EDGAR ALLAN POE THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKETYOUNG ADULT (Z¥) READERS AL The ELI Readers collection is a complete range of books and plays for readers of all ages, ranging from captivating contemporary stories to timeless classics. There are three series, each catering for a different age group; Young ELI Readers, Teen ELI Readers and Young Adult ELI Readers. The books are carefully edited and beautifully illustrated to capture the essence of the stories and plots. The readers are supplemented with ‘Focus on’ texts packed with background cultural information about the writers and their lives and times. 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Bax 6 62019 Recanati MC aly +39 0775070 +39 07977851 info@etionlne com ‘woelontne com Typeset in 115 / 5 t Monotype Dante Printed in taly by Tecostampa Recanati~ EREO.O1 ISBN 578-86-536 158-9 Fist edition: February 208 ‘wwlireaders.comContents 6 Introduction 8 Before youread 10 Chapter One My name is Arthur Gordon Pym 18 __ Activities 20 = Chapterlwo Where are you Augustus? 28 Activities 30 — ChapterThree My good idea 38 Activities 40 — Chapterfour No food, no water 48 Activities 50 Chapterfive Weseeaship 58 Activities 6O _Chaptersix Antarctica 70 _ Activities 72 ~~ Focuson.. Edgar Allan Poe 74 _fouson... Pirates at Sea 76 fouson.. Antarctica Past and Present 8 _Testyourself ‘9 Syllabus s s These icons indicat the parts ofthe story that are recorded start (>) stop (imMy Name ts Aatiue Gorvon yr Pape SS “3 Ns Tristan This 1s My FRIEND Aucustus ‘This is Dirk Peters. amie ‘S$ My i “quan . : We Se ot ave as WY Cones oe MY an Q AntareCica aA 3 June 21 1827 I’m still in the hold on the Grampus. It’s very difficult to write my diary. It’s very dark. I have a lot of questions. Where’s Augustus? Why doesn’t he come? What time is it? I’m hungry now. I must stop writing. I must eat and I must drink some water. Another day — June 1827 I'm worried*. I’m sleeping alot. I don’t know the date. I don’t know the time. I still have some water. I don’t have any food. Where's Augustus? Augustus must come today. This morning, there was a very bad storm. I don’t ‘worried - unhappy about a problem 20‘THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET — feel well. I’m very hot, then I’m very cold. I'm sick. The next day —June 1827 I feel very sick. I’m worried. I don’t want to die here. Here on the Grampus. I want to sail, I want to explore*. I’m sleeping all day. Now, I don’t have any water. I have a very small piece of candle. I’m dying. Why doesn’t Augustus come? Why? Augustus, please come soon! Another day — June 1827 What's that? I can hear a noise. “Here, Augustus! Here!” I call. Augustus doesn’t answer. What's that noise? Is it an animal? Is it a rat*. No, it’s bigger than a rat. Is it a man? Is it a sailor? No, it’s a dog, it’s my dog. “Tiger! Why are you here, Tiger?” Am I dreaming? No. “Tiger! You're really ‘to explore - to travel somewhere to lear about it arat - alarge mouseEDGAR ALLAN POE ————— here! What’s this on your leg? It’s paper. Is it a message?” Tiger is happy to see me. I’m very happy to see him. But I don’t understand. Why is he here? I take the message from his leg. I must read it very quickly. My candle is dying. I can only read part of the message: “...blood*. Hide. You’re in danger.” What does Augustus mean? Is there a problem on the Grampus? The next day —June 1827 I’m lying in my box. I’m very thirsty. Tiger is very thirsty too. Then, I hear someone. “Arthur!” I hear. “Arthur!” It’s Augustus. “I’m sorry, Arthur.” Augustus gives me food and water. I drink half the water. I give half the water to Tiger. blood - red liquid in your body 2EDGAR Al ~~ Potatoes! They are very good. Augustus has a candle. I can see him. I can see Tiger. Augustus is afraid. There are problems on the ship. He must go soon. “Some of the sailors are bad,” he says. “I’m not free. They mustn’t find us here. Come with me. I must go back.” I go with Augustus. It’s difficult to walk. cambia ordine + th per 30th June in June 30 1827 I’m still in the hold. I’m not in my box. Now I’m near Augustus’s cabin*. I must stay here with Tiger. Nobody must know. Augustus tells me everything. His father is dead. The sailors killed* him. The first mate* is the new captain of the Grampus. The sailors don’t want to go fishing. They want to be pirates*. One aabin - a bedroom ona ship first mate - an important sailor ‘to kill - the sailors killed him: now he is dead. pirate a bad person, a sailor The sailors are killers 4THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET =e man, Dirk Peters, is a good man. He’s helping Augustus. It’s very dangerous for Dirk, for Augustus and for me. July 3 1827 I'm still in the hold. Augustus is still in his cabin. Dirk Peters brings food for Augustus every day. Dirk talks about the sailors. “There are problems,” he says. “Some sailors want to go to the Caribbean. They want to be pirates. Some sailors want to go to the South Pacific.” July 4 1827 I can hear Dirk. He’s talking to Augustus. “The sailors are very angry. They are fighting* a lot.” “Why?” says Augustus. “It’s a very dangerous time,” says Dirk. “The first mate wants to go to the Caribbean. ‘to fight - to be violent with someone elseEDGAR ALLAN POE ————— The cook wants to go to the South Pacific. All the sailors are fighting.” July 61827 The weather is very bad today. The wind is very strong and the waves are very high. It’s a very dangerous storm. Augustus is afraid. Dirk comes to see him. “It’s very bad,” he says. “There are some problems with the Grampus. There are some problems with the ship. It’s the storm.” July 8 1827 The ship is moving very slowly. There are some problems after the storm. The first mate doesn’t like Dirk Peters. He doesn’t like Augustus. I’m happy about one thing: he doesn’t know about me! A lot of the sailors like the first mate. He still wants to go to the Caribbean. Dirk wants to stop him. %THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET =e July 10 1827 There are a lot of problems on the Grampus. The first mate is killing people. He’s killing the cook’s friends. Dirk is also in danger. Augustus is in danger. Augustus and I talk. “We must tell Dirk about you,” says Augustus. I come out of the hold. I meet Dirk and we talk. Dirk is a very interesting man. He’s very short, but very, very strong. He has no hair. On his head, he wears animal fur*. His teeth are very big. The sailors are afraid of Dirk Peters. “We can take the Grampus!” says Augustus. “We must be careful,” says Dirk. “There are three of us, but there are nine of them.” “Yes,” I say. “But we have Tiger!” fur hair on an animal, e.g. on a cat or a dogAFTER-READING ACTIVITIES Stop & Check 1 Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 1 It’s dark in the hold. 2 Arthur is worried. 3 Augustus is sick. 4 Arthur has a cat called Tiger. 5 There are problems on the ship. 6 Augustus is the new captain of the ship. 7 Dirk Peters isn’t in danger. 8 Dirk Peters helps Arthur and Augustus. OOOOo0ook8a OoOooo0o0o0o7 Vocabulary 2 Go + ing. Choose the best answer. More than one answer is possible. 1 When | am in the sea, a | go shopping. 2 When | want some fish, b | gorunning. 3 When | am on my bike, ¢ | goskiing. 4 When | am in the supermarket, | d_ | go fishin 5 When | am in my boat, 6 When! am inthe mountains, | f | go cycling. 7 When | am in the park, | g | g0 sailing. BGrammar 3a Past Simple - Regular Verbs. Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box. Put them into the Past Simple. [ talk « sail * walk « listen send 1 The film ___ended at 11 pm. 2 The teacher about his holidays so there wasn't a test! 3 They to music in the afternoon. 4 They past the church and turned left. 5 The Grampus very slowly. 3b write three sentences about your day yesterday. Use three verbs from the box. PRE-READING ACTIVITY Listening '» 4 4 Listen to the first part of Chapter Three. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Arthur can’t forget these things. 2 The weather was very bad. 3 The sailors worked very hard. 4 The cook wanted to go to the Caribbean. 5 The sailors wanted to kill Augustus. OOOoOSa ooooo.Chapter Three My good idea I don’t have a diary for this part of my story. But, I can remember everything. I can’t forget these things. I can never forget them. The weather was fine. The sailors talked, but they didn’t work. The Grampus sailed slowly. There were a lot of fights. “We want to go to the Pacific!” said the cook and his friends. “No. The Caribbean!” said the first mate and his friends. The next day, one of the sailors died. He was the cook’s friend. The first mate killed the sailor. The first mate was a killer.EDGAR ALLAN POE ————— Dirk was worried. “The sailors are talking about us,” he said. “What are they saying?” said Augustus. “They want to kill you.” “Why do they want to kill Augustus?” I said. “Because he’s the captain’s son.” »5 “We can’t wait, we must fight the sailors,” I said. “We must have the Grampus.” “Yes, it must be today,” said Dirk. “Yes, it must,” Augustus said. “Before the first mate kills us.” Now the weather was bad. It was very windy. The waves were very high. The Grampus was in danger again. The sailors were in a cabin. Some of them talked. Some of them listened. Sailors usually like telling stories. They like listening to stories about the sea.THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET = Sailors also worry about bad things. They are afraid of ghosts*. Augustus, Dirk and I talked. There were eight of them and three of us. It was important to make a good plan. “T have a very good idea,” I said. “The first mate and his friends are in the cabin. There’s a storm. They are all afraid. They are telling stories about the sea. They are telling ghost stories.” “Why is that important?” said Augustus. “There are eight of them. We must fight them. They must be afraid of us. Then we can win*. A sailor died today, I must be his ghost. Remember, the sailors don’t know about me. I must wear the dead sailor’s shirt.” “That’s a very good idea,” said Dirk. “We have two guns*. I’m very strong.” aghost- towin tobe the top in spot or competition agun— { JaEDGAR ALLAN POE ————— “A ghost!” said Augustus. “T like the plan.” “We must wait until night,” said Dirk. “Then we must fight the sailors.” ooo It was night. The sailors were still in the cabin. The wind was very strong and the waves were very, very high. I was a ghost. I had the dead sailor’s shirt. I had blood on my face. “Now!” said Dirk. “Qooooooh! Oooooooh!” I shouted*. “Who's there?” shouted the first mate. He was afraid. I walked into the sailors’ cabin. “A ghost! It’s a ghost!” shouted the cook. He was also afraid. Bang! Bang! Then again. Bang! Bang! The first mate, the cook and two other men were dead. ‘to shout - to speak in a loud voiceEDGAR ALLAN POE a — “Fight! Fight!” shouted Augustus. “Tiger!” I shouted. There was a very long fight. Then the fight ended. Five sailors were dead. Augustus was hurt*. I was alive and Dirk was alive. Another man was alive, too. His name was Parker. “Tiger!” I called. “Where’s Tiger?” “He’s dead. I’m sorry,” said Augustus. “Tiger helped me. Tiger was a good dog.” Soo Tiger was dead. I was sad. I didn’t have any time to think. The storm was very bad. The wind was very, very strong. “We must throw* the dead sailors and Tiger into the sea,” said Dirk. “I’m sorry.” ooo hurt - (adj.+vb.) feeling bad because of a problem with your body. ‘to throw - to push something through the air e.g. a ballTHE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET == He was right. Parker was good. He helped us. He helped us with the Grampus. “This is a very bad storm!” he shouted. “We must be quick. The ship is in danger.” We worked and worked. The Grampus was a big ship. It was difficult to sail. Now there were only four of us: me, Augustus, Dirk and Parker. We were at sea, at night, in the middle of a very bad storm.AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES Vocabulary 1 Use the clues to complete the crossword. All the words are jobs. 7 C1] 2/>[3]=[m[z]o[~ H Across: 1 | make food. c___ (4 letters) 5 The captain is my boss. | am the sailors’ boss. f____ m___ (letters + 4 letters) 6 | work onaboat.s___ 6 letters) Down: 1 lam the boss ona ship.c______ (7 letters) 2 Arthur’s grandfather is a |__ _(6 letters) 3 |amabad person. |amasailor.p_____ letters)Stop & Check 2 Match the questions and answers. 1 Where does the cook want a Yes, he does. to go? 2 What are the sailors doing? || b It’s very windy. 3 What is the weather like ¢ Yes, he is. 4 Is Arthur wearing a dead d He wants to go sailor’s shirt? to the Caribbean. 5 Does Tiger die? e They are telling stories. Grammar 3 was/were. Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t. 1 It _wasn’t cold yesterday, but it was windy. 2 The Grampus big. 3 There was no food and we very hungry. 4 There any sailors on the boat. 5 | tired - it was time for bed. PRE-READING ACTIVITY Vocabulary 4 Tick / the words you expect to read in the next chapter. Oitree (storm (ldanger (1 chicken Li difficult Uknife [] food UO blood J water U holidayChapter Four No food, no water The storm was very bad. The wind was very strong and the waves were now very high. The Grampus didn’t have any sails*. The ship was in danger. “Ropes*!” shouted Dirk. It was difficult to hear. “We must have ropes!” “Why?” I shouted. “We must use ropes! We must tie* the ropes to the ship! We must put the ropes around us. Watch me!” “Help!” shouted Augustus. Augustus was hurt. His arm was hurt. arope- SB ‘to tie- to put something in place with rope 40‘THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET Parker helped him. “You must tie yourself to the ship,” said Parker. “The waves are very high. You mustn't go into the sea!” ooo It was a very long night. My arms and my legs hurt. The ropes hurt them. It was difficult to see and it was difficult to hear. There was a lot of noise from the storm. There was a lot of noise from the ship. And Augustus? My friend was hurt. “Augustus, please don’t die!” I said to myself. ooo The next day, the weather changed. Now the sun was very hot. It wasn’t windy. I opened my eyes. It was very bad. Now the Grampus wasn’t a ship. It was a piece of wood*. “Help!” shouted Augustus. Thad a knife. I used the knife to cut my ropes. ‘wood - a tree is made of wood 4EDGAR ALLAN POE ————— It was very difficult to stand up. Then I cut the ropes from Augustus. He didn’t move. I cut the ropes from Dirk and Parker. They helped me with Augustus. My friend was very sick. eee The next days — or weeks — were like a bad dream. We didn’t have any food. We didn’t have any water. The sea was very calm. We tried to open the cabin door. It didn’t move. There was food in there! We wanted the food. Dirk tried. Parker tried. I tried. The cabin door didn’t move. One morning, Parker said, “One of us must die. We must eat that person. We need food and we need water.” It was very bad, but it was true. “We need four pieces of wood. Three long pieces and one short piece,” said Parker. ordTHE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET =e “Everyone must choose a piece. The person with the short piece must die.” It was very bad. “Now we must choose,” said Parker. The first man was Dirk. His piece of wood was long. The second man was Augustus. His piece of wood was long, too. Now there were two of us; Parker and me. And then, it was time. Parker’s piece of wood? It was short. My piece of wood was long. Dirk killed Parker. “Now we must drink his blood,” said Dirk. “Yes. And we must eat him,” I said. eee Now there were only three of us. Augustus, Dirk and me. It was July. Was it July 19? It was an important day. The sea was calm, but it 4%EDGAR ALLAN POE ~~ rained, Water to drink! But it was very difficult to catch the rain. We had some water. But now we were hungry again. The next day, the weather was very bad again. The waves were very high and it was windy. Another storm! But the storm was short. And, we were safe. “Look!” shouted Augustus. “What's that?” There was a small hole* in the cabin door. “Dirk! Look!” I shouted. “We can open the cabin door!” Dirk opened the door. The cabin was under the water. Dirk disappeared* into the water. Then he shouted, “Food! I have some food!” I went into the hole. It was difficult to see under the water. “A cup!” I shouted. “I have a cup! Now we can catch the rain!” ahole- B to disappear ~ to be where nobody can see you a4We were so happy. “I want to swim in the cabin!” said Augustus. “You can’t, Augustus,” said Dirk. “Your arm is very bad.” eee Now, it was August 1. It was a very bad day. In the morning, Augustus was very sick. “Here’s some water, my friend,” I said. “Thank you, Arthur.” Then he was quiet. My friend, Augustus, died. There were now two of us; Dirk and me. “Put him into the sea,” said Dirk. “He was a good boy.” We were very sad. We put him into the sea. ooo 46THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET == The days were very long. Sometimes it rained. Then, we had water. We didn’t have any food. One morning, there were some sharks* around the Grampus. It was very dangerous. Then, in the afternoon, we had another storm. It was very bad. avon atAFTER-READING ACTIVITIES Stop & Check 1 Answer the questions. 1 Does Parker help Arthur and Augustus? _Yes, he does. 2 Does Augustus feel sick? Do the friends need food? Does Arthur kill Parker? Does Arthur die? Do they find a cup? Does Dirk Peters die? Noaunaw Vocabulary 2a Adjectives. Match the adjectives in column A with their opposites in column B. A B a) small b) cold Idark 4 big d) sad 5 long e) poor 6 good f) difficult 7 hot g) short 8 happy h) bad 9 easy i) short.2b Now fill the gaps with the right words. 1 It was in the hold. short * dark * poor 2 Dirk is very strong but he’s not very . cold + sad « tall 3 The Arie/ was a boat. Jong * easy * small 4 When Arthur is sick, he is . dark « hot * happy 5 When Tiger dies, Arthur is . sad ¢ cold « difficult Speaking 3 Work in pairs. Talk about these things. © Happy days © Difficult things * Cold weather © Long walks PRE-READING ACTIVITY Listening > 1 4 Listen to the first part of Chapter Five. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 The sea was very calm. 2 There were a lot of sharks in the water. 3 Dirk was interested in the sharks. 4 Arthur was in the water. 5 Dirk didn’t help Arthur. oooooa oOoOooo1 49Chapter Five We see a ship The waves were very high. Dirk andI were very afraid. The Grampus wasn’t safe. The storm was bad in the afternoon. In the evening, the storm was still very bad. It was difficult to stand up on the ship. There were sharks in the water. I was afraid of the sharks and Dirk was afraid of the sharks. There was a noise. Then, I was in the sea! I was in the water. The water was dark. The waves were very big. Where were the sharks? “Dirk! Dirk!” I shouted. “Where are you, Dirk?” There was the Grampus. “Arthur! Where are you, Arthur? Arthur!” 50‘THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET == It was Dirk. He was on the ship. “Take my hand!” he shouted. He helped me. Now I was on the Grampus. “Thank you, Dirk! Thank you,” I shouted. eee Now, the sea was calm. We were still very hungry. We had some rain, so we had water to drink. The days were very long. Then, one day, Dirk shouted, “Wake up! Wake up!” “What is it?” “A ship!” On the horizon*, there was a ship. We watched and watched. We watched for hours. The ship was now near us. “It’s a big ship,” said Dirk. “They can see us. They can see us,” I said. We waited. ‘the horizon - the line you see in the distanceEDGAR ALLAN POE ~~ “I can see the people!” said Dirk. “Oh no. OH NO!” I looked at the ship, too. There were people on the ship. They were all dead. There were rats on the ship. It was very bad. It was a ghost ship. It was a bad dream. There wasn’t anybody to help us. The ship disappeared from the horizon. Coo I was ready to die. We didn’t have any food. We didn’t have any water. There were sharks all around us. Then, there it was. On the horizon. A sail. A small, white sail. I didn’t want to tell Dirk. He was very quiet. Then he said, “A ship? Is that a ship?” “Yes,” I said. We were afraid. Was it really true? Was this really a ship? It was. The ship was quite near us 2EDGAR ALLAN POE ————— now. There were sailors on the ship. “I can read its name!” said Dirk. “Its name is the Jane Guy.” It was a British ship. What was their destination*? Where were we? eee The sailors and the captain of the Jane Guy were very kind men. They didn’t ask any questions. We were happy to be on their ship. We were very tired. We were also very hungry. We were also very, very thirsty. “Drink some water. Eat some food,” said the captain. His name was Captain Guy. “What's your destination?” I asked, later. “The Indian Ocean. We are fishing. We also have some things on our ship. People can buy them. We have gold and silver. We have fur. We have plates, knives and forks.” ‘a destination - the place you want to goTHE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET “Where are we now?” said Dirk. “We're near Brazil.” “Where did you start?” I asked. “Liverpool,” he said. “Then Cape Verde. Now, we must go past the Cape of Good Hope. Our destination is Kerguelen’s Land. I want to visit the islands* in the South Indian Ocean. Then I want to go back west. Patagonia? Or the Auroras?” I was happy. The Jane Guy was a good ship. I was a sailor. My time on the Grampus was a bad dream. Oh, Augustus! Why did you die? eee The weather was good. It stayed good for weeks. On September 16, there was a storm. We were near the Cape of Good Hope. I remembered the storms on the Grampus. This anisland ~ land with sea all around itEDGAR ALLAN POE ————— time, we were safe. One day, a sailor shouted, “Land!” “Kerguelen’s Land,” said Captain Guy. “It’s October 18. We are at Kerguelen’s Land.” The sailors were all happy. Kerguelen’s Land, in the Indian Ocean, is an island. It has another name, too. Desolation Island. There are no people there, butit’s a good place for fishing. We didn’t stay for very long. “[ want to go west, tomorrow,” said Captain Guy, one day. “We must take water with us. Get water from the island.” “What's our destination?” I said. “Tristan da Cunha. The South Atlantic. Can we find the South Pole?” “Oh, yes!” I was very happy. I was a sailor and now, an explorer. Now I had time to write 56THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET == my diary. An explorer must write a diary. November 5 1827 We are now at Tristan da Cunha. It’s a beautiful island. We have very good food here. We eat chicken, vegetables and fruit every day. The sailors are happy to be here, but we must leave soon. Captain Guy wants to look for the Auroras. Nobody knows where they are. Are they really there? November 20 1827 We can't find the Auroras! They aren’t there. Captain Guy now wants to go south. The weather is very good. He wants to look for the South Pole. 2AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES Stop & Check 1 Choose the right answer. 1 There weren't any/were some sharks in the water. 2 There was/wasn’t a storm. 3 They had a /ot of/didn’t have any food. 4 Dirk helped/didn’t help Arthur. 5 The days were/weren't very long. 6 Captain Guy didn’t starttarted in Liverpool. 7 Captain Guy wanted/didn’t want to go to the South Pole. Grammar 2 Prepositions. Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with a preposition from the box. | under ¢ in front of * on * behind « in 1 The ball is 2 The ball is the box. the box. 3 The ball is 4 The ball is 5 The ball is 58 the box. the box. the box.Writing 3 Complete this advertisement for a holiday in Patagonia. Use verbs from the box. | 3° stay * climb + eat * go * relax * go Patagonia Activity Holidays go__ walking! sailing! fishing! beautiful mountains in the evenings in simple hotels ___ good food For the holiday ofalifetime! PRE-READING ACTIVITY Reading 4 In Chapter Six, Arthur and Dirk visit an island near Antarctica. What do they do? Tick / the boxes. 1 (1 visit people who live there watch birds kill people see beautiful animals learn a new language ORWN oo000Chapter Six Antarctica >») 9 December 12 1827 We are going to Antarctica. The weather is beautiful, but cold. The sea is calm and it isn’t very windy. There isn’t very much ice. Dirk is happy. “We must be the first men to find the South Pole!” December 26 1827 We can see islands of ice now. It snowed yesterday. It’s very cold. The ship is moving very slowly. The ice is dangerous, but I want to find the South Pole. January 1 1828 The weather is very bad today. It’s very cold 60‘THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET — and very windy. I don’t want to go back. We can’t move, because of the ice. January 2 1828 The weather is good today. There isn’t any ice in front of the ship. The sea is calm. We can sail south! January 17 1828 This is a very good day. We can see islands on the horizon. We are the first sailors to come here. We are the first sailors to come so far south. We visited one of the islands this morning. There were some large, white birds. There was also a canoe® there. Are there any people in Antarctica? January 19 morning It’s light all day and all night! This morning, we can see some large islands. Captain Guy wants to visit them. We need water and we need food. aqnoe- olEDGAR ALLAN POE ~~ January 19 afternoon What a good day! The captain, Dirk and I and some sailors visited the island. There are people on the island! They are very different from us. They speak a different language. They wear black fur. They are very strong. Are they friendly? We think they are. They have lots of food and very good water. They have four canoes. The canoes are very long. We stayed on the island for three hours. January 20 1828 One of the people visited the Jane Guy today. He is a very important man. His name is Too- wit. He had some things for Captain Guy; some fish, some fur and some vegetables. Is he friendly? I don’t know. We want to leave the island tomorrow. We want to go to the South 2EDGAR ALLAN POE ————— Pole. Too-wit wants us to visit the island. He wants all the sailors to visit the island. He wants to say goodbye. I think it’s a bad idea. ooo Very bad things happen to us on the island. Too-wit and his people are not friendly at all. Thirty-two sailors visited the island that morning (six sailors stayed on the Jane Guy). Dirk and | are still alive. All the others are dead. We went to the island in the morning. Too- wit’s village was far away. We walked and walked. Then, Too-wit disappeared. Too-wit’s friends also disappeared. “Be careful!” said Dirk. “There are rocks*! They're coming down the mountain! Too-wit and his friends are throwing the rocks!” “There’s a hole! We must hide!” I said. ‘rock there are rocks on a mountain. Rocks inthe ‘ea are dangerous fr ships 64THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET =e Two minutes later, rocks started to come down from the mountain. Too-wit and his friends were killers. Soon, all the sailors and Captain Guy were dead. It was very quiet. “Run!” shouted Dirk. “Run to the Jane Guy!” There wasn’t any time. Too-wit’s friends were on the Jane Guy. “A canoe!” I shouted. “Run! Look! One of Too-wit’s friends! He’s behind us!” We were at the canoe. I jumped in, Dirk jumped in and Too-wit’s friend jumped in. “Stop him!” I shouted. The man was in the canoe. He was hurt. Then, Bang! It was the Jane Guy. It was very bad. It was the end of that beautiful ship. We were safe. Dirk and I were in the canoe — with one of Too-wit’s friends. Sood 65EDGAR ALLAN POE ————— Nu-Nu was the name of Too-wit’s friend. He was hurt and he was afraid. “We can’t go north. We must go south,” said Dirk. “We can find more islands.” The days were very long. There weren't any islands. But Nu-Nu did a lot of fishing. We had food. Dirk killed a bird, one day —a large white bird. Tekeli-li! called the bird. Nu-Nu was afraid of the bird. Soo The weeks are very long. We are tired now. I think it’s March. We are going south. We are going to the South Pole. The sea is the color of milk now. We often hear Tekeli-li. Nu-Nu is very sad. He’s afraid of the noise. He’s afraid of Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li. The sea is white. It’s warm. Am I dreaming? 66EDGAR ALLAN POE ~~ Now, the water is hot. The sky is beautiful. We can see the colors of the Aurora Borealis. We can still hear the birds, Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li. ooo The sea is dark now. The water is hot. Ash* is coming up from the sea. White ash is on the canoe. It’s dark now. We can see a curtain* of white ash in front of us, on the horizon. We are moving slowly. We are near the curtain. There are a lot of large white birds now, Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li. Nu-Nu is very afraid again. Dirk takes Nu-Nu’s hand, but Nu-Nu dies. Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li. The curtain of white ash is very near now. Dirk and I are very quiet. Then, in the dark, we see the curtain. It’s moving. It’s opening. There’s a strange man. But he isn’t a man. He’s very big. ash - grey powder from a cigarette or @ volcano a curtain ~ (here) something that divides two things 68THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET == What is he? And his body is white. It’s very, very white. The color of snow. THE END Note from Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Dear readers, Arthur Gordon Pym died on Friday. The story was in all the newspapers. He didn’t finish his book. We must find Dirk Peters. I have some questions for him: What did you find at the South Pole? How did you come back from the South Pole? Who was the big ‘man’? These are important questions. Best wishes, Edgar Allan Poe 69AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES Stop 1 An: 1 2 & Check swer the questions. Do they want to go to the South Pole? Yes, they do ae Is the weather hot? Do they see some ice? Do they find people on the island? |s Too-wit friendly? Is Nu-Nu happy? Do they see some white birds? Vocabulary 2 Glossary Work. Match the words from Chapters Three to Six with the definitions. All the words are in the glossary. 1 curtain a_ to speak in a loud voice 2 to throw b land with sea all around it 3 destination ¢ the line you see in the distance 4 island d something that divides two things 5 to shout e the place you want to go 6 horizon f to push something through the air e.g. a ball 70Speaking 3 Ask your partner the questions. ARE YOU A GOOD READER? 1 How many books do you read every year? Dinone Oi two or three Da lot 2 How often do you read a newspaper? OD every day O sometimes U not very often 3 Do you prefer to read a book or watch the film of the book? U read the book O watch the film 4 What type of books do you like? U horror stories U cartoons Di love stories Li detective stories Di ghost stories Oi mysteries Writing 4 Answer the questions. 1 Did you like The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket? Yes, because or No, because 2. Did you like the ending of the book? Yes, because or No, because nNFOCUS ON... OEY ET UTR eemrc) 4 EA Poe uO CU WCU OM R MRM CGI Oe Rohe He was famous in America, but he was always very poor. Early Life UC RSC AE ae RSAC Ue UME SU PES OCR OOS John and Frances Allan. His name changed Massachusetts. His mother and father were —_to Edgar Allan Poe. He was an intelligent boy POMC RRC ESAS CS ue eC CLR URC LUCA CRS PULL OD nFamily Life Poe didn’t have much money. He started university in Virginia, but he didn’t finish, He and his family (the Allans) had ‘some problems, because Poe wasn’t very good with money, In 1827, when he was eighteen years old, he joined the army’. He published his first book in the same year. It was a book of poems. Poe had some problems with the army; he didn’t want to be a soldier. He wanted to write all the time. {n 1829, Frances Allan died. John Allan married his second wife the next year. Poe and Allan didn’t speak again. In 1831, Poe decided to leave the army. twas very dificult to bea professional witerinthe Poe married his cousin, Virginia lem, eatly nineteenth century. Poe was often very poor, ‘When he was 26 years old. Virginia was He published a ot of stories and articles in magazines, 3 Yeats old atthe time. He worked as a journalist and he published reviews. He also published a lot of poems. One poem, The ae Raven, was very popular. He published it in 1845 and The End of uh) (3 he was immediately very famous. He still wasn't very MRVRTa\ eureka OM TCT Tich, Poe was an important writer of detective stories. AUTWIINLUAN ean icelg His detective, Dupin, was the first fictional detective. § OMEN CM ura er cried} ‘Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Ore Ren cna le Said that Poe was a very important writer of detective ITRRZSM Nanci Mun sn The Edgar Alan Poe House and Museum in Baimore stories. Poe was also a writer of science fiction. died. Itis still a mystery today. [i Task Complete the form with information about the author. Name: Date of birth: Place of birth: Name of wife: Date he died: to join the army - to become a soldierFOCUS ON... Pirates at Sea How much do you know about the history of pirates? Read the Frequently Asked Questions. Who were the first pirates? Well, there were pirates at the time of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Romans. In the Middle Ages, the Vikings were famous pirates and there were pirates in China and Japan. There were pirates in the Mediterranean around North Africa. Later there were pirates around Central Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America. There were pirates everywhere. What did pirates steal? They wanted to be rich. They didn’t always want gold. Sometimes other things were important too. For example, pepper, salt, spices, silk and medicines, Pirates sometimes wanted food and water for their ships. Of course, sometimes pirates wanted people, Were there any famous pirates? jp One famous very early pirate was Gan Ning from China, He and his friends had bells - local people were very afraid of the sound of bells. Barbarossa was a famous pirate in the Mediterranean. He lived at about the same time as Kenki and Takanobu in Japan, Barbarossa was very successful, because he a Blackbeard he rate lived for a very long time. Henry Morgan and Blackbeard were famous pirates in the Caribbean in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Hollywood's idea of a pirate comes from Blackbeard,Were there any women pirates? Yes, but there weren't very many women pirates. Mary Read and Anne Bonny were two women pirates. They sailed in the Caribbean. They were very good fighters. Did pirates have a romantic life? No they didn’t. They usually had a very short, violent life. Cake) When was the Golden Age for pirates? from miata oy The pirates wanted gold and. from Spanish ships. Many of these e from the Netherlands, rance. At the same re were a lot of pirates in Did pirates have special laws? Some pirates had special laws and some didn’t. It was important for sailors to have a leader. Even pirates had leaders. It was also important for pirates to follow their leader: ships were very dangerous places because of ‘storms and sickness. There were laws about money, too. Are there any pirates at sea today? Yes, there are still pirates in many parts of the world today. There are pirates in the oceans and also on rivers like the Amazon and the Danube, I Task Finish the sentences. Pirates an their old 1 The Golden Age for pirates was from 2 Some important pirates were . 3 Pirates wanted , j Bam a! Antarctica is the continent at the south of the earth. The South Pole is in Antarctica. The Geography of the continent is very interesting: 98% of itis under ice, Antarctica is very cold, very dry and very windy. Nobody lives in Antarctica all the time, but there are scientists from many Countries who visit it, Animals mainly live in the sea and the sky. a Antarctica in 1838 Imagine you live in 1838, the year when Edgar Allan Poe published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. People think that Antarctica is very big. Everybody # knows about the South Pole, but nobody knows where itis. Everybody is interested in exploration: twenty years ago, three ships visited Antarctica, People are excited: what is there at the South Pole? People waited until 1911 to find out. 16Exploring Antarctica Many explorers from many countries visited Antarctica. In the early years of the twentieth century, there were expeditions from France, Germany, Great Britain and Sweden. From 1910-12, Nobu Shirase was the leader of a Japanese Antarctic expedition. They explored islands in Antarctica. All the expeditions were very important for science and exploration. Other famous explorers were Ernest y Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott. ; ge Task ald Amunden [ Internet Research Use the Internet to Antarctica Today find more information Today, people travel to Antarctica for tourism. about Nobu Shirase, They go to see sea animals and birds. They can Roald Amundsen, Ernest POO MeN MAEMO Ker TNT eMC a Shackleton or Robert ‘tourists know what to find at the South Pole! Falcon Scott. 7TEST YOURSELF 1 Answer the questions about The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. B Where is Arthur from? What job does Augustus’s father do? Arthur hides on a ship. What is its name? Why does Dirk kill Parker? What is Captain Guy's first destination? Who is Too-wit? Match the words to their definitions. The words are all from the glossary. 1 0 calm a aperson who works on a boat 2 CO to fight b to be the top in sport or competition 3 C1 blood € quiet, not moving 4 (0 towin d_ red liquid in your body 5 CO sailor e to be violent with someone elseSYLLABUS —————— el Articles: a, an, the Nouns: countable and uncountable, plural, possessive Pronouns: subject, object Quantifiers: some/any, more Adjectives: possessive, opinion Prepositions: place, time, movement Verbs: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple (including very common irregular verbs), can, must, like+ ing, got ing, need, there is/there are, imperatives Adverbs: frequency, manner Conjunctions: and, so, but, because ynYOUNG ADULT (ZB) READERS ‘STAGE ‘STAGE 2 ‘STAGE 3 ‘STAGE 4 ‘STAGES STAGE 6 Jonathian Swift, Gulliver's Travels Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles Charles Dickens, Great Expectations William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Bram Stoker, Dracula William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream Charlotte Bronté, Jane Eyre Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Wiliam Shakespeare, Macbeth Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility James Joyce, Dubliners Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Henry James, The Tum of the Screw Emily Bronté, Wuthering Heights Edgar Allan Poe, Stories of Mystery and Suspense Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness 4. Borsbey & R. Swan, Editors, A Collection of First World War Poetry Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gardan Pym of Nantucket Natsume Soseki, Botchan