mr saber
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| موضوع: The Reader chapter 1 الجمعة سبتمبر 04, 2009 9:17 pm | |
| chapter 1
1- Why was Martha worried? Because the professor came early and the dinner wasn't ready yet.
2-Where did Axel and his unclelive? In Hamburg in Germany.
3-Why was the book fantastic? Because it was very old, more than six hundred years old. 4-Who wrote the old book? When? Snori Sturlasson. In the 12th century. 5-What fell out of the old book? A piece of parchment. 6- What were runes? Runes were the letters of the Old Icelandic alphabet. 7- What do you know about professor Lidenbrock? Who was professor Lidenbrock? He was a famous scientist and geologist. He was a professor at the University of Hamburg. 8 - Who was Axel? He was the professor's nephew and assistant. 9 – Why did Axel come to live with his uncle? Because his parents died. 10-Why did geologists from all over the world go to professor Lidenbrock? To learn from him about the Earth because he knew about the earth more than any other geologist. 11-What was Martha? She was the professor's cook. 12- What was Axel proud of? To be his uncle's assistant.
13-Why was Axel proud of his uncle? Because his uncle was a famous scientist and geologist. 14-Why couldn't the professor understand the writing of the parchment? Because it was written in a secret code and the letters were mixed up. 15- Why did the professor guess that the parchment was written in Latin? Because the scientists of the sixteenth century always wrote about their discoveries in Latin. 16- Why did the professor use a magnifying glass? To make the letters bigger. 17- Why did the professor guess that the parchment was written by someone who owned the book? Because the book and the parchment were not written in same handwriting. 18- Why did Lidenbrock guess that the writing of the parchment was later than the book? Because the book and the parchment were not written in same hanwritting. 19-Who wrote the parchment? Arne Saknussemm 20- What do you know about Arne Saknussemm? Who was Arne Saknussemm?
He was a famous Icelandic scientist of the 16th century. He made many great scientific discoveries. He was the owner of the book and the writer of the parchment [/size] | |
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