e m , ‘I b e lie v e i t ’s v e r y g o o d . ’
Phileas Fogg did no t see his m a n s e r v a n t am o n g th e a c r o b a ts, but
his m a n se rv a n t certainly saw him, and he left everyone else in th e
hum an pyramid like a group o f arm s and legs on th e floor.
T h e y had no ti m e to s a y s o r r y to a v e r y a n g r y Mr B a tu lc a r .
Th e C a r n a t ic w a s leaving f o r A m erica.

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P E T 0 Comprehension check
Choose the co rrect answ er — A, B, C or D.

1 Inspector Fix is not happy because

A the C arn atic was not leaving for 24 hours.
B Q the officials knew nothing about the warrant.
C Q Passepartout did not have time to speak to him.
D [] Mr Fogg did not plan to stay in Hong Kong.
2 Passepartout and Inspector Fix
A were not very interested in Mr Fogg’s journey.
B Q were good friends who enjoyed talking.
C wanted to help each other.
D Q had different reasons for going to the bar.
3 Inspector Fix’s planned to
A Q make sure Passepartout w asn’t on the ship.
B Q stop Passepartout from leaving Hong Kong.
C Q stop Fogg from leaving himself.
D Q make sure Fogg didn’t find out about the ship.

4 Who sailed on the C arn atic to Yokohama?

A Q ] Inspector Fix sailed on the C arn atic to Yokohama.
B Q Mr Fogg and Mrs Ao'uda went to Yokohama.
C Q Passepartout sailed on the C arn atic to Yokohama.
D Q Noone went on the C arn atic to Yokohama.

5 Why did Passeparout get a job with the circus?

A Q ] He knew Mrs Aouda liked the circus.
B Q He lost the bag with the money to Inspector Fix.
C [] He could return to Europe and he had the experience.
D [] He preferred the,circus to being a manservant.
6 Inspector Fix said th a t he was travelling to America
A Q because he was on his way to Europe on business.
B Q because he was a good friend of Passepartout’s.
C Q because he wanted to tell the American police about Fogg.
D Q because he hoped to find out more about Fogg.

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Q Telegrams
In 1872 the best way to send a m essage to another part of the world
was by telegram but you had to pay for each word so they w ere very
sh o rt and so m etim es m issed w ord s and p u n ctu a tio n . M atch th e
telegram to the people and places they are sent to. Add com m as, full
stops and the missing words to the telegram m essages.

A Q Scotland Yard, London B Q British Embassy, Hong Kong

C [ [ ] British Consulate, Calcutta D Q Indian Railway Police

1 Criminal seen 7 o'clock Brindisi port please send warrant

for arrest to British Consul Suez
2 Travellers wanted for questioning in Bombay French manser­
vant curly hair brown bag with master tall English brown
moustache arrival 1600 hours
3 No warrant for arrest arrived criminal paid fine and is
leaving send warrant to Hong Kong immediately.
4 Do not let Fogg continue to Japan Warrant went to wrong
office Bombay Head Office will send this week

0 SMS
Read th e in form ation ab ou t SMS. Try to
re-w rite the te x t m essages below using full
sentences.

L ike teleg ra m s, tex t m e s s a g e s a r e b r ie f

w ritten m e s sa g es. W hen w e u se a m o b ile
p h on e, w e u se SMS (sh ort m e s s a g e service)
o r 'text m e s s a g i n g I n text m e s s a g e s w e can
use n u m b ers to m a k e w ords, f o r ex a m p le:
gr8! (‘Eight' sou n ds like th e en d o f th e w ord
‘' great’ s o g r + 8 = g r e a t ) T here a r e also
ab b rev ia tion s, e.g. LOL = lau gh ou t loud) an d
w e can m iss letters ou t o r w rite thin gs a s
th ey sound. (K =OK, g u d = g o o d etc.)
Q Crack the code!
Inspector Fix has sent a telegram but he has w ritten part of it in code.
A police officer at the office has made some notes. Can you guess the
m essage?

To\ £>sifi5h A ^ r ^ W i S f i ° r \

(o I

Puer^Se* So\/P>
PTC /V B m m B ^P Z _ fM PTC B m m C n /P F2_ Z-pUU p r
^ !
HorsjG KOn/G
T-

In code - A = B, E = C, I = D, 0 = F, U = G, F = Z, H = W, M = R, T = P !

Q Characters: motivation
S om etim es we ask: why does this person behave this w ay? This is
th eir ‘m o tiv atio n ’. Som etim es it is clear, but som etim es th e re are
o th e r re a s o n s , to o . Look a t th e c h a r a c te r s of In sp e c to r Fix and
P assepartout and answ er these questions using w hat you know from
the story and your own ideas.

Inspector Fix: why does Inspector Fix want to be friends with

Passepartout and then Mrs Aouda and Mr Fogg?
Do you think Inspector Fix needs friends?
P assepartout: is Passepartout happy to be on his own?
Why is he not angry with Inspector Fix when they
m eet again?

Q Your Around the World Trip

As part of your Around the World Trip you are either a) going to find
paid work or b) work w ithout being paid and do som ething you enjoy
th at helps people or animals (volunteering).

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 (gS-T© Listening
You will hear an interview about working abroad. Fill in the missing
inform ation in the numbered spaces.

W O R K IN G A B R O A D

Age group the organisation speaks to : 18 — (1)

Jobs people do: working in (2) f................
(3) English, working with animals, e.g.
(4)
(Working with animals you sometim es pay for travel,
accommodation, (5) )
Places - Paid work: Japan, New Zealand, (6)
Volunteer work:, Africa, Asia ( 7 ) .....................
Website address: ( 8 ) ............................................

D iscuss th e se qu estion s w ith a n o th e r stu d en t or w rite down th e

answ ers yourself.

• Are you going to look for paid work or to volunteer?

• Which country are you going to look for work in?
• What do you want to do there?

P E T © Writing
This is p art of an email you receive from an English friend. Reply to
th e em ail tellin g h er ab ou t y ou r plans fo r w orking ab ro a d . (1 0 0
words)

H i!
 C T V T E S

Before you read

Q Reading pictures
Find these words in the picture on page 71.

carriage snow buffalo bridge

passengers coal driver engine rail track s

►►► INTERNET PROJECT 4H

Connect to the Internet and go to www.blackcat-cideb.com. Click on
the title of the book and on the Internet project link.
Read this information about the western states of America. From the
information you have, write the name of a place under the photos.

Come and visit America’s wild west!

The West of America is a land of contrasts: from the high Rocky
Mountains and deep ravines of
Colorado to the low Death
Valley, the driest desert in North
America, and on to the Pacific
Ocean and the tropical climate of
the Gulf of Mexico. If you want
space, the miles of plains of the
Mid-Western states will give you
all the peace and quiet you need;
or if you prefer the city lights,
then some of the world’s most
famous cities: San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and the casinos of
Las Vegas are all here in the
Western states of America.

Which section do you need to

look at to find:
►information on visas?
►things to do?
►places to stay?

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When our friends risk

their lives
They w e re now sailin g a c r o s s th e P acific on th e Carnatic in th e E Q
d irection of San F ran cisco. On th e jou rn ey P a sse p a rto u t began to
ask questions about Mr Fix. There w as som ethin g stra n g e ab ou t th e
fa c t he w as doing th e e x a c t sam e jou rn ey as th em . Maybe he w as a
spy fro m th e R efo rm Club. Of c o u rse ! W hy d id n ’t he th in k o f it
b efo re? He w an ted to m ake su re Phileas Fogg w as really com pleting
his journey. But did he w an t him to g et drunk in th a t b ar? W as he
tryin g to stop his m a s te r from winning his b et?
T’m going f o r a walk. I believe Mrs Aouda will jo in m e. I’ll s e e
y o u in t h e m o r n i n g a t s e v e n - f i f t e e n , ’ s a i d P h i l e a s F o g g ,
in t e r r u p t in g his m a n s e r v a n t ’s t h o u g h t s . P a s s e p a r t o u t d ec id ed
n o t to tell Fogg. He w a s an h o n e s t m a n f o r th e R e f o r m Club to

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q u e s t io n him in t h a t w ay! He d ecid ed in s t e a d to w a t c h Mr Fix

ca refu lly to m a k e su re n o th in g else h appened .
W h en t h e y arrived in Sa n F ra n cisco , Phileas Fogg m ad e a n o te
in his diary:

T u e sd a y - Z hours ahead.
W ednesday - 3 hours behind.
Thursday - arrived in San Francisco on iim e. I

As t h e r e w a s ti m e until t h e e v e n in g to c a t c h t h e tr a in , Mrs
A ou da s u g g e s t e d t h e y all go in to t h e city , inclu d in g t h e i r n ew
friend, Mr Fix. It b e c a m e c le a r t h a t Mrs Aouda w a s very clo se to
P hileas Fogg. He, on th e o t h e r hand, did n o t s e e m to n o tic e th e
b e a u t i f u l la d y by his sid e b u t he did e v e r y t h i n g to m a k e h e r
happy and c o m f o r ta b l e .
T h e r e w e r e p e op le f r o m all o v e r t h e world in S a n F r a n c is c o
and P a s s e p a r t o u t th o u g h t it w a s a b eau tifu l p lace w ith its hills
and views.
On t h e i r w a y b a c k t h e y w e n t p a s t a s q u a r e w h e r e a la r g e
c r o w d o f p e o p le w e r e w a v in g b a n n e r s 1 an d s h o u t in g . On t h e
b a n n e r s w e re th e n a m e s o f tw o political p a rtie s. T h e y all w aited
w ith in t e r e s t to s e e w h a t th e p r o t e s t w as a b o u t. S o o n th e s h o u ts
b e c a m e an gry and th e y only m o ved a fe w s t e p s b e f o r e t h e y w ere
in th e middle o f a fight. A m a n fr o m one group hit a m a n fro m
th e o t h e r o v er th e head w ith his b a n n e r . Phileas Fogg t o o k Mrs
Aouda by th e arm , P a s s e p a r t o u t pu shed p a s t as b e s t as he could
bu t j u s t a t t h a t m o m e n t a r e d - f a c e d m a n w ith w h ite hair and a
th ic k m o u s t a c h e trie d to hit Phileas Fogg in t h e f a c e .
‘Is th is th e A m e ric a n w a y ? ’ Fogg a sk ed th e m a n coldly.

1. b a n n e r s : long s t r i p s o f c l o t h w ith s o m e t h i n g w r i t t e n on t h e m , us ually

c a r r ie d d uring a p r o t e s t .

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‘B e t t e r th a n th e English way, c o w a r d !’ replied th e m an.

In s p e c t o r Fix arrived. ‘Do n o t call an E n glish m an a c o w a r d !’ he
sh o u ted .
‘If you w a n t to end th is n ow w ith a duel, w e c a n . ’ T h e m a n
replied.
‘I’ll happily d e f e n d m y h o n o u r , ’ said Fogg. ‘B u t i t ’ll h a v e to
w a it until a n o t h e r t i m e . ’
‘I’ll hold you to y ou r word. My n a m e is Colonel P r o c t o r and I
am going e a s t to F o rt K e a r n e y to n ig h t. If I should m e e t you in
y o u r t r a v e l s , t a k e a gun w it h y o u ! ’ And w it h t h e s e w o r d s he
tu rn e d angrily to a n o t h e r m a n while th e y e s c a p e d as quickly as
possible.
Now th e y w e re in A m erica, said Mr Fix, and buying a gun w as
n o t a b ad id e a . P h il e a s F o g g did n o t a g r e e b u t P a s s e p a r t o u t
ask e d his m a s t e r to sto p a t a shop to a s k th e price. ‘I h e a r th e
tra in jo u r n e y s h ere ca n be d an g e ro u s, t o o , ’ he added.
T h e s a m e e v e n in g , a t e x a c t l y six o ’c l o c k , o u r a d v e n t u r e r s
le f t S a n F r a n c i s c o to tr a v e l to New Y o rk . T h e j o u r n e y t h a t o n c e
t o o k six m o n t h s to c o m p le t e , n ow t o o k s e v e n d ay s on t h e new
U n ion P a c ific R a ilro a d t h a t to o k th e p a s s e n g e r s fr o m S a n
F r a n c i s c o in t h e w e s t , t o O m a h a in t h e c e n t r a l s t a t e o f
N e b r a s k a . F ro m t h e r e P h ileas Fogg ho ped to c o n t in u e to New
Y o r k f o r t h e fin al p a r t o f t h e i r jo u r n e y : c r o s s in g t h e A t la n t ic to
E ngland on 11 D e c e m b e r .
A f te r j u s t o n e hour it s t a r t e d to sn o w heavily. At a b o u t nine
o ’c lo c k t h e n e x t m o rn in g , t h e tr a in sto p p e d . H o w ever, to t h e ir
a m a z e m e n t it w a s n o t b e c a u s e o f t h e s n o w b u t b e c a u s e
h u n d re d s o f b u f f a lo e s w e r e c r o s s in g th e t r a c k s in f r o n t o f t h e
tra in .

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P a s s e p a r t o u t b e c a m e v ery im p a tie n t. ‘I c a n ’t b elieve t h i s !’ he

s h o u ted . ‘This c o u n try h as a m o d e rn railw ay and th e tr a in m u st
sto p f o r b u f f a lo e s !’
T h e t r a i n d riv e r to ld t h e m he had no c h o ic e . T h e b u f f a l o e s
co u ld d a m a g e t h e e n g in e . T h e y h ad to w a it u ntil t h e y m o v e d
a c r o s s th e t r a c k s — t h r e e h o u rs later!
As t h e y w e n t th r o u g h t h e m o u n t a i n s in W y o m in g , P h ile a s
F og g t a u g h t Mrs A o u d a h o w to p la y c a r d s . Mrs A o u d a w a s a
v e r y p a t i e n t le a r n e r , and t h e y w e r e so o n so o cc u p ie d w ith th e ir
g a m e s t h a t t h e y did n o t e v e n s e e m to n o t i c e t h e d eep ra v in e s
b e l o w t h e m . S u d d e n l y t h e y a l m o s t h i t t h e s e a t in f r o n t o f
them .
The tra in s t o p p e d a n d g a v e s e v e r a l lo u d w h i s t l e s . 2
P a s s e p a r t o u t g o t up to s e e w h a t t h e p ro b le m w a s. He s a w t h e
d r iv e r t a l k i n g t o a m a n f r o m t h e n e x t s t a t i o n , a p l a c e ca lle d
M edicine Bow.
‘Th e s t a t i o n guard s e n t m e to tell you t h a t you c a n ’t go an y
f u r t h e r , ’ he said. ‘The bridge a c r o s s th e ravine is n o t s a f e and it
c a n ’t t a k e t h e w e ig h t o f t h e tr a in . W e hav e s e n t a te le g r a m to
O m ah a, but it will be six h o urs b e f o r e a n o t h e r tr a in a r r i v e s .’
‘W e c a n ’t s t a y h e r e all night. W e ’ll die o f cold in th is s n o w !’
sh o u te d o n e o f th e p a s s e n g e r s , h earin g th e ir c o n v e r s a tio n .
‘Y es, but i t ’ll t a k e six ho urs to go on f o o t to t h e n e x t s t a t i o n , ’
said th e tra in d riv er’s a s s i s t a n t .
‘I th in k I h ave an id e a ,’ said t h e tr a in driver. ‘W e ca n g e t our
tr a in a c r o s s th e bridge, if w e go f a s t e n o u g h .’
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s in t e r e s t e d to h e a r m o re.

2. w h i s t le s : t h e so u n d s a t r a i n m a k e s w h e n s t e a m c o m e s o u t o f it.

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‘If t h e tr a in m o v e s a t its to p sp e ed , it w o n ’t be a s h e a v y on
t h e b r i d g e / he c o n t i n u e d . ‘And w e c a n g e t a c r o s s b e f o r e t h e
bridge b r e a k s /
P a s s e p a r t o u t could n o t u n d e rs ta n d w hy t h e o t h e r p a s s e n g e r s
s e e m e d to th in k th is w a s a good idea.
‘Isn ’t t h e r e a sim p ler solu tion , p e r h a p s ...? ’ he b eg a n to a s k th e
driver.
The driver w a s n o t listening. ‘No, no, th is is th e b e s t so lu tio n
w e h a v e ,’ he said.
‘Y es, bu t m a y b e n o t th e s a f e s t . . . ’
P a s s e p a r t o u t tried to ex plain t h a t he had a n o t h e r idea.
‘M aybe th e p a s s e n g e r s can go a c r o s s th e bridge on f o o t . T h en
th e tr a in could follow a f t e r w a r d s , ’ he said.
‘No, t h e d r iv e r is r i g h t . If w e go a t to p s p e e d , w e c a n g e t
a c r o s s t h e b r id g e ,’ said a s t r a n g e ly f a m ilia r v o ice behind t h e m .
Th e driver did as th e p a s s e n g e r said. He blew t h e w h istle and th e
tr a in w e n t b a c k along th e t r a c k s a b o u t tw o k ilo m e tre s . T h en he
blew t h e w h istle again. The tr a in m o ved f a s t e r and f a s t e r as it
c a m e clo s e r to t h e bridge. P a s s e p a r t o u t sto p p ed and s t a r e d into
t h e r a v i n e , h is h e a r t w a s in h is m o u t h ; h e k n e w t h e o t h e r
p a s s e n g e r , th e n he w a s c e r ta in o f it — it w a s th e colonel.
In w h a t s e e m e d like m i n u t e s , o r m a y b e it w a s o n ly a f e w
se c o n d s, th e y w e re o v er on th e o t h e r side, j u s t in tim e to s e e th e
bridge fall into th e d eep ravine behind th e m .

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The text and beyond

Q Comprehension check
Put th e e v e n ts in th e c o r r e c t o rd e r (1-7) to m ake a su m m a ry of
Chapter Six. Then re-w rite the words underlined in order to make the
last sentence (H) in the summ ary.

A □ A man tells Fogg he wants a duel. ]t is lucky that they have no guns.
B The train crosses over a deep ravine: they are too occupied to
see it.
C Q A fter they leave San Francisco it starts to snow.
D Q Passepartout is worried for the passengers; the bridge could
falls into the ravine.
E Q ] The bridge at Medicine Bow can’t take the weight of the train.
F Q They wait 3 hours for buffalo to go across the tracks.
G Passepartout thinks Mr Fix is a member of the Reform Club.

H ......................................................................................................

Q Interview
Look at these notes made by a journalist afte r the bridge fell in the
ravine. W rite the questions in full using the p ast ten se and m atch
them to the answ ers. W rite some questions yourself and practice the
interview with another student.

' 7 ' W h ^ / t r a i^ ^ .............

"2 W hat/train driver/decide/to d o ..........................
3 H ow /you/feel?................................................
a "□ t o g o a ^ s t h e b r i ! a t t o ^ s p e e d . .........

B □ 1 felt scared. ■••••;".........

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 ‘If the train m oves at its top spee d ... w e can get acro ss
before the bridge b re a ks’
We can use the word ‘can ’ in different ways.
• To talk about something we are able to do:
/ can s p e a k English, b u t I can't s p e a k G erm an.
• To be allowed/not allowed to do or to ask permission to do something:
You c a n t u se y o u r m o b ile p h o n e h e r e ./ C a n I op en th e w indow ?
• For a logical action (out of necessity):
I f you're to o cold, y ou can pu t on a ju m p er.

Q Can
Answer the questions.

1 In the example sentence above, describe 'ca n .

a able to b [ ] permission to c Q a logical, necessary action.

2 In the story of A round th e W orld in 8 0 d ays find three things

Passpartout or Phileas Fogg are able to do?
3 Think about Inspector Fix. Is there anything he is not allowed to
do? (Use ‘can ’ in your answer.)

EM O Listening
Listen to the w eath er fo re ca s t and tick ( / ) th e w e a th e r you hear.
Then m atch the words (1-6) to the pictures (A-F).

1 snow 2 rain 3 sun 4 thunderstorm 5 wind 6 cloudy

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P E T ^ Speaking
A man w ants to travel across America. Talk about the different ways
he could travel and say which you think is best.

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Our protagonists spend a few hours in San Francisco.
Find out more about this city. Connect to the Internet and go to
www.blackcat-cideb.com. Click on the title of the book and on the
Internet project link.
In small groups organise your stay in San Francisco for the weekend,
choosing where to stay, what to do, where to eat and where to shop.
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Q Buffalo Bill
You will read the words in the box in Chapter Seven. Use a dictionary
to find any w ord s you d on ’t know . Read th is in fo rm a tio n ab ou t
Buffalo Bill. Complete the te x t with the missing words.

arrow s caught leader soldiers horses carry

shooting Indians cowboys forts

Buffalo Bill (real name William Cody) became famous all over America
for the number of buffalo he ( 1 ) ........................once, killing over 4 , 0 0 0
animals for their m eat in eight months to bring to the ( 2 ) ......................
and workers on the railway. Bill (the short name for William) was born
in Iowa in 1846. At the age of fourteen he went to look for gold, but he
did not travel far. He became a rider with the Pony Express. The Pony
Express rode their ( 3 ) ........................for long distances to ( 4 ) ......................
messages and letters. Later he took food and other necessities to the
soldiers in the ( 5 ) .........................
In 1883 Bill started a show called Buffallo Bill’s Wild West. Famous
Cowboys and ( 6 ) ...................... played parts in the show. There were
(7) competitions between ( 8 ) ......................., stories of
travelling on the trains, the fights with the Indians firing
(9 ) at the passengers and the adventures of the brave
(10 ) ........................of the Sioux Indians, Sitting Bull. Although Bill himself
fought the American Indians, they won his respect and some were his
personal friends.

0 Reading pictures
Look at the pictures on pages 78, 8 0 and 81 and answ er the questions
below.

1 Who do you think the man in the picture on page 8 0 is?

2 W h at’s happening in the picture on pages 8 2 -8 3 ?
3 Who are the people riding the horses?
4 Why are the passengers using guns?
5 Who/what are they shooting at?

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When Phileas Fogg comes

to the rescue
T h eir jo u rn e y co n tin u ed a c r o s s th e high m o u n ta in s o f C olorado. lETS
The p a s s e n g e rs w e re so o n fa m ilia r w ith th e d elay s; th e s e only
se em ed to w o rry P a s s e p a rto u t. He co n tin u e d to th in k a b o u t th e
C olonel. He did n o t w a n t him to m e e t P h ileas Fogg. W hen Mr Fix
w a s asleep and P h ileas Fogg g o t up to ta k e a w alk, A ouda sp ok e
to P a s s e p a rto u t.
‘I k n o w t h a t w h e n y op lo o k w o r r ie d it is u su a lly a b o u t Mr
Fogg, P a s s e p a r to u t . P le ase tell m e w h a t it is you a re t h in k in g /
‘T h e r e ’s a p a s s e n g e r on th is train ; we m e t him b e f o r e in San
F ra n c isc o and I w o u ld n ’t like Mr Fogg to m e e t him a g a in .’
‘The m an w ho w a n te d to fig h t with h i m ? ’

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‘Th e very s a m e m an , m a d a m . M aybe it w a s n ’t a good idea to

buy t h o s e g u n s.’
In t h r e e d a y s a n d t h r e e n i g h t s , t h e y t r a v e l l e d m o r e t h a n
2 , 2 0 0 k ilo m e t r e s . P h ilea s Fogg c o n t in u e d to play his g a m e s o f
ca r d s w ith Mrs Aouda, while In s p e c t o r Fix slep t like a baby, his
head going up and down w ith th e g e n tle m o v e m e n t o f th e train .
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s n o t w ro n g in th in kin g t h a t t h e r e could be m o re
tro u b le . He w a s g e tt in g up to go to t h e w indow f o r s o m e fr e s h
air w h en a r e d - f a c e d m a n w ith a m o u s t a c h e c a m e to w a r d s him.
The ca r ria g e d oor w a s open and b e f o r e P a s s e p a r t o u t could sto p
him, he w alked s t r a ig h t in.
‘Well, well! The E n glish m an and his p r e tt y lady c o m p a n i o n ,’ he
said to u ch in g Mrs A o u d a’s fa c e .
‘I do n o t know w h a t you w a n t, sir, b u t th is m a t t e r is b e t w e e n
you and I a lo n e ,’ said Fogg.
‘I b e l ie v e y ou a g r e e d t o duel a f e w d a y s a g o . Or a r e y ou a
co w a rd a f t e r a ll? ’
‘V ery well, sir. I will d efen d my w ord as an E nglishm an bu t n o t
in f r o n t o f a l a d y . ’ He t o o k a g u n f r o m t h e b a g a n d b e f o r e
P a s s e p a r t o u t o r A o u d a co u ld s a y a n y t h i n g , h e f o l l o w e d t h e
colonel into th e co rrid o r to w a r d s th e e m p ty d inn er ca rria g e .
‘Quickly! W e m u s t sto p h im !’ said Mrs Aouda to P a s s e p a r to u t ,
but it w a s to o late. J u s t a t t h a t m o m e n t t h e r e w a s a g u n sh o t and
t h e n a n o t h e r . I n s p e c t o r Fix w o k e up and a s k e d a w o rrie d Mrs
A ou da w h a t w a s h a p p e n in g . (He did n o t w a n t to c o m e all t h e
w ay to A m e ric a to h ave a dead m a n on his h and s and no rew ard!)
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s running to w a r d s th e din ner c a r r ia g e s c a re d
f o r his m a s t e r ’s life bu t w h a t he saw w hen he arrived su rprised
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h a n d s , b u t t h e y w e r e s h o o t i n g t h e m o u t o f t h e w in d o w a t a
group o f Sioux Indians w ho w e re a tt a c k in g th e train .
The Sioux rode th e ir h o rse s along b oth sides o f th e train. The
p a s s e n g e r s heard th e ir b a tt le cries b e fo re th e y arrived. Many o f
th e m knew th e S io u x s o m e tim e s a tt a c k e d th e tr a in s th a t
travelled th rou gh t h e s e a r e a s and prepared to d efen d th e m s e lv e s .

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 The h o r s e s o f th e Sioux m o ved f a s t e r and f a s t e r and sev era l
a r r o w s fle w t o w a r d s t h e t r a i n c a r r i a g e s until fin a lly t h e tr a in
slow ed down. Th e Sioux ju m p e d on th e train . T h e ir le a d er tied up
th e tr a in d riv er and his a s s i s t a n t t o g e t h e r and t h r e w t h e m o f f
th e train . Then th e Sio ux c o n tin u e d to w a r d s th e o t h e r c a r ria g e s .
‘T h e y ’re co m in g to w a r d s our c a r r ia g e !’ sh o u te d Mrs Aouda.

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In s p e c to r Fix hit one o f th e m e n o ver th e head with t h e b a c k

o f his gun. P a s s e p a r t o u t , in t h e co rrid o r, f o u g h t b ra vely , using
only his h an d s and his s t r e n g th . ‘W e need to sto p th e t r a i n / he
said finally arriving a t th e s a m e c a r ria g e as Phileas Fogg and th e
colonel.
‘T h e r e a re so ld ie rs a t F o r t K e a rn e y , a f e w m iles a w a y / said
t h e c o l o n e l. ‘T h e y a r e m y r e g i m e n t . I w a s on m y w a y t o j o i n
th e m . T h e y will help u s /
Y e s , b u t t h e r e ’s no d r iv e r ’, said P a s s e p a r t o u t . ‘W e n e e d to
s to p th e t r a i n . ’
P a s s e p a r t o u t k n e w t h a t t h e r e w a s only o n e w ay — to clim b
under th e train. He opened th e door and w e n t under th e ir carriage.
Then with his g r e a t a c r o b a tic s tre n g th he pulled h im self along th e
b o t t o m o f t h e o t h e r c a r r ia g e s until he fin ally fou n d t h e en g in e
ab o v e his head. He s e p a r a te d th e engine fro m th e c a r ria g e s and
th e train stopped. They w ere a lm o s t a t Fort Kearney.
T h e c o l o n e l s e e m e d t o f o r g e t all a b o u t h is f i g h t w it h t h e
E nglishm an now helping him fig h t t h e Sioux and he s h o o k F og g ’s
h a n d a s he g o t r e a d y t o le a v e t h e t r a i n . T h e s o l d i e r s a t F o r t
K e a rn e y h eard th e crie s o f t h e Sioux and th e sound o f th e guns
co m in g f ro m th e train . T h e y quickly g o t on th e ir h o r s e s and w e n t
to s e e w h a t w a s h appening. Th e Sioux w e re su rprised to s e e t h a t
th e sold iers w e re a lread y s h o o tin g a t th e m in th e d ista n c e .
‘L e t ’s g o !’ said t h e ir le a d e r. ‘B ut fir s t , t a k e t h a t m a n w ho is
giving us so m u ch t r o u b le .’
The group rode a w a y on t h e ir h o r s e s ta k in g tw o p a s s e n g e r s
w ith t h e m , and th e brav e y ou ng F ren ch m an w ho w a s tryin g to
sa v e th e m .
W h e n t h e b a t t l e w a s o v e r P h ile a s F og g co u ld n o t fin d
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‘T h e In d ia n s t o o k him a w a y / said a p a s s e n g e r . ‘P o o r m a n !
T h e y ’ll kill him f o r s u r e !’
‘I’ll find him and bring him back, dead or aliv e,’ replied Phileas
Fogg.
Mrs Aouda looked into his ey es. He w a s h er hero. He truly w as
a w o n d erfu l pe rso n .
‘W e can sa v e t h e s e people, but I need h elp,’ Phileas Fogg said
to th e soldiers.
He l e f t t h e f o r t w ith t h i r t y s o ld i e r s , and t h e i r h o r s e s , an d
follow ed t h e d ire ctio n o f th e Sioux.
Mrs Aouda and In s p e c to r Fix w a ited f o r him a t F ort K e arn ey .
It w a s incredibly cold and th e wind w a s blowing h a r d . 1 In s p e c to r
Fix an d Mrs A o u d a s a t in t h e u n c o m f o r t a b l e s t a t i o n w a i t i n g
ro o m tr y in g to k eep w a rm . F ro m tim e to tim e th e y lo o k ed
o u tsid e a t th e snow . Th e d a r k n e s s o f th e night s t a r t e d to b e c o m e
m orn in g , but sh e still could n o t s e e Phileas Fogg.
Not long a f t e r th e sun c a m e up th e y h eard th e sound o f guns
in th e d is t a n c e . T h e y s t o o d up and looked o u t o f t h e w in dow s.
B ut t h e r e w a s no b a tt le , j u s t th e sound o f c e le b r a tio n s .
A group o f people, with Phileas Fogg in fro n t, w ere co m ing on
h o rse s to w a rd s th e m . P a s s e p a r to u t and th e tw o o th e r p a s s e n g e r s
w ere sittin g on th e h o rse s behind. Th ey looked s a f e and well.
Mrs Aouda ran to m e e t t h e m . In s p e c to r Fix w aited o u tsid e th e
s t a tio n . ‘M aybe h e ’s n o t so clev e r a f t e r all,’ he decided. ‘But we
m u s t re tu rn to England so o n and th e n I ca n a r r e s t h im .’
‘Y o u ’re all b a c k s a f e ! T h is is w o n d e r f u l ! ’ M rs A o u d a cr ie d .
E very on e, e x c e p t P a s s e p a r to u t , looked happy.
‘Y es, w e ’re s a f e but Mr Fogg will pro b a b ly lose his b e t b e c a u s e

1. blow in g h a r d : air is m o v in g f a s t b e c a u s e o f t h e wind.

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o f m e / said P a s s e p a r to u t . He le ft th e m to th e ir c e le b r a ti o n s and
w e n t to t h e s t a t io n to find o u t a b o u t tr a in s to New York.
‘W h e n ’s th e n e x t tr a in to New Y o r k ? ’ he asked .
‘The n e x t o ne le av es to n i g h t , ’ w a s t h e reply.
‘B ut w e ’re a lr e a d y o v e r t w e n t y - f o u r h o u rs la te . If t h e tr a in
le a v e s t o n i g h t , w e ’ll be t o o la t e to g e t t h e b o a t ! ’ P h ile a s Fogg
c a m e to r e s c u e him and P a s s e p a r t o u t f e l t v ery bad b e c a u s e he
w a n te d to be a hero.
At t h a t m o m e n t I n s p e c t o r Fix r e t u r n e d w ith a m a n he w a s
talking to o u tsid e th e s t a tio n .
‘This m a n s a y s he ca n t a k e us to th e s t a t io n in O m a h a in his
s le d g e ,’ he said. ‘W e c a n t a k e a tr a in to New Y o rk f r o m t h e r e . ’
Th e m a n had a s t r a n g e sled ge w ith sails. He e x p lain e d to th e m
t h a t he o f t e n t o o k p a s s e n g e r s f ro m o n e s t a t io n to a n o t h e r in th e
w in ter, w h en t h e sn o w sto p p ed th e tr a in s , and t h a t w ith a good
wind behind t h e m , t h e y could go a lot f a s t e r th a n th e train.

Phileas Fogg ag ree d . T h ey had no ch o ice.

T h e y all clim b e d o n t o t h e sle d g e . T h e s le d g e tr a v e l le d v e r y
q u i c k l y a c r o s s t h e icy , f l a t l a n d s o f t h e c e n t r a l s t a t e s . T h e
p a s s e n g e r s w e re very cold, and with an icy wind blowing in th e ir
e a r s t h e y did n o t s p e a k f o r m o s t o f t h e j o u r n e y . T h e y w e r e in
O m a h a in less th a n five hours. W h en th e y arrived, t h e y th a n k e d
th e m an and Phileas Fogg paid him well.
F o r tu n a t e ly , t h e y fou n d a tr a in to C hicago and t h e n to New
Y o r k im m e d ia te ly . T h e y arriv ed in New Y o rk tw o d ays l a t e r a t
e le v e n o ’c lo c k on 11 D e c e m b e r . T h e y quickly w e n t to t h e po rt,
bu t th e C h in a , t h e ship ta k in g th e m to Liverpool, w a s n o t th e r e .
Fogg did n o t look surprised . He looked a t his w a tc h . T h ey w ere
f o r ty -f iv e m in u te s late.

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<=>e t Q Comprehension check

Choose the co rrect answ er — A, B, C or D.

1 Passepartout is worried because

a Q Mr Fix was trying to stop them.
B Q the delays could cost Fogg his bet.
C □ a man who wanted to fight Fogg was on the train.
D Q they had only travelled 2 ,2 0 0 kilometres.
2 Who were Fogg and the Colonel shooting at?
A Q They were shooting at each other.
B Q They were shooting at the soldiers at Fort Kearney.
C Q They were shooting at the Sioux.
D Q They were shooting out of the window for no reason.

3 Passepartout separated the carriages by

A Q climbing underneath them.
B Q climbing on the roof.
C Q going to the engine room.
D Q opening the doors between the carriages.

4 What happened near Fort Kearney?

A Q The Colonel started shooting at Fogg.
B Q The soldiers started shooting at the Sioux.
C Q The Sioux killed many passengers.
D Q Passepartout couldn't stop the train.
5 The Sioux took Passepartout because
A [ ^ he tried to rescue two passengers.
B Q he stopped the train before Fort Kearney.
C Q they were going to ask Fogg for money.
D [ ]] they said he was giving them trouble.
6 Fogg travelled to New York
A □ in a sledge with sails, stopping only once.
B [~] by sledge to Omaha and then by train.
C by train to Omaha and then by sledge.
D □ by sledge and then by ship.

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Q Characters
A Look at the title of Chapter Seven. Who is really the hero? Passepartout
or Phileas Fogg’s? Choose the best answ er in your opinion.

1 O Phileas Fogg is the real hero because he does not get caught.
2 Q Passepartout is the real hero because he saves everyone’s
life, including Phileas Fogg’s.
3 They are both heroes. Without each other, they could both
be dead.

B Describe a ch aracter in Chapter Six but do not say his/h er name.

Let someone else guess who you are describing.

Ex.: This pe rso n ....

O Grammar duel
In pairs find the missing words. If you know the answ er to question 1
shout ‘fire’. You m ust give the answ er in 3 0 seconds. If it is wrong the
other person can answ er. Continue for all the questions. The person
w ith th e m o st c o rre c t an sw ers wins the ‘duel’. W rite som e m ore
sentences with missing words and play again.

PI P2
1 The colonel came their carriage. □ □
2 Phileas Fogg a g r e e d .....a duel. □ □
3 Passepartout w a s .....late to stop them. □ □
4 Fogg and the Colonel had guns in ..,, hands. □ □
5 Inspector co u ld .....get a reward if Fogg died. □ □
6 The Colonel and F o g g .....shooting at the Sioux. □ □
fmo Listening and speaking
P assep artou t goes to the station to find out about train s. Listen to
someone asking for information about trains and make a note of the
reply. Use this information to create a similar dialogue of your own.

Date and time of travel

Destination
• Tickets and Prices

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...th e horses ... m oved fa ste r than the train.

A comparative can compare two things: a car is f a s t e r th an a b ike, or
more th at two things: an a e r o p la n e is f a s t e r th an a b ik e o r a c a r . With
three things, we could use a superlative adjective: a e r o p la n e s a r e th e
fa s t e s t (i.e. f a s t e r th an a b ik e o r a car).
If we want to say that two things a re /a re n ’t the same we can use ‘as ...
as’ or ‘not as ... as’: the sledge travelled a s f a s t a s the train or trains
don’t travel a s f a s t a s aeroplanes. (Note the word order. The adjective
does not change).

Q Comparative and superlative adjectives

A C o m p le te th e t a b l e b e lo w w ith t h e c o r r e c t f o r m o f th e
com parative/superlative adjectives.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

big b ig g er
lovely The lov eliest

hot h o tte r
in tellig en t The m o s t in tellig en t
bad w orse
good
sad
hig h h ig h er

B Use the words below with as ... as or not as ... as or a com parative
adjective to describe:

1 cold: your cou n try/E nglan d ........................................................................

2 big: your country/USA .................................................................................
3 exciting: travelling by balloon/travelling by train ............................
4 hot: your country/India ...............................................................................
5 long: River Nile / River Mississippi ..........................................................
6 high: Mount Everest / Mont Blanc ...........................................................

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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line , poster by Albert Sebille.

P assenger ships
and Transatlantic travel
Steam 1 and passenger ships
Until the mid 1800s, ships travelling from Europe to America were
mostly carrying cargo. It was a dangerous journey; there could be
storms, high winds and rough seas; but all this was to change. The
industrial revolution meant that using the power of steam, engines
became better and faster. It was possible to build a ship, from metal
as well as wood, but there was still one problem: the ships did not
leave or arrive at fixed times, which was not good for business. In
1839 Queen Victoria, offered the Canadian Sir Samuel Cunard the
opportunity to begin a scheduled 2 mail service between the UK and

1. s t e a m : w a t e r m a k e s t h i s w h e n it is 1 0 0 ° C .
2. sch e d u le d : a lw a y s ru n s a t t h e s a m e t im e .

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America. Mr Cunard saw another opportunity: the new class of rich
businessman, travelling not only for work but for pleasure.
In 1840, a C unard ship , the B ritan n ia, took p assen g ers from
Southampton to New York and there were further services from
Liverpool. On one ship there was a cow so passengers had fresh milk.
As the ships became bigger and better, facilities included electricity
and rooms for washing and by the 1870s the first and second class
passengers had the same facilities as a good hotel. The luxury of the
first class accommodation showed how beautiful a ship was, but
luxury was not the only thing companies needed to offer. They could
make good money, as before, by carrying emigrants (people looking
to live and work abroad) in cheap accommodation at the bottom of
the ship. Third class, also called 'steerage', was crowded and the
passengers brought their own food. The speed a ship travelled was
also important. A 'prize'3 called the 'Blue Riband' was started for the
fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. In reality, the winner did not receive
anything, but to have the title: 'Blue Riband' was to be famous.

RMS Titanic
By the early 1900s travelling by ship was not unusual for the rich.
Activities and games were organised and later gyms and swimming
pools appeared. One of the largest and most luxurious ships of the
day belonged to Cunard's rival company, the White Star Line; it was
called the Titanic. People were amazed at the size and beauty of the
ship. They were told the Titanic couldn't sink, but in 1912 on h e r4
first journey to America, the ship sank after hitting an iceberg.5 1517
people lost their lives. Investigators have asked questions about why

3. p rize: a re w a r d f o r w inning.
4. h e r: t h e p r o n o u n ‘s h e ’ is used i n s t e a d o f ‘i t ’ f o r a ship.
5. i ce b e r g : la rg e a r e a o f f r o z e n w a t e r in t h e s e a .
the Titanic sunk. How did it hit the iceberg? Was it going too fast?
We will never know all the answers for certain. Films have been
made about the Titanic and this gives an interesting view of how the
different classes travelled on the ship but not everything in the films
is based on fact. Today the remains of the Titanic lie at the bottom of
the sea; occasionally they are visited by professional divers.

Modern Transatlantic Travel

The 19th century saw the arrival of the aeroplane. Aeroplanes started
carrying more passengers. They were faster and they becam e
cheaper too. By the 1960s they were the main method of travel across
the Atlantic. Depending on the cruise, a cruise ship today can take 1
week from the UK to America, and about 100 days to go around the
world. People take cruises to enjoy the experience of travelling,
which is more important than arriving at their destination quickly.
For some people, travelling by ship reminds them of how it was to
travel more than 100 years ago.

Q Comprehension check
Put these events in the order they happen in history.

1 Q The T itanic sinks after hitting an iceberg.

2 Q The B ritan n ia takes passengers across the Atlantic.
3 Q Aeroplanes are the fa ste st way to travel to America.
4 Q The industrial revolution means bigger and better engines.

Q Poster
Look at the p oster on page 8 8 . W rite an advertisem ent for either a
m odern cruise ship, or a ship a t th e tim e Around the World in
Eighty Days was w ritten, telling people:

• where the ship travels to;

• what facilities there are on the ship.

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Before you read

HMQ Listening
Listen to the first part of Chapter Eight. Complete the te x t with the
words you hear.

None of the ( 1 ) .................. in the ( 2 ) of New York were leaving

before 14 December: too ( 3 ) ..................to arrive at the Reform Club
before eight forty-five on 21 ( 4 ) ...................
Passepartout was very upset. They were only forty-five minutes late
and he was certain it was his ( 5 ) .................... Phileas Fogg did not want
Passepartout to feel responsible and he simply said, ‘W e’ll see what
happens ( 6 ) ................... ’
The next day at midday on 12 December, with just ( 7 ) .................. days
thirteen hours and forty-five minutes to return to London, Phileas
Fogg went to look for a ship — large or small — to take them
(8) the Atlantic.

0 Vocabulary
Which of th ese w ords c a n /c a n ’t you see in the photos below ? In 5
minutes w rite as m any words as you can connected to ‘Ships and the
Sea’.

cabin coal pirate cargo wheel crew

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The captain of a ship

11 D ecem b er
None o f t h e b o a ts in th e p o rt o f New Y o rk w e re leaving b e f o r e
14 D e c e m b e r : to o la te to arrive a t t h e R e fo r m Club b e f o r e eigh t
f o r ty -f iv e on 21 D e c e m b e r .
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s v e r y u p s e t . T h e y w e r e o n ly f o r t y - f i v e
m in u te s la te and he w a s c e r ta i n it w a s his fault. P hileas Fogg did
n o t w a n t P a s s e p a r t o u t to f e e l r e s p o n s ib l e and he sim p ly said,
‘W e ’ll s e e w h a t h a p p e n s t o m o r r o w . ’
The n e x t day a t m idday on 12 D e c e m b e r , with j u s t nine days,
t h i r t e e n h o u r s a n d f o r jt y - f i v e m i n u t e s t o r e t u r n t o L o n d o n ,
Phileas Fogg w e n t to look f o r a ship — large or sm all — to ta k e
th e m a c r o s s th e A tlantic.
A f t e r tr y in g s e v e r a l sh ip s w ith no s u c c e s s , he sp o k e t o t h e
c a p ta in o f a ca r g o ship, th e H e n r ie t t a .

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‘W h e n is th e ship le a v in g ? ’ he a sk ed t h e ca p ta in .
‘In an h o u r,’ he replied.
‘W h e r e is th e ship going t o ? ’ Phileas Fogg ask ed .
‘To F ra n ce . B o r d e a u x .’
‘W il l y o u t a k e m y s e l f a n d t h r e e o t h e r p a s s e n g e r s t o
L iv e rp o o l?’
‘To Liverpool? C ertain ly n o t , ’ said th e c a p ta in , looking a t him
lik e h e w a s m a d . ‘T h i s s h ip m u s t a r r i v e in B o r d e a u x by 2 0
D ecem b er.’
P h i l e a s F o g g t h o u g h t f o r a m o m e n t . ‘ I ’ ll g i v e y o u t w o
th o u s a n d dollars f o r e a c h p a s s e n g e r if you t a k e us to B o rd e a u x
t h e n , ’ he said.
‘Two th o u s a n d dollars e a c h ? ’ he r e p e a t e d , a m a z e d a t su ch a
g e n e r o u s o f f e r . He s c r a t c h e d 1 his h e a d . W h y w a s t h i s m a n
o ff e r in g him so m u ch m o n e y ? Did he h ave s o m e t h in g to hide? It
w a s a lot o f m o n ey .
He ag ree d . ‘The ship le a v es a t n in e ,’ he said.
Two h o urs la t e r our fo u r tr a v e lle r s w e re on th e H e n r ie t t a and
t h e y w e r e le a v in g th e p o r t o f New Y o r k on t h e i r w a y to
B o rd eau x.
T h e n e x t d ay, on 13 D e c e m b e r , P h il e a s F og g w a s t h e n e w
ca p ta in o f t h e ship, and th e H e n r ie t t a w as going to B o rd eau x.
H ow ever, P hileas Fogg g ave th e c r e w s o m e m o n e y and th e y
a g ree d to go to Liverpool in stea d . Th e cr e w locked th e ca p ta in in
his cab in , and he w a s now in t h e r e sh o u tin g and try in g to f r e e
h im s e lf u n s u c c e s s f u lly . His c o m p a n i o n s w e r e su rp rise d t o find
t h a t P h ileas Fogg w a s a good sailo r. P a s s e p a r t o u t tr ie d to a s k
him a b o u t this, but Phileas Fogg did n o t w a n t to talk. He had to

1. s c r a t c h e d : t o u c h e d it w ith his fin g e r n a il s .

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tr y and c r o s s t h e A tla n tic in s t o r m y w e a t h e r and his mind w as

c o n c e n t r a t i n g on a rriv in g in E n gland on t i m e . He a ls o did n o t
w a n t to lose th e ship and all its crew !
Fix decid ed t h a t P hileas Fogg w a s n o t j u s t a th ie f , h e w a s a
p irate. ‘H e’s n o t ta k in g th e ship to L iverpo o l/ he th o u g h t, ‘but to
so m e unk n ow n place w h e re i t ’s s a f e f o r him to e s c a p e . If I d o n ’t
g e t help fr o m th e police th e r e , all is lo s t !’
T h e y w e re h a lf-w a y a c r o s s th e A tlan tic w ith only five days to
go. T h ey w e re going a t top speed and e v e ry th in g w as going well,
until o ne o f t h e m e n c a m e to sp e a k to Phileas Fogg.
‘If w e c o n t in u e a t th is sp e ed , w e w o n ’t h a ve en o u gh coal to
g e t th e ship to Liverpool,’ he said. ‘W e m u s t slow d o w n !’
‘W e c a n ’t , ’ replied P h ilea s Fogg. ‘W e ’ll bu rn all t h e w o od on
t h e ship, if w e have t o . ’
W h e n t h e y c a m e clo s e to Ireland, only t h e o u tsid e m e t a l o f
t h e b o d y o f t h e s h ip r e m a i n e d . T h e s h i p c o u l d n o t g e t t o
Liverpool, so t h e y sto p p ed in Ireland.
Phileas Fogg t o o k t h e ship to a p o rt called Q u e e n sto w n . From
t h e r e th e y to o k a tr a in to Dublin and th e n a ship to Liverpool.
I n s p e c t o r F ix did n o t u n d e r s t a n d t h e m a n . W h a t w a s in
L iverp o o l? W h a t w a s in London t h a t he w a n te d to r e tu r n f o r ?
This v o y ag e s e e m e d en d less.
At t w e n t y to m idnigh t on 2 0 D e c e m b e r , t h e y finally arrived in
L iv erp o o l. T h e y w e r e e x a c t l y six h o u rs a w a y fr o m Lon don .
Enough tim e to g e t to th e R e f o r m Club to win th e bet. In s p e c to r
Fix put his hand on Phileas F og g ’s shoulder.
‘You a re Mr Phileas Fogg. Is t h a t c o r r e c t ? ’ he said.
‘Y e s , ’ said Phileas Fogg slowly. He w a s a little co n fu s e d by th e
q u estio n .

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‘P hileas Fogg, I am a r r e s tin g you in th e n a m e o f t h e la w / 2 he

said. In a m o m e n t tw o p o lice m en s to o d n e x t to Phileas Fogg.
P h ileas Fogg w a s v e r y an g ry . ‘Y o u ...!’ he b e g a n . T d o n ’t like
m e n w ho have no loyalty to people w ho help t h e m like his own
f r i e n d s . How co u ld y ou do t h i s , w h e n I t h o u g h t y o u w e r e an
h o n e s t p e r s o n ? You a re w o rs e th a n a c r im in a l!’
For th e f ir s t tim e In s p e c to r Fix f e lt bad. He did n o t know w h a t
to do now t h a t he did n o t have to follow Phileas Fogg aroun d th e
world. He could s e e t h a t he w a s n o t really a bad m an . But... he
w a s a th ie f, and he w a n te d t h e rew ard f o r his e f f o r t s . He w e n t
o u t o f t h e ro o m . A p o lic e m a n t o o k P hileas Fogg a w a y and Mrs
Aouda s t a r t e d crying loudly. Sh e put her head on P a s s e p a r t o u t ’s
sh o u ld er and th e y left.
P h ile a s Fogg lo o k ed a t t h e w a lls. He had no m o n e y . All his
h o p e s w e r e g o n e ! He w a s in a p o l i c e s t a t i o n b e c a u s e t h e y
th o u g h t he w a s a th ie f. He w a s losing a lot o f m o n ey . He could
only hope f o r o n e m o re a m a z in g e v e n t to r e s c u e him.
It c a m e s o o n e r th a n he th o u g h t.

P a s s e p a r t o u t ran b a c k to th e police s t a t io n w ith Mrs Aouda.

Then In s p e c t o r Fix arrived to o . His hair w as untidy and he could
n o t b r e a th e .
‘Mr F og g,’ he cried w hen he could finally sp eak. ‘Mr Fogg! You
a re f r e e to go! T h e y c a u g h t th e t h i e f t h r e e days a g o !’

2. I a m a r r e s t in g y o u in t h e n a m e o f t h e la w : p o li c e m e n s a y t h i s b e f o r e
t h e y t a k e s o m e o n e t o t h e police s t a t i o n .

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The text and beyond

Q Comprehension check
There are som e in c o rre c t w ord s in th e se n te n ce s (1 -8 ). Find th e
in correct w ords and replace them with a word (A-H) from the box.
Then answ er the questions. (You can use exercise two to help you.)

A fault B free C travel D arrived E ships

F captain G passenger H crew

1 Q ] Could any of the trains take them to England on time?

2 Q Why did Passepartout feel certain it was his money?
3 Q Where did the police need to be on 20 December?
4 Q How much did Fogg pay for each bag?
5 Q ] Where did the pirates lock the Captain of the ship?
6 Q Why can ’t they escape as far as Liverpool?
7 Q W hat happened as soon as they stayed in Liverpool?
8 Q Why did the police say th at Fogg was happy to leave?

P E T @ Sentence transformation
For each sentence complete the second sentence so th a t it m eans the
sam e as the first. Use no m ore than three words. The first is done for
you as an example.

0 They did not have enough time to get there.

They were not going to arrive on time.

1 He was sure that it was his fault.

H e ...................... th at he was to blame.
2 By 20 December the ship must arrive in Bordeaux.
The ship h a s ...................... in Bordeaux by 20 December.

3 “You’ll receive $ 2 , 0 0 0 dollars for each passenger.”

“I ...................... you $ 2 , 0 0 0 dollars for each passenger.”

4 The crew locked the captain in his cabin.

The c a p ta i n ........................in his cabin by the crew.

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5 If we continue at this speed, we won’t have enough coal.

T h e r e ................ enough coal, if we continue to travel so fast.
6 The police took Phileas Fogg to the police station.
The police told Phileas Fogg ................ the police station with them.

Q Characters
W hat does Inspector Fix do in the sto ry th a t can be described with
these adjectives? W rite your ideas below.

confused greedy determ ined clever

Q Captain, Pirate or Gentleman?

Look at the n otes Fix m akes about Fogg on the ship. W ith an oth er
student choose an identity (captain, pirate, etc.) for Fogg and say why
you think this is his true identity.

T h ie f behaves like a gentleman. Gentleman likes sailing but how

did he ta k e control o f th e crew/ship? Fogg Was a Captain?
N o t v. in terested in places he visits but knows about other
countries. mysterious. Is he just a th ie f? Why is he so rich?
Can use a gun. A Pirate!

Example: Fcgg is a p ira te because he can sail a ship, he can

fig h t etc.
Fagg is a cawbay because ...

Q Writing
Imagine you are a police officer. Record the details of Fogg’s arrest,
including: suspect, place, date, tim e, crime, w hat happens.

a rre s te d in the c ity a f .... an ... a t an suspicion c f ....

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 Before you read

Q Reading pictures
Look at the picture on page 103 and answ er these questions:

1 W hat do you think Mr Fogg is telling Mrs Aouda?

2 How would you describe the expression on her face?
3 Why is Passepartout looking so happy?

Look at the picture on page 105 and answ er the following questions:

1 Who are the people in the picture?

2 Where are they?
3 What time is on the clock? What does this mean?

Q Predictions
Answer the following questions in small groups.

1 What do you think the title means?

2 Do you think Phileas Fogg will win his bet? In pairs, choose
different opinions and say why Fogg is/isn't successful.
3 Read exercise 3. Try to predict which sentences are true before you
listen.

mo Listening
L iste n to th e f i r s t p a r t o f C h a p te r Nine an d sa y w h e th e r th e
sentences below are tru e (T) or false (F).

T F
1 The Reform Club members believe Fogg has been
successful. □□
2 Inspector Fix stops Phileas Fogg from leaving. □□
3 They don’t arrive in London on time. □□
4 At 11.30 Phileas Fogg doesn’t go to the Reform Club. □□
5 Mrs Aouda says she wants to return to India. □□
6 Phileas Fogg says he has no relatives and no friends. □□
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When it is better
to travel east
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At th e R efo rm Club, th e y held th e ir b re a th . It w a s now a lm o s t

e ig h ty d a y s s in c e P h ile a s F o g g ’s d e p a r tu r e an d t h e r e w a s no
n ew s a b o u t his re tu rn . They re a d in th e n ew sp a p e rs o f an a r r e s t
fo r th e b an k ro b b e ry in Edinburgh — a re s p e c ta b le g e n tle m a n .
But w h a t a b o u t Fogg? W as he still on his jo u rn e y ? W as he still
aliv e? They did n o t th in k he w as going to w alk th ro u g h th e d oo r,
but th e n w ith P h ileas Fogg, you n e v e r knew .

Now Phileas Fogg w as free and he knew ex a ctly w h at to do. He

looked a t In sp e cto r Fix and th e n he hit him: f irst with one hand,
(then w ith th e o th e r. Fix fell to th e floor. P a s s e p a r t o u t w as very
happy. ‘G ood!’ he told his m a ster. Then he turned to Inspector Fix.

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‘T h a t ’s w h a t h a p p e n s t o p e o p l e w h o b e h a v e like y o u , ’ he
s h o u t e d a t t h e c o n f u s e d d e t e c t i v e . T h e y le f t t h e police s t a t i o n
and w e n t to w a r d s t h e railw ay s t a t io n im m ed iately .
Phileas Fogg k new t h e d ifficu ltie s a h ead , o n e m in u te h ere or
t h e r e could ch a n g e ev e ry th in g . T h e y w e re in tim e f o r t h e train ,
b u t t h e t r a in w a s la t e and w h e n t h e y a rriv e d in L on don , t h e y
looked up a t t h e clo ck in E u sto n S t a t i o n to s e e t h a t it w a s te n to
nine. All w a s lost. T h e y w e re five m in u te s to o la te to go to th e
R e fo r m Club.

P hileas Fogg lost his b e t and th e r e w a s n o th in g he could do.

He a c c e p t e d t h i s in h is u s u a l w a y , w i t h o u t s h o w i n g a n y
p a r t i c u l a r e m o t i o n . Mrs A o u d a, on t h e o t h e r h a n d , w a s v e r y
e m o tio n a l. S h e co n tin u e d to cry. Sh e did n o t k no w w h a t to do.
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a s also w orried f o r his m a s t e r , and his jo b . It w as
his m a s t e r ’s ch o ice to spend all his m o n e y on th e b et, but he w as
su ch a good, h o n e s t p e rso n . It w a s n o t good to s e e him like this.
He still could n o t s to p thinkin g t h a t it w a s his fault.
The n e x t day P a s s e p a r to u t follow ed th e s a m e routine, e x c e p t
for one thing. W hen th e y heard th e sound o f Big Ben 1 a t half p ast
eleven th e n e x t day, Phileas Fogg did n o t go to th e R eform Club.

T he h o u se f e l t s t r a n g e . It w as like no o n e lived t h e r e .
At a b o u t h alf p a s t se v e n t h a t even in g Phileas Fogg a sk ed Mrs
Aouda if he could c o m e to her ro o m to s p e a k to her.
‘M a d a m ,’ he b e g a n sa d ly . ‘I w a n te d to t a k e you b a c k to
England w ith m e b e c a u s e I th o u g h t I could o f f e r you a good life
h ere. Now I am a po o r m an... and I h ave n o th in g to o f f e r y o u .’

1. Big B e n : c l o c k in t h e t o w e r o f t h e H o u s e s o f P a r l i a m e n t in Lon don .

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It w a s t h e f i r s t t i m e M rs A o u d a s a w P h il e a s F o g g lo o k in g
really sad.
‘I k no w , Mr Fogg, and I’m so s o r r y . Y ou s a v e d m y life. You
to o k tim e to r e s c u e m e, and you lo st y ou r b e t b e c a u s e o f m e . ’
‘M adam , I co u ld n ’t let you die t h a t te rrib le d e a th , but now you
a re h e r e , and you n ee d a w a y to live. I h av e m y h o u se and m y
p o s s e s s io n s ...’
‘But w h a t a b o u t y o u ? ’
‘I d o n ’t n eed a n y th in g .’
‘M aybe y ou r frie n d s co u ld ...’
‘I h ave no f r ie n d s ,’ he said sadly.
‘Well, w h a t a b o u t y ou r r e l a t i v e s ? ’
‘I h ave no r e la t iv e s .’
‘It is e asier to live in poverty w hen th e re are tw o o f us to share 2
it,’ said Mrs Aouda taking his arm. ‘I w a n t to be your w ife.’
Mr Fogg g o t up. Mrs Aouda sa w t h a t t h e r e w a s a small t e a r in
his eye.
‘I love y o u ,’ he said. ‘And I w a n t to spend m y life w ith y o u /
‘O h..!’ said Mrs Aouda w ith a su rprised cry. S h e w a s so happy!
P a s s e p a r t o u t c a m e i n t o t h e r o o m a n d s a w h is m a s t e r
sta n d in g clo se to Mrs Aouda. He u n d e rsto o d im m ed iately .
‘This is w onderful n e w s!’ he said, ‘W e all need s o m e good n e w s.’
‘Y e s , ’ said Phileas Fogg, ‘If you a g re e Mrs Aouda, w e ca n g e t
m a r r i e d i m m e d i a t e l y . P a s s e p a r t o u t , do y ou k n o w w h e r e
R ev e r e n d W ilson liv e s ? ’
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P a s s e p a r to u t ran to R ev eren d W ilso n ’s house, but five m in u te s
later, a t tw e n ty -f iv e to eight he w as alread y b a c k a t th e house.

2. s h a r e : ( h e re ) t o live t h e s a m e life t o g e t h e r .

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‘T o m o r r o w m o r n in g .. . ’ he said o u t o f b r e a t h . ‘You c a n ’t g e t
m a r r ie d !’
‘W h y ? ’ a sk ed Phileas Fogg.
‘B e c a u s e to d a y is S a t u r d a y and to m o r r o w is S u n d a y !’ he said
ex cited ly .
‘S a t u r d a y ? Im p o ssib le !’ replied Phileas Fogg.
‘Yes, yes it is. Do you re m e m b e r ? W e w en t around th e world and
we travelled e a s t and tim e ch an g es as you go around th e world and
w e ’re now tw e n ty -fo u r hours ahead. It’s Saturday! Hurry, Mr Fogg!
W e only have te n minutes. You can still win your b e t .’
T h e y t o o k P hileas F o g g ’s c a r r ia g e to go to th e R e f o r m Club.
P a s s e p a r t o u t w a n te d to drive. He a lm o s t hit tw o dogs and th e y
a l m o s t had m o r e a c c i d e n t s b e f o r e t h e y a rriv e d a t t h e R e f o r m
Club a t e i g h t f o r t y - f o u r . P h il e a s F o g g ’s f r i e n d s w e r e w a it in g
aroun d th e ta b le ,c o u n tin g th e se c o n d s.
‘Well, hello m y f r ie n d s ,’ he said, ‘I believe t h a t I a m now a rich
m a n , ’ he said w ith a small sm ile w h en he s tep p e d into th e G a m e s
R oo m a t eig h t f o r ty -f iv e .
T h ey all ag ree d . Here he w as, eigh ty days later.
And t h a t w a s how Phileas Fogg w on his bet.
On M o n d a y m o r n i n g P h i l e a s F o g g a n d M rs A o u d a w e r e
m arried . L a te r t h a t m o rn in g P a s s e p a r t o u t c a m e into his room .
‘Do you know , Mr F o g g ,’ he said, ‘I read t h a t if you d o n ’t go
a c r o s s India, you can go around th e world in j u s t s e v e n t y - e ig h t
days?’ }
‘M a y b e t h a t ’s t r u e , ’ sa id P h ile a s Fogg. ‘B u t w h e n w e w e n t
a c r o s s India, I m e t Mrs Aouda, w ho is now my lovely w if e .’
And w ith t h e s e w o r d s t h e y c e l e b r a t e d P h ile a s F o g g ’s g oo d
fo r tu n e .

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Q Comprehension check
Put the sentences about Chapter Nine in the co rrect order.

1 Q Phileas Fogg wins his bet at exactly 8.45.

2 Q Passepartout goes to Reverend Wilson’s house.
3 Mrs Aouda agrees to marry Phileas Fogg.
4 Q Fogg loses his bet by just five minutes.
5 Q ] Mrs Aouda and Phileas Fogg become husband and wife.
6 Q Fogg is so angry he hits Inspector Fix.
7 Everyone is sad about the lost bet.
8 Q They realise they are one day ahead.

0 Spot the difference

Spot the odd one out and w rite your reasons in the lines below.

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© Time zones
Find the tim e differences between these countries:

Mumbai and Singapore; London and New York; Hong Kong and
Sydney.

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Q Game
W rite the name of tw enty countries on sep arate pieces of paper and
fold them . Mix them to g eth er. In pairs open tw o each. The person
w ith th e g r e a t e r tim e d iffe re n c e b e tw e e n c o u n tr ie s w in s. (No
difference is a draw.)

^ Your trip around the world

You have come back home after your Around the World trip. W rite
four things you are going to do now th a t you are back in your own
country.

Keep in touch!
List as many ways as you can use to keep in touch with English-
speaking friends abroad.

PET 0 Writing
You receive an email from an English-speaking friend you m et when
you were travelling. W rite a reply, (approxim ately 100 words)

HO!
A re/yow book/home/ now? What?y the/ w eather Uko? W hat d id y o w
d o whervyow arrived? I remomber you/ wvUied the/ fo o d w honyow
w ere; traA/etlOng/. W hat a r e / you/ going' to- d o now you? re/ booh? A re/
you/ going* to come/ a n d viyOt ogoWn?
I h o p e /o n e / d a y I ocuv c o m o a n d viyOtyow. Keep lawtou ch /!

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Q Keep a diary
Task 1: Keep an English diary. You can keep a record of new things
that you learn or simply practice writing about daily/weekly events in
English.
Task 2: Make a list of information you would like to update for other
people to read. Find out how to create a blog. (If you already use a
social network site, add your English-speaking friends.)
Note: it is very im portant when using websites, blogs, forums, etc. to
know how to p ro tect your privacy and personal safety. If you are in a
class, your teach er will explain this in more detail.

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^ Speaking: the hot seat

A chair in front of the class is the ‘hot se a t’. While you are sitting in
this ch air you are Phileas Fogg or Mrs Aouda or P assep arto u t: you
m u st an sw er as if you w ere one of th e s e c h a r a c te r s . Take tu rn s
sitting here. The rest of the class can ask the person in the hot seat
any questions. Here are som e exam ples. Then think of som e o th er
questions.

Questions for Phileas Fogg

Are you proud of yourself and your succesful journey around the
world?
Did you ever think you wouldn’t have made it?
How was travelling with Passepartout and Mrs Aouda?
Did you ever risk your lives?
Would you do it again?
What are you going to do next?

Questions for Passepartout

Did you ever find the journey stressful?
Which part of the journey was the most difficult and why?
How was travelling with Mr Fogg and Mrs Aouda?
Which part of the world would you like to go back again and why?
What was the most exciting adventure?
Are you still going to work for Mr Fogg?

Questions for Mrs Aouda

What was your reaction when you woke up between Passepartout and
Phileas Fogg.
Did you love your husband?
Were you ever scared during the journey? If so, when?
What do you think of London?
Do you miss your country?
Are you happy to be Mr Fogg’ s wife?

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Q Picture summary
Look a t the p ictu res from Around the World in Eighty Days below.
They are not in the right order. Put them in the order they appear in
the story and then w rite a line under each picture to sum m arise w hat
happened in the chapter.
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0 A graphic novel
Photocopy th ese two pages, cut out the pictures and stick them on
paper in the right order. Think of words to put in speech or thought
bubbles to show w hat the ch aracters are saying or thinking. Do not
use the w ords th a t w ere used in this book! Then w rite at least one
sentence under each picture to n arrate w hat is happening.

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