【正文】 son!” “Your son? But — I don’t understand.” Text Analysis “Hans Koffer is our son, Mr. Baker. He was one year old when the war started. I was a soldier, and my wife was working for the government in Berlin. In 1944 she sent Hans to live with friends in the country, as it was not safe in Berlin. We never saw him again.” He put his one arm round his wife. She was not crying now, but her gentle face looked more sad and tired than ever. Text Analysis “My wife and I were caught by the enemy and taken to Moscow. After four years we were set free, but all our friends in Germany were dead. We could not find Hans.” “But why do you have a different name?” “I understand that, I think,” said Peter, looking at his German teacher. “Many people change their names when they e to live in England. And Koffer is the German word for a box, you know.” Return ticket [ 5tikit ] n. 入場(chǎng)券，票 =written or printed piece of card or paper giving the holder the right to travel in a train, bus, ship, etc or to a seat in a cinema, concert hall, etc . Do you want a single ticket or a return ticket? 你要單程票還是往返票？ Return dressmaker [5dresmeIkE] n. 裁縫 =person who makes women’s dresses . I’ll ask my dressmaker to make another coat for my daughter. 我要請(qǐng)我的裁縫再為我女兒做一件衣服。 Return That leaves me with number 28. That is to say I have to go to number 28. 這么說，我是非去 28號(hào)不可了。 Return At seventeen he was old enough to take care of himself. 他都十七歲了，完全能夠自己照顧自己了。 Return They must be your people from number 28: They must be the people you are looking for from number 28. Return could not see any sign of Mr. Box: could not see Mr. Box at all Return Moscow ([5mRskEJ]): capital of the former Soviet Union Return What is the surprise for Mr. Koffer? Answer What is the surprise for Mr. Koffer? He met his parents at the school dance, who had been separated from him since he was a child. Return Why did Peter e home late that day? Answer Why did Peter e home late that day? He was selling tickets for the school dance. Return Who suggested having a school dance? And why? Answer Who suggested having a school dance? And why? Mr. Koffer, the German teacher, tried to collect money to help a school in Switzerland for orphans. Return Did this school have anything to do with Mr. Koffer? Answer Did this school have anything to do with Mr. Koffer? Yes, he was brought up there. Return Who lived in house number 28? What kind of life did they live? Answer Who lived in house number 28? What kind of life did they live? A foreigner called Box and his wife. A lonely and isolated life. Return How many tickets did the Boxes get? Answer How many tickets did the Boxes get? Four, two from Mr. Baker and two from Mrs. Baker. Return What is the relationship between Mr. Box and Mr. Koffer? Answer What is the relationship between Mr. Box and Mr. Koffer? Father and son. Return Were the Boxes angry with Mr. Baker because of the extra tickets? Answer Were the Boxes angry with Mr. Baker because of the extra tickets? No. Instead they were grateful to him. If Mr. Baker had not sold them the tickets, they would not have met their son. Return How does the story end? Answer How does the story end? It ends in the happy reunion of the family. Return 。 More 在文章中相同的還有： Few people were strongminded enough to say “no” to her. 很少有人能夠固執(zhí)到對(duì)她說聲 “ 不 ” 。 Return Peter often said that his mother “could talk the back leg off a donkey”. 彼得常說他媽有一條三寸不爛之舌。A Surprise for Mr. Koffer 1. Background Knowledge 2. Text Analysis 3. Exercises 4. Questions For Discussion Background Knowledge Switzerland: Switzerland is a landlocked central European country with a population of 6,586,000 and Bern as its capital. Four languages are spoken in this country: German, French, Italian and Romansh. A highly industrialized country, Switzerland exports watches, jewelry, precision tools and instruments, textiles and chemicals. Tourism and international banking are its major maintained an armed neutrality in both the world wars. In 1986 voters rejected a proposal to join the United Nations. More Background Knowledge Berlin: Berlin was the capital of Germany from 1871 to 1945. Since the Second World War it has been divided into East Berlin (formerly the Russian zone, now capital of East Germany) and West Berlin (a state of West Germany). West Berlin contains 12 districts of the original city and is divided into British, French and US zones. East Berlin contains 8 districts of the old city. Up until 1989 the Berlin Wall separated both halves of the city. Now the cities and two countries have been reunited into one Germany. More Background Knowledge In England children finish school at the ages of 16 to 18. At this age they either get a job and bee a member of the work force, or go on to college. The legal age for adulthood is 18. This enab