Moby Dick, at last! 6 BEFORE READING Chapter 1 B2 First The story so far. Complete the summary of Chapter 1 with the appropriate words. Pip, a little black boy, who normally stays on (0) board, takes the place of a sailor in Stubb s boat. He falls into the (1)............................ twice. The second time, they leave Pip in the ocean but then the Pequod (2)........................... him. However, after that accident, Pip becomes insane. Ahab meets another Captain who has been hurt by the White Whale. Ahab is told that Moby Dick is near the (3)................................ When Ahab leaves the Samuel Enderby, he damages his whalebone leg. He tells the (4)............................. to make him a new one. Starbuck asks Ahab to stop the ship because some barrels are leaking. Ahab shows no interest in the (5)............................., gets cross and aims a gun at Starbuck. Then, the captain realizes that the First Mate is right and orders the crew to lower the (6)............................ and nd the leaking barrels. After that, Queequeg gets seriously sick. He asks the carpenter to (7)............................... him a cof n-boat. Then, he gets better and explains that this is because he remembered something he needed to do back on his (8)............................... . 2 Match each of the following words with the correct de nition. a. cursed 1. situation in which someone is laughed at b. derision 2. a sign of what is going to happen in the future 3. unsuccessful, useless c. omen d. prey 4. suffering from a malediction e. supplication 5. animal that is hunted by another animal f. vain 6. a very humble, desperate request 3 Predicting. Read the title of the last chapter. What do you think will happen? Choose from the following. a. The Pequod sights Moby Dick, starts to chase him but he swims away. They give up hunting him and go back to Nantucket. b. The Pequod sights Moby Dick, starts to chase him but he swims away. They insist on hunting him and, in the end, they kill him. c. The Pequod sights Moby Dick, starts to chase him but he swims away. They insist on hunting him but, nally, he destroys the ship. d. The Pequod sights Moby Dick, starts to chase him but he immediately attacks the ship and destroys her. All the sailors drown. 96