UNIT 9: TO BUILD A FIRE

UNIT 9 : TO BUILD A FIRE
P77: comprehension 2
I. Toward interpretation.
Reread the text above and answer the following questions.
a. In what condition was the man in the first paragraph?
b. How did the feel in the second part of the first paragraph?
c. Did he enjoy his comfortable time over the smoke? Why?
d. Why did the dog make no effort to go back toward the fire?
e. Why was there no keen personal relationship between the man and the dog?
In what condition was the man in the first paragraph?


- The man was a little frightened because of the cold.
b. How did he feel in the second part of the first paragraph?


- He felt reassured and comfortable after he had built a fire.

c. Did he enjoy his comfortable time over the smoke? Why?


- Yes, he did because he had eaten enough and felt warm.

d. Why did the dog make no effort to go back toward the fire?
- The dog made no effort to go back toward the fire because it was afraid of the whip-lashes.

e. Why was there no keen personal relationship between the man and the dog?


- Because the dog was the slaves of the man.


II. Complete the sentences provided with the words given:
Satisfaction truth twigs stamped frightened
She was ____ by the strange noise outside.
It was so cold that his feet felt frozen. He____ them many times to make them move.
To tell the ____ this is the coldest winter I’ve ever known since I came here.
_____ are the small thin branches that grow out a larger branch on shrub or tree.
In his old age, he had the great ____ looking back on his career.
She was frightened by the strange noise outside.
It was so cold that his feet felt frozen. He stamped them many times to make them move.
To tell the truth this is the coldest winter I’ve ever known since I came here.
Twigs are the small thin branches that grow out a larger branch on shrub or tree.
In his old age, he had the great satisfaction looking back on his career.

III. Fill each numbered blank with a suitable word.
He stood 1___. He was a 2___ frightened. He stamped up and 3___ until the stinging returned into the 4___. It 5___ was cold, he thought. That man from Sulfur Creek had spoken the 6___ when 7___ how cold it sometimes 8___ in the country. And he had 9___ at him at the time. That showed that one must not be 10___ sure of things.
1, up 6, truth

2, little 7, telling

3, down 8, got

4, feet 9, laughed

5, certainly 10, too