Reflex
Silver
Sword
Three
Men
in Cities
a Boat
A
The
Tale
Thirty-Nine
of Two
Steps
To
8 and
whIlE
READING
And
8
whIlE
READING
6Cold
7
Philip
didn’t
win
either race. He came in
16ChApTers
How . . .?7
hungry.
12 Edek
had
run
away
from
thechurch
Warthe
camp.
Harris
JTo
didn’t
visit
at
Hampton.
Jacques
about
Gaspard’s
dead
body
after the
second .and
on
and the
third
on
Chainmail.
Where
.Five,
.?Daylight,
a farmhouse.
273 When
at
the
field
kitchen
Ruth
Harris
thought
that
George
never
worked
/ didn’t
soldiers
him.
learnt
that
stopped
at
What
.the
. had
.?fight
Hekilled
hooded
his George
eyes
likehad
afinished,
hawk.
holding
Edek’s
hand.
work
hard.
24 was
Madame
Defarge,
about
the
Revolution.
Lance
Kinship’s
house
for
a
drink
on
his
way
home.
What . . .? He said that he was a sailor called Ned
38 Jan
did
not
believe
Edek’s
story
about
hiding
Harris
that
water
was
bad
for
people.
John
about
whether
Ernest
Defarge
isunder
called
Why
.Barsad,
.thought
.?
Because
Yaxley
was
home
from
Hong
Ainslie
who
had
stolen
some
money
a car.
a
train.
45 Harris
into
the
basket.
Jacques
orthree
not.used
Kong .just
weeks
after George’s
How
.fell
.?
He
explosive
to blow death.
up the door.
In
Berlin
children
stayed
intower.
anon
old
cinema.
5649 Harris’s
fell
intoof
the
river.
Ernest
about
the
attack
the
Bastille.
What
. Defarge,
.?the
helped
the
and
children
of dead
Where
.. .cap
.?ItOn
top
anwives
old
567 They
Jan
was
helping
some
other
boys
to
steal
food
from
met
George
at
Weybridge
lock.
Jarvis
Lorry,
about
Jerry
Cruncher,
who
was
going
and
injured
jockeys.
How . . .? He crawled slowly and carefully and
the
trains.
7 to
The
lock-keeper
seemed
annoyed
that
no
one
had
take
care
of
Mr
Lorry
on
his
trip
to
Paris.
avoided the wires.
reAdIng ChApTer 10
6Before
The
American
toldMarquis
Jan he had
been stealing
fallen
in.
Charles
Darnay,Captain
about the
of Evrémonde
Encourage
students
to
speculate
ChApTers
7
And 8 whIlE
READINGand to make
American
foodthe
sentboat
to feed
the refugees.
8 George
pulled
to Penton
Hook.
(himself).
but
do
not
tell
them
the
answer.
They
will
17guesses,
Alexander
took
care
Hannay
whenhave
he
Jan
went
toTurnbull
prison
because
the
children
didn’t
Charles
Darnay,
about
being
a of
prisoner
himself,
ChApTers
9
And
10 whIlE
READING
find
out
as
they
read
that
the
answer
is
number
was
ill
with
malaria.
enough
money to pay
the 200 marks.
and remembering
Dr Manette’s
many years in the2.
10, 5, 2, had
7, 11,
1, 9,
6, 3, 8to Sir Walter Bullivant
24, Scudder
sent
a
letter
Bastille. 10 To 13 whIlE READING
ChApTers
ChApTers
9 And
10with
whIlE
READING
saying that
he was
a good
friend.
11 And
12 whIlE
READING
11ChApTers
Lord
White,
to Philip,
about
the photographs
that
A
Bavarian
farmer,
to
the
children,
about
a potato
ChApTers
8
And
9
whIlE
READING
31 Because
Sir Walter
Bullivant
had
told
the
police
that
Hannay
it didn’t
have
roses
around
thelovers.
door.
showed
Dana
and
Ivor
den
Relgan
as
thatDr
Jan
had
thrown
at him.
1 F
Manette
was safe
in Paris.
was
not
athey
murderer.
2 Because
had forgotten
the
tin-opener.
Harold,
towas
Philip,
Ivor
den
Relgan
no longer
FrauLucie
Wolff,
tovery
her about
husband,
about
Edek.
24 F
afraid
ofseven
Madame
Defarge.
Karolides
was
shot
dead
at
o’clock
in seats.
the
3 Because
they
had knocked
them from
their
being
in
the
Jockey
Club.
Jan,
to
the
farmer,
about
the
fact
that
the
farmer’s
3 T
evening. he was frightened.
4 Because
Elgin
Yaxley,
toGerman
Philip, about
asking
him for
sons
had
been
soldiers,
and
sothe
enemies
435 F
Most
of
the
prisoners
werePhilip
sent
to
Guillotine.
MacGillivray
told
Hannay
he
didn’t
want
towho
5 Because
he fell
into
aInjured
hole. that
more
money
for
the
Jockeys
Fund.
had fought
5 T
arrest
him. against Polish people.
44ChApTers
Mrs
Jackson
(Philip’s
neighbour),
tonot
Philip,
about
FrauHe
Wolff,
the
children,
about
agreed
to
help,
if his
life
wastheir
put in
13to
To
15
whIlE
READING
6 F
Marmaduke
Jopley
told
the
police
that mother.
Hannay
was
the
man
from
the
water
company
who
came
to hide
Edek,
to
the
Burgomaster,
about
Jan,
trying
to
danger.
15 What
.
.
.?
They
decided
to
go
for
a
walk
in
Henley.
a murderer.
Philip’s
pipes.
the
fact
thatwas
couldn’t
speak
German.
72 check
F
Mr
Lorry
planning
to come
leave
Paris
next day.
How
many
. Jan
.was
.?ill
Four.
Lord
Alloa
and didn’t
to thethe
meeting
at
536 Ivor
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
burning
George
TheWalter
Burgomaster,
to
the
farmer,
children,
Why
. . .? Because
they
would
be about
able tothe
sleep
in the
Sir
Bullivant’s
house.
ChApTers
10 And 11 whIlE READING
Millace’s
house.
who had
to
be sent home like other refugees.
police
station.
1+12
2+16
3+15about
4+10
5+17
6+14
7+18
8+11
647ChApTer
Clare,
to9the
Philip,
his be
injuries,
which
she
whIlE
Edek,many
to
about
father
Joseph/
How
. Burgomaster,
. .? READING
We can’t
sure:his
two
/ eighteen
realized
had
been
caused
by
a
beating,
not
a
fall
19+13
Because
he
was
often
too
ill
to
go
to
meetings
and
Balicki. / twelve / none!
thirty-two
Darnay
before the
Tribunal
a second
time,
aappeared
even
when
a man
of his
verycanoes
few
The farmer,
towas
thewell,
children,
about
using
58 from
What
.horse.
. .? he
He
drank
it!he was
because
he
was
accused
by
three
citizens.
When
Dr
76 words.
Dana
den
Relgan,
to
Philip,
about
the
list
she
had
to get away
by river.
What
. . .? They
were worse than before.
heard
that heto
was
one of
the
accusers,
he
written
on
a
packet
of
cigarettes
for
George
Millace.
27Manette
Because
he
wanted
collect
his
pay
personally.
How many . . .? Five.
ChApTers
11inspector,
Tothe
13
whIlE
READING
spoke
angrily
to
Tribunal.
Defarge
The
to for
Philip,
about
theexplained
hydrogen
was
looking
aBut
place
where
high tide
838 Because
Why police
. . .?heBecause
he saw
the
photographer.
1that
She
let
go
of
her
paddle
suddenly,
and
he
fell
back
he
had
found
a
paper
written
by
Dr
Manette
in
sulphide
gas
in
Philip’s
water
filter
that
nearly
killed
was at 10.17.
into
the
water.
the
Bastille,
and
he
read
it
aloud
to
the
Tribunal.
The
Before
reAdIng
ChApTer
16
Jeremy. the spy was going to leave from a small
4 Because
2Encourage
They
found
again,
the
paper
told
aor
story
ofpaddle
the
Evrémonde
who had
students
to
guess
butbecause
dobrothers,
not
tell river
them
harbour,
atheir
place
where
there
was
no harbour.
Before reAdIng ChApTer 14
carried
itthe
down
to
them.
caused
deaths
of
four
members
a family.
The
their the
guesses
are
right.
They
will
out as
they
5if
Because
spy
was
going
back
tooffind
Germany.
students
speculate
and
to to
make
3Encourage
Janthat
had
left
itangry
at theto
farm,
next
the
people
were
soanswers
toWolffs’
hear
these
crimes
thatphoto
they
read
the
are
1aofand
2b.
guesses,
but must
do not
tell
them
Before
reAdIng
ChApTer
10the answers. They will
of Darnay
Rudolf.
said
go
to the
Guillotine
the next day.
find
out
they
readtoCarton
that
the
answers
and
students
speculate
toare
make
4Encourage
Because
she
thought
Edek
was
soand
ill the
that
he1cmight
After
the as
trial,
Sydney
went
to
Defarges’
2b.
guesses
butwhere
do not
them
the answers.
will
die before
they
got
to Switzerland.
wine-shop,
hetell
heard
Madame
DefargeThey
talking
be
able
to
check
their
answers
when
they
read
the
5ChApTers
Because
heAFTER
wanted
to go Defarge
back to did
the not
Wolffs’
about
her family.
wantfarm
to
To Madame
16
whIlE
READING
ACTIVITY 1 14
READING
chapter.
The
‘yes’
answers
are 1, 4, 5 and
6. were
and
get
the
silver
sword.
stop
the
killing
until
all
the
Evrémonde
family
On the14+4
diazo8+10
film and
Philip
discovered
list
7+2
1+3paper
6+12
15+5
9+16 a13+11
6of
Because
Jan
screamed
at
him
and
kicked
him
when
dead.
Dr
Manette
could
do
nothing
to
help
Darnay
names,
dates,
and
drugs,
and
a
letter
written
by
It was one Saturday in August and the friends were
Joe wouldn’t
take
him
Boding.
because
his mind
returned
to Datchet.
the
past. JCarton,
George
Millace
tohad
Lance
Kinship.
Because
ofdidn’t
this like
looking
for
somewhere
tonorth
stay in
7letter,
Because
he
had
received
letters
from
Herr
Wolff
however,
had
a
plan,
which
he
kept
to
himself.
he
knew
that
Lance
Kinship
had
killed
George.
the first hotel because it didn’t have roses round theand
ACTIVITY
1 AFTER
READING
Joseph
Balicki,
and
hethe
now
knew
for
certain
that
the
Philip’s
mother
had
died
from
drugs,
so13
Philip planned
door.
Harris
didn’t
like
second
one
because
of the
Before
reAdIng
ChApTers
12 And
Possible
answers:
children’s
father
was
living
in
Switzerland.
to
make
Lanceby
Kinship
givedoor.
him Then
the names
people
man
standing
the front
George
decided
Open
answers.
Encourage
speculation.
Doofnot
give
P
oLiCeman
:
What
time
did
you
arrive
at
Mr
Hannay’s
8to
The
heavy
rain
turned
the
stream
into
a
fast-moving
who
sold
drugs.
He
would
then
give
these
names
for a room
at are:
the Black Horse, but the mantosaid
theask
answers,
which
flat?
river,
which
carried
Edek’s
boat
into the lake.
theSydney
drugs
police.
they
didn’t
have
any
beds.
At out
theclothes
Travellers’
1that
Carton
is going
to change
with Rest,
iLkman
:
At
about
a
quarter
to
seven.
9m
Because
she
thought
that
he
cared
more
about
his
Briggs
told
Philip
he
would
stop
asking
theVictor
lady
said
that
she
had
already
sent
away
Charles Darnay, so that Charles can escape,fourteen
andhim
P
oLiCeman
:
Why
did
you
go
into
the
flat?
dog
Ludwig
than
about
Edek.
toSydney
lose races.
Philip
to become
a
people.
After
that,
tried three
houses and
willHowever,
die inthe
hisfriends
place. decided
photographer,
leave
Lambourn,
and
marry
Clare.
a shop, but they were all full. At last, a little boy told
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ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE READING
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ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING
3 Lucie.
The
‘yes’ answers
(from
information
in the
Encourage
students
to speculate
and to
make
4 ‘Jacques’.
will
guesses,but
but do
doare
not
tell them
them
the
answers.
They
introduction)
numbers
1,the
2, 3,
4, 5 and
6. All
guesses
not
tell
answers
They
will
5 ‘A terrible machine of death’, with a sharp knife that
findable
outtoas
they
read
that
the answers
are
1a,
1c
will
find
out
as they
that
the
‘yes’
answers
are
the
other
answers
areread
‘perhaps’,
except
forread
number
be
check
their
answers
when
they
the
cuts off people’s heads.
(but
for
the
Injured
Fund,
not6.himself),
2a,
numbers
1,would
2,
and
4.Jockeys
15,
which
have
been
impossible
at that date.
story.
The
‘yes’
answers
are 2,
5 and
2b, 2d. 2 students
Encourage
to make guesses about which
ACTIVITY
BEFORE READING
ACTIVITY 3 BEFORE READING
events
might
be more
thanand
others.
Encourage
students
tolikely
speculate
to make
began
in 1939
andstudents
ended
The Second
correct World
answerWar
is 2,
but do
not tell
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
in 1945.
The
children
lived
in Poland,
in eastern
ACTIVITY
3will
BEFORE
this.
They
findREADING
out
when
they read
the story.
find out as they read that the only ‘yes’ answers are
Europe. To discussion
get to Switzerland,
had to
to take
go west to
Encourage
of usefulthey
things
numbers
5 1and
6.
ChApTers
To
5three
whIlE
READING
Germany,
and
then
south
to Switzerland.
on
holiday.
The
friends
pack: clothes,
1ACTIVITY
Because 3heBEFORE
didn’t
likefruit,
cheating,
and heeggs,
knew
that he
toothbrushes,
whisky,
umbrellas,
a teapot,
READING
had
a
very
good
chance
of
winning
that
day.
but
they forget
the tin-opener;
wenoblemen
are not told
if
In
France
in the 18th
century rich
owned
ChApTers 1 And 2 whIlE READING
2they
He take
drove
off
theand
road
and
into
a tree,
probably
a
map,
although
they
look
at
maps
before
most
of
the
land,
the
poor
had
nothing.
They
had
1 31 years.
because
he
went
to sleep
while
heeat,
wasand
driving.
they
start.
They
don’t
take
a
tent
because
they
take
hard
lives,
did
not
have
enough
to
hated
the
1 To 3 whIlE READING
2ChApTers
He was bored.
3aKing
Because
hethe
was
interested
to find
out whyaGeorge
cover
for
boat
instead.
radio
and
his
noblemen.
How . . .?
He
knocked
downAaarrived
guardand
with
catapult
31 Because
a man
called
Scudder
at hisatelephone
flat
and
had
kept
a
box
of
his
worst
mistakes.
would
have
been
impossible
at
the
date
of the
story.
and stole
Then he walked out
of the
asked
for his uniform.
help.
4Students
By giving
him
a lot
of money.
can
add
whatever
to thePrime
list and
prisonsomeone
with
thewas
other
guards.
4 That
going
tothey
kill like
the Greek
5compare
Becauseideas.
it showed that they had met each other
2 Minister.
How . . .? By hiding in a luggage lift.
before O’Tree shot Yaxley’s horses.
35ACTIVITY
Why . . .?4 1put
Because
a prisoner
had
escaped.
ChApTers
Someone
Toa3knife
whIlE
through
READING
his heart.
BEFORE
READING
6 He was not
a serious
or responsible person.
Whatanswers.
. . he
.? The
and
sent him
her to
164Open
Jerry
Because
Cruncher
was Nazis
afraidtook
that her
theyaway
would
arrest
for
7 Because nobody knew that he had them.
Germany.
2 Jarvis
murder.
Lorry
8 Dana knew him because she got drugs from him,
Why
. . .? Because
375 Monsieur
To
Scotland.
Defarge on the night his wife was taken
and Ivor hit him because he wanted him to stay away
away,
someone
shot at the car, and one of the Nazi
48 Madame
As
a milkman.
Defarge
from Dana.
soldiersfather,
was hitDr
inManette
the arm.
5 Lucie’s
9ChApTers
Because he
thought
they
could
put Philip’s life in
1
3 4
whIlE
READING
3 To
And
whIlE
READING
What . . Darnay
.? To tell them that he was going to
6 Charles
danger.
1 T
F
The writing in Scudder’s notebook was mostly
Switzerland
to find their mother, and that they
7 Sydney
Carton
2 F Harris
didn’t want to go to the country.
numbers.
reAdIng
ChApTer
6 they could.
should
follow him
as soon as
8Before
Miss
Pross
32 F
T Montmorency didn’t like the idea of a holiday
students
to speculate
and
to make
7Encourage
Where . . .?
To the place
where the
trains
slow down.
on the
3ChApTers
F The
young
4river.
And
hotel
5 whIlE
owner
READING
thought that Hannay’s
guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will
4The
And
5 whIlE
41ChApTers
T
Who
story
. . .?was
wonderful.
child
of a READING
man called Gaspard.
find out as they read that the answers are 1c and
5412 T
How . . .? By holding on under the Marquis’s coach.
2b.
children
stole
from
their
enemies,
6523 F
The
decided
to sleep
in
hotels
when
itmen.
How
Hannay
. . friends
.? He
stole
felt
the
they
carfood
were
that
hard,
belonged
cruel
to
landowners.
the
twobut
ChApTers
6
To
9
whIlE
READING
never
from
their
own
people.
rained.
46 F
What
Hannay
. . .? He
spoke
was about
killed Australia
by Gaspard
at the
(‘Jacques’),
election
Why
. . .? Because
didn’t want
to destroy
371 T
whomeeting.
pushed
a knifehethrough
his heart
while he was
Daylight’s
for racing.
478 T
F
Georgeenthusiasm
said that a cover
over the boat was easier
sleeping.
How
. .?
.?
HisBronia
mother
hadinand
left
him
to stay
with
582 F
Ruth
the
forest
in
summer,
than
aand
tent.
Who
Sir
.. .Harry
Charles
wrote
Darnay,
alived
letter
to
Sir
Sydney
Walter
Carton.
Bullivant,
a
Samantha
several
times
when
he
was
a
child.
and
in
Warsaw
in
winter.
6 What
friend
. . .?of
Tohis
remember
uncle. that there was a man who
ChApTers 4 To 6 whIlE READING
Why
. .give
.?asked
Because
was
going
63 F
Ruth
the George
Russian
officer to
find
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glass case, but he fell and pulled the glass case down
and broke the fish!
3 J thinks that he is good at packing. But when he
packed the clothes, he forgot the boots. On the first
morning of the holiday, he woke up early and went
down to the edge of the river to splash some water
on himself, but he fell in because the branch that he
was sitting on broke. Then, when he tried to put his
shirt on, he dropped it in the water. He was very
angry, until he noticed that it was George’s shirt.
them that his mother could give them a room. The
three friends had to sleep in two beds and they were
never so difficult about hotels again!
ACTIVITY 2 AFTER READING
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I didn’t want to go on holiday on the river because
I knew that there was nothing to do. I don’t like
peace and quiet, I like to have fights with other dogs.
But I enjoyed the packing because I pretended that
the oranges were rats and I killed three of them.
The holiday wasn’t very interesting; I just sat in the
boat while the others rowed or towed (pulled) it
with a rope. And one day in Marlow I had a terrible
experience. I saw a cat walking across the road. It was
big and black, and I thought that I could frighten it
by running at it. This is what I usually do with cats;
I hate them. But this cat just sat down in the middle
of the road and looked at me. There was something
about it that frightened me. So I moved back with my
tail between my legs and hid behind J. Oxford was all
right, because there were a lot of dogs in the town.
I had eleven fights on the first day and fourteen on
the second. I really enjoyed myself! The food on this
holiday wasn’t very good. One night I burnt myself on
the pan when Harris was cooking eggs, and another
night they cooked (made) a strange supper with all
the bits of food they had left over. I tried to give them
a dead rat to put in the pan but they didn’t want it.
I was very happy when we went back to London and
had dinner at a restaurant, I can tell you.
ACTIVITY 4 AFTER READING
page 1 A visit to the library
page 5 The dangers of a sea trip
page 7 Sleeping in a tent
page 12 Uncle Podger and the picture
page 20 Weather reports
page 22 Lost in the maze
page 30 Aunt Mary is lost
page 31 How girls tow a boat
page 38 Two men in one bed
page 40 When George got up early
page 48 No room in Datchet
page 74 The photograph
page 78 Hiring a boat
ACTIVITY 5 AFTER READING
Scene 1:
5, 16, 13, 1, 9, 7, 11, 3
You always need three girls to tow a boat. They
usually begin by tying themselves up in the rope. When
they finally get the rope straight, they always start by
running. This means that they pull the boat much too
fast. After a few minutes, they get tired of running and
stop suddenly. When they do that, the boat goes out
into the middle of the river and starts to turn round.
So you have to shout at them, ‘Keep the boat moving!’,
and they start pulling again. Soon they stop again,
because they want their hats or because they have seen
a cow.
Scene 2:
10, 2, 4, 15, 6, 12, 14, 8
It is almost impossible to put up a tent in the rain.
Two of you try to put it up, but it is very heavy and
falls on top of you. But then you get your side up and
begin to tie the ropes to the ground. Just then, the
other man pulls from his side and destroys all your
hard work. So you pull your side hard, and pull out all
the ropes on his side. And then he gives a violent pull
and your side comes out too. So you follow each other
round and round and shout at each other. Finally, the
tent falls down and you have to start again.
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Students can complete these descriptions with more
or less detail, depending on their level of ability
and whether they are asked to do the exercise from
memory or with reference to the book. Possible
answers:
1 Harris likes to tell everybody what to do. Once,
he was in the maze at Hampton Court and he met
some people who wanted to get out. He told them
that he knew the way, so they followed him. But he
got lost and the people were very angry. He also
says that he is good at cooking eggs. But when he
tried to cook some eggs for breakfast, he burnt
himself and dropped everything. He likes to drink
whisky and one night, he drank a whole bottle. After
that, he told the others that he had fought a lot of
swans and killed them all.
2 George works in a bank, but he is always falling
asleep. He hates getting up in the morning, but
once, he got up in the middle of the night because
his watch had stopped. He is very lazy, and he told a
story about how he made a young man and a young
woman pull his boat for him. One night he made
an excellent supper with all the bits of food that
they had left over. Another evening, he was in a pub
and he climbed up onto a chair to look at a fish in a
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Open answers. Some possible answers would be:
Example: ‘I had this bad heart when I was a boy.’ The
truth: There was nothing wrong with J’s heart; he was
just lazy.
Example: ‘. . . every time I read about an illness, I
realize that I have it too . . .’ The truth: J isn’t ill, but
he imagines that he has an illness every time that he
reads about it.
Example: ‘I am never seasick.’ The truth: J was always
seasick.
Example: ‘. . . we can take a bottle of whisky, too – for
when we are sick, you know.’ The truth: They wanted
the whisky because they liked drinking it.
Example: ‘I think that I am very good at packing.’ The
truth: J is very bad at packing.
Example: ‘If the water knows that you are waiting
for it, it will never get hot.’ The truth: Many people
believe the old proverb that ‘a watched pot never boils’
but it is only superstition.
Example: ‘He said he was very good at doing eggs.’
The truth: Harris was terrible at cooking eggs.
Example: ‘Harris said the swans had tried to pull him
and Montmorency from the boat and drown them.’
The truth: It is very unlikely that the swans were this
strong.
Example: ‘. . . the fish come and stand half out of the
water, with their mouths open for bread.’ The truth:
The fish aren’t really asking for bread.
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