Ii UNIT 3 p25 A NARRATIVE (1) Telling a story - linking ideas 1 Read the story. Where do clauses a-f go? a as soon as their father had died b who had worked hard in his vineyard all his life c what their father had meant by the great treasure d and while they were working they thought about what their father had said e because they felt that all their hard work had been for nothing f Soon they had dug up every inch of the vineyard Complete the moral. THE FARMER AND K1S SONS There was once an old, dying farmer (1)_. Before he died he wanted to teach his three sons how to be good farmers. So he called them to his bedside and said, 'My boys, I have an important secret to tell you: there is a great treasure buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you will look for it when I am dead.' The sons gave their promise and (2)_they began looking for the treasure. They worked very hard in the hot sun (3)_. They pictured boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces, and other such things. (4)_ but they found not a single penny. They were very upset (5)_. However, a few months later the grapes started to appear on the vines. Their grapes were the biggest and best in the neighbourhood and they sold them for a lot of money. Now the sons understood (6)_and they lived happily ever after. THE MORAL Of THIS jSTORy IjSl HARD WORK BRINGS" . . . 06 Writing Unit 3 2 Complete the sentences using a linking word from the box. Use each linking word once only. THE EMPEROR AND HIS DAUGHTERS There was once an emperor He had three daughters_ lived in a palace. _no sons. He wanted his daughters to marry_he died. He found three princes._his daughters didn't like them. They refused to marry the princes,_the emperor became very angry. He said they must get married The three daughters ran away They fell in love with the farmer's sons_ They married the sons_they were sixteen. they were sixteen years old. the night and found work on a farm. _they were working there. before as soon as while during when but However, so who 3 In what ways are these sentences different from the ones in exercise 2? There was once an old emperor who lived in an enormous, golden palace in the middle of the city Ping Chong. He had three beautiful daughters, but unfortunately no sons. Continue rewriting the story, adding more detail to make it more interesting. 4 Write a folk tale or fairy story that you know. Write about 200 words. Begin: TUeve w^s/we^e o\\ce. ... or once iApdv\ o\ Hvne H\eve to^s/we^e ... End: ... <^vv«A H\ey Uve m I 5 Read the end of the story. Put the words on the right into the correct place. they got outside again the rain had turned to snow. They ran to the car, laughing. They felt that they had been released from a prison and now they wanted to be with lots of people. They drove to the next village and as midnight was striking they found a hotel with a room for the night. 'Happy New Year!' cried Jack, as he kissed the surprised receptionist on both cheeks. 'You have no idea how beautiful your hotel is!' 6 Write the story of your worst holiday in about 250 words. • When was it? • Where was it? • Why was it bad? • Who were you with? hysterically desperately/quickly/fortunately/just warmly What did you do? Writing Unit 8 115