Moby-Dlck

'Myfriend Qr.teeqrrer¡ ,ulrl

work,' lshmael s,rys.
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Moby-D¡ck
lshmael is a sailor frorl Nr,w York Wrllr(Jrrr,r,r¡rrr,,¡ "t-: 'i,r
the harpooner, llc t¡kes work orr ( ,rlrl,rrr Alr,rl,,, ro,, r"
whaling-ship, Peqrrorl. llrr, ,,lrr¡r',, lr,,l nr,rtr,.
Lhr: v),
Starbuck, wants to llLlltt wll,llr',, lr¡r llrr,rr lrl llrl
Captain Ahab isn't inturr,sltrl. lrr tlrr,lrrl¡t lrr ,r
white whale twenty years o,llir,l, llrl r,r¡rl,rrrr lu,.t
a leg. So now Ahab wants r.e vcrlrlt, orr llrr, v,,lrrtl
whale - Moby-Dick!
Who lives? Who dies? Anti wll,rt lr,i¡r¡rlrr,, trr
lsh mael?

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Ishmael Eoes to sea
1 Match the words and pictures. Use a dictionary and look at the story to help you.

E aI whale
Ít
¡tr sailor

. -.. -r'r'lr n¡+ *EB,*H'' cE captain

*'ffi,
::¡;..::tag:.i.¿,
]ffi-''i+'', .- ",,,i$.#m,mr
¿tr harpooner

a eE ship

rI ocean
é
,l# etr mate

tr
#r'
4
port a town near
'Call me Ishmael,' the young American says when he the sea where
ships can stop
begins his story on the Rachel... ocean a big sea
What do you think happens in the story? Complete the sentences with the words
from Activity l. whale a very big

*u'r It is 1t145, in the port of Bedlbrd. Bedford is in North anlm¿l that lives ir'¡

a lshmael, a young Amerlcan

f America. near the Atlh'tic Ocean. Ishmael is from New
the sea and looks
llke a fish

comes from New York.

b He wants to go to sea, and kill a . . .

)$ '0,
{
fi York. He is interested in whales. He wants to sail the sea,
sail to qo across
the water
fl
and learn more about them. So he goes to Bedlbrd, and whaling when
c One night, he makes a friend called Queequeg you kill whales; for
loohs for whaling work there. killing whales
Queequeg is a ... . .

But there are no whaling ships in Bedford harbor that ship you use a
d lshmael and Queequeg hear of a
shrp to go across
the Pequod, in Nantucket.
day. Ishmael must stay the night in Bedford, and loo[< tl¡e water
again the next day. He walks through the streets. It is a harbor ships
They want to go and meet Ahab, the .,4ttu;l
"&t t*.04 stop here
....ofthe Pequod. cold evening. Where can he sleep?
inn anodn¿nle
Starbuck, the first. ... on Ahab's ship s:§t{"1 Near the harbor, he finds an old inn. He goes in, and for a hotel
says,'We're looking for sailorsl speaks to the landlord, Peter Coffin. 'I'm a sailor, and new landlord thls
man has an inn,
lshmael and his friend go across the Atlantic in town. I'd like a room for the night.' and works thete

.... on the Pequod.

empty i 'l'hc I¿rncllrlril s¿lvs,'Illlrnr. Iclon't hirvc un-1, crnr)rv r-()( )rrs 'l'hcrc is only onc bccl in thc roorlr. Isllnrirt'l slct'¡rs irr il
tlrl) I !'.,
ILr tir I l| t to,ight, but yo¡1 c¿tn st¿ly in (]uecqucg s roo.l. llr,'s ,rrI that night with Quccqueg. But Queequeg is a big nrrur, ¿rrrrl
harpoon ptlp." nrlw. llut he's a sailor, too.' there isn'1 much ol the bed lcrr Ishmael.
Ii ] l,,,ir¡ ¡: ,,'irlt
'OK,'Ishrn¿rei say5. Hc gives,to,e\/ 1, NIr ('rllirr
lll r iLril,t, Ti- | lirr-¡ll. At brc:¿ikl¿rst thc ncxt ntorning, (lueec¡ucg, irnrl
llri¡r
night.'l'hc l¿urcllol'cl t¿rhcs lrinr r-rp kr (]trcec¡rrcg, s rorrrr, irrtl talli.'l'l-rcy Iaugh ¿rbourt thc night bclure.
lc¿rvcs hint therc. 'I come liom l(okor¡oli. in the South P¿rcil'ic,' (]trcrcclucg
Ishm¿rel is tired. He goes to bcd at oncr,. Soon lrr,is s¿rys. 'One day I r,r,ant to go back to m5, people, ancl help
slceping. Later that night, he her¿rrs a ltoisc. ilt,sils tr¡r them. But lor now. I'm a r,r,h¿rlcr. You ¿urd I ¿rre brothcrs
sucldcrrly ir-r bed.'l'herrc is a big rn¿rn in lrrt'rornr r,i,irlr ir nor,r,,' hc srniles. Ishm¿rc'lis l-ra¡rpy with his ncn Iricncl.
h:rrpoon in his h¿rntl. 'l'hcy lc:irvc: thc inn, ¿rrtcl visit I'rccllirrd h¿rrbur. 13u1 again
'Who ¿trc yrr-r? ,,\ncl what ¿rre 1,orr cloing r,t,itlr tlrirl
thcre arc no lvhaling ships. I'hen ¿rn oicl sailor sees
harpoon2 Help!' Ishm¿rel crics.
Qucequeg's harpoon. Are you two looking {br r,vhaling
The landlorcl colnes to thc door o1'thc r,r,r.,'l,lris is r,r,ork?' hc ¿rsks.
(]trccclueg. Hc ¿rlrt,¿rJ¡s h¿rs lh¿rt hirr¡toon r,r,itll llilll
lrt,t,irust.
hcr's hurpooncr!' I)ctcr (tof'fin laughs. 'l)on't [rt' irli-¿rirl ,l'
¿r

him. Ite's OI(.' jr ,a:ti;:t

l
. iit:ii::i)
r='i:i+
 'Ycs,' thcy ¿lns\ Ier. 'Yes,' lshrnacl ¿rnswers.
''l'hen go to Nantuckel the nearest big porl.'l,lrt, /l,r¡rrorl
- 'Good,' Starbuch says. 'We have lour lthaling
b«r¿rts
is there this r,t¡eek. She's a whaling ship, and hcr c,¡rl:ri.,s
captain the inotl ,n the Pequod. Threc boats h¿rve ¿l mate, fbur rol'.rs. ¿rncl
lffloti¡ftt pei5oT lool<ing lbr sailors.'
r)r I sltip
a harpooncr. 'l'he fburtl-r bo¿r1 is for Cerptain Ah¿rb. you
'What's his r-l¿tmc?' lshrn¿lcl ¿rsl<s.
strange Ii)i i'¿r. bc a rowcr in rny boat. Ishm¿rcl. And I nccrcl ¿l .cw
Lrl,rt,ri Ahab" the s¿rilor a.swers. 'He's a gr«lcl cirpririr, irrrl ¿r harpooner, Queequeg.'l'his rnan is one of our harpooners,
on board o¡ ot good harpooncr. But he's a strange nt¿ut.'
orll0, a 5h p Loo.'llashtego, meet Queequeg.'
'Let's go to Nantucl<et tomorrow,'eueeclucg
mate of -. if ihe tr:lls Isll,r¿r.1. Tashtego is a tall man r,r¡ith long, black hair. He says hello
llost iIll)ortdrtt
)rrol)lit t)l] ,l !ltrll
The next day, tl-rey sail to l[antucliet.,l,ltc 11,r1rr,rl is i, to Qucequeg.
I

,rlL{,r llt(, (,tl)i.tirl thc h¿rrb,r 1hcre. 'l-hcy go on board, bu1 llrr'-v t'irrrrrr st't' 'l'hc ncxt clay, thc sailors' I'alrilics crontc ¿utcl say gooclbyc.
friendly n le
,rnd opi:n wiilr
ciaptain Ahab. so they speark to StarbLrcli. Slirrbrt.li. is rlrt' 'lhe Pequotl is lcaving Nantucl<et. She's going to sea Íbr lbur
llcrop e I'equorl's first m¿rte. Hc is ¿r friendly m¿rn.
years. So the sailors' farnilies ¿rre sad.
Ishmacl isn't sad. Hc's exciled. But he has rtrany questions boat r liLt i' :lr ¡r
in his hcacl: 'Whcrc is Ctrptain Ahab? ls hc in his cabin? sad rrorr,,tDlrv
And whcn is he g.ing 1o c,mc arncl spearr to his ,ren?' Ill'il,,] """

/6ñ--

,d

'My liic:nd (]uecclueg and I are kroliing lor wlrirlirrg

fow to move r,r¡ork,' Ishmael says.
a bo.:t throuqh "1'hat's good. Becaruse we're looking fcrr sailors,'Starbucli
w¡ter !sln(t loll{l
pir:cr.s of r'r,ortd tells him. 'Young rn¿llt, can you row?'
 i'tr,lil lr r,lllr,

REA§I}IG (H[(K 2 Use the words in the whale to complete the sentences.

Match the people in Chapter 1 with the sentences.You can use some names more
than once.

Ishmael Queequeg Captain

Ahab

PeterCoffin , Tashtego Starbuck

a QueeXUg$. comes from Kokovok in the South Pacific.

b ..... .....laughswhen lshmaelis afraid of Queequeg.

c An old sailor tells . . and . . about the Pequod
d -... ...,,givesworktolshmaeland.hisfriend.
e They meet. . . a tall man wlth long, black hair.
f lshmael cannot see .. on the Pequod in Nantucket.
g ..... ." ... is excited and happy when the Pequod goes to sea.
a There are many sailors in Bedford because it is a..... pgft
WORD }IJ$RK b There are no. . .. . : . . . . . . ... .. . rooms that night at the inn.

Find words from Chapter 1 to match the pictures.

C Mr Starbuck is a nice, ...... . ... man.
d Starbuck is the first .. on the Pequod.
e Ahab is a good captain, but he is a cold, . .... ... .. man.
i When lshmael first goes . .the Pequod, he does not see Ahab.
I lshmael wants to .. the sea and look for whales.

a boat GUE55 WHAT

wffiE
What happens in the next chapter? Tick two boxes to finish each sentence.

a fl sees Captain Ahab. a I talks about Moby,Dick.

b I learns more about the captain. UI Srarbuck.
l<¡tts

d ___ e ___ f ___-____ c E k¡llsawhale. c E goes out in a boat.

 'Look, men! See Moby-Dick - the white whalc I'irsl, irncl
TIIf,PTER A
this coin is for you! I hate that white monster. ancl I w¿rnt hate ¡ot to llke
deck where you
walk on a ship;
ships have two or
Ishmael's first whale-hunt his life!' monster
sorreon.ó ot
more of tlrese, one
'Captain,' St¿rrbuck says, 'how can you h¿rtc al-r olcl sometlring Ihat
r.l¡d."r the other Alter a week ¿lt sea, Captain Ahab comes on dccl(. llc is ¿r whale? It's not right!'
doc,s bacl llrinqs,
or th¿t is b¡d to
scar a mark oir
your body from
t¿rll, old man. He has cold eyes, and a scar on his I¿rcc. All 'See this whalebone leg, Mr Starbuck!' Ahab answers. look ¡r
an old cut the s¿rilors on the Pequod are afraid of him. 'Moby-Dich must die for that. Are you with me, men?' life what you live
bone a h¿rd,
'Look at his leg,' Ishmael tells Queequeg. 'It's a rvhale's hunt to look for
white thinq in the 'Yes!' the sailors cry, and klll ¿nimals;
body
bone! And his face is angry. Why?' 'Captain,' Starbuck says, 'our work is hunting whales, when yoLr look for
and krl ¿nrmals; to
crew a I the
peop e who work
'Call the crew on deck,'Ahab quickly serys to St¿rrbr-rcli, not looking for revenge. And the oceans are big. How c¿rn look for someor¡e
or something
on a ship
the first mate. we find one whale in all that water?'
gold an expensive revenge when
ye low metal Ahab smiles at the sailors when they arrive. Ife has ¿r 'We can, Mr Starbuck,' Ahab says coldly. 'That white you do somethrng
bad to someone
coin meta money gold coin in his hand. monster can't always run away from me. Twenty years is after they do
sornething bad
a long time, but I want revenge.' to you

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Il
knife (¡rlrrrrl 'l'h¿rt cvcning, Ishrn¿rcl ¿rshs ¿rn older sailor
knives) you tut
¿rborl M«rby- Late the next day, Ishmael sees his first whale-hunt. mast ¿ralrhins
thinqs with this Dick. The old man tells the story: Tashtego is up on the mast, and he cries, 'Look! Whales!' il:[::';:§."
It's 7825, and we're near fapan. We,re lruuilitry¡ tlrc The men run to their boats. But what is this? Five strange sits and looks out
white whale with Captain Ahab. men in black clothes are helping Captain Ahab inro his f.jT:,X*o''
Moby-Dick is under the sea near our boat, W r:ltil st,r, boat, too. throw ro move
him, but we're waiting quietly for him. 'Good for him!'the second mate laughs. 'Four boats are il[:$ifl..,
Suddenly, our boat moves up. Moby-Dick is cornirtpl u¡s better than three!' YthYourhand
under us! Some nten cry out. Soon we,re all in the watttr. Starbuck says nothing. After Ahab's talk of revenge, the tait the tons
Ahab isn't afraid. He gets on the whale, s batil< witlt u knife first mate is not happy about this evening's whale-hunt. *;;::Jffil1r,
in his hand. He brings the knife down into the whalt's bod¡¡ Soon the boats are rowing fast after the whales. The
many times.' Die, Moby-Dick, you monster!, he cri as. fastest boat of all has Ahab in it.
The white whale looks at Ahab. He takes Almb,s leg Ishmael and Queequeg are in Starbuck's boat. The
angrily in his mouth. Then he closes his moutlt on it. The
captain can't stop him, Soon aJter we bring Ahab bat* to but they cannot see it. Suddenly Queequeg "'4,mI,'

our ship. We take him to his cabin, and put hint on

we stands up. He throws his harpoon at the i

his bed. 'Moby-Dickhas my leg!' he cries. ,He mttst tlie whale, but he does not kill it. The whale
for this!' From that day, Captain Ahab,s life changes. hits the boat angrily with its tail.
h_ Now he never stops thinking of Moby-Dick. He After that, Starbuck's boat begins
;, wants revenge! to go down. They can't row back
to the Pequod now Just then,
--*1 somebody in the boat cries,
'Oh, no!Look!'
-'
..- - .!-
The Pequod is
coming right at
them. She's going
to hit them!

,.¡r,t'l''
 §?§&§§f'{d; fl$"{ffiflffi

Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.

True False
a Ahab wants to kill Moby-Dick. útr d Be carefull That man has a life in his hand
b Moby-Dick has Ahab's arm. Ttr
c Ahab wants to give money to his men for finding Moby_Dick. rtr
¿l:
d Starbuck wanrs ro find and kill Moby-Dick. Ttr
e Ahab has a boat, and ten strange sailors. utr
f Queequeg does not kill the whale. Itr
g The whale hits Starbuck's boat
rt] e She is wearinq beautiful
h Starbuck's boat can go back tofhe pequod. Ttr c/ocks

klJ*ffi* W*ffiñ{
correct the sentences about the pictures with words from
chapter 2.

life f My cat's rable is very long

a Some people have a lonq kaife.

i;:l;
l:
i
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b I here ¿re a lot ol phones in ¿ mans foor. li
, ,i*
v:
E§§ tf,t§{A?

/'' I What happens in the next chapter? Choose the words to complete the sentences.
\ \§/
(y^fr _, a Starbuck's men are all alive I dead.
\'.,*.,,
' '§::r' :' b Tashtego sees somethin g black / white in the water
c The men are happy / nat happy after they kill a whale.
d Ahab is ¡nterested / not ¡nterested ln his men's work.
e Tashtego falls into the sea I captain's baat.
c This coar is very old f lshmael wants to kill / helpfashtego.

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13
 Ishmacl is aliaicl ol' lreclall¿rh. 'l'hc sailors tcll strirngt'
TIIf,PTEN 3
storics about him. tredallah can sce into thc firturc, sontc
§omething terrible in the ocean of them say.
Onc ¿rlternoon, Tashtego is up on thc mast. Strclclcr-rly,
'Into thc water, rnenl lrast!' St¿rrbucl< crics. At once, all
the thc nrcn clown ou thc clccli hcar his cry.'l,ot¡li! 'l'hclrc's
s¿rilors lronr his boat fump into the ocean. scconcls l¿rter.
sornethir-rg big ancl white in the w¿rter! lt's lVloby-l)iclil'
the Peqtntl goes ovcr their boat. But Starbuck is happy 'Into tl-rc boats. men.'Ahab cries to thc cren. 'Remember future 1i,e 1 f,.
Lll.rl i5 ao¡r rrl
jump bec¿ruse all his men are alive. They swim quickly ovcr to
to move that gold coin!' terrible ,,,r'r, ,¡il
quick y [ronr
the ship, and go on bo¿rrd.
{)nc tItin(] 1{) ¡ But whcn thc l¡oats arrive at the whitc tl-ring. they lind giant r,,,rr, 1r rr
rlrlktrr:nl i lti¡q Alter that, tl-rc ship sails dowr-l 1o 1he south ol' Alj"ic¿r.
no rvh¿rlc. I1 is sonrcthing nrorc terrible a giant whitc squid i1ri171,¡1

swim i0 (l(l 'l'he crew ol Ah¿rb's bo¿rt colne out on clecl< then. All ol' squid) ,r irrrrl I r ir
tirough thr vratcr squid. Its many ¿lrrns ¿lr-e nroving ¿rrouncl wilh the tt¡atcr. ii.¿ ¡¡ |r,r \i ltl'
rnov nq yoLrr ltcCy them are wearing black clothes. Their master is Feclallah. tiqht .:rm:
master the
But the squid is dead. luck '!\rl c: t rl¡ils
mosl
import¿oi m¿n;
Hc mal<es no noise when he moves around the ship. Hc '\\¡hat er strernge tl-ring!' St¿rrbuck says. 'Gi¿rnt squid lr;¡rpe¡ io ¡r-.Lr tl.rt
lre tr ]s 1¡¡¡'. ' To arlways tarllis quietly to his men. He oflen walks on trrc clccli ¡te \/CtY ri(lcil r)-
tkr thirtr¡s r-rsually live lar down undcr thc oce¿tn, anci u¡halcs cat verv lr,r,l
of'thc nith z\h¿rb. And whcn the1, ¿¡c werllting, hc
Pcquod
around io them.'t'[ris is bacl luch lirr us all, I l'ccl.'
dillt,rtnl ¡t aces on speahs quietly in the ctrptain's ear. But hc ncver t¿rll<s to 'No, Mr Starbuch! Yott're
50rrethin.t; ¡l th.o
way rourd any of the ship's crew.
\(rrong,' says Queequeg. 'lt's
goocl luck. Whcn yolr see
a giunl squicl, whales
arc lrcver f'ar ¿Ivv¿lv.

\A/ait ¿rnd sce.'

r, *,.
 t"
hne*ell

(luccr¡ucg is riglrt.'l'hc lrcxt rltrlr thc,"r,r

hulrl ¿rrrl liill
a big bl,e r,r'haic. They tzrl<e its cleacl b,cly [-¡¿¡¡li to the ship.
'l'hey are r,err, happ\r Nor,', thcy ha'e a l,t of
wh¿rle oil tbr
their barrels. T'hcr¡ r,t«rrli .r-r thc clcad r,r¡hale's bodv rt,ith 'l'hcn thc
thcir lini'cs. ,\,rl lirr rn¿,ly ll,urs tltc,r,sirrg Itirppil-y ¿rt thcir
girrnt hcarl I'alls
work.
ll"onr thc whale's
But Ahab isn't happy. [[e looks colclll. ¿rt the de¿rcl. blue
boclr,. and into the
r,vh¿rlc, ancl he sar¡s ,othing. l,hen hc g,es back 1o ltis occan. Tashtego goes nrith
oil rli lrlr, c¿rbir"l, alrcl hc- ckrses thc rloor bchincl hirn.
( ()111,,., I l)trt
it. And thc whalc's hcacl. r,r,,ith
Ah¿rb islr'1 irtcrcstccl ilr 1he ,rl.'S1¿rrbrclt thi,lis.,lic 'l'ashtcgo irt it, gocs clor,r,t'l unclcr
l,,rlt,t,., t,1,,,1, 1,

I ir li1lt;. w¿rnts . bigger rt,h¿rlc. - ¿r w,hitc n,h¿ric. He wants Mollr,_

barrel .¡ t.r
thc r,r¡¿rler. Queequeg quichly jurnps
Dick! He neecls re\renge!'
TouIr-l l-¡o,r r,¡L; , ¡ inlo the sea after his ll-icr-rcl,
flrl ali atr '.,,¡lrr The mcn'r',rk o, the dead nrr¿rre ail clay. It is o, the
i¡ rl N,,finutes la1er. St¿rrbucli's bo¿rt is in
ropes ¿rt thc ll"rr1 ,l'1hc /)erlrrrrrl.'l'hc s¿rilors c.relirlly p,1
rope \rr rtr rrlti thc too. It is going to I-rclp thcr-r-1.
r,r,¿rtcrr,
lll)LItLI \iI ,,,rl|
thc cxpcnsivc oil fion-l lhc wh¿rlc's boil1, i1111¡ nt¿lr)y b¿lrrels
wlri'r !,, ru r,,r Ishnr¿rcl is onc ol thc ro\A¡ers txr thc boat.
treu Ot r0r i t! i I |! on clec,-lr. llut in thc aftern,.n so,rcthi,g tcrriLrle happens.
vcry hiqir He cannot see Quecqucg no\¡rr because he
Tzrshtego has oil on his hancrs. He falls from one of' the
fall to qo ilor',,1 is under the watcr. 'Oh no! Is my good fiiend
sudL 1c¡ v ropes ckxrn into the r,vhale's empty l1s¿1il.
de¿rcl?' hc thinlis saclh,.
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 H§&&§§* {§"§ffi{t{ 2 Complete the sentences with the words from Activity 1 on page 18.
Put these sentences in order. Number them 1 _g.
a In the... .{utkrg. . .., I want to be a writer.
aI Tashtego falls into the whale! head, and then into the sea b can.
That boy is only five, but he 100 meters. .

bI ff,e crew find a dead squid jn the water. c .

My brothers like to run.... .. ... in the garden all day.
cD Queequegjumps into the sea afterTashteqo. d 'l'm looking for workl 'Good.. ... .. ..1' .

¿ E lne Pequodgoesoverstarbuck's boat. e Somewhale.. .......isveryexpensive.

e E tne sailors work on the dead whale with their knives. f Don't...
Becarefull ......fromthattreel
f E Tashtego sees something white in the sea. g Therearea lotof ...... ...inthe Mediterranean Sea.
g E fedallah and his crew come out on deck. h lts cold, and it's ralnlng. What a .. night!
tr E fne men kill a big blue whale. i Hecan't run awaybecausethere is a....... ..around hls legs.

WORfi WüffiK
Find words from Chapter 3 in the harpoon.

GUTSS WHAT

What happens in the next chapter? Tick two boxes.

an Queequeg pulls Tashtego out of the whale's head.

bE IashLego and Queequeg die in the sea.

cE Rhab talks to an English captain about Moby-Dick.

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dn Starbuck leaves the Pequod and goes home with his men
 TIIf,PIER 4 Ilut is 51¿rrbr"rcli righl? In the Inclian Occ¿ur, thc1, I'i¡11¡ ,,,,
rt'hales. Wher:e arc the)¡ allr
[et's forget ffioby-Dick 'N,Iaybe there ¿rren't any ¡1e¡g
whalcs in the sca,'Ishmacl
llrinlis, 'alter ¿rll tl'rc. hr-rnting.'
N.tl'rir-rg h,p¡tc.rs lirr cl.ys ¿rllcr lhis, ¿,tcl ,\h.b stuys i.
his cabin.'l'hen thc sailors suddenly scc m¿ln\/ nhalcs ill
liont of them. ls their lucli cl-ranging?
The whaling boats go or-rt. Soon there ¿rre w.halcs all
¿rrouncl thcrn.
'llc c¿rrclul, boy5J V\¡¿rtch thcir t¿rilsl'St¿rrbucli cries.
'Thcre ¿lre yollng r,r4t¿tles lterc, and thcir ntothcrs
clon't
r,r,ant r,vhalers near theml'

Ishmael's liiencl Queequeg is sn¡imming down to

thc
whale's hcacl. It is lirlling skrwly 1o thc. occ¿r, bcd.
Ca,
Quecqucg ¡rull'l'ashtcgo on1, ol' it in tilnc?
llllre men on the lrcquotl cannot see through the
clarli
lvater. Thcy r,rratch from the cieck, and wait. Nobody
speerks. After sor-ne ntinutes,
eueeqr_reg's head corncs up ''sffi §u,{i:;,¡
out r¡l' thc w¿rter. llc is pulli.g'l-.shteg, b.l"lircl hinr
hc is alivc! Ish,ael hcrps thcnr o, bo¿rrcr st¿u-bucrr's
¿rrcl ',,.§#
bo¿r1.
pull io rtor,.. And soon the1, ¿1¡o bacli on the ship again.
sontethilto ¡e.:r..t Alter rnany hours, the boats go baclr to the petlrutrl.,Ihey
'Goocl work,
you eueequeg,' St¿rrbuck smiles. ,Maybe our have only one whale r¡i¡ith thcm, and i1is not very big. 'Our
maybe pel r:1rs luck is changing alter ¿rll.'
vt,orli is nevcr casy,' SterrbLrcli thinhs tiredly.
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 'l clon't hnow. I'm talliing alrout lnst yc¿¡¡. lrrrl lci¡n strr
it all in nly hcercl. First, he breaks my bozrt in trn,, n ith his
tail. Before I know it, I'm in the se¿r. Suclclcr-rl¡r hc ptrlls nrc
tunclc'r the w¿rter.1'hen thc harpoon in his bucli g,ocs inlo
I111u ¿¡¡¡11. It comcs or_11 uc¿u: rry [¿n,¡. Allcr tlt¿rt, nty I'irsl

mate pulls me lrom the r,r,ater, ¿lnd tahes rne to my ship. I

stay fbr wcehs in my bed, and my ¿rrm goes black. In thc
break to Ir¿kc
end, the ship's carpenter cuts off my ¿lt:m n,ilh his knil'e (lltf iitl|(t rla li¡Ji)
ttt tttl r llr rrili
- ¿r terriblc t,hing! So lkrsc nly ¿lrm, br-rt I'rr-r ¿rlivc.,l.hat's Wlt(,r \,, r1 f l l

sonrclhing!' carpenter I r \
pci!r)lt It.rli!f
7\nd the r,r¡hite whale?'Ah¿rb asl<s. tlrnLls I he I.:b e:
¿nd cha is
Ah, he's out there, thc olcl monster! He h¿rs my arm, but
cut off iL; t¿ke
he can't harve any llorc of me!' Boomer laughs. Ancl hc ,r itt e tlr trl .rrl.tv
lrorl ,r ir ilitt,r
has 1«rur lcg, too, C.a¡rtain ¡\h¿rb. So Ict's ltrrgel Moby-l)ich, llr lr1 n,illr,r k riii,

Thcn Ahab secs ¿l ship not lerr aruary. It is thc Sa¡rr¿rcl I say! What about yoni'
tinderby. He calls out to the English captain, ,I'm looking
lbr ar giant r,r¡hitc r,vhalel Can you help mc?'
Captatin Boorncr answcrs, 'Yes, I can. Look!' Hc puts up
his ann. lt is a r,vl-lalc's bonr:.
Ahab is excitecl. 'Tahe me over to the Sanlu¿l hulerbl¡
-
quickly!'he sa5,s to his men.
Ahab's going cyazy,' Starbuck thinlis.
On boarcl the S«¡n¡lc1 litttlcrltlt, Ahab says hcllo. Hc hits
his whalebone Icg, and (laptain P)oonler's whalcbone arm,
with his hand. Boomer laughs. [{e is a ftiendly man, and
his f¿rce is red fiom the sun.
'lbll me rnorc about this whitc r,tltale,'Ahab says.
'Oh, I ren'lcmber hinr wcll,' Iloorner ¿tnswcrs. ,Hc has
a giunl hcacl, ¿rncl sc¿rrs ¿rll over his boclv. l,hcre's an olrl
harpoon in his b¿rck
'Th¿rt's my Itarpoon!' Ahab cries. 'So it is him
crazy |art - Moby-
th ¡kirrr r,,,i, llich! Whcr-e is he now?'
 ffig§*iFr€ {}ém{f,q Complete the sentences with the words from Activity 1 on page 24.

Choose the correct words to <omplete the sentences.

a When Tashtego is under the warer, nobodyde?F§ / drinks

b The men onlhe Pequoddon't see manyshrps I whales in the Indian Ocean.
c Ahab stays in hts cabin / port for many days.
d The men killone /lrtle / qiantwhale
e The captain of the Samuel Enderby has a whalebone leg / arm.
f Ahab is interested in Captain Boomer / the white whale.
g Captain Boomer wants I does not want Io see Moby-Dick again.
h Ahab's harpoon / knife ts in Moby-Dick's back

wsftB w{}ffi§{
il
t1
1 Find words from Chapter 4 in the barrels.
il

i
a fhe.A0fp9ntef .ls making a nice, new table for me.
b Hmm. I don't know. . ,I can see you later.
C What a strange man. ls he . , do you think?
d don't
Be carefullThat's my best chair. Please ......... it.

e 'l'm sorry, Captain Boomer, but I must this arm or you're going to dieisays
the carpenre'.
f Heyl That girl can't swim. Quick! . . her out ol the water!

a ....rna§De
/ üUESS W}{AT

What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. Yes No

a Ahab goes back tothe Pequod. trtr

b Ahab forgets all about Moby-Dick. Ttr
c fhe Pequod sails back to America. trtr
t,A d Starbuck tells Ahab something bad about the ship. trtr
e Ahab is interested when Starbuck speaks to him, Ttr
f Queequeg is very ill. trtr
g Ahab dies in his cabin. trT
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h Captain Gardiner, an old friend of Ahab's, asks for his help. tru 25
 TIIAPTER 5
I 'Yes, Cerptain,' St¿rrbr-rcli answers him. At thc s¿ultc lirnc.
hc is thinking, 'l3ut rnarybe soon I must kill you, you cr¿rzy
tan you help me, f,hab? old man.'
Ahab puts his gun clonn. All right, Starbuck. (lo ancl
'Forget Moby-l)ich? Ncver!' Ahab crics. ,l wanl lo
Iook at those b¿rrrcls,' he strys. 'I'm not interestccl.'
have r-ny revengel' Hours later, there are barrels all over thc decli. eueequeg
Boomer looks ¿rt Ahab str:angely. 'What's the loohs carefully at them all. In the end, he
matter w,ith you, Captain? Moby-Dich's a whale, finds a hole in one of them. He puts
not ¿r man. Why are you looking for revcngc on the oil from it into ¿r nen, barrel.
hin-r? Arc you c-razy?'
Ilut he is cold altcr this worh l¿rtc
'Qucsliorr me no morcl' Ahab says, angrily. ,Tahe
art niglrt, and the next day he
me bach to the Pequotl!'he tells his men. ,The white is very ill. 'I'm dying,' he
wh¿rle is calling! I musl go!'
tells Ishmael. 'Bring the
Some wecks l¿rter, tho pcqr«td is near lapan. Ahab is ship's carpentcr here.
very excitecl. Moby-l)ich is not l¿tr awa¡,2, l.¡c I'cclsl One He must mahe a coffin
evening, St¿rrbucl< visits Ahab's cabin. ,lfhere's oil on one
lbr me. And bring my
of the decks, Captatin,' he says. 'lt's harpoon. too.'
coming from the barrels. We can't Ishmacl is sorry for d.-.§.,**,
Iose it. We must bring the barrels
his liiend. He goes lor '-- ;;r
up, ancl looli for holes in them.'
lhe t'arpcnlt'r.
'The whale oil doesn't The carpenter comes . ri
matter!'Ahab cries. and makes a big colTin.
'Captain!' Starbuck says.
Qucequeg gets in it with
'I'm arshing you fbr thc last
his harpoon. 'It's a good ,.
time. I,'orget the r¡r,hite whale.
coffin,' he says.
Think about ]¡our rtenl' But after three days, Queequeg is
Are you asking. or telling well again. 'I can't die nou¡,' he says. 'The time isn't
me?'Ahab says. He tahes his right. And later I must go home zrnd help my people. The
gun in his h¿rnd, ancl looks coffin .r l¡t¡x tl¡¡l
hole an oper nq coflln can w¿rit.' yor pLrt a dcrrl
in sometlting at Starbuck. 'There's only Ishmael is happy for his friend.
person's body in

gun dream a p cture

a person one captain on this ship.
can kil son¡eone One night, Captain Ahab has a terrible dream. In this that you see n
with this Remember that!' your head r,nrhen
dream, he dies at sea. 'Can it be true?' he asks Fedallah. you are s eeplnq

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 Fedallah looks into the future. Then he says, ,Before you
can die, you must see two coffins on the sea. One is alive,
and one is of wood. A rope is going to kill you, Master. But
I'm going to die first!'
wood the hard The sky is black with rain now. But Ahab laughs at the
part ofa tree

lightning the
rain, and at the white lightning in the sky. ,you cannot
light in the sky [<ill me,' he cries. 'This scar on my face is your work but
when there is -
a storm look at me - I live!'
 Rf&*§Fr* {iltflf,ffi
h
Choose the best answer for each question.
lliv d
a What does Ahab want? d What does Starbuck think about Ahab? i i I i"--r
.§i ll:rl
;ir*
t I Money. 1E He is old. 'L,
2 fl love. 2E He is nice.
3 Ef Revenge. ¡I He iscrazy.

b What does Starbuck tell Ahab? e Why is Queequeg ill?

t I 'tvtoUy-lick is deadl t f He doesn't eat well.
Z I 'O¡tis cominq out of the barrelsl ZE Ue works for many hours ln the cold night.
I E 'Captain Boomer is crazy! ¡ E He falls into the cold sea.

c Why is Starbuck angry with Ahab? f What does Fedallah say to Ahab?
t E Rnab is inreresred in Moby-Dick. 1 f1 'You're going to diel
z E nnaO sleeps all rhe time. 2 I 'You're go¡ng to kill Starbuckl
¡ E Rnan kiils peopte. 3 [ 'You're going to kill lshmael]

WORD WOfII{

Read the sentences and complete the puzzle on page 3l with words from chapter 5.
s*95§ w#l&§
a Tables and chairs are often made of .....\ /.eed..... .
How does the story finish? Tick one box.
b .. . .. .. .., sometimes comes from the sky and hits buildings, trees, or people.
c When someone dies, we put their body in a . . .. . .. a E Starbuck and his men kill Ahab.
d ln a. you can often do strange things.
.
b E mouy-oict< and all the men die.
e l'm making a ... ... . .. . in the garden because I want to put a new tree in it.
C E nf,ab kills Moby-Dick.
t
f A knife or a can kill people
I d E vioby-Oict< and lshmael live, but Ahab dies.
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 'fhe htrnt lbr Mob1,-Dicli talics threc tlays. On the lirst
TIIf,PTER 8 day, the whale swims quichly awery lrom their boats.
Bevenge! 'Grrr! He's laughing ert us,' Ah¿rb says. 'Girre the
harpoou to me!' lust ther-r, thc'whitc wh¿rle str¡itns
'Whcre is hc?' Ah¿rb c¿rlls to (l¿rrulincr.
r-rnclcr Ah¿rb's boat. Hc comcs up suclclcnly, ancl
'Who ¿rre yolr talhing abouti My son?' Cl¿rrdincr
brc¿rks the bo¿r1 in tw'o. Starbuck, on thc Pct¡rtttd,
cries. quickly pulls everyone lrom the w¿rter.
'No- thc nhite wh¿rle!' Ahab ¿lnswers his old 'Listen, men!' Ahab cries on the deck
h'iencl.'Whcre's Moby-l )icl<?' ol his ship. 'See thc r,r,hite monster
'l c¿ut krrgct Ah¿rb's hc:lp,' (l¿rrclincr tor-norrrx,r,, ancl thc gold is lbr you!
'Fle's crerzy.'
I see hin-r lirst, ¿rncl I g,ive you all ,
So the R«t:hel lcaves. Gardiner must look fbr ten times the moneyl Sleep ,irl
his boy alone. Ahab's revenge on Moby-Dick nell tonight.'lbmorrow we
is r.nore imp«rrtunl tlt¿rn the lil'c of' tr good liill Motry-l)ich!'
liiend's son.
'l har¡e a son at home.' Ahab thinks sadly.
'But I must kill Moby-Dick bclbre I see him

'l'l-rat night, AI'rab says, "l'hc: whitc whalc's

nc¿rr ns! I c¿ut l'ecl it! l'al<c mc up the mast,
lnen!'
From the mast, Ahab looks out at the
black w¿rter. Suddcnly hc crics, "fhere hc
is, thc monstcr! [ scc him.'l'hc golcl coin
is lbr rne. To thc boats! Starbuck, slay
on the Petyrotl r¡r¡ith your crew.'
 On dery threc, thc sliy is dar"h, but the three boats go ottt
again. Soon thcy find Moby-Dich befbre them: a giatnt
hill half uncler the sea. The men say nothing, but
r¡r,hite
they are alr¿ricl. 'C'lo to him, mcn. I(ill him!' Ahab cries.
Then they all see somcthing lerrible. Fedallah's clead bocly
is lying on the whale. The harpoon ropes liom the clay
before are tangled around the two of them.
Ah! So Fedallah dies before me, and Moby-Dick's his
colfin. Oh, this monster's playing with me!' Aherb serys.
Just then, onc ol'the s¿rilors cries, 'Fley, loohl'fhe wh¿rlc's
going fcrr the ship!'
On day two of the hunt, the white whale swims in front Moby-Dick hits the Petluod with his big, white head. He
ol' the ship. He jumps out of the sea agnin ancl again. ,This mahes a hole in her, and she begins to go down.
is your larst day, you monster,' Ah¿rb says. .1b thc boatsl, Aargh! My ship!' Ahab cries. 'But wait!That's Feclallah's lie 1o h¿vi. ¡
o[ yoL r body o I
Ahab ¿rnd his crew go out in Starbucl<,s boat. Moby_ scconcl coffin - thc collin of woocl!' s0rnethl ¡(l

Dich hits the second and third mates' boats with his tail.
The harpooners in them throw their harrpoons into his
body, but he moves around crazily. Soon all the ropes erre
tangled.'l'he two boats g«r over, and the men l¿rll into the
water. Moby-Dick goes to Ahab last, ¿rnd hits Starbuck's
boat with his head. Soon everyone is in the water. Again,
Starbuck pulls them back on board the peqttod.
Ahab c¿rlls all the crew on deck, but Feclall¿rh is not there
with them. Ah, rny true Iriend,'Ahab thinhs saclly. ,So the
sea has you now.'
'Let's stop this crazy hunt, Captain,' Starbuck says. ,The
white whale's faster than us. We can never kill him. Forget
Moby-Dicl<!'
'Noooo!' Ahab cries. 'I need revenge! We,re going
to kill
tangled hav ng
diflerent things
him tomorrow. Then we c¿rn go home. Let's ask the crew.
together that are Are you with me, men?'
not e¿sy to pu
¿p¿rt 'We are!' all the sailors cry.

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 Ahab throws his harrpoon irngrily, ¿rncl hc hits the
whale's back. But Moby-Dic:h is swirnming away fast. The
harpoon rope goes around Ahab's body, and it pulls him
into the ocean. For some minutcs, the white whale pulls
the captain behind him. At first, Ahab has his head up
out
of the water. But then the whale goes far down under the
sea. So Ahab goes down with him, and he dies. He
never
has his revenge on Moby-Dick!
The Pequod goes down, too - with all her crew. And
she tahes the three whaling-boats with her. At the last
minute, Ishmael jumps into the ocean. He
swims away fast. All the sailors from the
Pequod die, but Ishmael lives. He is
happy about that, but where
can he go now?

1-'"

Suddenly, he sees Queequeg's empty coffin on the water.

He swims over to it, and he gets on it. For a day and a
night, he lies on that coffin - alone in the blue Pacific
Ocean. lucky having
something happen
Ishmael is lucky. Two days later, the Rachel sails bacl«. that is good
for you
,t
Captain Gardiner finds Ishmael lying on the coffin, and
f save to stop bad
i"t takes him on board. Sadly, Gardiner never finds his young things happening
a+ to something
*__i*{ son, but luckily he saves Ishmael's life.

That night, the sailors on tke.Rp,qhel ask Ishmael for

his story. He tells it - for the first of many times. It is
the story of Captain AhaHs crazy last days, and of his
hunt for the tenible white whale, Moby-Dick!

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 ffi*ee:§§*s {ffitrflffi
w#ft* ud*83á{
Correct the sentences.
Complete the sentences with the words in the coffin.

a Capta¡n Gardiner is looking to, t i,

ffi.
b Love is more important to Ahab than his friend,s child.

C Starbuck sees Moby-Dick first.

d The hunt for Moby Dick takes five days.

e Ahab stays on the Pequod with the crew.

i Moby Drck breaks Ahab's arm in two.

g Fedallah's harpoon is lying on the whale.

h Ihe Pequod goes down after Moby Dick,s tail hits it.

a You'retlred.Whydon'tyou . ..,It9.......down on the bed and sleep?

¡ Moby-Dick pulls Queequeg down under the water with him.
b lshmael ls. . . because Moby-Dick doesn't kill him.

t lshmael lies on Queequeg's table, and lives.

c l don't like belnq . . . I like being with my friends.

d That little girl's hair is all . and dirty.

k The Rachel finds lshmael two weeks later. e Today, many people want to . . . . whales, and not kill them
.

fifffr§S vvM&Y
What happens to Ishmael after the story finishes? Tick the boxes, and add your
own ideas.

aE He never qoes to sea aqarn.

bfl He visits Queequeg's family in the South Pacific

cE He works at Peter Coffin's inn.

dtr h. goes b¿,-( to \ew rorl..

e ...
f
f¡

3B
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 Dffirent whales
1 There are many different kinds of whale. Read the text about the sperm whale and
complete the information table. Use a dictionary to help you.
l,
lfl
The btue whate is the giant of the
11 seas. lt can be up to. .

tong, and it weighs up to .. . . . Blue

whales..... for about years. They live in the

,ru" *n"r", ¿o nofr',"u"t""*,, ;"Ti;";"ut tofoioceans: ... .. . rhese

" and they are easy to eat.
are very tittte . . .. . ,
The btue whale is the biggest whate of at[. ln fact, it is the
of al[ time!

Choose a different whale. Find out about it on the lnternet.

Kind of whale: Make notes about your whale in the table below.
Length:
Weighs:
,i
l l:t il
'l''r.'
Lives for:
Lives in:
Eats:
LEilffiWffi]ffiLE
Other interesting information:

2 Look at the information in the table below, and complete the text about the blue
whale on page 41 . Kind of whale:
Length:
Kind of whale:
Weighs:
Length:
Lives for:
Weighs: Lives in:
Lives for: Eats:
Llves in, ..- Other interesting information:
Eats:

Other interesting information: Write a short text about your whale. Use your notes, and the texts in Activities 1

40
and 2, to help you.
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 Poems in shapes banels boats coffins deck holes mast row wood

Poems often have'rhymes'in them. A rhyme is when two lines of a poem

finish
in a word with the same sound at the end - like old and cotd, tr I work on lhe Pequod, and l'm good.

Some poems can be in shapes on the page, too.

I make. . for dead men, and things from

l canmake . " for sailors to. . .. . .

1 choose the best words to complete this poem by starbuck. (Think of the
rhymes.)
Ican mend . . in old ., you know
Use a dictionary to help you. lcan mend a flat... ...:,..,ora tall ship's
I work well, and I work fast!

The crew of the Pequod arethe nicest / best -

Young or old, from [ast or West / North or South.
3 Match a story character with each poem in Activity 2.

the Pequod is our home oL sea / on the ocean, I

And we're all one big group of friends / family

I
I
tr E
lti excit¡ng living a sailor s tite / doing whaling work,
But when am I going back home to my wife / America?

complete these two story character poems with the words in the boxes. use a
dictionary to help you.

I Orealns
_moTl-e"j-_..-g-1 oil revenge ,u,lr--*i.uttl. *f,urer*l
.-l

EI Across the,. .. ....the pequod

We look for. .,. .. ., we look for

lhe mosr . . olthem all is white.
I have. . of him eating my leg at nightl ¡0
. on Moby Dick lilts my head:
lwantthalold,while .. .. ..deadl

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 choose a story character. Make notes about your character in the table.
*&eñéffi§ffi f,**&(E{
What can / does he do? lnformation questions and question words
What does he like / hate doing?
We use question words in information questions.
Who does he like / hate?
lrllire¡r is the port of Bedford? t,rt,/i1¡t i5 [fig landlord of the tnn?
What does he want? i What is his dream?
We answer these questions by giving information.
What does he feel about his life?
ln North America. Peter aaff¡n

write We use what for things, where for places, who for people, why for reasons, which for one
a short poem about your character. put it in a shape (a coin, a barrel, a whaling
boat or a knife maybe). you can use rhymes if you want. of many things, and how much / how many for quantities. We use how much with singular
nouns. and how many with plural nouns.
Put your finished poem on the classroom wall. Read your classmates, poems.
which I lo"t't tlucl'¡ ttme does lshmael have? l¡lot much. How nan'y people are at the tnn? A lot.
do you like best? Why?

Complete the information questions with the question words in the box.

L-Igviery - lgvll-."L!!gt WM-wf :s-JI!!¡ Wi*JIr "i

a Q:. . . ..Whg"n .. . does lshmael's story begin?
A: ln 1845
b Q:.... . does he come from?
A: New York.
c Q:.. .. .. . .. . does he go to Bedford?
A: Because he wants to find whaling work.
d Q: .. .. ... .. . inn does he stay at?
A:The inn near the harbor.
e Q:.. .. .. . .. . does lshmael speak to when he arrives?
A: The landlord.

f Q:.. .. .. . .. . does lshmael ask forT

A: A room.
g Q:.. .. .. . .. . rnoney does he have?
A: Not a lot
h Q:. ...... nights does he want to siay?
A: One.

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 GMAE4ñ4AH {${E{K GRÁfuIfuIAft (frIH{Éi
There is and there are Present Simple: Yes I No questions and short answers
we use there is (there's) and there are to talk about the things and people in a place. We use auxiliary verbs and be (main verb) in Yes I No questions.
fi¡erds a ship in the harbor. Tl¡ere are five men tn the boat. Can lshmael row? (can + subject + infinitive without to)
To make sentences negative, we use there is / there are + not (there isn't / there aren't). Does he like Queequeg? (do + subject + infinitive without fo)
There isrit anyone in the room. lhere aren't many people on the ship. ls Queequeg American? (be + subject)
I ln questions, we change the order of there and the verb is / are. ln the short answer, we re-use the auxiliary verb or be (main verb).
ln short answers, we re-use there + the verb be. Yes, he cctn. Yes, he docs. No, he isrit (= ts not).
ls tl¡erc a whale in the harbor? No, thert ist¡'t.
Are there any boats in the water? No, ihere aren't.
4 Write answers for the questions about Captain Ahab. Use the short answers in
the box.
We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers.
Yes, there is. y' V¿¡l¡epr. X No, he can't. No, he doesn't. No, he isn't. Yes, he can. Yes, he does
l{ Ve++edcrs. Yes, he ls. Yes, it is. Yes, they are.
Complete the text with there is ot there are in the correct form (affirmative, question
form, or negative). a Does Ahab come from America? e Does he often talk to lshmael?
Yes, he doe.s,
Pequod.e)'..... .....anywork b ls he a happy man? t ,"., On.O nuuu u ,.ur on fl s tacel
ships in Bedford harbor So lshmael visits for us on your ship?'they ask Starbuck,
Peter Coffin's inn, but b)...... the first mate. He tells them,'Well, c Can he forget Moby-Dick? g ls one of his legs a whale's bone?
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any empty rooms. lshmael sleeps in f)...... ....fourwhaling boats on
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Queequeg's room, but suddenly, the Pequod. And I need a harpooner and a =,- d Can he throw a harpoon? h Are his eyes cold?
c)... ... .. .. a man in the room rower on my boatl a

w¡th him. Luckily it's Queequeg! The next day, the Pequod goes to sea.'Why j i ls he crazy in the end?
The next day, an old sailor tells lshmael g). . . . a lot of people in the
.

and Queequeg, d)' . . .any harbor today?'lshmael asks. I

l; whaling work in Bedford. Go to Nantucket!' 'They're saying goodbye to '-,
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Write short answers to these questions.

a Are there different mates on the Pequod? d Are there different harpooners on the ship?

b Are there any women on the shipT e ls there a television on the ship?

c ls there a carpenter on the ship?

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Present Simple: third person -s Possessive's and s'
We can use the Present Simple to tell a story very dramatically. We use possessive 's and s'to show that something belongs to someone or something.
We add -s to the infinitive without to to make the third person
It
(he / she / it) form of the When the person or thing is singular, we use's.
Present Simple.
rt Tashteqo' hatr ts black. The dead squrd:. orms orc movinq.
Starbuck says goodbye to his famtly
# When the people or things are plural, we use s'.
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when verbs end in -o, -ch, -ss, or -sh, we add
-es to make the third person form. The satlor fanilles are saying qoodbye. The young whale, mothers ore wittt thc:rn
ga He go,':, on board the Peqr_roc1
With irregular plural nouns, we use ..

When verbs end in conson ant + -y, we change the y to i, and add _es.
lhe men work tsn'| easy. The chtldren faces are sad.
cry - l1e cries,'The clpta¡n wants all the crew ort deck!,
The verbs be and have are irregular. 6 Rewrite the sentences using the possessive 3 or s'.
5tarbuck itas a friendly face. He isrti (= i:, nr¿) intr:re;tec1 in revenqe. The whaling crew of Ahab are strange men.
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complete the text about Ahab and Moby-Dick with the verbs in brackets in
the
Present Simple. The dreams of F."dallah are inter..stino

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;i. ¡ a c The clothes of his men are black

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The stories of sailors are interesting

The mast of the Pequod is tal .

ln 1825, Ahab a) . . . . .r.s . . (be) near Japan. He b) ... . (see)thewhite f The eyes of the mother whales are angry

wha1e, Moby-Dick, in the wate; and he c) . (want) to krll hrrn. Ahab

d) . . (have) hrs knrfe wirh him. Moby-Drck e)
.. (sw m) under
Ahabt boat Suddenly, the boat f). (move) up, and all the men in it g The cries of their children are terrible

cry out Ahab g) ( ro be ¿fra'd. ile h). (take)his knife,

and he i) (bring) ir down on the whale's body.,Die, Moby,Dickl,he
j) (cry) The white wh¿ e k) (close) his mouth o¡
h The life of lshmael is exciting

Ahab! eg. Ahab can do nothing

From that day, Ahabs life l) . ... (change). He m) (So)
to many countries, and he n) (kill) ¡1¿¡y whales. But he never
o) . . (stop) thinkrng about Moby-Dick.

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Linkers: and, but, so, and becouse
Prepositions of movement
and links two parts of a sentence with the same idea.
Prepositions of movement tell us how something moves.
Captain Boomer is friendly, ttntl he laughs a lot.
but links two parts of a sentence with d¡fferent ideas. / \ / -ü' --?_1
Boomer wants to forget Moby Dick, but Ahab wants revenge.
h up down across under into
so links two parts of a sentence tark¡ng about the resurt of something.
Captain Boomer's arm goes bad, so they cut it off.

(= result of first part of sentence)

because links two parts of a sentence talking about the reason for
Ahab cties out anqr¡ty becou.e MoUt Dick has his lea.
something.
f--
out of through
----->

to
o --->
past
oaround

(= reason for first part of sentence)

I Complete the text about the hunt for Moby-Dick with the prepositions in the box.

fr we usually put a comma before and, but, and so in the middre of a sentence. across around around down into into out of
past lb{eü!11 to to under under up
Complete the sentences with an4 but, so, or because.
a Tashtego is working happily,. bU!.. . ... he hits his head on the mast. On day one of the hunt, Moby-Dick swims ThePequodgoesi). ........,and i
b He falls inro the whale's empty head, . . ¡r lalls off the cleck away a). . .th.r0ugh. .. the water fast. everyone on her dies, too. But lshmael jumps i

c Queequeg wants to save Tashtego, . . he jumps into the sea. Ahab takes a harpoon in his hand. But Moby- . . . the ocean. He swims over
d Starbuck gets into his boat. . he wants to help, too. Dick swims b) ... . Ahabt boat. k) .. . . Queequegt coffin, and
e lshmael goes with Starbuck, . he rows Starbuck\ boat. Hecomesc)...... ....sudden|y, gets on it.
f lshmael looks lor Queequeg, . he can,r see him. and breaks it. Starbuck. on the Pequod, pulls Two days later, the Rachel is sailing
g The men on fhe Pequod say noth¡ng . they are afraid.
. everyoned)...... ....thewater. l)...... ....whenCaptainGardiner
h Tashtego can't get out of the head, . . he goes down with it. On day two, the men hit Moby-Dick wirh sees lshmael on the coffin. He takes the
¡ lt ¡sn't very easy, . . eueequeg pulls Tashtego out. their harpoons, but he moves his tail young sailor on board. Then the Rachel sails
j He brings Tashtego up, . .Tashteqo is alive! e)...... ....crazily.Theboatsbreak, m)..... .....theocean, back
andthesailorsfallf)...... ....the n) ... . America.
water again.
On day three, Moby-Dick hits the Pequod
with h¡s head. Ahab's harpoon hits the
white whale. But the harpoon rope goes

t). ... Ahab's bodY, and Pulls him

h)..... . ... lnto the sea. So he dies.