8BU4Reading.ppt

A Sandy loves reading novels. She is reading a book called Gullivers Travels, by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Here is an extract from the book. A Gulliver in Lilliput After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as far as I could. By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I was tired out. I fell down on the beach and went to sleep. I woke up as the sun was rising, but I found I could not move. My arms, legs and hair were tied to the ground! Then I felt something on my leg. It moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face. I looked down and saw a very small man. He was the same size as my little finger! Where was I? Who was this tiny person? Soon more small men started climbing all over me. There were around 40 of them. I shouted at them—the loud noise made hem all fall over. However, they soon got up again and continued moving across my body. One of these small men began talking to me, but I could not understand him. I did not know what to say either. I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed to break the ropes. When I lifted my left hand into the air, the small men began to shout. I looked down and saw a huge army of tiny people. They were coming straight towards me. “I must run away from them,” I thought, but I did not know how to get away. Did Gulliver know where he was when he woke up? 2. Why did the tiny people tie Gulliver to the ground? No, he did not. Maybe they thought Gulliver was a monster and very dangerous. Read the passage and answer the following questions. 3. Did Gulliver do anything to help himself out? What did he do? 4. What were those tiny people’s reactions to Gulliver when he tried to help himself out? At first, he shouted at the tiny people, and then he tried to pull his hand free. Finally, he managed to break the ropes. At first, they were shocked by the loud noise that Gulliver made and they all fell over, but they soon got up again and continued moving across Gulliver’s body. Then t