Match the words (a−d) to the pictures (1−4). Have you ever taken any of these medicines? What for?
a. syrup
b. capsules
c. tablets
d. herbal remedies
a)
What does the picture in the text show? Do you know which book the passage is from? Read the biography and check.
Daniel Defoe (1660−1731), an English novelist and journalist, is most famous as the author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. Among his other works are Moll Flanders (1722), A Journal Of The Plague Year (1722) and Colonel Jack (1722). His last great work of fiction, Roxana, appeared in 1724. Defoe went into politics and trade and travelled all over Europe. In 1684 he married Mary Tuffley; they had two sons and five daughters.
1.June 28. When I woke up after sleeping for almost two days, I felt quite refreshed so I got up and decided to prepare myself for the night ahead. The first thing I did was to fill a large bottle with water, and put it on the table, next to my bed; then I grilled some of the meat on the coals, but I only ate a little bit.
2. I walked about, but was still very weak, and I felt miserable about my sickness. At night I had three of the turtle’s eggs which I roasted in the ashes for supper.
3. After supper I tried to walk, but I felt so weak that I could hardly carry the gun (I never went out without that). So I walked a short distance and sat down on the ground, looking at the smooth and calm sea in front of me. As I sat here, I thought about my life so far.
4. Not feeling sleepy, I decided to go back to my hut and make some medicine from green leaves and rum. I took some and went to bed. I must have been sleeping all the next day and the day after because when I woke up I felt refreshed, lively and cheerful. And when I got up, I was stronger than the day before, and I knew my stomach was better because I felt hungry.
b)
Read the first sentence in each paragraph. What is the text about? Listen, read and check.
a)
Read again and give each paragraph a heading. Explain the words in bold.
b)
Say a word: woke up, refreshed, grilled, weak, miserable, roasted, smooth and calm, walk a short distance, cheerful, my stomach. Your partner tries to remember a sentence from the text including the word.
A: woke up
B: I woke up after sleeping for two days. refreshed
A: I felt quite refreshed. Etc.
Imagine you have been shipwrecked on a desert island. Think of ways to: build a hut, get food, keep warm.
Portfolio: In groups, write a story about an adventure on a desert island for the school magazine short story competition.