tailieunhanh - Reading upper intermediate part 6

Problem-solving focused - so as to engage students in cognitive effort and thus provoke meaningful interaction. Humanistic in the sense thai the materials speak to and interrelate with the learners as real people and engage them in interaction grounded in their own experience. | Unit 6 43 Ralph let out his spare breath with a little gasp that was echoed by his audience. Jack started to chip a piece of wood with his knife and whispered something to Robert who looked away. The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck if we don t keep a fire going Is a fire too much 75 for us to make He flung out an arm. Look at us How many are we And yet we can t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don t you understand Can t you see we ought to ought to die before we let the fire out 80 There was a self-conscious giggling among the hunters. Ralph turned on them passionately. You hunters You can laugh But I tel you the smoke is more important than the pig however often you kill one. Do all of you see He spread his arms wide and turned to the whole triangle. 85 We ve got to make smoke up there or die. He paused feeling for his next point. And another thing. Someone called out. Too many things. 90 There came mutters of agreement. Ralph overrode them. And another thing. We nearly set the whole island on fire. And we waste time rolling rocks and making little cooking fires. Now I say this and make it a rule because I m chief. We won t have a fire anywhere but on the mountain. Ever. 95 There was a row immediately. Boys stood up and shouted and Ralph shouted back. Because if you want a fire to cook fish or crab you can jolly well go up the mountain. That way we ll be certain. Hands were reaching for the conch in the light of the setting sun. He 100 held on and leapt on the trunk. All this I meant to say. Now I ve said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say. Task 4 Look through the extract again and write down everything that you can find out about these characters Ralph Biggy the littluns Simon the hunters Task 5 Ralph mentions five problems that have arisen. 44 Unit 6 Complete this table Problem Brief description 1 2 3 4 5 Ralph mentions these five problems as examples of one general problem which the .