Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 48 views

    EnglishFile4e Advanced TG PCM Comm 4A

    Uploaded by

    Наталья Уланова

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    EnglishFile4e Advanced TG PCM Comm 4A

    Uploaded by

    Наталья Уланова
    48 views1 page

    Original Title

    EnglishFile4e_Advanced_TG_PCM_Comm_4A

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    48 views1 page

    EnglishFile4e Advanced TG PCM Comm 4A

    Uploaded by

    Наталья Уланова

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    4A COMMUNICATIVE  First or last?

     a Look at some famous first and last lines from novels. Try to decide which are first lines and which
    are last lines. Write F (first) or L (last).
    1 ‘He was soon borne away by the waves
    and lost in darkness and distance.’

    2 ‘I’m so glad to be at home again.’

    3 ‘It’s a funny thing about mothers and


    fathers. Even when their own child is the most
    disgusting little blister you could ever imagine,
    they still think that he or she is wonderful.’

    4 ‘James Bond, with two double bourbons


    inside him, sat in the final departure lounge
    of Miami airport and thought about life
    and death.’

    5 ‘Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose


    name I do not care to remember, a gentleman
    lived not long ago, one of those who has a
    lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps
    a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing.’

    6 ‘Then with a profound and deeply willed


    desire to believe, to be heard, as she had
    done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi,
    she said the necessary prayers for the soul of
    Michael Corleone.’ a  ne Hundred Years of Solitude 
    O
    Gabriel García Márquez
    7 ‘Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him
    b  one With The Wind 
    G
    back. After all, tomorrow is another day.’ Margaret Mitchell
    8 ‘Many years later, as he faced the firing c Goldfinger  Ian Fleming
    squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to d Matilda  Roald Dahl
    remember that distant afternoon when his e  round the World in Eighty Days 
    A
    father took him to discover ice.’ Jules Verne
    9 ‘Mr Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No.7, f Animal Farm  George Orwell
    Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in g The Godfather  Mario Puzo
    which Sheridan died in 1814.’ h Frankenstein  Mary Shelley

    10
    ‘The creatures outside looked from pig to i  he Wonderful Wizard of Oz 
    T
    L. Frank Baum
    man, and from man to pig, and from pig to
    man again; but already it was impossible to say j Don Quixote  Miguel de Cervantes
    which was which.’

     b Compare your answers with a partner. Then match lines 1–10 to novels a–j.

     c Talk to a partner.
    1 Which do you think is the best first line? Does it make you want to read the book? What do you think
    the book will be like?
    2 Have any of the last lines spoilt the book for you?
    3 Have you seen the film of any of these books?
    4 Which (if any) of these books have you read? What did you think of it / them?

    199
    English File fourth edition Teacher’s Guide Advanced  Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2020

    4038461 EF4e Advanced PCMs.indb 199 30/04/2020 15:14

    You might also like