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14-07-2009, 07:32 PM
An Artist’s Story
Vocabulary: -
يقوم
Rise
يفترض
Suppose
يرغب
Desire
ينقذ
Save
جائزة
Prize
فنان
Artist
يرسم
Paint
ضخم
Immense
يمد ب
Provide...with
سراً
Secretly
الكثير من
Plenty of
يرسم
Draw
الوالدين
Parents
صورة مرسومة
Drawing
فرصة
Chance
مهتم
Interested in
الريف
The Country
لا يبالى
Uncaring
يعلق
Hang
الجمهور
The public
منظر
View
حشري / متطفل
Interfering
أنسى نفسي
Forget myself
مزعوم
So- Called
قاسى
Severe
ينوى
Intend
روح
Soul
يربى
Bring up
محبط
Disheartened
بلطف - برقه
Delicately
يمل من
Get tired of
يلزم الفراش
Take to bed
لم يدفع ثمنه
Isn’t paid for
أثاث
Furniture
يقرر
Decide
يترك
Give up
Summary of the story
- Augustus Pokewistle was a hopeless artist because he failed to sell any of his paintings.
He was lying in bed when a stranger visited him. He thought the stranger to be a doctor sent by a so-called friend to save him from his suffering, so he started to tell him the story. - Augustus said that when he was seven, he got a prize for a drawing of an animal though he intended to show sunset over London. His parents encouraged him to paint and provided him with pencils and paper. They gave him the chance to study under great painters.
- At the age of twenty-one, he started business as a painter of people. He painted eleven pictures of his face, but he failed to sell any of them. They are hung on the wall in the sitting room.
- Augustus failed in painting people, so he stopped painting people and turned to painting the country he painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window but he sold nothing.
- TO get money, Augustus decided to forget his soul and drew pictures for newspapers but he got no money. He just got his drawings back. He said that his drawings for the newspapers were so funny that his cat laughed until it became ill.
- Augustus was disheartened and tried drawing for advertisements but he just received some samples then he decided to take to bed and never rise again but the stranger told him that he would make him rise because the stranger came from a furniture shop to take the bed back as it wasn’t paid for.
Questions & Answers
1- What was Augustus?
-He was a hopeless artist.
2- What kind of life did Augustus lead? Why?
-He led a miserable life because he couldn’t sell his pictures.
3- What did Augustus think the stronger was?
-He thought the stranger was a doctor sent by a so - called friend to save him from his suffering.
4- How did Augustus describe his friends?
-He described them as so-called.
5- Why did Augustus get a prize?
-He got a prize for a drawing of an animal.
6- When did Augustus win a prize?
-At the age of seven.
7- How did Augustus parents encourage him?
-They provided him with pencils and paper they gave him the chance to study under great painters.
8- How did Augustus start his career as an artist?
-He started his business as a painter of people and painted eleven pictures of his face, but he failed to sell any of them.
9- Why didn’t Augustus succeed as a painter of people?
-Because he only painted pictures of his face and none wanted to buy them.
10-What did Augustus decide to do when he failed to sell any of his pictures?
-He turned from painting people to painting the country. He painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window.
11-What was the result of painting the country?
-He didn’t sell any of them.
12-Why did Augustus turn to painting the country?
-Because nobody wanted to buy the pictures of his face.
13-Why did Augustus decide to take to bed?
-Because he failed to sell any of his paintings all his attempts to earn a living failed too.
14-Why wasn’t the stranger interested in listening to Augustus’ story?
-Because he wasn’t a doctor.
15- What did the stranger want from Augustus? -Why did the stranger visit Augustus?
-He came to take the bed, which wasn’t paid for.
16-What kind of person was the stranger that visited Augustus?
-He was uncaring about Augustus ’ miserable state.
17-How many paintings of the county did Augustus paint?
-He painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window but he sold nothing.
18-What was Augustus decision when he failed to sell his paintings?
-He decided to take to his bed and never rise again.
19-Why did Augustus draw pictures for the newspapers?
-Because he needed money and he was almost hungry.
20-What was the stranger’s purpose of visiting Augustus?
-To take the bed away because it wasn’t paid for.
Quotations
(1) "So, I gave up the struggle. My heart was broken and I determined to take to my bed"
a) Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus to the visitor
b) What did the speaker struggle for?
-Earning his living by selling his drawings.
- Why did he give up the struggle?
Because he became more and more hopeless. -
(2) "May I mention that there is a certain repetition in your remarks"
- Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus Pokewhistle to the visitor.
b) What did the speaker mean by saying so?
-He meant that he wanted to finish the story of his life first without being interrupted.
(3) NO body came to have their pictures painted, and I had no desire to paint any more of my self?
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-Augustus pokewhistle to his visitor.
-Why couldn’t he sell his drawings?
-Because he wasn’t a gifted artist insisting on drawing pictures of his own face.
C) Was it possible for him to give up his career? Why?
-No, it was impossible, because he found real pleasure in doing this.
(4)" If I had the soul of a true artist, I would have died rather than do such a thing"
a -Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus to his visitor.
-Is it easy for on artist to sell his soul?
-No, it isn’t easy for on artist to sell his soul.
c -Why did the speaker have to do that?
-To get money so as not to be hungry.
Complete the following sentences : -
1-At the age of seven, Augusts........... .
-Won aprize for a drawing of an animal.
2-Augusts’ visitor had come in order to........... .
-Take away the bed, which wasn’t paid for.
3-Augusts described his friends as........... .
-Interfering ones.
4-On receiving his drawing again, Augustus................
-Became more and more disheartened.
5-Augusts could neither sell the seven pictures of the view from the front window nor.............
-The nine pictures of the view from the back window.
6-Augusts sent thirty or forty drawing to the newspaper, but.............. .
-He didn’t get any money; he just got his drawings back.
7-In the end, the man from the furniture shop.................
-Disclosed his identity.
8-Being unsuccessful, Auguts turned form painting people to .............. .
-Painting the country.
9-To test his drawings, Augusts.................
-Placed them in a line in front of his cat.
10-It was Augusts’ fault that................. .
-He hadn’t a wife and little children.
11-Augusts got no money even after.............. .
-He had sold his soul for money.
(2)I never forget a face
Vocabulary: -
يخمن
Guess
ينسى
Forget
غير ودود
Unfriendly
يتذكر
Remember
وافد
New comer
مشكله
Trouble
يهمل
Neglect
يعانى من
Suffer from
مريح
Comfortable
يتعرف على
Recognize
لا يرغب
Unwilling
صحفي
Reporter
استمر في
Went on
مهارة
Skill
حفره
Ditch
ذاكره
Memory
صداع
Headache
يربط
Connect
يبلغ
Report
الريف
The country
عنف
Violence
مكان
Place
سرقه
Robbery
يقلع عن
Give up
مطلوب من اجل
Wanted for
يفخر ب
Boast of
الشروع في قتل
Attempted murder
طيب القلب
Kind hearted
متعب
Troublesome
يشتكى
Complain
توصيله
Lift
جار
Neighbour
على العموم
On the whole
بالتدريج
Gradually
Summary of the story
-The narrator tells us that he has a good memory for faces and a weak one for names.
He never forgets a face he saw but his trouble was that he couldn’t remember names. His good memory for faces enabled him to do a lot of business .He always connected a face with a place. His wife told him that he could work as a reporter for newspapers .He said that he wouldn’t succeed because he would know that famous people but he wouldn’t remember their names. -The writer worked in London and lived at "Barfield" a village forty minutes from London by train and a mile from the railway station. A lot of people traveled to London most days. He knew people of Barfield by face but he couldn’t remember their names. His wife complained that he didn’t know the names of their neighbours.
-Once he was coming back from London on a late train. At first the train was crowded but two stops before Barfield station "at Ellingham
"there were only two in the carriage, the writer and a man from Barfield the writer told the stranger a lot about himself but the stranger talked very little the writer thought that the stranger lived in the cheap houses by the bus stop, so he couldn’t own a car.
-On reaching the station, the weather was very bad, so the writer offered to give him a lift to the village the man accepted the offer.
-On their way to Barfield, the man asked the writer to drop him off the writer was astonished but he slowed down and stopped. Suddenly the man hit the writer at the back of his head, took his gold watch, and stole the car, the new umbrella and his money. When the writer came to himself .He went to the police station to report the robbery. There, he saw the man’s picture on the wall outside and read under it "wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder".
Questions & Answers
1-What does the writer forget?
-He forgets names.
2-What does the writer remember?
-He remembers faces.
3-What was strange about the writer?
-He never forgot a face he once met or remembered a name.
4-What was the writer’s trouble?
-He couldn’t remember names.
5-What was the narrator’s job?
-He was a businessman.
6-How did the writer’s trouble with names put him in troubles?
-He forgot the names of his clients, so he lost good business.
7-How could the writer over come his trouble of names?
-He connected the face with the place where he had seen it.
8-What did the writer’s wife complain of?
-She said that her husband didn’t know the names of his their neighbours.
9-Why did the writer boast of his business in front of his fellow?
-To tempt to talk about himself.
10-Why was the stranger on the train unwilling to talk much?
-He seemed as if he had been working too hard lately.
11-What did the writer offer the stranger?
-He offered to give him a lift to bar field.
12-How did the village people treat new comers to Barfield?
-They treated them unfriendly.
13-How did you know that the writer was kind- hearted?
-When the weather was very bad, he offered the stranger a lift to Barfield.
14-What did the stranger do when the writer stopped?
-The stranger hit the writer on the back of his head and pushed him out of the car. He took his money, his gold watch, his umbrella and the car.
15-What surprise did the writer find out when he went to the police station?
-He saw the picture of the stranger on the outside wall and it was written under it "wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder".
16-What was the stranger wanted for?
-He was wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder.
Quotations
(1)-"the annoying thing was that I couldn’t remember where I know this fellow’s face from”.
a -Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-What did his face tell him?
-His face was connected with bard field.
-Through reading the story, where did the writer see the stranger every day for a week?
-Outside the police station as his picture was hung on the wall.
(2)-" I’ve got my car in the station yard, and if you’re in one of those small houses I can take you there".
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to the stranger.
-What did the writer offer him?
-He offered him a lift.
-What did this show?
-This showed that the writer was a kind- hearted man.
(3)- "But with a little skill one can usually get out of the difficulty in one way or another".
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-Which difficulty did he refer to?
-His inability to remember names.
-How did the writer over come this?
-By creating a story of his own. Also by connecting a face with a place.
(4)- "I like the place although it’s only forty minutes from London".
-Who was the speaker to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-Which place did he like?
-His village Bardfield.
-How long had he been living there?
-Since the Second World War.
Complete
1- The writer’s memory for faces was so remarkable that....................
-His wife had often commented that he ought to have become a reporter.
2-It was difficult for the writer to make the stranger talk because.................
-The man was abit tired as if he had been working too hard.
3-After he had been hit on the head, the writer....................
-Found himself lying in a ditch in the rain with a badheadache.
4-Due to the bad weather, the writer...............
-Offered the stranger a lift.
5-When the writer reached the police station, he discovered.....................
-Where he saw that man as his picture was on the wall outside the police station.
6-To force the stranger to talk, the writer...................
-Boasted about his work to make him boast in vain.
7-The writer started to read his paper when.........................
-He failed to make the stranger talk.
8-The writer was astonished when the stranger....................
-Asked him to let him get out of the car in a place where there wasn’t a house with in five hundred yards.
9- The writer didn’t expect that....................
-The stranger who lived in a cheap house owned a car.
10-The stranger was so fast asleep that..................
-He didn’t wake although the train stopped rather suddenly.
Vocabulary: -
يقوم
Rise
يفترض
Suppose
يرغب
Desire
ينقذ
Save
جائزة
Prize
فنان
Artist
يرسم
Paint
ضخم
Immense
يمد ب
Provide...with
سراً
Secretly
الكثير من
Plenty of
يرسم
Draw
الوالدين
Parents
صورة مرسومة
Drawing
فرصة
Chance
مهتم
Interested in
الريف
The Country
لا يبالى
Uncaring
يعلق
Hang
الجمهور
The public
منظر
View
حشري / متطفل
Interfering
أنسى نفسي
Forget myself
مزعوم
So- Called
قاسى
Severe
ينوى
Intend
روح
Soul
يربى
Bring up
محبط
Disheartened
بلطف - برقه
Delicately
يمل من
Get tired of
يلزم الفراش
Take to bed
لم يدفع ثمنه
Isn’t paid for
أثاث
Furniture
يقرر
Decide
يترك
Give up
Summary of the story
- Augustus Pokewistle was a hopeless artist because he failed to sell any of his paintings.
He was lying in bed when a stranger visited him. He thought the stranger to be a doctor sent by a so-called friend to save him from his suffering, so he started to tell him the story. - Augustus said that when he was seven, he got a prize for a drawing of an animal though he intended to show sunset over London. His parents encouraged him to paint and provided him with pencils and paper. They gave him the chance to study under great painters.
- At the age of twenty-one, he started business as a painter of people. He painted eleven pictures of his face, but he failed to sell any of them. They are hung on the wall in the sitting room.
- Augustus failed in painting people, so he stopped painting people and turned to painting the country he painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window but he sold nothing.
- TO get money, Augustus decided to forget his soul and drew pictures for newspapers but he got no money. He just got his drawings back. He said that his drawings for the newspapers were so funny that his cat laughed until it became ill.
- Augustus was disheartened and tried drawing for advertisements but he just received some samples then he decided to take to bed and never rise again but the stranger told him that he would make him rise because the stranger came from a furniture shop to take the bed back as it wasn’t paid for.
Questions & Answers
1- What was Augustus?
-He was a hopeless artist.
2- What kind of life did Augustus lead? Why?
-He led a miserable life because he couldn’t sell his pictures.
3- What did Augustus think the stronger was?
-He thought the stranger was a doctor sent by a so - called friend to save him from his suffering.
4- How did Augustus describe his friends?
-He described them as so-called.
5- Why did Augustus get a prize?
-He got a prize for a drawing of an animal.
6- When did Augustus win a prize?
-At the age of seven.
7- How did Augustus parents encourage him?
-They provided him with pencils and paper they gave him the chance to study under great painters.
8- How did Augustus start his career as an artist?
-He started his business as a painter of people and painted eleven pictures of his face, but he failed to sell any of them.
9- Why didn’t Augustus succeed as a painter of people?
-Because he only painted pictures of his face and none wanted to buy them.
10-What did Augustus decide to do when he failed to sell any of his pictures?
-He turned from painting people to painting the country. He painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window.
11-What was the result of painting the country?
-He didn’t sell any of them.
12-Why did Augustus turn to painting the country?
-Because nobody wanted to buy the pictures of his face.
13-Why did Augustus decide to take to bed?
-Because he failed to sell any of his paintings all his attempts to earn a living failed too.
14-Why wasn’t the stranger interested in listening to Augustus’ story?
-Because he wasn’t a doctor.
15- What did the stranger want from Augustus? -Why did the stranger visit Augustus?
-He came to take the bed, which wasn’t paid for.
16-What kind of person was the stranger that visited Augustus?
-He was uncaring about Augustus ’ miserable state.
17-How many paintings of the county did Augustus paint?
-He painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window but he sold nothing.
18-What was Augustus decision when he failed to sell his paintings?
-He decided to take to his bed and never rise again.
19-Why did Augustus draw pictures for the newspapers?
-Because he needed money and he was almost hungry.
20-What was the stranger’s purpose of visiting Augustus?
-To take the bed away because it wasn’t paid for.
Quotations
(1) "So, I gave up the struggle. My heart was broken and I determined to take to my bed"
a) Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus to the visitor
b) What did the speaker struggle for?
-Earning his living by selling his drawings.
- Why did he give up the struggle?
Because he became more and more hopeless. -
(2) "May I mention that there is a certain repetition in your remarks"
- Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus Pokewhistle to the visitor.
b) What did the speaker mean by saying so?
-He meant that he wanted to finish the story of his life first without being interrupted.
(3) NO body came to have their pictures painted, and I had no desire to paint any more of my self?
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-Augustus pokewhistle to his visitor.
-Why couldn’t he sell his drawings?
-Because he wasn’t a gifted artist insisting on drawing pictures of his own face.
C) Was it possible for him to give up his career? Why?
-No, it was impossible, because he found real pleasure in doing this.
(4)" If I had the soul of a true artist, I would have died rather than do such a thing"
a -Who was the speaker, to whom?
Augustus to his visitor.
-Is it easy for on artist to sell his soul?
-No, it isn’t easy for on artist to sell his soul.
c -Why did the speaker have to do that?
-To get money so as not to be hungry.
Complete the following sentences : -
1-At the age of seven, Augusts........... .
-Won aprize for a drawing of an animal.
2-Augusts’ visitor had come in order to........... .
-Take away the bed, which wasn’t paid for.
3-Augusts described his friends as........... .
-Interfering ones.
4-On receiving his drawing again, Augustus................
-Became more and more disheartened.
5-Augusts could neither sell the seven pictures of the view from the front window nor.............
-The nine pictures of the view from the back window.
6-Augusts sent thirty or forty drawing to the newspaper, but.............. .
-He didn’t get any money; he just got his drawings back.
7-In the end, the man from the furniture shop.................
-Disclosed his identity.
8-Being unsuccessful, Auguts turned form painting people to .............. .
-Painting the country.
9-To test his drawings, Augusts.................
-Placed them in a line in front of his cat.
10-It was Augusts’ fault that................. .
-He hadn’t a wife and little children.
11-Augusts got no money even after.............. .
-He had sold his soul for money.
(2)I never forget a face
Vocabulary: -
يخمن
Guess
ينسى
Forget
غير ودود
Unfriendly
يتذكر
Remember
وافد
New comer
مشكله
Trouble
يهمل
Neglect
يعانى من
Suffer from
مريح
Comfortable
يتعرف على
Recognize
لا يرغب
Unwilling
صحفي
Reporter
استمر في
Went on
مهارة
Skill
حفره
Ditch
ذاكره
Memory
صداع
Headache
يربط
Connect
يبلغ
Report
الريف
The country
عنف
Violence
مكان
Place
سرقه
Robbery
يقلع عن
Give up
مطلوب من اجل
Wanted for
يفخر ب
Boast of
الشروع في قتل
Attempted murder
طيب القلب
Kind hearted
متعب
Troublesome
يشتكى
Complain
توصيله
Lift
جار
Neighbour
على العموم
On the whole
بالتدريج
Gradually
Summary of the story
-The narrator tells us that he has a good memory for faces and a weak one for names.
He never forgets a face he saw but his trouble was that he couldn’t remember names. His good memory for faces enabled him to do a lot of business .He always connected a face with a place. His wife told him that he could work as a reporter for newspapers .He said that he wouldn’t succeed because he would know that famous people but he wouldn’t remember their names. -The writer worked in London and lived at "Barfield" a village forty minutes from London by train and a mile from the railway station. A lot of people traveled to London most days. He knew people of Barfield by face but he couldn’t remember their names. His wife complained that he didn’t know the names of their neighbours.
-Once he was coming back from London on a late train. At first the train was crowded but two stops before Barfield station "at Ellingham
"there were only two in the carriage, the writer and a man from Barfield the writer told the stranger a lot about himself but the stranger talked very little the writer thought that the stranger lived in the cheap houses by the bus stop, so he couldn’t own a car.
-On reaching the station, the weather was very bad, so the writer offered to give him a lift to the village the man accepted the offer.
-On their way to Barfield, the man asked the writer to drop him off the writer was astonished but he slowed down and stopped. Suddenly the man hit the writer at the back of his head, took his gold watch, and stole the car, the new umbrella and his money. When the writer came to himself .He went to the police station to report the robbery. There, he saw the man’s picture on the wall outside and read under it "wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder".
Questions & Answers
1-What does the writer forget?
-He forgets names.
2-What does the writer remember?
-He remembers faces.
3-What was strange about the writer?
-He never forgot a face he once met or remembered a name.
4-What was the writer’s trouble?
-He couldn’t remember names.
5-What was the narrator’s job?
-He was a businessman.
6-How did the writer’s trouble with names put him in troubles?
-He forgot the names of his clients, so he lost good business.
7-How could the writer over come his trouble of names?
-He connected the face with the place where he had seen it.
8-What did the writer’s wife complain of?
-She said that her husband didn’t know the names of his their neighbours.
9-Why did the writer boast of his business in front of his fellow?
-To tempt to talk about himself.
10-Why was the stranger on the train unwilling to talk much?
-He seemed as if he had been working too hard lately.
11-What did the writer offer the stranger?
-He offered to give him a lift to bar field.
12-How did the village people treat new comers to Barfield?
-They treated them unfriendly.
13-How did you know that the writer was kind- hearted?
-When the weather was very bad, he offered the stranger a lift to Barfield.
14-What did the stranger do when the writer stopped?
-The stranger hit the writer on the back of his head and pushed him out of the car. He took his money, his gold watch, his umbrella and the car.
15-What surprise did the writer find out when he went to the police station?
-He saw the picture of the stranger on the outside wall and it was written under it "wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder".
16-What was the stranger wanted for?
-He was wanted for robbery with violence and attempted murder.
Quotations
(1)-"the annoying thing was that I couldn’t remember where I know this fellow’s face from”.
a -Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-What did his face tell him?
-His face was connected with bard field.
-Through reading the story, where did the writer see the stranger every day for a week?
-Outside the police station as his picture was hung on the wall.
(2)-" I’ve got my car in the station yard, and if you’re in one of those small houses I can take you there".
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to the stranger.
-What did the writer offer him?
-He offered him a lift.
-What did this show?
-This showed that the writer was a kind- hearted man.
(3)- "But with a little skill one can usually get out of the difficulty in one way or another".
-Who was the speaker, to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-Which difficulty did he refer to?
-His inability to remember names.
-How did the writer over come this?
-By creating a story of his own. Also by connecting a face with a place.
(4)- "I like the place although it’s only forty minutes from London".
-Who was the speaker to whom?
-The writer to himself.
-Which place did he like?
-His village Bardfield.
-How long had he been living there?
-Since the Second World War.
Complete
1- The writer’s memory for faces was so remarkable that....................
-His wife had often commented that he ought to have become a reporter.
2-It was difficult for the writer to make the stranger talk because.................
-The man was abit tired as if he had been working too hard.
3-After he had been hit on the head, the writer....................
-Found himself lying in a ditch in the rain with a badheadache.
4-Due to the bad weather, the writer...............
-Offered the stranger a lift.
5-When the writer reached the police station, he discovered.....................
-Where he saw that man as his picture was on the wall outside the police station.
6-To force the stranger to talk, the writer...................
-Boasted about his work to make him boast in vain.
7-The writer started to read his paper when.........................
-He failed to make the stranger talk.
8-The writer was astonished when the stranger....................
-Asked him to let him get out of the car in a place where there wasn’t a house with in five hundred yards.
9- The writer didn’t expect that....................
-The stranger who lived in a cheap house owned a car.
10-The stranger was so fast asleep that..................
-He didn’t wake although the train stopped rather suddenly.