way2go! 5, Schulbuch

150 Unit 12 The future of … 6yq3vf In this unit you will:  think about what makes you happy  make plans for your future  discuss going to school in another country  travel in time Read the poem and answer the questions below. READING + SPEAKING 1 1 thee: dich 2 to sigh mournfully: traurig seufzen 3 flowery spray: blühender Zweig 4 infinity: Unendlichkeit 1 In this poem, two people are talking: the poet and a “smiling child”. How old do you think the child is? 2 What ‘pictures’ are used for the past, the present and the future? 3 What do you associate the past, the present and the future with? Think of your own pictures. 4 Make a list of all the adjectives and adverbs that are used in the poem. Overall, are they positive or negative words? Which time span is characterised as most positive, which as most negative? Do you agree with this? By the way: Emily Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet famous for her one novel, Wuthering Heights . Past, present, future by Emily Brontë Tell me, tell me, smiling child, What the past is like to thee 1 ? ‘An autumn evening soft and mild With a wind that sighs mournfully 2 .’ Tell me, what is the present hour? ‘A green and flowery spray 3 Where a young bird sits gathering its power To mount and fly away.’ And what is the future, happy one? ‘A sea beneath a cloudless sun; A mighty, glorious, dazzling sea Stretching into infinity 4 .’ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv