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Charles Dickens Understanding the text lived there 2 He walked because a thief stole his money and suitcase 3 She was CHAPTER 1 kind and understanding 4 They told Page 68 - exercise 1 Aunt Betsey that he was a very bad boy 1 a 2 a 3 c 4 d 5 b 6 b 5 She told them to leave her house and that she wanted to look after David David Page 69 – exercise 2 6 The Murdstones left angrily 7 He 1 friend – the others are relatives wanted to learn about the world 8 He of a family 2 hospital – the others met Mr Wickfield and Uriah Heep 9 Mr are places where you live 3 adult – Wickfield suggested Dr Strong’s school the others are jobs 4 mountain – the because it was a very good school Copperfield others are bodies of water 5 window 10 He was going to live with Mr – the others are pieces of furniture Wickfield and his daughter Agnes 6 roof – the others are rooms of a KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES Page 72 – exercise 2 house 7 hungry – the others are emotional states, not physical 1 Aunt Betsey preferred summer to winter 2 It took David six days to walk Page 69 – exercise 3 to Dover 3 David Copperfield was D A S Y K F K I U F D U W S written by Charles Dickens 4 Does this Page 9 - exercise 3 new jacket belong to David? 5 Mr Dossier: Charles Dickens O H M U O I M W S R O H A C Micawber lived near Plymouth 6 David Page 5 – exercise 1 1 strict 2 desperate 3 boarding A V K O E A D U L T R O G F school 4 liar 5 warehouse 6 engaged was shorter than James Steerforth 1 He left school because his father W U R N U C N V T O S S U R Page 73 – exercise 2 went to prison 2 He went to work Dossier: The Industrial Revolution X I J L A N O T S C V P I I 1 ever seen 2 ever travelled 3 never in a factory and it was a terrible Page 61 - exercise 1 R D N I H B T H B H P I M E experience 3 Novels were published bought 4 ever had 5 never met E N P D K O P A C I E T N N in monthly parts 4 The Pickwick 1 Machines in factories started to 6 ever seen 7 never been make large quantities of products U O D H O F R S I A C A P D Papers (1836) 5 He wrote about CHAPTER 4 poverty and the social problems of the 2 The cities offered a lot of work to S M E G S W X O M N X L S E Victorian Age 6 He went to the these people 3 Steam engines T P H U N G R Y F R Y O U A Page 74 – exercise 1 created power and energy with United States to read parts of his R Z O U A O S B G A C D T W 1 a 2 d 3 c 4 a 5 d 6 b 7 a 8 c 9 c steam and this made machines books to the public 10 b 11 d 12 a move much faster 4 The train Dossier: The social problems changed people’s lives. With the train CHAPTER 2 Page 75 – exercise 2 of the Victorian Age people could travel around the 1 lived, for 2 bought, since 3 been, country for pleasure and businesses Page 70 – exercise 1 Page 7 - exercise 1 for 4 worked, since 5 closed, for could sell their products in many 1 f 2 k 3 h 4 d 5 a 6 m 7 i 8 c 9 l 6 seen, since 7 collected, since 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 T 7 F places 5 Steel was much stronger 10 j 11 e 12 o 13 g Before you read than iron 6 The Great Exhibition Page 71 – exercise 2 CHAPTER 5 took place at the Crystal Palace in Page 8 - exercise 1 Page 76 – exercise 1 London 1 when 2 before 3 as soon as 4 after 1 g 2 a 3 j 4 f 5 i 6 b 7 d 8 e 9 l 5 until 6 while 7 after 8 when 1 c 2 d 3 c 4 b 5 b 6 c Dossier: Australia 10 n 11 m 12 c 13 h 14 k CHAPTER 3 Page 77 – exercise 2 Page 9 - exercise 2 Page 65 - exercise 1 1 Has it stopped raining yet? – c Page 72 – exercise 1 1 bride 2 coach 3 cart 4 rope 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 A 6 A 7 A 2 Has David talked to Ham yet? – e 1 David remembered that Aunt Betsey 3 Has uncle Daniel gone fishing yet? –

2 k e y t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s k e y t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s b 4 Have Emily and James Steerforth English Channel. It faces France in the first century. It was a wooden PRELIMINARY PREPARATION met yet? – f 5 Has Aunt Betsey given across the narrowest part of the bridge, and for centuries it was the only Page 88 – exercise 1 him the letter yet? – a 6 Have you Channel. When the Romans invaded bridge to cross the river. The Romans heard the news yet? - d Britain in 43 CE, they built a stone fort called this town Londinium, and it was 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 c Page 77 – exercise 3 and a port where Dover stands today. built on the north side of the Thames. Page 89 – exercise 2 They also built two light houses on The last Roman soldiers left Londinium 1 a 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 a 6 a 7 b 1 friendly 2 hunger 3 exciting each side of the port to guide ships. in the year 410 because they returned to 4 noise 5 kind 6 danger 7 angry One of these light houses still stands Rome to protect the Roman Empire. In LET’S REVISE THE STORY 8 help 9 sleepy 10 cruelty today. The Saxons started living in 1209 London Bridge was rebuilt in stone, Page 90 – exercise 3 Dover during the fifth century. With and there were many houses and shops CHAPTER 6 1 David wrote me a long letter the Saxons, Dover grew and became a on it. After the Norman invasion of 1066, 2 It’s wasn’t warm enough to go Page 78 – exercise 1 busy town with big weekly markets. William the Conqueror built the famous walking on the beach 3 We could 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 b 7 b 8 a After the Norman invasion of 1066 Tower of London which was completed leave for London on Saturday 9 a 10 b 11 a 12 a 13 b Dover was destroyed by fire, since in 1097. At that time the White Tower 4 David and Tommy Traddles will most of its buildings were made of was the tallest building in London—it Page 78 – exercise 2 decide what to do when the rain stops wood. However, it was soon rebuilt. was 30 metres tall. The Tower of London 5 A friend of mine sent me a lovely 1 beggar 2 engaged 3 weak Dover Castle was completed by King has quite an interesting history. Several birthday gift 6 The blue hat was 4 shocked 5 mistake 6 embarrassed Henry II in 1190. During this time sea important people were put in prison cheaper than the yellow one Page 79 – exercise 3 trade increased and Dover became an there and some were executed— 7 There weren’t many bookshops in important port for the kings and including two of King Henry VIII’s wives: 1 h – who 2 d – why 3 c – when Yarmouth 4 a – what 5 b – where 6 g – what queens of England. Many ships for the Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard! Royal Navy were built there. In the Some people say that there are ghosts in Page 91 – exercise 1 7 e – who 8 f – how th 19 century Dover became well known the Tower. Who knows! Do you see those a 6 b 1 c 10 d 2 e 4 f 7 g 9 h 12 CHAPTER 7 as a cross-channel port. From the large black birds at the Tower? Those are i 11 j 5 k 8 l 3 1820s big steamships carried the ravens. They live in the Tower of Page 80 – exercise 1 passengers across the English Channel London. The legend says that if the Page 92 – exercise 2 1 d 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 b to the French coast. As automobiles ravens leave the Tower, the Kingdom of 1 e 2 n 3 b 4 o 5 m 6 e 7 d 8 I Page 81 – exercise 2 became more popular, the first car Great Britain will fall! Therefore, the 9 h 10 l 11 c 12 g 13 a 14 p 15 f ferry from Dover started to cross the raven’s wings are kept short so that they 16 k 17 j 18 c Across: 3 humble 5 coach 6 sick Channel in 1928. The beautiful white can’t fly away. The guards of the Tower 7 rival 8 wedding 9 bride 11 lazy Page 93 – exercise 3 cliffs of Dover are famous all over the look after them and feed them. Their Down: 1 hypocrite 2 desperate 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 a 6 b 7 a 8 a world. Some of them are 110 metres favorite food is red meat. Between 1087 4 upstairs 5 Canterbury 10 evil 9 b 10 b 11 a 12 a 13 b 14 a 15 a high! On a clear day you can see them and 1314 the Normans built old St Paul’s 16 b 17 b 18 a CHAPTER 8 from the French coast. Cathedral. Medieval London grew quickly with its small shops and houses Keys to the Exit Test Page 82 – exercise 1 Page 85 – exercise 2 along narrow streets. In the 1400s Exercise 1 1 g 2 l 3 a 4 d 5 I 6 o 7 b 8 f b 2 c 3 b 4 b 5 a 6 c London became the centre of 1 childhood 2 expensive 3 warehouse 9 k 10 h 11 e 12 n 13 c 14 m 15 j Track 15 international wool trade and the first 4 look after 5 introduced 6 engaged Extra Listening Let’s start our tour of London on the banks were started by Italian bankers. 7 desperate 8 realized Page 84 – exercise 1 river Thames, as it is such an important The port on the river Thames was a very river in England. There’s a lot of history busy place, with a lot of ships and Exercise 2 1 b 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 a 6 b on this great river. The Thames is 364 warehouses, because London traded A 5 B 8 C 2 D 6 E 1 F 4 G 7 H 3 Track 14 km long and it’s the longest river in goods with all of Europe. In the early Exercise 3 The city of Dover is located on the England. The first bridge to cross the 1500s its population grew to about coast of southeast England on the river Thames was built by the Romans 40,000. 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 D 6 C

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