LITERATURE
Alice in Wonderland (a fragment) by Lewis Carroll 1. Look at the map and discuss these questions.
1) What do you know about Wonderland? Walk on the road and name all places in Wonderland. 2) Alice fell down the rabbit-hole and arrived in Wonderland. How do you think she will get home again? 3) How is Wonderland different from our world? 2. Roleplay the dialogue and check your answers.
Alice: Where is this place? Everything is different here. Perhaps I’m in a new world. She walked and met the Cheshire Cat. The Cat smiled at Alice. Alice: Please, can you help me? I want to go somewhere new. The Cheshire Cat: Where do you want to go? Alice: Somewhere different. The Cheshire Cat: Hmmm, somewhere different. Walk that way and you’ll come to a house. A man lives there. He makes hats and he’s very strange. We called him the “Mad Hatter”. Alice: But I don’t want to meet a strange man. The Cheshire Cat: OK. Walk this way and you’ll find the March Hare. He’s strange, too. Alice: But I told you, I don’t want to meet strange animals. The Cheshire Cat: Oh, we’re all strange here. I’m strange. I laugh when I’m sad, and I cry when I’m happy. That’s strange. Alice: Totally, agreed! It’s a magic place. I meet the strange animals. Caterpillar can talk, the rabbits have watches. You haven’t got a body. I eat strange food and drink magic drinks. My size changes all the time from food and drinks here. I get bigger or smaller. It’s very strange. Alice opened her eyes and saw her sister. Sister: Wake up, Alice dear, you slept for a long time! Alice: Oh, I had a very strange dream.
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