Student’s Book, pages 87 to 89
Vocabulary: Page 88, exercise 1
Vocabulary
1 Answer the questions.
1 What kind of house is a bungalow (line 6)?
2 How does the word hamlet (line 9) suggest that there aren’t many houses or people in the area where the train has stopped?
3 What form of transport is a steamer (line 24)?
4 What kind of facial expression is a wry grimace (line 30), and why did Passepartout’s face show this expression?
5 Read line 36 again. Which words tell us that the elephant was kept safely away from direct contact with humans?
Answers
1 a house with one floor.
2 A hamlet is a very small village, which suggests that there are very few people and houses.
3 It’s a ship powered by steam.
4 It’s an expression that shows pain or unhappiness. Passepartout wasn’t happy because he didn’t want to walk far, as he didn’t think his shoes would be sturdy enough.
5 enclosed, palings: The elephant was in a compound surrounded by high palings. In other words, the animal was fenced in an area.
Comprehension
2 Answer the questions.
1 Why can’t the train continue its journey from Kholby to Allahabad?
2 Why is Sir Francis annoyed during his conversation with the conductor? What expression is used to mean he is getting annoyed? (line 15)
3 How does Mr. Fogg deal with the situation when he discovers that his train journey cannot continue? How does his attitude differ from that of Sir Francis? Look at lines 23 to 26.
4 Why did the Indian man decide to rear an elephant?
5 How do we know that the elephant is not aggressive?
6 How many people travel on the elephant?
Answers
1 The train cannot continue its journey because the railway line hasn’t actually been completed.
2 He is annoyed because he feels cheated by being sold a ticket to somewhere the train doesn’t go. ‘Growing warm’ means getting annoyed.
3 Fogg says that he suspected that this might happen and suggests that they find another means of transport. Compared to Sir Francis, he is very calm and confident and doesn’t show any anger.
4 He wanted it for fighting.
5 ’It still preserved its natural gentleness’, meaning that it does not want to fight (lines 40–41).
6 four – the guide, Passepartout, Sir Francis, and Mr. Fogg.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
calm - confident - enthusiastic - unapologetic – worried
1 The conductor is ........................ about having sold a ticket to Allahabad to the travellers, even though the train will not take them there.
2 Mr. Fogg is ...................... that he will still complete his journey in eighty days.
3 Passepartout feels ..................... about the prospect of walking the rest of the way to Allahabad.
4 Mr. Fogg remains...................... while he negotiates the sale of the elephant.
5 The guide is very.........................about making the journey by the elephant.
Answers
1 unapologetic 2 confident 3 worried 4 calm 5 enthusiastic
4 Complete sentences 1–3 with the names of the characters.
Sir Francis / Passepartout / PhileasFogg
1........................ is prepared to walk the rest of the way to Allahabad.
2....................... thinks that two thousand pounds is too much to pay for an elephant.
3...................... does not know where they are when the train stops.
Answers
1 Phileas Fogg 2 Passepartout 3 Sir Francis
Ideas: Page 89, exercises 5, 6 and 7
5 Find a line in the story that represents the following ideas
Time Money Transport
Answers
1 lines 20–21 "Mr. Fogg this is a delay greatly to your disadvantage. No, Sir Francis; it was foreseen."
2 lines 49–51 "Phileas Fogg, without getting in the least flurried, then proposed to purchase the animal outright, and at first offered a thousand pounds for him."
3 lines 41–43 "Kiouni- this was the name of the elephant-could doubtless travel rapidly for a long time, and in default of any other means of conveyance, Mr. Fogg resolved to hire him."
6 Consider the idea of transport. Compare between the train and the elephant. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Answer
Transport is an important theme in this story. Therefore, some animals can work efficiently instead of traditional transport. In this story, for example, an elephant is a substitute for the train as a good mode of transport. Thus, man-made transport fails, but the animal seems to be a more positive investment.
7 Do you think that this story shows the importance of time? Justify your answer.
Suggested answer
I think that this story shows the importance of time when Phileas Fogg is so precise about the number of days they have to spare in line 24. It also references time in the passage where the elephant is described (‘rapidly’, line 41). However, I think that more importance is given to efficiency because Phileas Fogg is not in a hurry; he is instead very well-prepared (lines 23–25).
Activity Book, page 57, exercises 1 and 2
Analysis
1 Read lines 8–22. Making specific reference to these lines, compare and contrast the characters of Sir Francis and Phileas Fogg. Comment on the things they say and do. Remember to quote from the text.
Suggested answer:
Sir Francis and Phileas Fogg are men of two very different personalities. Whilst Sir Francis gets easily angry, Phileas Fogg is calm and assured. In line 12,
Sir Francis speaks in exclamation and short sentences: “What! Not Finished”. In contrast, Phileas Fogg is calm, unsurprised and almost amused by the situation. His sentences are more carefully considered, and he speaks “quietly”, using polite terms such as “please” in line 18. Overall, I would say that it is much better to react like Phileas Fogg in such a situation, as it is much more stressful to be angry.
Writing
2 Read the extract from Around the World in Eighty Days again. Write two diary entries by Phileas Fogg; one from the beginning of his journey and one from the end. Think about how his character might have changed by the end of the journey. Write about 100 words for each
entry in your notebook.
Answer
Students’ own answers