C1 Complete the table according to the text on pages 8 and 9, Student’s Book.
根據課本第8至9頁的課文內容完成下面的表格。
TitleMorning in the desert
Author(1)
Suzanne Fisher Staples
SettingTime(2)
Morning
PlaceDesert, near the toba
Main characterShabanu, a girl who lives in the desert and understands the (3)
preciousness
of water
Main eventsGetting upShe wakes up to the grey sky and rubs her eyes. She ties (4)
a piece of soap
into her clothes and picks up two water pots.
Going to the tobaShe goes to the toba with one pot (5)
on her head
and the other under her arm.
At the tobaShe looks out over the water hole, then (6)
steps
into the water, with mud covering her feet, pushes the scum aside, (7)
fills
the water pot and places a piece of (8)
cloth
over the pot's mouth to keep out mud.
Main events Bathing She pours water over her hair and rubs the soap into her hair and skin, using (9)
every drop
of water.
Water disappearing She and other people in the desert prepare to (10)
leave
the toba as the water dries up.
Theme Water is (11)
precious
and hard to find in the desert. Shabanu uses water efficiently, making sure not to waste any.
