Hello students. I’m proud of you for completing years 1 and 2 of our American English course. In order for you to become a strong intermediate American English learner, you need to be able to read, understand, and discuss abridged American English short stories. In this lesson, throughout Year 3 of your studies, you will read, listen to, and write about popular American English short stories. Please follow the directions below closely.
- Study the American English vocabulary below.
Words in This Story
creek – n. a place where a small amount of water flows
glove – n. a covering for the hand that has separate parts for each finger
withdraw – v. to take something back, away or out
tremendous – adj. very large or great
blazing – adj. very hot, fast, or powerful
aware – adj. feeling, experiencing, or noticing something
- Listen to the story.
- Watch the video and read along.
- Take the short story quiz.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/to-build-a-fire-by-jack-london/2832502/p1.html?isEmbedded=True
- Write a summary of the short story you just read and listened to in the comments section below. Click here to read an article that teaches you how to summarize a story. Remember to let us know who the characters of the story are, what they do, and what the story is about.
Lesson 3.10.2 Year 3
”American Short Stories”
Quiz: ” To Build a Fire” I have answered 3 correct answered from total 4 questions, meaning my score is 75%.
Lesson 3.10.2 Year 3
American Short Story, ”To Build a Fire”
The story is written by Jack-London. It is a tragic story of a man, who decides to travel alone, with his dog and a lunch box. He starts his journey through the hostile environment of the Yukon in sub-freezing temperature, because he has to join to his friends waiting in a camp. The main clash starts, when the weather is much colder than he expected. Even as he realizes that the weather is much colder, he does not give up. The man ‘s determination to reach his destination does not make him weak and he carries on his journey, but clash between man and nature in which nature wins. He tries to lit the fire but cannot make it because of snowing weather. The man knows that his life is in danger, he is angered by the dog’s apparent warmth and yells at it. after a while he starts running and falls into a peaceful sleep, as he freezes to death. The dog stays for a while. Eventually it realizes the man is dead and heads up the trail alone in search of other human which can provide food and warmth.
Greetings Maestro Sersea
To build a fire It was written by: Jack London and it’s the story to a man who decided to travel walking across a frozen trail with a gray big dog who is half dog an half wolf to the Handerson Creek in Alaska, in his path he faced a series of events that made him think in the words to an old man who advised him to not travel alone due to the extreme weather condition, he couldn’t survived alone to a temperature of 60 degree below zero, and despite, to that he decided go on his travel to the Handerson creek where there was his friend waiting for him with hot food at the camp, at the end he recognized he is dying de to the weather conditions and only the dog survive and go on its way tho Handerson where he known there was food and shelter.
Thank you so much,
Dear teacher,
Lesson 3.10.2 Year 3
American Short Story, ”To Build a Fire”
The story is written by Jack-London. It is a tragic story of a man, who decides to travel alone. He starts his journey through the hostile environment of the Yukon in sub-freezing temperature, because he has to join to his friends waiting in a camp. Even he realizes that the weather is much colder, he does not give up. The man ‘s determination to reach his destination and he carries on his journey, but clash between man and nature in which nature wins. He tries to lit the fire but cannot make it because of snowing weather. The man knew that his life is in danger, he was angered by the dog’s apparent warmth and yells at it. after a while he starts running and falls into a peaceful sleep, as he freezes to death.
An old man who advised him to not travel alone due to the extreme weather condition, he couldn’t survived alone to a temperature of 60 degree below zero, and despite, to that he decided go on his travel to the Handerson creek where there was his friend waiting for him with hot food at the camp, at the end he recognized he is dying de to the weather conditions and only the dog survive and go on its way tho Handerson.
Thank you so much,