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Question
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Solution
| Alice and her sister. | |
| Alice: | It Alice and White Rabbit. |
| Sister: | Alice and her sister. |
| Alice: | What are you doing? |
| Sister: | I am reading a book. |
| Alice: | Let me see the book. |
| Sister: | Here it is. |
| Alice: | Are you reading a book without pictures or conversations in it? |
| Sister: | Yes, I love to read these books. |
| Alice: | What is the use of reading such a book? It is boring to read. |
| Sister: | If it is boring for you, please stay away from me. |
| Alice: | This hot day makes me feel sleepy. Let me have a nap. |
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Alice and White Rabbit |
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| Rabbit: | Let me check the time. Oh my God. It’s late. I have to hurry. |
| Alice: | Why are you in such a hurry? |
| Rabbit: | I need to hurry for important work. |
| Alice: | Stop! Don’t run. I will chase you wherever you go. |
| Rabbit: | I will go into my hole. You cannot enter it. |
| Alice: | Why can’t I enter into the hole? |
| Rabbit: | You are too big to enter into this hole. |
| Alice: | Then what should I do? |
| Rabbit: | You have to drink the little bottle on top of the table. |
| Alice: | Oh Yes. I have shrunk in size after drinking from the bottle. |
| Rabbit: | (Mistaking Alice for his maid). Go to my cottage and fetch my gloves and fan. |
| Alice: | (confused) May be I’ll find something at the cottage to help me find my way out. I am hopeful. |
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I told the group to go on. I would get a taxi to the airport. And so I went in search of a nearby shop where I had seen ties.
But I couldn’t find it. I walked further down the street-one, two, three blocks - all in vain. Back at the hotel, a bit anxious now, I took my suitcase, got a taxi and asked the driver to rush to the street where I had seen them.
The driver stopped at each shop we passed so I could look from the window. The stores had all sorts of ties, but not the kind I was looking for.
When I finally thought I had located the right shop, I decided to go in and check. The driver refused to wait. Parking was prohibited, he said. I promised to double the fare, jumped out and ran into the shop. Was I going to miss the plane just for a damned tie?
The salesman was unbearably slow. When I realized that the smallest change I had was a ten dollar note , I grabbed ten ties of different colours so I wouldn’t have to wait for change. I rushed out with the ties in a paper bag.
On the street I looked around. The taxi had vanished, taking my suitcase. What is more, I was going to miss the plane.
I ran to the corner, and hope flared up again: the taxi was waiting in the next street. Quick to the airport! As I settled down inside the taxi. I sighed with relief. Gilson was going to have enough initialized ties to last him a lifetime.
When I reached the airport, I paid the taxi driver the double fare and grabbed my suitcase. Panting, I boarded the plane under the reproachful gaze of the other passengers, all primly seated with their seat belts fastened. Ready to take off. Departure had been delayed because of me.
“At least I hope you found your tie”, said one who knew the story.
“I did”, I answered triumphantly.
After making myself comfortable, I reached for the paper bag to show the ties.
I had left it behind; in the taxi.
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