Literature - Hello! Beyond Words Term 2 - أول اعدادي

UNIT 11 5 Literature Lesson objectives: • Read and understand an excerpt from a novel about travel • Summarize a story Around the World in Eighty Days Work in pairs and discuss. 1 Would you like to travel all around the world? 2 What do you think would be the good or bad things about making a long journey? 2 Look at the picture from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days. You can see the two main characters: Phileas Fogg shaking hands and Passepartout, his assistant, behind him. 1 In what century do you think the journey in the novel happens? Think! You are going to read an excerpt from a novel. An excerpt is a short piece of a story. The excerpt below is taken from Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Can you remember where you saw an excerpt before in this book? What was the title of the story? 2 How did people travel at that time? 3 3 What different types of transportation do you think were most common then? Read and listen to an excerpt from Around the World in Eighty Days. What was the problem? What was the solution? CHAPTER 9 64 The next day, Aouda saw Colonel Stamp Proctor on the train. She was afraid that he might be angry with Phileas Fogg if they met because of the fight that the two men had in San Francisco. She told Fix and Passepartout. They knew they must stop Fogg and Colonel Proctor from meeting. Fix asked Phileas Fogg to play a game of chess. He agreed and soon Fogg and Fix were playing chess all day. Suddenly, the train stopped. There were no stations nearby and at first no one knew why. "It's the bridge at Medicine Bow a mile up the railway line," the train driver said. "It's not strong enough to take this train." He said that the passengers could walk to Medicine Bow. This was a six-hour walk. The passengers were not happy. At last the train driver decided to try to cross the bridge. "If I drive the train as fast as possible, perhaps we will cross the bridge safely," he said. The passengers were very excited and they agreed. to his plan. Passepartout was worried. He said that the passengers should get off the train before it tried to cross the bridge, but no one listened to the Frenchman. The train went very fast over the bridge. When they crossed it safely, all the passengers cheered. When they looked back, they saw the bridge falling into the river behind them.

4 Match the words (1-5) with the definitions (a-e). 1 suddenly 2 railway line passenger a to shout with happiness b a person who is traveling on a bus, train, ship, or plane c something that happens quickly or isn't expected 3 4 cross (a bridge) d to travel from one side to another 5 to cheer e two metal lines that a train travels on Read and listen to the excerpt again. Answer the questions. 1 What activity does Fix ask Phileas Fogg to do to stop him meeting Colonel Proctor? 2 Why does the train suddenly stop? 3 What did the passengers not want to do? 4 What does the train driver decide to do to cross the bridge safely? 5 What happened to the bridge after they crossed? 6 Summarize the story. Follow the steps. 1 Read the excerpt again and make notes on the most important events. 2 Use your notes to write a shorter version of the excerpt in your own words. BOOK CLUB Discuss the questions in pairs or small groups Do you ever try to stop your friends from doing things you think they shouldn't do? • Imagine you were on the train with Phileas Fogg and Passepartout. How would you feel? Would you take a risk like the train driver and go across the bridge quickly to get to the other side? • Choose the character you would prefer to travel with: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, or Fix. Explain why. UNIT 11 65