Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone

se: i think rachel’s servant, rosanna may have stolen the diamond because she had never seen such a big diamond and she wanted to sell it for a large amount of money, then she would live a happy and rich life.
t: many students do very well in the discussion and show their own opinions. now let’s do the reading and speaking on page 243 in the workbook.
step iv  talking
t: now turn to page 243. rachel and her family live a different life upstairs from rosanna and the servants’ life downstairs. let’s think about the question: what are the differences between them? now read through the passage and find the differences between the two kinds of life.
ask some students to tell the differences between them.
sa: i’ll tell the difference about their clothes between rachel and rosanna. rachel had quite a lot of beautiful clothes, shows and caps and she also had much jewellery and furniture. she might change her clothes every day. however, rosanna had very few clothes and never had jewellery and very little furniture.
sb: i’ll tell the difference about how they spent their time. rosanna had to get up very early every morning and kept working from 5:00 am to 9:30 pm. it usually lasted 14 hours a day. she was busy working all day from morning to evening until she had served evening tea at about 9:30 pm. then she could sit in the servants’ hall, playing cards or chatting with other servants before going to bed. but rachel had free time all day. she got up very late in the morning. she might play with her friends, do some reading at home or talk with her parents. she went to bed at about 9:30 pm.
sc: both rachel and rosanna might think about many things in their lives. rachel might think about how to get a good education, how to get along with her friends, how to make herself look more beautiful, how to make herself happy, when and where to meet her friends, whether to attend the parties she had been invited to and so on. while rosanna might think about how to do her work better, how to satisfy her masters, how to learn the things she couldn’t do and how to make her life happier and more comfortable in the future.
sd: there was an obvious difference between their food. rachel had three different meals every day and her food was always delicious with good nutrition while rosanna had her very simple, basic food every day.
se: in everyday life, rachel might talk with her parents or friends about her education, feelings, clothes, diet, jewellery but rosanna might talk about her work, her family, her friends, what she heard or saw, especially what happened in rachel’s family.