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IJ A Chinese PlaY
Long. long 09 0 . ,n Ch ;nese 1own. there 1;ved o judge coiled Judge

JUDGE : Nonsense' I om sure you con find th e time If you point

a beaut ifu l picture , I will put it up in my hou se. Many
import ant people visit me. They wi ll all see the poi nting
and you w ill get more work .

me
Wong. When the people
O
of 1he town hod d;sogr eemen ts. they would PAINTER:
go lo 1he judge. He would de,;de who Well , even if I cou ld find the ! ime, the point ing wo uld be
wos ;n the ,;ght ond who was
-
'"! e wrong . He wos. howevec. not o fo i judge. He would only ve ry expensive. I'm not sure you could afford it.
help
P p ie rf th ey agreed to pay him lots of money. JUDG E: [impati ently) I hove lots of money . I con afford anythi
ng!
Now, no more excuses. Here is the paper. Get on with it!
The Paint er and the Judge Scene 2: Later that day. The painte r is standin
Cha.roctus: g in a beauti fully
JUDGE WANG: an importa nt but dishonest person in furnished room in the judge's house. He is carryin g the
roll
the town of paper. The judge enters.
PAINTER: a very talented man who visits the town PAINTER: Good afterno on, Judge Wang. I hove finished the pointin
g.
Scene 1: A riverba nk. It is just afte r sunrise. A painter is paintin g a JUDGE : Wonde rful ! Wonde rfu l! I can't wa it to see it. (The j udge
picture of the river. The judge arrives carryin g a roll of snatches the paper from the painter 's hand and unrolls
it.
white paper. He reads.) A herd of goats on grass.
PAINTER: Tha t 's the title of the painting .
JUDGE : [puzzled) Well, yes, but where's the pa int ing? Apart from
the
t itle, there's nothin g there! There is no grass.
PAINTER: [very serious ly] Well, the goats had a good feed and
a ll the
grass is gone.
JUDGE : [bewild ered) So, where are the goats?
PAINTER: Well, obviou sly, as there was nothing left to eat. the goats
left to find anothe r field.
JUDGE : [really angry] I'm not pay ing you for this blank sheet
of
paper!
JUDG E: PAINTER: Fai r enoug h! I didn't expect to get pa id anywa y ' (The painter
(cheeril y ) Good morn ing my fine fellow! I am the judge in
this tow n and leaves sm iling.]
I am very import ant! I have heard that you
ore a painter with great talent. I want you to pa int
o pict ure for me. I wil l pay you ·
hondsom_rly ' . . . ..
. tiiilt 6llii illliW L--- ----- ---~ You can use
a diction ary
PAINTER: (aside ) I have heard all about th is judge Glossary A Find each word in the passa ge . to help you .
and how he cheats people . I could scene part of a play Ch oose the correc t mean ing . ' - - - - - - - -.......- -~
spend a lot of ti me on th is paint ing but sunrise. when the sun 1 t ale nted a wealth y b skilful
proba bl y not get paid! comes up
2 expen s ive a cheap b cost ing a lot of money
aside words that are
(a loud] I o m sorr y j udge, but as you can B Find these phrase s in the story. D iscuss what they
spoken to the audien mean .
see, I om very busy at the momen t.
so other charac ters 1 pay you hands omely 2 no more excuse s
stage canno t hear
 UNIT
A Chinese PlaY
3 d O Judge called Judge
le>ng tong ogo ,no Chinese town. th ere i;e greements. they would
\\ ong \\lhl'n t h~ p~ple o f the town t,od ,so
1
the right and who was
go to th«.- Judge Hl' w ould decide who was ~ e He would only help
m the \\Tt.>ng . H~ wos. howeve r. not o fair JU g ·
p(.lo()pt~ ,f the\' agreed to pay him lots of money.

The Painte r and the Judge t

Otaroct vs: JUDGE WANG: on Important but dlshoneS person in
the town
PAINTER : a very talented man who visits the town
A riverbank. It is just aher sunrise. A painter is painting a
SceMJ :
picture of the river. The judge arrives carrying a roll of
white paper.

JUOC,E. lc~eerily ] Good morning my fine fellow! I am the judge in

this town and I om very important! I have heard that you
ore_o pointer with great talent. I want you to paint
a picture for me. I will pay you
handsomely!
P;.!tlTER (as/d~] I hove heard all about this judge Glossary
and how he cheats people. I could scene port of o play
spend a lot of time on this painting but sunrise. when the su
probabl y not get paid! comes up
aside words that or
folcudl I om sorry judge, but as you can spoken to the aud
so other characte
Y: e, I om very bu sy at the moment .

trim stage cannot heo

 JUDGL Nonsen se! l om sure you con fi nd th(' t, me If LJOu pair, t m ('
o beauti ful picture, l w,11 put It up in my house Ma ny
Import ant people visit me. They will a ll see the po,nt,nq
and you will get more work.
PAINTE R: Well, even if I could find the time, the pointin g would be
very expensive. I'm not sure you could afford ,t.
JUDGE : [Impatiently! l hove lots of money . I con afford o nyth1ng 1
Now, no more excuse,. Here is the paper Get on w,th ,t 1

Scene 2: Later that day. The painter Is standing In a beautifully

furnished room In the judge's house. He Is ca"ylng the roll
of paper. The judge enters.
PAINTER: Good afterno on, Judge Wong. I hove finished the pointin g
JUDGE: Wonderful! Wonde rful! I can't wait to see It. (The judge
snatches the paper from the painter 's hand and unrolls ,r
He reads.] A herd of goats on gross.
PAINTE R: That's the title of the pointin g.
JUDGE : [puzzled] Well, yes, but where's the pointin g? Apart from the
title, there's nothin g there! There is no gross.
PAINTE R: [very seriously] Well, the goats hod a good feed and all t he
gross is gone.
JUDGE: [bewildered] So, where ore the goats?
PAINTE R: Well, obviou sly, as there was nothing left to eat, the goats
left to find anothe r field.
JUDGE: [really angry] I'm not paying you for this blank sheet of
paper!
PAINTE R: Fair enough! I didn't expect to get paid anywa y! IThe pa nrer
leaves smiling.]

A
--- --- --- ----t You can use o d1ct1on ory
Find each word in the passag e . to help you
Choos e t he correc t meani ng .
n
1 t alente d a wealth y b skilful
2 expens ive a cheap b costing o lot of money
lence B Find t hese phrase s in the story. Discu ss what they mean
son
1 pay you hands omely 2 no more excuses

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0 Discuss thr answers to these queSlions.
·n the play?
1
1 How many charac ters ore there
2 How many scenes ore there?
3 Where 1s the first scene set?
4 \~there 1s the second scene set?

- Nnte o sentence to answer each question.

1

1 What words and phrases could you use to describe:

a the character of Judge Wong?

b the po inter?
2 Why does the pointer tell the judge that he is 'very busy'?
3 Why does the pointer soy ·1 didn 't expect to get paid anyway
4 Do you think the pointer was being fair or unfa ir when he die
not point a picture for the judge? Explain your reasons .
. , G Why do you think the play is in two scenes?
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Alphabetical order

It is easy to find a word in a dictionary because the words ore

arran ged in alphabetical order.
a ttractive adj very pleasant to look at
aud ience n people who hove come to o ploy. o concert or
a talk
August n the eighth month of the year
aunt. auntie n 1. a sister of your father or mother
2. your uncle 's wife

0 Writ e each group of letters in alphabetical order.

'?
1 b d ca 2 t V WU
f
3 i gfh 4 wu XV
5 h jerwz 6 ldtmws
7 G HSYEQ 8 J O L B V F

9 X SAPMC 10 PNFJYE

0 Write these words in alphabetical order.

Remember. if the words
1 pond house garden begin with the some letter.
you need to look at
2 stream sad suddenly sent
the second letter in
3 minute merry marry each word.

4 wLnner wall weep worry

5 nver rain roll read
6 people play picture painter

II
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Dia log ue in plo ys
. tor ies we use spe ech
I Rem em~r. when we wri te dialogue in
s
ma rks
.. Go od mom,ng ... said the judge.
. l

- a pa y. we se t it out differently.
\\'h en we wn te dia log ue in
( JU DGE: Good morning.

nam e of cha rac ter ~ spoken words

\Ye do no t use speech marks or words
like said.

Q Wnte these direct speech sentences as they would

ap pe ar in a pla y. The first one is
1 ·w ha t are you pa inting? " asked the jud done for you . ,
ge.
JU DGE: What are you painting?
2 · 1 om painting a picture of the
river," replied the painter.
3 · 1t is very go od ." said the jud
g~. "I know you have gre at
ta len t."
4 · Th ank you ." sa id the painter.
5 ·wou ld you po int a picture for me
?" asked the judge.
·1 will pay you handsomely."
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ive wo rd end ing
r
sutt ix ive usu ally com es
Rem emb er. a suff ix is a wor d end ing . The
ofte r on s or a t .
ting wou ld be very
Wel l. eve n if I cou ld find the time . the poin
expen sive .

0 Writ e a wor d from the wor d box to mat ch

eac h pict ure .

massive exp ens ive pos itiv e com pet tttv e

aggressive excl usive inquisitive rela tive

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2 3

D e)l.p ens ive

..-. inq__ui5it;ve.

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5 6

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ogg re ssive
cor npe tit ;ve .L .

0 re\a ·nv e
• ~~ of he wfo s in.the wor d box hav en ·t bee n use d in Act ivit y A
rd th
.
n e eoc o the m in a sen tenc e.

e Cop y the wor ds. add ing ive to mak e

w?~d into on adje ctiv e. The n writ e
eac h _
Use a d ictio nary to
chec k you r defi nitio ns.
a def1n1t1on for eac h wor d.
1 effe ctj ve 2 sec ret
3 act 4 cre at
5 tmpress 6 decis
7 talk at 8 pos it
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es of no un s. al le tt er .
p ·t
There ore di ffe re nt ty · s w ith a cap•
gi n .
• A pr op er no un be
on g . al l le tt er.
Ju dg e W · s w ith a sm
un be gi n
• A co m m on no
f roup of th in gs .
pi ct ur e g
• A co ll ec ti ve no
un is th e na m e o a
d
0 fl oc k o f bi rds d o f tw o w or s.
.
is m a e up
• A co m po un d no un
e an d to uc h.
ri ve rb an k gs yo u ca n se .
O f th in . ou ca nn ot se e o r to u ch
th e na m es
~4os-t no uns ar e or e th e na m es o f th in gs Y
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t no un s
A bs tr ac
m es o f qu al it ie s. fe el in gs or ti m es .
They or e th e na
ev en in g
lcjndness. p le as u re .
bs tr ac t no un s co n be m od e fr om :
A
he ro is m
he ro
• co m m on no un s
ki nd
ki nd ne ss
• ad je ct iv es
to pl ea se p le as u re
• verb s

• in ea ch se nt en_ce .
nd er lin e th e ab st ra ct
no un ' >
0 Copy th e se nt en ce s. U I I

talent.
1 Th e w om an prai~ed his
Th e m an lived in pove
rty.
2
wealth.
3 The ju dge guarded his na ry
can be You con use a di ct io
@ V✓rite th e ab st ra ct no un th at to he lp yo u.
m od e fr om ea ch o f th es e.
a . in fa nt ch ild c a d u lt
1 co m m on no uns b
2 ad je ctiv es
a br ill ia nt b m is er ab le c w is e
a t o kn ow b tO l
3 verbs P ease c to fa il
h .
A ab st ra ct no un s yo u it y B
av e fo rm ed in A ct iv
~ U ~e th re e o f th e
ow n.
'" ~entences o f yo u,
 Long plays are divided into acts. like the chapters of a _book .
Each act has several scenes. Shorter ploys. like The Pointer and
the Judge. just hove scenes.
Plays have:
• a title
The Painter and the Judge
• characters - the people in the ploy. The list of characters at
the beginning of a ploy gives the names and describes who
they are.
JUDGE WANG: on important but dishonest person
• settings - where the scer:,es toke place.
A riverbank
• dialogue - the words spoken by the actors.
PAINTER: That's the title of the painting.
• stage directions - notes to show the actors how to soy their
lines and what actions to do. •
[impatiently] [The pointer leaves smiling.]

·1 You are going to plan a short ploy that has two scenes. You con
base your play on:
• you and your friends .• a favourite story • your own idea
a Think of a title for your play.
b Write a list of characters in your play
and who they are.
c Make notes for Scene 1:
• Where is the scene set?
• What happens?
d Make notes for Scene 2:
• Where is the scene set?
• What happens?