5.News of the Engagement Arnold Bennet
5.News of the Engagement Arnold Bennet
Contents Introduction about the Author Text Analysis Questions after Reading Exercises
Contents Introduction about the Author Text Analysis Questions after Reading Exercises
Introduction about the Author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)was an English novelist,playwright,critic and essayist.He was best known for his novels of“the Five Towns”- the English Potteries.It is the district in Staffordshire,where pottery is the chief industry. He used“the Five Towns'”(the potteries towns)) as background of his major works.The story in the text also takes place in the Five Towns which is a small town in England
Introduction about the Author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist, playwright, critic and essayist. He was best known for his novels of “the Five Towns”-- - the English Potteries. It is the district in Staffordshire, where pottery is the chief industry. He used “the Five Towns” (the potteries towns) as background of his major works. The story in the text also takes place in the Five Towns which is a small town in England
Text 1.Two days after his proposal to Agnes, Philip has come to spend Christmas with his mother and to tell her about his engagement. He feels excited and a little nervous.To his amazemen达，he notices that his mother is also more excited than usual.Is that because she already knows about his engagement?Or is there another reason?
Text 1.Two days after his proposal to Agnes, Philip has come to spend Christmas with his mother and to tell her about his engagement. He feels excited and a little nervous. To his amazement, he notices that his mother is also more excited than usual. Is that because she already knows about his engagement? Or is there another reason?
2.My mother never came to meet me at Bursley station when I arrived in the Five Towns from London. She always had other things to do;she was"preparing" for me.So I had the little journey from Knype to Bursley,and then the walk up Trafalgar Road,all by myself.And there was enough time to consider how I should break to my mother the tremendous news I had for her.I had been considering that question since I got into the train at Euston,where I had said good- bye to Agnes;but in the atmosphere of the Five Towns it seemed more difficult,though,of course,it wasn't difficult,really
2.My mother never came to meet me at Bursley station when I arrived in the Five Towns from London. She always had other things to do; she was “preparing” for me. So I had the little journey from Knype to Bursley, and then the walk up Trafalgar Road, all by myself. And there was enough time to consider how I should break to my mother the tremendous news I had for her. I had been considering that question since I got into the train at Euston, where I had said goodbye to Agnes; but in the atmosphere of the Five Towns it seemed more difficult, though, of course, it wasn’t difficult, really