Edgar Allan Poe

a cura di R. Aimo e R. Palmer
 Legrand and his servant Jupiter come across a strange gold scarab-like bug and wrap it in a parchment they find in the sand. As he has lent the bug to an acquaintance, Legrand can't show it to a visiting friend and so he draws a sketch of the insect on the parchment; but when he brings the paper close to the fireplace, the heat reveals several marks previously invisible as they are drawn with invisible ink.
 Legrand realizes that he is in front of a cryptogram written by the pirate William Kidd! He manages to decipher it and sets off with his friend and servant in search of the pirate's fabulous treasure...
 The reader is enriched with inserts on sacred animals, old and new pirates, experiments in magic, slavery and treasure hunters in cinema. 
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Summing-up Activities
 
 Legrand e il suo servo Jup si imbattono in uno strano scarabeo dorato e lo avvolgono in una pergamena trovata nella sabbia. Non potendo mostrare lo scarabeo ad un amico in visita (avendolo dato in prestito), Legrand traccia uno schizzo dell’insetto sulla pergamena.
 Ma quando avvicina il foglio al focolare, il calore fa comparire diversi segni prima invisibili perché tracciati con l’inchiostro simpatico. Legrand scopre di essere di fronte a un crittogramma scritto dal pirata William Kidd! Riesce a decifrarlo e parte con l’amico e il servo alla ricerca del tesoro…

Chapter 1 – Sullivan’s Island

Extension: Sacred animals

Chapter 2 – The Expedition

Extension:Old and new pirates

Chapter 3 – The Treasure

Extension: Magic experiments

Chapter 4 – The Secret Writing

Extension: Slavery

Chapter 5 – The Solution

Extension: Treasure hunters at the cinema

Summing-Up activities

Glossary

3 The Treasure Chapter BEFORE READING 1 make predictions. Answer these questions. a. What will they find in the wooden box? ................................................................................................................................................... b. Will they pull it out of the hole? ................................................................................................................................................... c. What do you think will happen next? ................................................................................................................................................... 2 these are some verbs from chapter 3. match the ones in column A to their definition in column B. A a. b. c. d. e. f. 3 B 1. To relax or sleep. 2. To raise something to a higher position. 3. To shake in a way that you can t control. 4. To feel embarrassment about something. 5. To walk backwards. 6. To pull out. lift  step back take out be ashamed tremble rest Write the appropriate number in the box provided. 1. elbow 5. neck 2. knee 6. ankle 3. arm 7. shoulder 32 4. ear 8. back 

TheTheGold Bug Treasure Chapter 3 We lifted the lid easily and stepped back; we were anxious to find out1 what was in that box. Legrand didn t say a word and Jupiter was trembling. The light from the lantern showed us an immense treasure! Just in front of us we could see and touch a large quantity of gold and lots of jewels! I can t describe our excitement. Legrand looked around and couldn t talk, Jupiter fell on his knees and put his arms up to his elbows in gold and then he said to himself,  That little bug! That poor little gold bug that I treated2 so badly! Aren t you ashamed of yourself old man? Tell me! Aren t you ashamed of yourself?  I was looking at him and at Legrand, who was still silent and then I realized that we had to go away as it was getting late; we had to lift the box which was very heavy and decide how to carry away3 the treasure. Finally, we took out half of the treasure so that we could raise the trunk4 out of the hole. Then, we put some coins and the jewels under a few leaves next to the tree and told Jupiter to stay there and look after it all. Legrand and I carried away the box with the other part in it. We arrived at home at about one o clock in the morning and we were exhausted. We rested for about an hour, had some food and then left for the hills again with three big bags. At about four o clock, we reached the place where Jupiter was waiting for us, we put the rest of the treasure in the bags and left. When we got home, it was early in the morning and we were really very tired, so we slept for a short time and then started to examine the gold coins and the jewels. It was really an immense treasure! We spent the whole day and a great part of the next night examining it. lid 1. find out: discover. 2. treated: behaved in a particular way. 3. carry away: take away with you. 4. trunk: 33 

Legrand scopre un crittogramma del pirata Kidd su una pergamena. Decifrandolo, parte con il servo e un amico alla ricerca del tesoro nascosto.

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Level A2 • Elementary - Collana RAINBOWS

The Gold Bug

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