2.11 Questions about the text "I don't understand"

 

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Written comprehension:  “I don’t understand”

A)   Who are the different characters? What are their nationalities?

 

 

 

B)   Where does the scene take place?

 

 

C)   Which language do they have to speak?

 

 

D)  According to the narrator, which language are the others speaking?

 

 

E)   How does the narrator react when he hears Bernard speaking?

 

 

 

F)   Rewrite what the employees try to say in English! (l.4, l.8 and l.14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G)  Do you understand the expression “Holy Babel fish”?

You can use a dictionary… or the net to understand the reference to “Babel”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H)  What is the tone of the text?