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A Story that Made Deniel Defoe Famous

A Story that Made Deniel Defoe Famous. Vocabulary. To travel all over the world A sailor An officer The sea coast. Daniel Defoe, the great English writer, lived a full and interesting life. He travelled, tried many professions and wrote many books and pamphlets.

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A Story that Made Deniel Defoe Famous

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  1. A Story that Made Deniel Defoe Famous

  2. Vocabulary. • To travel all over the world • A sailor • An officer • The sea coast

  3. Daniel Defoe, the great English writer, lived a full and interesting life. He travelled, tried many professions and wrote many books and pamphlets.

  4. In 1712 Defoe met a sailor who told him a very interesting story. Alexander Zelkirk was the sailor’s name.

  5. He quarreled with his officer and was put ashore on an island off the coast of Chile.

  6. For more than four years he had lived quite alone on an island. He was saved by a ship putting in this island for water.

  7. When the sailor returned to London, his story became the talk of the city. Several stories him were printed, read and then forgotten.

  8. Daniel Defoe could not forgotten this story. The sailor’s experience produced impression on him and he started writing a story.

  9. Translate. • Quite alone • To be saved • To be printed • The saolor’s experience • To forget • To produce an impression

  10. Unscramble these sentences. • name/his/was/Zelkirk/ Alexander • quarrel/ officer/ he/ with/ his. • quite/he/ more/ for/ lived/ had/ island/ four/ on/ the/alone/ than/years. • became/his/city/talk/the/story/the/of. • forget/Defoe/not/this/could/story.

  11. He chose an island in a different part of the world, changed the name of the main character and created a very interesting book.

  12. As Defoe was a Journalist, he was able to make the story seem absolutely true. His book about Robinson Crusoe was a great success not only in Great Britain but also in many countries of the world.

  13. Both children and grown-up read it with great interest. But the true story of Alexander Zelkirk is practically unknown today.

  14. Express your own view on the following questions. • Did you read Defoe’s book “Robinson Crusoe? • Did you watch a film about Robinson Crusoe? • Do you find Zelkirk’s story absolutely truthful? • Is it possible to survive on a desert island alone for a long period of time? • Are you fond of reading adventure stories?

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