miércoles, 20 de junio de 2012

CLUB DE LECTURA DE INGLÉS DE 1ºC

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THE HOUSE
OF THE
SEVEN
GABLES”
CHAPTER 1 – THE STORE
SUMMARY


Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon lived in the House of the Seven Gables, on a Pyncheon street. It was a dark old house.
Hepzibah didn’t want to work in the store of the House of the Seven Gables because the people in the town didn’t like her. She was old, and her face wasn’t beautiful. But she needed money, she needed food.
Her first customer arrived, he was Mr. Holgrave. He lived in one of the seven gables. Mr. Holgrave wanted some biscuits but Hepzibah didn’t take any money from her only friend and she gave the biscuits.
Other customer arrived, a schoolboy, but he didn’t buy anything.
The schoolboy came back and bought the biscuits.
The cousin’s Hepzibah, was in the store but she didn’t love her cousin, he had a cold face.
A new customer was in the store but he don’t buy anything.
Hepzibah was sad because she had not gotten a lot of money and in the afternoon, there was many customerbut they didn’t buy anything.
Suddenly, other Hepzibah’s cousin came into the store. Phoebe wanted a job and Hepzibah talked with Clifford Pyncheon. He was dead but in the old house dead people can come back again.
UNKNOWN WORDS
Gable: Aguilón Customer: Cliente Schoolboy: Chico de la escuela
Unhappy: Infeliz Store: Tienda Maybe: Tal vez

CHAPTER 2 – PHOEBE AT HOME
SUMMARY


It’s a new day and Phoebe got up and she looked the garden for the window. She liked the white flowers. She went to the garden and took a flowers, she put on his bedroom.
Later, she went to Hepzibah’s room and they saw pictures. Hepzibah started to cry and Phoebe took her to the kitchen and Hepzibah stoped to cry and they went to the store and a customer came into store. Phoebe is a very good worker.
At night, Hepzibah closed her store and Phoebe went to see a pictures. Hepzibah talked about their family.
Later, Phoebe went to the garden and she thought who worked in the garden and a person behind her talked. It was Holgrave and he saw to her other pictures. He asked who was the person of the picture and Phoebe know, but she mistaken because the picture had the same cold face than she thought.
It’s late and they went to sleep, Hepzibah kissed Phoebe and Phoebe she realized that she loves.

UNKNOWN WORDS

Worker: Trabajadora Land: Tierra Quiet: Silencio
Wizard: Brujo Kissed: Besó


CHAPTER 3 – PHOEBE’S FAMILY
SUMMARY


The next day, Phoebe went down to the kitchen and she started to make some coffee and hot food. Hepzibah was there and she started to cry.
Suddenly, a man went into the kitchen, he was Hepzibah’s brother, Clifford Pyncheon. Phoebe didn’t know who was he, but Hepzibah told him who was he.
He moved very slowly and didn’t talk. Clifford didn’t remember Phoebe but she teached a flowers and he started to remember to Phoebe.
Later, the schoolboy, went to the store, but he went away with his bag. Then, the door opened again, was a fat man in a expensive black coat.
He wanted Hepzibah. Phoebe said it was her cousin and the man realized it was Phoebe and started to kiss, but Phoebe sttoped and she went to want Hepzibah. It was Judge Pyncheon.
Hepzibah is angry, she didn’t love Judge Pyncheon. He wanted to stay in the house of the seven gables, but Hepzibah didn’t want.
Judge said that Clifford was bad man, but Phoebe didn’t think this. He’s an important man.

UNKNOWN WORDS
Remember: Recordar Away: Lejos

CHAPTER 4 – HOUSE AND
GARDEN
SUMMARY
In the morning, Clifford was sleep, Phoebe worked in the store and Hepzibah stayed with Clifford. In the afternoon, Phoebe stayed with Clifford and Hepzibah worked in the store.
Hepzibah, Clifford and Phoebe were usually in the garden on Sunday afternoons and Mr. Venner and Holgrave often came too. But Phoebe and Clifford sometimes wasn’t to the garden and they went to a room, with a big window.
One day, Clifford hear music and he wanted to go with people and music
Holgrave wanted that Phoebe was with he to his house of the country, but Phoebe went to go to her mother’s house. They talked about the Maule’s cursed.
Hepzibah worked in the store, but the people was away. Judge went into the store, and Hepzibah was angry. Judge said that Clifford was going to die and Hepzibah went to the Clifford’s room. He wasn’t there, Hepzibah was afraid, but he was in other room dancing. Judge was in the chair where Colonel Pyncheon dead, and the curse returned and Judge dead. All took their money. Everybody went to the train quickly, without tickets.
Suddenly Clifford talked with the man of the train. All were amazed because Clifford spoke after a long time. (thirty years)
He wanted to be a new man.


UNKNOWN WORDS
Friendly: Amistoso Prison: Prisión Catch: Coger


CHAPTER 5 – GOODBYE!
SUMMARY

In the morning, the people came to the store, but it was closed. All asked where was Hepzibah.
Suddenly, Phoebe arrived from the country, and went to the store, but it was closed. She asked to the people. She went to the front door, and it was closed too, same the back door. But in a moment, the back door opened. It’s dark there. She thought it was Hepzibah but it wasn’t she.
Phoebe went a big room. A hand, took Phoebe and talked. It was Holgrave. He said that the curse was the bad hearts of a members of the Pyncheon family.
Clifford went to the prison because he murder of his uncle. But it wasn’t a murder. It was the bad hearts of Colonel Pyncheon and Judge Pyncheon.
Holgrave said that he love Phoebe, but Phoebe was afraid. Later, Phoebe said that she love Holgrave too.
Then, the police and doctors came to the house.
When all finished, Hepzibah, Clifford and Mr. Venner returned. They went with Phoebe to the room where the Colonel Pyncheon and Judge dead.
They thought that the Pyncheon’s land, Judge’s money and the Judge’s big country house was for their. But they said that the Pyncheon’s land didn’t need and they went to the house of the country.
Then, they closed the House of the Seven Gables and moved to the country. Phoebe took some flowers with her. They were Alice’s flowers.

UNKNONW WORDS
Land: Tierra Murder: Asesinato
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN
GABLES
FINAL SUMMARY

Miss Hepzibah, went to the House of the Seven Gables and she opened a store because she needed money for eat.
One day, her cousin, went with she. They talked about their family and the curse, Maule, a wizard, cast a curse for the Colonel Pyncheon family.
The Hepzibah’s brother arrived to the House of the Seven Gables. He was every day in the bedroom.
Suddenly, the bad Judge Pyncheon went to the House of the Seven Gables because he wanted Clifford and he wanted took to the police because Clifford murder his uncle.
The days passed and Judge, dead in the same place that Colonel Pyncheon. They was same because they had a same bad heart and the same cold face
Then, the curse returned, and the people had to leave the House of the Seven Gables, but Phoebe it wasn’t there, she was in his mother`s house and when she returned to the House of the Seven Gables, there was anybody.
Suddenly, a door opened and a hand took Phoebe to a big room, it was Holgrave and he talked about the curse. Later he said that he loved Phoebe, and Phoebe loved Holgrave.
Other day, Clifford and Hepzibah returned to the House of the Seven Gables and they wanted the Judge’s money and his house of the country, they didn’t need the House of the Seven Gables, and they closed it.


Actividad coordinada por la profesora de inglés Estrella Sequeda

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