A Qoyage to Lilliputthem.They climbed up the ladders, and offered me the wine and food.Everything tasted good, but it was very small, like the men themselves.I drank whole barrels i of wine, and ate several cattle 2 and sheep.Soon I could hear a lot of noise on the ground nearme.Iturned my head to look, and I sawthat all thelittle men werenow very busy.They had cut down alot of trees, and they were building somethingwith the trees. They workedfor a longtime,andthen I saw what they weremaking,It was a large machine with manywheels. The machine was as big as me.I was nowtired again,and Ifell asleep oncemore.While I slept, the little men pulled meonto the machine.The movement woke me.Iwas curious to find out what they were doing.Then I heard a noise, and I saw hundreds of tiny horses. The littlemen attached the horses to the machine, and the horses began to pullme along. There were fifteen hundred horses pulling me! The machinebegan to move slowly forward.We travelled slowly for a long time, and then we came to a city.Westopped outside the city. There was a very old temple a here, and theyasked me to get off the machine and enter the temple.I learned laterthat this temple was one of the largest buildings in the country. It wasno longer used because someone had committed 4 a terrible murderthere some years before.There was just enough space in the temple foro1barrels桶3.temple：庙宇。4committed犯了（罪）。2.cattle：牛。15
Qullivet'sGravelsme to enter. Once I was inside, the people tied me up again. They usedninety-one chains 1 and thirty-six padlocks 21 The chains were longenough to allowme to stand and walk around.Fll never forget howsurprised and frightened the people were, when they saw me stand upand walk!Now the Emperor himself came to the temple.He brought hisprincess with him. They wanted to look at me. They climbed up a towerin the temple,and looked down at me where I lay.People from the citybegan to arrive as well, and they climbed up the walls of the temple tolook down at me. Some very daring 3 people put ladders against mybody, and climbed up these. Everybody was very surprised to see me.Iwas the biggest man they had ever seen!chains锁链padlocks：挂锁2.daring：大胆的3.16
ACTIVITESIComprehension1What is Gulliver's profession?2Gulliver's adventure begins when he is alone:a.What is thename of the ship Gulliver is on?b..Whathappens to the ship?c. What happens to the other sailors?3What happensto Gulliver whileheis sleeping?4Gulliver cannot speak the language of Lilliput, but he manages to tell the littlemen that heis hungry.How does he do this?5How many horses pull Gulliver along?6Where does Gulliver livewhile heis in Lilliput?VocabularyThe words in column A come from the text. Match them with the words incolumn B that have the same meaning.ABshorevoyagebeachassistplatformjourneymachinestagehelpengine17
ACTHTESV1I8Put the words in thebox intothe correct column.deepsailoranchorstormropecrewsailshallowrockcaptainwaveSeaShipGrammarReflexivepronouns（反身代词）We use reflexive pronouns when the subject and object of a verb are thesameperson,In thetext youread:Then I tried to free myself.and I managed to break the ropes aroundoneof my hands.We also use reflexive pronouns to give emphasis to a noun or pronoun.In the text you read:Nowthe Emperorhimself cameto thetemple.18
ACTTVTTIES9 Complete the sentences below with the correct reflexive pronoun from the box.myselfhimselfherselfitselfyourselfourselvesyourselvesthemselves..French.a. He's very intelligent-he taughtb. Do you like our new car? We gave.a present!c.Be careful, children! You'll hurtif you fall down here.d. They bought.anewhouse.e. I don't knowwhat's wrong with this computer-itkeeps turningoff.io Say if the reflexive pronouns in these sentences are objects of a verb, or giveemphasis to a noun or pronoun.a. I know he's arrived. I've seen him myselfb. She buys herself very beautiful clothes.c. The President is very kind.He phoned me himself last night.d. She liked the dinner itself, but she thought it was expensive.Listening You will then hear a conversation between two Lilliputians.Put the wordsfrom the box in the right places in the script.hugedangerousasleepmonstercomesandbeachSPEAKER1:Comequickly,there's amonsteronthe1SPEAKER2:Monster?Whatkindof2.SPEAKER 1:It's a man, but he's 3..19