Jack London 1876 – 1916 Jack London’s life and writings are thought by many to represent the American love of adventure.. When gold was discovered in Alaska in 1897, Jack London, answ
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To build a fire
Preliminary activities
Jack London ( 1876 – 1916 )
Jack London’s life and writings are thought by many to represent the American love of adventure He was born in Sanfrancisco, California, and quit school at fourteen to become a sailor He travelled a great deal during his short lifetime, in the United States, Europe, and the Far East When gold was
discovered in Alaska in 1897, Jack London, answering the call of adventure, took part in the famous “ gold rush” His experiences in the wild northern country
provided him with material for many of his later stories and novels, including To Build a Fire Among his best – known novels are The Call of the Wild and The Sea – Wolf
Reading
He stood up He was a little frightened He stamped up and down until the stinging returned into the feet It certainly was cold, he thought That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country And he had laughed at him at the time That showed that one must not be too sure of things There was no mistake about it, it was cold He walked up and down, stamping his feet and thrashing his arms, until he was reassured by the returning warmth Then he got out matches and proceeded to make a fire From the undergrowth, where high water of the previous spring had lodged a supply of old twigs, he got his fire – wood Working
carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire, over which he thawed the ice from his clothes and in the protection of which he ate his biscuits For the moment the cold was outwitted The dog took satisfaction in the fire, stretching out close enough for warmth and far enough away to escape being singed
When the man had finished, he filled his pipe and took his comfortable time over
a smoke Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the earflaps of his cap firmly about his ears and took the creek trail up the left fork The dog was disappointed and wanted to go back toward the fire This man did not know cold But the dog knew : all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge And it knew that it was not good to walk outside in such tearful cold On the other hand, there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man One was the slave of the other, and the only the only caresses it had ever received were the caresses of the whip – lash So the dog made no effort to
communicate its apprehention to the man It was not concerned with the welfare of the man : it was for his own sake that it wanted to go back toward the fire But the man whistled, and spoke to it with the sound of whip – lashes , and the dog swung in at the man’s heels and followed after
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Comprehension
A – Choosing the correct information
1 He stamped his feet and thrashed his arms
2 Near the roaring fire _
3 After taking his comfortable time over a smoke, the man
4 Dogs inherit _ from their ancestry
5 The dog followed the man
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1 In what condition was the man in the first part of the first paragraph ?
2 How did he feel in the second part of the first paragraph ?
3 Did he enjoy his comfortable time over the smoke ? Why ?
4 Why did the dog make no effort to go back toward the fire ?
5 Why was there no keen personal relationship between the man and the dog ?
C – Two – word verbs with GO
Complete the following sentences with particles
a There was a power failure and all the lights went
b The building of the new bridge will go _ as planned
c I always go _ all my lessons before the test
d If you’re hungry, go and eat your meal
e – Take care of everything while I’m not in the office
- Are you going ?
- Yes, I will go to the beach for a few days
f We all woke up in the middle of the night when the alarm – clock
suddenly went _
g – Why is Mr Smith so depressed?
- His business has gone _ recently
h - How is your brother’s studying going ?
- Fine He has made steady progress in the last few months
i Time goes quickly when we’re busy, doesn’t it ?
j Why don’t you go working The examination has drawn near
k Please go _ this report before we send it to the manager’s office
D – Prefixes : UNDER – AND OVER
1 – Under : indicates place or situation below or beneath
2 – Over : occurs in various senses in compounds with the sense of “ over the limit” , “
to excess” , “ too much”
E – Hoàn tất câu với một mệnh đề làm trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian
1 He set off for another journey as soon as he
2 It began to rain just as he _
3 She had written three novels before she
4 I’ll have taken three courses by the time you
5 The dog has followed its master ever since
6 The train had just left when I
7 What were you doing when your father _
8 She was listening to the radio when _
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10 Don’t bother me while I _
11 You have to listen to your teacher while _
12 You should do a good deed whenever you