1. Introductory remarks
2. Integrated structure
3. Questions for discussion
4. Detailed study of the text
Paraphrase the following sentences.
1. The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.
2. Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant.
Key:
1. Ogilvie said these words with great contempt and sudden rudeness as if he was spitting. He threw away his pretended politeness.
2. The Duchess was a good actor and she appeared so firm about their innocence for a brief moment. Ogilvie felt unsure if his assumption about their crime was right. But the moment was very short and passed quickly.
Read the following paragraph carefully and see if you can find the dominant impression of this paragraph.
Please help me find my dog. He is a mongrel with the head of a poodle and the body of a wolf hound, and his fur is patchy and dingy-gray. He has only three legs, but despite his arthritis, he uses them pretty well to hobble around and scratch his fleas and mange. His one seeing eye is cloudy, so he runs with his head sideways. He ragged, twisted ears enable him to hear loud sounds, which startle his troubled nervous system and cause hem to howl pitifully. If you give him a scrap of food, he will gum it up rapidly and try to wag his broken tail. He answers to the name of Lucky.
Key:
From the description we can easily conclude that the dog is misery or unlucky. In this short paragraph, the author carefully selects the details to support such a dominant impression and omit those details which are incongruent with it.
