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After a few days when she does not see Philip on her way home Marianne
catches sight of him on the platform. He seems worried and doesn’t see her.
He gets off at the usual station and she follows him. He walks to a wood and
disappears. She meets two people in the wood who say they haven’t seen
him. She follows the path and comes across a grave.
1 . A seguir estão algumas palavras e expressões importantes extraídas dessa parte da história. Consulte as palavras que você não conhece no Word Bank no final do post.
wood | nervous | path | catch up | arm in arm | gravestone | embarrassed
2 . Ouça a Parte 6 da história. Coloque as ilustrações abaixo na ordem correta.

3 . Leia as frases da Parte 6 e preencha as lacunas com os verbos do quadro abaixo.
looked | watched | disappeared | was walking | waited | followed
1 I ………………… him from the end of the platform.
2 He ………………… quickly.
3 I ………………… the path for a few minutes.
4 I ………………… inside my bag.
5 They had ………………… into the darkness.
6 I only ………………… a few minutes before a train arrived.
4 . Ouça a história novamente. Escolha a resposta correta para as perguntas abaixo.
1 Marianne doesn’t talk to Philip on the platform because she
a) wants to follow him home.
b) thinks he looks upset.
c) is feeling too excited.
2 When Philip gets out of the train he
a) walks towards the village.
b) turns left towards the wood.
c) doesn’t seem to know where he is.
3 Why do the couple not think that Philip could be in the wood?
a) Because they haven’t seen him.
b) Because they know he lives in the village.
c) Because nobody lives in the wood.
4 Why doesn’t Marianne tell them she knows his name is Philip?
a) She thinks they may know who he is.
b) She doesn’t know his surname.
c) She is not sure the man’s name is Philip.
5 What does Marianne think after she reads the inscription?
a) She wants to go home.
b) It makes her feel sad.
c) She doesn’t understand what it means.
5 . Use as palavras novas do exercício 1 para completar as frases abaixo.
Cada palavra será usada apenas uma vez.
1 I walked along a narrow ………………… to the station.
2 My job interview is today. I am very ………………… .
3 She tried to ………………… with Alan but he was walking too fast.
4 Once a month I visit my grandmother’s ………………… and put flowers on it.
5 There is a ………………… at the bottom of our garden. It has some lovely trees.
6 She was ………………… because she made many mistakes on her report.
7 Ann and Michael walked ………………… to the cinema.
Word Bank
arm in arm (substantivo) = de braços dados
bury (verbo) = sepultar
catch up (verbo) = alcançar
darkness (substantivo) = escuridão
disappear (verbo) = desaparecer
gravestone (substantivo) = lápide
ground (substantivo) = solo
nee (substantivo) = (do francês) nascida (introduz o sobrenome de solteira de uma mulher que adotou o sobrenome do marido)
nervous (adjetivo) = nervoso
path (substantivo) = caminho
torch (RU) / flashlight (EUA) (substantivo) = lanterna
Respostas:
Exercício 2
2, 4, 5, 1, 3
Exercício 3
1 watched
2 was walking
3 followed
4 looked
5 disappeared
6 waited
Exercício 4
1-a; 2-b; 3-c; 4-b; 5-a
Exercício 5
1 path
2 nervous
3 catch up
4 gravestone
5 wood
6 embarrassed
7 arm in arm