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Thk2e AmE L3 Literature Unit 1B
Thk2e AmE L3 Literature Unit 1B
LITER ATURE – 1B
Peggotty, their servant. Miss
Murdstone, his stepfather’s
sister, is visiting. The Murdstones
treat David badly.
Glossary
rage strong anger that you cannot control beg to ask for something in a strong and emotional way
glare a long, angry look fellow an old way of refering to a man or a boy
improbable not likely to happen or be true trickle to flow slowly and in a thin line
custody the state of being kept in prison, especially acquaintance someone that you have met, but do not
while waiting to go to court for trial know well
urgency needing attention very soon, especially before repent to be very sorry for something bad you have
anything else, because important done in the past and wish that you had not done it
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1B LITER ATU R E
2 1B.1 Read the text and listen. 7 LISTENING 1B.2 Listen to the next part of the
story. Put the events in the correct order.
3 Read the text again. Find and correct the
mistakes in each sentence. A David is worried about the amount of
1 Miss Murdstone is hurting David because he money he’s spending.
isn’t good at his schoolwork. B Steerforth says they share the same room.
2 David thinks he could be sent to prison or shot. C David tells Steerforth he doesn’t want to
3 When David first wakes up, he feels miserable. spend his money.
4 Peggotty and David are separated by Miss D David meets Steerforth on the playground.
Murdstone when they are speaking. E All of the food is on David’s bed.
5 David’s mother hates her husband. F David gives Steerforth the money from
6 David will see his mother again on the weekend. Peggotty’s purse.
4 READ BETWEEN THE LINES Circle the correct 8 1B.2 Listen again. Complete the summary. Write
answer. one word.
1 David spent no time / one minute planning to After a while at the school, David meets an older boy
attack his stepfather. named Steerforth. Steerforth is sympathetic and says
it is a 1s that David was punished. Steerforth
2 Peggotty compares Miss Murdstone / David to
suggests that David gives him his 2m to take
a cat.
care of. He then convinces David to spend his money on
3 Miss Murdstone forgives / scares David’s
currant 3j , almond 4c , biscuits, and
mother. 5f . David didn’t want to 6w the money,
which was his 7m . At bedtime, he sees all of the
5 VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with
food and drink that 8s bought with his money.
the words in the list.
fellow | urgency | acquaintance
begging | glared | rage WRITING A letter
1 He screamed with
of his things on the floor.
and threw all 9 WRITING
PEN
ImagineNAMES
the scene after David has spent
his first term at his new school. Write a letter from
2 I’ve only met him once or twice. He isn’t my David to his mother describing what the school
friend, but an . SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLISH
is like and how he feels about what happened
at home. Remember to start and end the letter
3 You don’t understand the of the
appropriately.
4
situation – do it now, please.
The man was cold and hungry and was
THEMES
Paragraph 1: Describe the journey.
for money in the street. Paragraph 2: Describe the school (rooms, food,
5 Lucy at her little brother with MEMOIRS
Steerforth, other boys, teachers, rules).
anger when he told their mom the truth. Paragraph 3: Say how you feel about the incident and
6 I’ve heard he is an unusual
haven’t met him yet though.
; we
GOTHIC NOVELS
the Murdstones.
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