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Copyright of this Chinese bilingual edition by The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Ltd, Name of Book: Dracula Author: Bram Stoker Text adaptation, notes and activities: Kenneth Brodey Editors: Rebecca Raynes, Frances Evans Design and art direction: Nadia Maestri Computer graphics: Simona Corniola illustrations: Gianni De Conno Picture research: — Laura Lagomarsino MMAR (Black Cat A ZAM PEE Level 5) JS BL): ORK RB: WAM lovenores@163.com TB a4 : EB Bikwaag : BLE SH RRAAT + SEAR NRE AEH RAE Mak: Lee TTP ute 3603 5 AB 4%: 200062 BSA : 021 - 62450163 HEAT] $F | 021 - 62572105 Tre (BR) BAF : 021 - 62869887 ARB : 021 - 62809537 (HEEL) TDi ak ¢ MTL E a 3663 SAE ARI ME R Se PE * www-ecnupress.com.cn A) BS: Le PPR S RA MARA A FF A B90X 1240 32 FF SK 4.5 FBR: 126 FF MRR: 2009 7 ABH EMR : 2009 4F 7 Rt Al KF 1-5 100 4 S ISBN 978-7 -5617- 3603 -6/H1 - 254 Pt: 26.0056 (&cd) HMR AS RSA (oo SALE 454 ENT ALL» ASA CR SLL O21 ~ 62865937 HEADContents The Man who Created Dracula — Bram Stoleer 8 PHS MEARS TH RiP ee Aw Part One The Dead Travel Fast 18 BARA Part Two A Prisoner in Count Dracula’s Castle 32 SHE RRS Be Mi Part Three The Count Arrives in England 53 BC KAA RM Real Vampires 75 ee LP eS 7 Part Four The Bloofer Lady 79 BR HR ME P ay 8 Part Five The Girls that you Love are Mine 93 SLU Hh KM Part Six Racing against the Sun 112 A@iNRARG ACTIVITIES 14, 28, 44, 72, 77, 88, 107, 124 APPENDICES Exit Test 128 FB it Key to the Activities and Exit Test KISRANRSR 137 Parts 1, 3, 4 and 6 are recorded on the accompanying CD. RB PERS G@ exo These symbols indicate the beginning and end of the ©" extracts linked to the listening activities. OF DR Fre RAO ARBram Stoker, photograph by Downey. The Man who Created Dracula — B Bram Stoker ram Stoker, who was born in Clontarf, Ireland in 1847, grew up listening to great horror stories. He was a sickly, bedridden ! boy and his mother often helped him pass the time by telling Irish tales of banshees, 2 demons 3 and ghouls. 4 Years later, Bram asked his mother to write down the most horrifying of these tales: ‘Its strange bitter 5 kiss, and man’s want of experience or knowledge © of its nature, or how best to resist its attacks, added, if anything, to its horrors.” opens bedridden : #1290 HAY © bansh ERY ECR + FORME HUR RNG AT ABET: © demons : Xi © ghouls : ft" © bitter : HM © man’s want of experience or knowledge : (sbSb4) AMARA DRL E EARTH ©This sounds a lot like Dracula, but his mother was actually telling the young B: m about the horrors of the cholera ! epidemic ? that had once decimated 3 Ireland. Mrs Stoker was also a writer, a social worker and a feminist. She thought that the world’s problems could be solved by ‘equalising the sexes’. 4 At first Bram ac epted his mother’s views, but when he wrote Dracula he had already changed his mind. 5 As you will see for yourselves, Bram thought women should be the servants of men. In fact, the character Mina can be seen as Bram’s ideal woman: courageous and intelligent, but always working to help her man. Bram’s father, a civil servant ® in Dublin, on the other hand, was a sion for the mild man. However, he transmitted to Bram his pa: theatre, a passion that would mark 7 Bram’s life even more than his passion for horror. After his sickly youth, Bram went to Trinity College where he received honours in oratory, * composition and sports. He also discovered the poetry of the great American poet, Walt Whitman. Bram especially loved Whitman’s poetry about ‘manly ? men’. After graduating from Trinity College, it seemed that Bram was going to follow in his father’s footsteps. ! He worked for several CAL © epidemic : (9% « 3. decimated : (RHR) AI AHA ° 4. equalising the sexes : WHEE © 5. changed his mind ; HAR » civil servant : AH bi © 7. mark : Sill © 8. oratory : iDEA © 9, manly : 779) 7° UHEIH > 10, follow... footsteps : i: AC IK MC: © choler 9years for the Irish civil service. '! He even used his own and his father’s great experience to compose a massive book called The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland. But Bram continued to pursue his real passion, the theatre. He spent all his free time going to the theatre and writing reviews 2 for different newspapers. Ii 1867 Bram saw for the first time his own personal ‘Dracula’, the man who would suck out all of Bram’s life and financial blood. This personal Dracula was Henry Irving the great Victorian actor, the man who made acting into the respectable profession it is today. In fact, in 1895 Irving became the first actor to be knighted After seeing Irving for the first time Bram began to praise Irving in reviews and in December 1878 Bram became Irving’s business manager. He worked with complete devotion 4 for this tyrannical 5 actor . tent Sevenioeats.Bivza tude Henry Irving as Macbeth (1875) FOF twenty-seven years. Bram made by James Archer. very little money, often worked civil service : 41 ¢ reviews : if iG = to be knighted : 24) yi} devotion ; 41k © tyrannical : IEA ©fifteen hours a day, and sometimes wrote as many as fifty letters a day for Irving. Bram’s death certificate says that he died of ‘exhaustion’. ! And yet, even though Bram received little money for his work and was often in debt, he lived an exciting life. Irving ran a club in the back of his theatre called the Beefsteak Room, and after the actor’s performance all sorts of people came to dine with Irving ‘from the Prince to the humblest 2 of commoners. 3 Statesmen, travellers, explorers, ambassadors, foreign princes and potentates, 4 poets, novelists and historians.’ Two things held these varied people togethe a love of good food and a love of good stories. Bram himself was a great storyteller, and both the food and tales of the Beefsteak Room were, according to Bram himself, the beginning greatest tale, Dracula. He said: of his ‘The idea came to me in a nightmare. One evening I was dining with Henry Irving when I ate too much dressed > crab ° and I spent all night long dreaming these weird 7 dreams about a dead/alive man preying on § the living!” In the first drafts of Bram’s novel about this dead/alive man, Count Dracula was called ‘Count Wampyr’, but in 1897 Bram read a book called An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 1. exhaustion : AYR A)& © 2. humblest : Jit HUI © 3. commoners : *FINTTHE © 4. potentates : i © 5. dressed ; CLilvikty 6. crab: ME > 4 \ 7. ind : PEFR © ing on : HH © account ; Mii 10, Wallachia and Moldavia ; FLSWJLIR AUIS HEME (4 KG YATES “AB AY) ©Vlad the Impaler (Vlad VI of Wallachia) (16th century). by William Wilkinson. In his book he read about a cruel Transylvan count called Dracula, a name which means either “Dragon”, or by extension, ‘the Devil’. This prince of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes was never considered a vampire,! but he was known for his incredible cruelty in war. He fought and against the Turks when he won a battle he impaled 2 his prisoners. In fact he became known as the ‘Impaler’. But the Count Dracula of the novel has little in common with the historical Vlad Tepes, who is considered a patriotic 3 hero by the Romanians themselves. Rather, Bram’s vampire is a clear descendant of the Gothic tradition in English and European literature. Gothic novels often had old castles and ghosts, and of course, lots of primitive passions. All sorts of psychological conflicts which could not be dis ussed in any other way could come out in Gothic novels. Dracula is full of passion and real fears; fears that are still very much alive today: the fear of death and the dead, and the fear of vampire: (HONE!) Rf © 1 2. impaled : #813 > 3. patriotic : Sz[M ) ©sexual passions. Bram himself wrote that ‘the only emotions which in the long run! harm are those arising from? sex impuls' In Dracula people are buried, but we are never sure if they are really dead. The women in this book fear Count Dracula but at the same time they can feel his great sexual charm, and the men hesitate before the voluptuous beauty of the women vampires they should kill. Bram Stoker's book has been interpreted in a myriad of ways, 5 and his character Count Dracula has appeared in more than 200 films. Everybody knows who he is, from small children to adults without Who doesn’t know that the Count ever having read the novel sleeps in a coffin, 6 drinks blood, turns into a bat,? hates garlic 8 and dies if you drive 9 a stake 10 through his heart? But of course, Count Dracula, who first appeared in 1897, is eternally |! young, and will, in one form or another, haunt !2 our lives for many more years to come. in the long run : —-BE{CIN IH] © 1g from : KE © impulses: (i) Wha) voluptuous ; Fifty © i yriad of ways : 2A AT © 6. coffin : HAC © 7 hat il ing Gary Oldman as Dracula in the 1992 film version by F. F. Coppola. 8. garlic: Kee “YY 9. drive: WHA © 10. a stake : ABE © ~~ 11. eternally : 24{tJti © 12. haunt : MARR RATAN ©Other Books of I lorror by Bram Stoker The Snake’s Pass (1890) The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) The Lady of the Shroud (1909) The Lair of the White Worm (1911) Ey Answer these questions about Bram and his creation Count Dracula. a. What was Bram’s childhood like? b. How did Bram’s mother think the world’s problems could be solved? ¢. Who was Bram's own personal Dracula? d. How did Bram get the idea for his famous novel? e. What are the chara f. Who was the real Dracula? g- How many films have been made about Count Dracula? h. When was the novel Dracula first published?Before you read 8 Unscramble | the words below and match them with the objects. Look up in the dictionary any words you don’t know. raglic gasfn doblo tab lowf Hloy Wrefa kesat Cifixruc runssie tunsse typion raes 1, unscramble : 4K SL 504oo 10. Dracula's coach went extremely fast, but it seemed to Write down everything you know about Dracula. a. His appearance b. His powers ¢. His way of talking d, What he likes e. What he doesn't like f. Where he lives g. How he can be killed Look at the picture of Dracula on page 23. Is this how he appears in the films you have seen? How is he different? Listen to the beginning of Part One and complete the sentences. 1. At the Borgo Pass Dracula’s coach will wait for Jonathan and then 2. The landlady tells Jonathan that the fourth of May is also 3. She also tells him that at midnight all the evil things in the world will... i 4, Jonathan does not know what to do when the landlady gives him a crucifix because he is a member of 5. Jonathan heard words which in English meant Satan, hell, witch and were-wolf or . : 6. After the coach arrived at the Borgo Pass, the driver stopped and said softly to another passenger that ... 7. When Dracula's coach arrived, the passengers 8. The driver of Jonathan’s coach says that they have arrived early because the English Herr was .... 9. One of Jonathan’s companions in the coach said a line froma German poem which in English means ......DRACULA by Bram Stoker Main Characters Jonathan Harker | Young solicitor* sent to do business with Count Dracula Count Dracula | The Transylvanian noble who bought a house in London Mina Murray | Jonathan Harker’s fiancée? Lucy Westenra | Mina’s best friend Arthur Holmwood | Lucy’s fiancé3 | Dr John ‘Jack’ Seward | Director of a lunatic asylum, a and one of Lucy's suitors § Professor Abraham Van Helsing | John Seward’s teacher from Amsterdam and one of the greatest scientists in the world Mr Quincey P. Morris | Lucy’s third suitor from Texas R. M. Renfield | One of Dr Seward's patients in the lunaticasylum 1, solicitor : (Wi 4. Tunatic asylum : Hi PRBE & cf fia AMESE + 5. suitors : RAPHE © a i 3. fiancé : AMERPart One The Dead Travel Fast ‘The best definition | can give of a vampire is a living, mischievous ! and murderous ? dead body. A living dead body! These words, however, are useless, contradictory, 3 incomprehensible, # but so are vampires. Mr Scoffern in his book Stray Leaves of Science and Folklore. Jonathan Harker's Diary written in Bistritz 3S May I left Munich for Transylvania on 1st May. When I arrived there at the Golden Krone Hotel, the landlady, 5 a very friendly old woman, welcomed me at the door of the hotel and said, ‘The ve me this letter: — Herr 6 Englishman?" ‘Yes,’ replied, and she 1. mischievous sity © 2. murderous : (HARI) 97 1 HOEY © 3. contradictory : HAA HTN © 4. incomprehensible ; #£ DAH i) © 5. landlady : ii 4 © 6. Herr: (f8i#) 36'E @ 18The Dead Travel Fast My Friend — Pelcome to the Carpathians. Sleep well tonight. At thee tomorrow A coach jill start for Bukovina. A place on it is kept for you. At the Borgo Fass my coach jill wait for you and bring you to me. Your friend, Dracula & May Just before | was about to take the coach, the landlady came up to my room. ‘Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?” Then she asked me, ‘Do you know what day it is?’ | told her that it was the fourth of May. ‘No, no, more than that,’ she said. ‘It is the eve! of St George’s Day. Don't you know that tonight at midnight all the evil things in the world will have complete power?’ She then fell down on her knees and implored 2 me not to go, but I had to go. The landlady then stood up, and taking a crucifix from her neck, offered it to me. 1 did not know what to do, because, as a member of the Church of England, I had been taught to see such things as somewhat idolatrous, 4 but J did not want to offend the old lady. She saw the doubt on my face and put the crucifix around my neck and said, ‘Take it for your mother’s sake." 5 I do not know why, but [ am feeling worried. If this diary reaches Mina before I do, then it will be my good-bye. Here comes the coach! 4. idolatrous : MRA FFM © 5. for your mother’s sake : Jy Mit) REAL © 1. eve: WY © 2. implored : 82K ¢ 3. crucifix; F2 « TDracula 5 May, the Castle When I got on the coach the driver was talking with the landlady. Some people came and listened and then looked at me with pity. A number of words were repeated often. I looked them up in my polyglot? dictionary. They were ‘Ordog’ — Satan, ‘pokol’ — hell, ‘stregoica’ — witch, ‘vrolok’ and ‘vlkoslak’ — both of which mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Serbian for something which is either were-wolf2 or vampire. (Mem., 3 I must ask the Count about these superstitions.) I soon forgot about my fears as we travelled through this green hilly land of forests and farmhouses. The driver clearly wanted to arrive quickly at the Borgo Pass. 4 After some time we could see the Carpathian Mountains above these hills. As it grew 5 dark, the other passengers kept telling the driver to go faster. Through the darkness I could see an area of grey light ahead of us. Then the mountains seemed to come nearer to us on each side: we were entering the Borgo Pass. The coach stopped and we waited for the Count’s coach to arrive. The driver said softly to another passenger that we were an hour early. Then the driver said to me, ‘You see, no one is here for you. You can go on to Bukovina and then return another day.’ Just then the horses became very excited. The passengers screamed 6 and crossed themselves. 7 A coach with four beautiful . polyglot : SHIRTS My ° . were-wolf : JA + mem. ; #88 (memorandum(i%) © » pass: BEA © grew: (HAbRN) BAP o 6. screamed : 4m] » 7. crossed themselves : 467134 AIM IMI Ta CURA AERERL) ° von e 20The Dead Travel Fast black horses arrived. Its driver was a tall man, with a long brown beard and a great black hat that hid his face. His eyes seemed red in the lamplight. He said to our drivor, ‘You are early tonight, my friend.’ ‘The English Herr was in a hurry,’ our driver stammered. 1 “That is why you told him to go on to Bukovina. You cannot deceive? me, my friend —I know too much and my horses are too fast.’ As this strange man spoke I could see his very red lips and his sharp teeth as white as ivory. One of my companions in the coach whispered * a line from a German poem: ‘Denn die Todten reiten schnell’ — (‘For the dead travel fas The strange driver smiled at this and said, ‘Give me the Herr’s luggage.’ Then he quickly put my bags into his coach and helped me in with a hand that held me in a grip of steel. 4 Without a word we started off into the darkness of the Borgo Pass. The coach went extremely fast, and it seemed to me that we were simply going around in a big circle, so I took note of some distinctive 5 point. I then discovered that we were in fact going around in a circle. | looked at my watch and discovered that it was almost midnight. Suddenly, on our left, I saw a faint 6 blue flame. The driver stopped the horses and, jumping to the ground, disappeared into the darkness. Soon he reappeared. | think | must have fallen asleep and kept dreaming of this incident because it seemed to be repeated endlessly. Now it seems like an awful nightmare. stammered : 477E, ibe » deceive : SK 4a whispered : 4)" 1% « held ... grip of steel ; (LEW HRM F © distinctive : @HiA WH « faint: PEM > oP eNS 2 en?Dracula Once the flame appeared near the road and I could observe the driver making a strange construction of stones around it. Another time I saw him standing between me and the flame, but he did not seem to obstruct ? it. Then another time the driver stopped the coach and went even farther away. The horses began to tremble. | could not understand why since the wolves had stopped howling, 2 But just then the moon came out from behind some black clouds and | saw around us a circle of wolves. All at once, with the appearance of the moon, they began to howl. I shouted for the driver and tried to scare the wolves away. He appeared and shouted some command and waved his arms. The wolves moved away. This was so strango that I was too afraid to move or speak. Then we travelled for an endlessly long time. Suddenly, I saw that we had arrived in the courtyard of a vast } ruined castle. I must have fallen asloep because I did not notice our arrival at the Count’s castle. When the coach stopped the driver jumped down and helped me out and then jumped back on the coach and drove away. What was going to happen? What kind of people lived here? Was this the usual kind of thing that happened to a solicitor who was sent out to explain the purchase ¢ of a London estate 5 to a foreigner? ® Just then I heard the massive? door opening. Inside, stood a tall old man with a long white moustache and all dressed in black. obstruct ; BILE © 5. estate : Jy" © howling : I © 6. foreigner : YHA © vast: REAM + 7. massive: FAT © the purchase ; 83% © 22Dracula The old man signalled with his right hand for me to enter, and said in excellent English with a strange intonation, 1! ‘Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!’ 2 He did not come closer to greet > me, but stood like a statue. But the moment I entered, he moved forward and shook my hand so hard that it hurt. His hand felt more like the hand of a dead man than that of a living man. ‘Welcome to my house,’ he continued, ‘Come freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.” The strength of his handshake reminded me of the driver so I said, ‘Count Dracula?’ ‘Lam Dracula,’ he replied. ‘Welcome, Mr Harker. Come in. You must eat and rest.’ He himself carried my bags up the stairs to a small room without windows and then into a great bedroom well lighted and warmed with a log4 fire. I washed and changed quickly because | was very hungry. When I went to the other room the Count said, ‘Please be seated and dine as you please. Please excuse me if I do not join you, but Thave already dined.’ After dinner, I smoked a cigar and observed his face. His nose had a high bridge 5 and peculiar nostrils. 6 His eyebrows 7 were massive and almost met over the nose. The mouth under the heavy 1. intonation : iM Mi © 2. of your own will : Bai fk © 3. greet : [ili © sg ct A bridge (of the 1 one nostrils : fh4L © eyebrows ie >The Dead Travel Fast white moustache was rather cruel-looking with peculiarly * sharp 2 teeth, which protruded 3 over the lips. His lips seemed incredibly red for a man his age. His ears were pale and at the tops extremely pointed. The chin was broad 4 and strong. His hands were broad with short fingers. Strange to say, there were hairs in the centre of the palms. The nails 5 were long and fine, and cut to a sharp point. In addition his breath stank 6 which gave me a feeling of nausea. 7 F May After breakfast I found a sort of library. It was filled with books about England. While I was reading the Count came in and greeted me. ‘Lam glad you found my library. Unfortunately, I only know your language through books. | hope you can teach me how to speak it.’ “But, Count,’ I said, ‘you know and speak English very well.’ ‘Thank you,’ he replied, ‘but I only know the words and grammar —I don’t know how to speak them. Everybody in London would know that I am a stranger. Here I am noble, but a stranger in a strange land is no one.” I told him that I would be happy to teach him and then I asked if could come into the library when I wanted. ‘Yes, certainly,’ he answered. ‘You may go anywhere you wish in the castle, except where the doors are locked, where of course you will not wish to go. We are in Transylvania and Transylvania is not England.’ 1. peculiarly : #488 © 5. naite tent CS 2. sharp: 248i © 6. stank : (stink, stank (stunk) > 3. protruded : il 4M tH stunk ) Zt Hy AE HY FEV 4. broad : #RaIY © 7. nausea: My © 25Dracula This led to much conversation. I asked him about the blue flames. He said that it was believed that on certain nights of the year when all the evil spirits have complete power — the night before in fact — there appear those blue flames over places where treasure has been buried. This region, he explained, had been invaded many times and each time the residents: would bury their treasures so they would not be found by the invaders. The Count and I looked at all the papers regarding the house and he signed the necessary documents. He then asked me how I had found such a good place. I showed him some kodaks ? and read to him the notes I had taken. This very old estate is called Carfax and its house is large. One large house nearby has recently become a lunatic asylum. 3 May I began to fear that I wrote too much in this diary, but now I am glad that I did. I need these facts so that my imagination does not get out of control. This morning I got up and hung my shaving mirror by the window. I began to shave when suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder, and heard the Count’s voice saying to me, ‘Good morning.’ I started 3 because I was surprised that I had not seen his reflection 4 in my mirror. In starting I had cut myself slightly. 1 said good morning to the Count and looked at the mirror again to invaded : BEfE itt « kodaks ; (JHGkb1R) JR + started : 9943) BLK « reflection : (BE'%) Wei » 26The Dead Travel Fast see if | had been mistaken. Now the Count was near me and I still could not see him in the mirror. At that moment I could see that the cut was bleeding a little. When the Count saw my face, his face blazed 1 with a sort of demoniac? fury, 3 and he tried to grab 4 my throat. I pulled away and his hand touched the crucifix around my neck. It made an instant change in him. The fury went away so quickly that it was difficult to believe that it had ever been there. ‘Take care,’ he said, ‘take care how you cut yourself. It is more dangerous than you think in this country.’ Then he grabbed my shaving mirror and said, ‘And this is the horrible thing, this toy of man’s vanity, 5 that has caused this trouble.’ He pulled open the window and threw it out. Afterwards, | went down to have breakfast, but the Count was nowhere around. It is strange that I haven’t seen him eat or drink yet. Then I went to look around the castle. I looked south from the window. The castle is on a precipice 6 a thousand feet high! Doors, doors, doors everywhere and all locked. The only exit from the castle is from the windows. The castle is a veritable? prison, and | am a prisoner! blazed : ASLAN ETT © 27Go back to the text Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). 1. Why did the landlady give Jonathan a crucifix to put around his neck? AL B. 2. Why did Jonathan accept the cruci 3. When To remind him that he was a member of the Church of England. To protect him from the evil things that come out on the eve of St George's Day. To remind him of his mother. To protect his mother. ix from the landlady? Because he knew that it would protect him from Dracula. Because his mother wore a crucifix too. Because he did not want to hurt the landlady’s feelings. Because he was afraid of Satan and witches. did they arrive at the Borgo Pass? Half an hour late. On time. An hour early, A day early. 4. Why did the ride in the coach seem like a nightmare? A. B. cO Because Jonathan kept thinking about the evil things that come out on the eve of St George’s day. Because the driver had a frightening appearance. Because it seemed to Jonathan that the driver kept stopping at the blue flames again and again. [[] Because the coach travelled incredibly fast. 285. What happened when the driver stood between Jonathan and the blue flame? A. He did not seem to obstruct it. B. The driver looked blue. It looked as if the driver was much taller. D. It looked as if the driver was in front of it. - Why wasn't Jonathan sure that the man who greeted him at the castle was the Count? Because his handshake was strong like the driver's. [_] Because everything seemed like a dream. Because the man did not look like a count. Because he was so sleepy. Why does the Count want to learn English better? Because his grammar is not very good. Because he has a strong accent, and people in London. will consider him a stranger, and strangers are not important. Because he needs to understand completely all the documents he has to sign. Because he wants to lose his accent so that he can meet people more easily, y do people bury treasure under the ground? So that the Count cannot steal it. So that the driver cannot steal it. So that the evil powers cannot steal it. . The C ‘ause beci "So that the invaders cannot steal it. ‘ount said that he became furious when he saw the mirror it reflected Jonathan’s blood. it did not reflect his image. only vain people used mirrors, poe > people in Transylvania did not use mirrors. 29Was this the usual kind of thing that happened to a solicitor? Pretend that you are Jonathan Harker and write a short article in 120-180 words about your journey and your arrival at Count Dracula’s castle. Include in your article: * The strange coach driver. * The blue flames. ¢ The nightmarish journey to the castle. * How the Count greeted you. © What the Count was like physically. * How the Count reacted to the mirror. My name is Jonathan Harker and | have a very usual kind of job. | am a solicitor who helps people buy and sell property. Once, however, my employer sent me to ... So, | ask you, is this the usual kind of thing that happens to a solicitor? I must have fallen asleep. Look at this sentence: T must have fallen asleep because I did not notice our arrival at the Count's castle. This means that Jonathan deduces, or supposes that he fell asleep because he did not notice his arrival at the castle. Here is another example: It must have rained because the ground was wet. Now, complete the sentences below using the appropriate phrases provided. a. The landlady gave Jonathan a crucifix to put around his neck. The landlady ,.ust have been worried that the Count would attack him. b. The Count’s driver arrived an hour early. The Gount’s driver 30c. The driver made a strange construction around the blue flam driver . d. The crucifix stopped the Count when he tried to grab Jonathan's throat. The crucifix ... e. The Count carried Jonathan's bags up the stairs. The servan f. The Count’s breath stank. The Gount ..... unt wanted to learn to speak English perfectly. The Count [_] know that the other driver wanted to deceive him. have some special power ovor the Count. be asleep when Jonathan arrived. plan to stay in England for a long time. eat something very strange. [a] be worried that the Count would attack him, __| want to return to get the buried treasure. Before you read Ey What scares you the most when you watch a horror film? a. Sudden, unexpected attacks. b. The tension ? that builds up while you are waiting for something to happen. ¢. When helpless, defenceless people or children are attacked by an evil person, monster etc. d. Evil people that pretend to be good. e. Others. Discuss your choices with your friend(s) and give examples from horror films you have seen. Then, while you are reading this part of Dracula choose the scariest or the most disgusting scenes. 1. tension : RIM IMA © 31Part Two A Prisoner in Count Dracula’s Castle ‘There are few natural objects with a so profound 1 emotional effect as blood.’ Dr Havelock Ellis in his book Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 1926. 42 May Let me begin with facts, just facts. Tonight the Count said, ‘Have you written your first letter to your employer? Mr Peter Hawkins?’ I replied that I had not. ‘Then write now, my friend,’ said the Count, ‘and tell him you will stay here for another month.” ‘Do you wish me to stay for so long?’ I asked, for my heart grew 1. profound ; 283zh4) © 2. employer : itl: © BzA Prisoner in Count Dracula's Castle cold at the thought. ‘I desire it much, and I will not accept your refusal. Your employer sent you here to do what I needed.’ I could see that I was in his power completely. ‘Please, my good young friend,’ continued the Count, ‘when you write, write only about business.’ After I had written my letters, the Count took them and left the room. When he returned he told me to forgive him, but he had work to do and could not stay with me that evening. Then he added, ‘Let me advise you, my dear young friend, or rather, let me warn you, that if you leave your room never fall asleep in other parts of the castle because your rest will not be safe.’ Later When he left me I went to my room. Then, not hearing a sound, I came out and went up the stone stairs to where I could look out towards the south. It gave me a feeling of freedom to look out of the window. The beautiful view gave me peace. Suddenly I saw something moving below me. It was the Count’s head coming out of the window. At first I was amused to watch 1 — it is incredible how smal] things become interesting when you are a prisoner. But my feelings changed to repulsion 2 and terror when I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl $ down the castle wall face down, At first I could not believe my eyes, but it was true. Tho Count was climbing down the wall quickly like a lizard! 4 1. Twas amused to watch : DME AM © 2, repulsion : RX 3, crawl: IRFT © 4. lizard : Hi © & 33Dracula 15 May Once more I have seen the Count go down the high wall like a lizard. I knew he had left the castle so I decided to explore. I found many doors locked but finally I was able to push open a large one. I entered a part of the castle that was evidently ! where the noble ladies lived a long time ago. Later: the morning of 46 May When I finished writing in my diary, I felt sleepy. I remembered the Count’s warning, but took pleasure in disobeying 2 him. I lay down on a couch $ and looked out of the window at the beautiful view. The soft 4 moonlight made me feel peaceful. I suppose I must have fallen asleep; I hope so, but | am afraid that everything that happened was very real. ‘The room was the same, but I could see three young women. I thought I was dreaming because they didn’t make shadows in the moonlight. They came close to me, and looked at me for some time, and then whispered. Two of them had dark hair and aquiline > noses like the Count. Their eyes appeared to be almost red. The other one had wavy § blonde hair and eyes like pale sapphires. 7 All three had brilliant white teeth that shone like pearls ® against the red of their voluptuous lips. There was something that made me nervous, some evidently : 1] Sis ° disobeying : BEA * couch : YR > soft: (lisesi) IRUIEAS © aquiline : (MEF RLADIRIN > wavy: Bilt « 7, sapphires: HET © pearls : 29K © 9. voluptuous lips : UBL a mimi © 2 bd 34A Prisoner in Count Dracula's Castle desire and at the same time some deadly 1 fear. I felt a wicked, 2 burning desire that they would kiss me with their red lips. They whispered together and then they laughed an inhuman 3 musical laugh. The blonde one shook her head coquettishly, 4 and one of the other two said, ‘Go on! You are first and then we will follow.’ Then the other one said, ‘He is young and strong; there are kisses for us all.” I lay quietly looking with my eyes half-closed at them in an agony of delightful 5 anticipation. ® The fair girl came close and bent over me until I could feel her breath. It was very sweet and excited my nerves as her voice did, but there was also a bitter offensiveness, 7 like blood. The girl went down on her knees over me. Her voluptuousness was both thrilling ® and repulsive, and as she lifted her head she licked 9 her lips like an animal. In the moonlight I could see the moisture 10 shining on the red lips and tongue as it moved over her white teeth. Her mouth moved closer and closer to my neck. Then she stopped, and I could hear the sound of her tongue as it licked her teeth and lips, and I could feel her breath on my neck. I 1, deadly: (HRMS) PRIMI > 2. wicked : 71H « 3. inhuman : #AGAMY © 4. shook her head coquettishly ; 32 7¢ AHIR © 5. delightful : & A 4mPeity © 6. iman agony of delightful anticipation : Ji} HHS (8 MF BK 9 HEM © 7. offensiveness : if) (JH AbIAE DM fy FED) © 8. thrilling : HEA # © 9. licked : 10, moisture : #4} ©Dracula could feel the soft touch of her lips on the super-sensitive skin of my throat and the pressure of her two sharp teeth. I closed my eyes in ecstasy ! and waited — waited with a beating heart. Just then I had another sensation. | was conscious of the presence of the Count and of his great fury. I saw his strong hand grasp the neck of the fair’ woman and pull her away. Her eyes shone with fury, her white teeth bit with rage 4 and her cheeks were red with passion. But the Count! I had never imagined such anger, not even in hell! He threw the woman back, and gestured 5 to the others, just as he had done with the wolves. Then in a low powerful voice like a whisper he said, ‘How dare you touch him! 6 Move back! This man belongs to me!’ The fair girl said to the Count, ‘You never loved. You never love!’ Then all three women laughed horribly. “Yes, I can love,’ replied the Count. ‘You know that from the past. Now, I promise you that when I have finished with him you can kiss him as much as you want. Now, go! I must wake him up. I have work to do.’ ‘Isn't there anything for us tonight,’ one of the women said, and pointed to a bag the Count had thrown on the floor. This bag moved as if there were something alive inside it. The Count nodded his head, and one of the women opened the bag. Then, if 1 heard correctly, there was the sound of a half-suffocated 7 child. All three women were around the bag, and then they disappeared into the moonlight. ecstasy : EY « arasp A « rage gestured : EBA © How dare you touch him! : fi RBC EAL | half-suffocated : WF FAME © see eR 38A Prisoner in Count Dracula's Castle The horror overcame ! me, and I sank 2 down unconscious. 14, May Last night the Count asked me to write three letters. One letter says that I have almost finished my work here and am leaving in a few days. The next letter says that I am leaving the next day. The third letter says I left the castle and have arrived in Bistritz. The Count explained to me that these letters will assure 3 my friends. I do not want to send these letters but there is nothing | can do, I asked the Count what dates I should put on the letters. He said, ‘The first should be June 12, the second June 19 and the third June 29." Now I know how long I have to live. God help me! AF June This morning, I heard some wagons‘ arrive below. I looked out of the window and saw two large wagons pulled by eight big horses each. I ran to my door and discovered it was locked. Then I saw some Slovaks take large empty boxes with rope handles 5 off the wagons. Le June, befove morning Last night, I saw the Count come out of the window. He was wearing my suit! And he was carrying that terrible bag the three women had taken away. Now | know what his plan is. He will post my letters and any terrible thing he does in the town the people will think I did it. overcame ; (iE ° sank : (sink, sank, sunk) [fi ° assure : fH'ZEily © » wagons | 4% + x . rope handles : 4-7 fi RAME F © ei 39 vpeeeDracula After a couple of hours I heard a woman screaming in the courtyard 1 below. I ran to the window and saw a woman. Her hair was messy ? and she held her hand over her heart. ‘Monster, give me my child!’ she shouted. Somewhere above me I heard the hard metallic whisper of the Count. It was answered by the howling of wolves. Soon the courtyard was full of hundreds of wolves. Then the woman stopped shouting, and the wolves left licking their lips. 25 dune, morning Last night one of my letters was posted. I must think. Action! Horrible things only happen at night. I have not seen the Count during the day. Maybe he sleeps when everyone else is awake, and he is awake when everyone else is asleep. I must get into his room. But how? I know! If the Count can crawl out of his window, | can crawl to his window. It will be dangerous, but I must do it. Good-bye Mina! Same day, later I have done it, and have returned safely to my room. I must describe what happened. I went out onto the ledge. * The stones of the castle are large so I could hold on and climb to the window outside the Count’s room. I opened the window and went in. I went down a spiral stairway. 4 At the bottom there was a long courtyard : EGE messy ; A#L (4 © ledge : (Bi) f° spiral stairway : igefe REM 10A Prisoner in Count Dracula’s Castle tunnel that led to a chapel, 1 which had once been used as @ graveyard. 2 The ground had been recently dug and the earth had been placed in the large boxes brought in the wagons. Then | went into the vaults of the chapel. In the first two I found nothing. In the third, however, I made a discovery. There in one of the great boxes lay the Count! It was impossible to say whether he was alive or dead. His eyes were open but they were not like a dead man’s eyes. His cheeks were warm and his lips were red. But there was no movement, no breath, no beating of the heart. I was certain he had the keys to the castle, so I began to look in his pockets. But his eyes, even though they seemed dead, looked at me with such hate that I ran from the place back to his room, Then I climbed back to my room and tried to think... 29 dune Today is the date of the last letter I gave to the Count. I saw him crawl down from his window again like a lizard, and he was wearing my clothes. I went back to the library and fell asleep. Later the Count woke me up and said very grimly, + ‘Tomorrow, my friend, you will return to England.’ ‘Why can’t | go tonight?’ I asked him. ‘Because, dear sir, my coachman 5 and horses are away.’ “But I would walk with pleasure. I want to go now.’ He smiled a soft, diabolical ® smile and said, ‘And your baggage?’ ‘Ido not care about it. You can send it later.’ ‘Come, my dear young friend,’ replied the Count. ‘I do not want to hold you here, even though I am sad that you are going.” 1. chapel : BE © 4. grimly : "ash © 2. graveyard ; SJ © 5. coachman : 4% © 3. vaults : BCE MH FREE © 6. diabolical : MAM ©Dracula I followed the Count down the stairs to the front entrance of the castle. ‘Listen!’ he said. Nearby was the howling of wolves. He opened the door, which, to my surprise was unlocked. Outside the door were the wolves. I could do nothing. The Count had won. Now I knew how I was going to die. ‘Shut the door. | will wait until morning!’ I shouted. With one movement of his arm, the Count threw the door shut. Silently we returned to the library, and after a minute I returned to my room. The last time I saw the Count, he was kissing his hand to me. 30 June, morning These may be the last words I write in this diary. I slept until just before dawn.! Then it became light, and I felt I was safe. I ran down to the entrance of the castle because I knew it was open. I tried to open the door, but the Count had locked it again. I had to have the key! I went back to the window and decided to climb along the ledge again to the Count’s room. When I reached the Count's room it was empty. I could not find the key anywhere. I went through the door in the corner and down the winding stairway and along the tunnel. | knew where to find the monster. The great box was in the same place, but the lid 2 was on it. It had not yet been nailed down. ® I lifted the lid and saw something which filled my soul 4 with horror. There was the Count, but he looked 1. dawn : WEE © 2. lid: ili > 3, nailed down : f° © 4, soul : HR ©A Prisoner in Count Dracula's Castle younger. His white hair and moustache were now dark grey. His cheeks and white skin were red underneath. His lips were redder than before and on his mouth were drops ! of fresh blood that ran over his chin and neck. His body was full of blood. He was disgusting but I had to look for the key. | felt his whole body but I could not find it. Then I stopped and looked at the Count. He had a terrible smile on his face. ‘This was the horrible creature that I was helping to bring to London. Among the millions of people of London there would be enough blood forever. He would be able to create more and more demons like himself. This thought made me crazy. | picked up a shovel 2 and tried to hit his horrible face, but just then he turned and looked at me. Some magical power of his eyes blocked my arm and I only cut his forehead. The shovel fell from my hand. Then I heard the singing of the men who had come to take away the boxes. I ran up to the Count’s room. When I arrived there, | waited, When the men entered the vault 1 would run down and escape through the open door. I heard them open the door to the chapel. I started to run towards the door of the Count’s room, but just then the wind blew the door shut. I was a prisoner again. As | write this I can hear the men working below. They are carrying away the box with the Count and the other boxes filled with earth. Now I can hear the wagons going away with the boxes. Tam alone in the castle with those awful ’ women. No, Mina is a woman. These are devils. 4 I will not stay here with them. I will try to climb down the castle wall. Good-bye, all, Mina! 1, drops : i» é a. awful : BAHIA © 2. shovel : i" ° 5 __amy 4. devils : XM °Go back to the text Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). 1, What did the Count tell Jonathan to write in his letter to Mr Hawkins? A. B. (ey pb. That Jonathan had to stay for another week. That Jonathan would be leaving immediately. That Jonathan would stay for another month. That Jonathan had to stay for two more weeks. What did the Count warn Jonathan not to do? SOR Pp Not to try to open the front door of the castle. Not to climb out of the window. Not to fall asleep in any part of the castle except his room. Not to look out of the windows. What did the Count look like when he climbed out of the window? A wolf. A prisoner. A bat. A lizard. Jonathan first saw the three young women, why did he think that he was dreaming? Because they whispered. Because they didn’t make any shadows in the moonlight. Because they didn’t make any noise. Because he had just woken up. Why did the Count wear Jonathan’s suit when he went out? So that people would think that all the horrible things that the Count did were done by Jonathan, So that he could mail Jonathan’s letters. So that he could find more children to bring to the three vampire women. So that people would not attack him. 4A CG T a Vv I ie T E 8 6. Whom did Jonathan find lying in one of the great boxes of earth? A. The Count. B. A shovel. G One of the three vampire women. D. ‘The woman whose child had been taken by the Count to feed the vampire women. 7. When the Count told Jonathan he could leave the next day, why didn’t Jonathan leave immediately? A. |_| Because the door was locked. B. Because the wolves would have killed him as soon as he walked out of the door. Cc. [/] Because he had too much luggage. D. Because the Count’s horses were away. 8. How was the Count different the second time when Jonathan found him in the vault? A. [_] His white hair and moustache had become dark grey, and his lips were redder. B. He was breathing. C. |_| He was wearing Jonathan's clothes. D. [_] He was not smiling. 9. To escape from the Count’s castle Jonathan is going to A. [_] open the front door with the key he found in the Count’s pocket. B. [_] climb out of the window and down the castle wall. C. [_} hide in one of the boxes of earth. D. {_] wait until the front door is open and there are no wolves. 45A c a T Vv I T a E 8 Who said what? Bi Match the captions with the right pictures, and place the quotes in the right speech bubbles. ‘THE CAPTIONS 1. [_] Jonathan has disobeyed the Gount and fallen asleep in the room that once belonged to noble ladies. The mother of the child in the bag has come to ask for her child. Jonathan now understands everything and wants to leave immediately. ‘The Count and Jonathan are talking in the library, and the Count gives Jonathan some good advice. 5. [|_| The Count has just stopped the fair woman vampire from biting Jonathan. 16THe Quores 1. ‘This man belongs to mo!’ 2. ‘Why can't I go tonight?” 3. ‘Tomorrow, you will return to England.’ 4. ‘Let me wam you. Only sleep in your room.” 5. “You never love!’ 6. ‘Monster, give me my child!” 7. ‘Go on! You are first.’ 8. ‘There are kisses for us all.’I saw the Count climbing down the wall like a lizard. Look at how you can transform the following pairs of sentences as one. Notice the use of the gerund in examples 1 and 2, and the use of the infinitive in example 3. 1. Ican feel the boat. The boat is shaking. (Present Continuous) I can feel the boat shaking. 2. I saw the Count. He was climbing down the wall like a lizard. (Past Continuous) . IT saw the Count elimbing down the wall like a lizard. 3. [heard the women. The women laughed and sang, (Past Simple) I heard the women laugh and sing. Choose the correct verbs (to feel, to see or to hear), and match the incomplete sentences in A with the elements in B to form complete sentences. A a. While Jonathan was enjoying the view outside the window, he saw the Count climbing down the wall like a lizard. b. The vampire woman bent over Jonathan, and Jonathan could c. The vampire woman was about to bite Jonathan, but just then the Count arrived and Jonathan d. The Count threw a bag on the floor in front of the three women, and Jonathan thought he e. As Jonathan followed the Count to the front entrance of the castle, he could f. Jonathan looked at the Count full of blood and Jonathan 1, the vampire woman/breath/on his neck 2. wolves/howl 3. a baby/cry/inside the bag 4. the Count/smile 6. the Count/grasp/her neck/and/pull her away2 SE ESSE Her teeth shone like pearls. Fill in the blanks with like or as. Example: She has a high fever. Her forehead feels ...!ik¢.......... an oven. a, People come in and out of my office all day long. It is a bus station. b. [think I will use that large room .... c. Philip worked .» a nurse in the city hospital but now he has a sports goods shop. d. Everybody in the audience applauded when I finished my song. It was great! I folt .. vow a Toal star. a study. e. My older brother is a nurse: when anybody gets ill in our family he always takes care of us. f. With that groon tio, red jacket and pink shirt on, you look a a clown. 49Summary By Read the summary of Parts One and Two of Dracula. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the summary. Choose the most suitable paragraph from the list A-H for each part (0-6) of the article. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). A. Finally the driver of the coach left Jonathan in front of the massive door of the Count’s castle. For a moment nobody opened the door. B. Soon, Jonathan realised that the Count was going to kill him, and that the Count was some kind of monster. In fact, Jonathan found the Count lying in a box in the chapel. C. This strange old man was Count Dracula himself. He was the only person Jonathan saw in the castle. At first they talked about the old estate that the Count was buying in England, but certain strange things began to happen. D. There, three women appeared who did not cast shadows in the moonlight. They came close to Jonathan and one of them was about to kiss Jonathan's throat with her voluptuous lips. E. Jonathan then ran out of the vault and to the Count’s room. The wind blew the door shut and he was a prisoner again. Later he heard a wagon with the boxes of earth and the Count’s box going away. F. The next day Jonathan took a public coach to the Borgo Pass where he met the Count’s coach. The driver of this coach was very strange: he had very red eyes and pointed teeth. 3. The driver then returned with a large box which was full of the gold that the local people buried under the ground. The driver put the box on the seat next to Jonathan, and then he started to drive the coach to the castle. H. When the Count saw that Jonathan had some blood on his chin from a cut, the Count tried to grab his throat. Fortunately, Jonathan had the crucifix around his neck.Jonathan Harker arrived at the Golden Krone Hotel on the eve of St George's Day, the night when evil things had complete power. The landlady gave Jonathan a crucifix to protect him from evil. oO The journey in the coach was like a nightmare. The driver sometimes stopped the coach when he saw faint blue flames. TT Just then a tall old man with a long white moustache opened the door. The old man did not come out to greet Jonathan but he told Jonathan to come in of his own will. —————— For example, one morning while Jonathan was shaving, the Count tion in came close to him, but Jonathan could not see his refl the shaving mirror. BL te eae ee After this frightening event, Jonathan realised he was a prisoner. Also the Count warned him not to fall asleep in other parts of the castle. But Jonathan disobeyed the Count, and he fell asleep in a room where noble women had once lived. Just then the Count appeared and grasped the neck of the woman, and pulled her away. The Count told them that Jonathan was his, but that later they could kiss him as much as they wanted. J A few days later when he looked inside the great box, the Count’s white hair had become dark grey and there were drops of blood on his chin and neck. Jonathan then realised that he was helping to bring that monster full of blood to London, He picked up a shovel and tried to hit Dracula, but the count blocked him with some magical power of his eyes. Jonathan realised that he was alone in the castle with the vampire women. He decided to escape by climbing down the wall of the castle. 51A Cc z I Vv I it I E 8 Before you read @ 00. but however I have had a lot of work. however, 10. that you have heard nearly about. 11. He often comes along to see Mamma and me. 12. Some time ago, Arthur introduced me to a man 13. who would be very perfect for you, 14. if you were not already engaged to Jonathan. EJ Read the beginning of Part Three below and look carefully at each line, Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct put a tick (“) by the number below. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra My dearest ).ncy, 0. Forgive me if I haven’t written to you for such a long time, 1. I can’t wait to be with you by the sea. 2. Jonathan has written me a few lines from the Transylvania. 3. He is well, and will return back in about a week. ‘Tell me all the news when you us write. 5. You have not told me anything for a very long time. 6. [hear over rumours about a tall, handsome, curly-haired man, Love Mina Letter from Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray 4F, Chatham Stveet, Wednesday My dearest Mina, — 7. Don’t say how I haven’t written to you! 8. Ihave already written to you twice since when we parted. 9. Mr Arthur Holmwood is the curly-haired man Now listen to the recording and check your answers. 52a Part Three The Count Arrives in England ‘Women are interested in terror for the sake of terror.’ The actor Bela Lugosi said when he was asked why women were so fascinated ! by Dracula. Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra a May My deavest Dey, Fovaive me if | haven't joritten to you for suck « long time, but (have had a lot of work. | can't wait to be mith yous by the sea. Jonathan kas written me a fei lines from Transylvania. He is well, And will veturn in About a peck. 1, fascinated : fE » 2. Tean’t wait to be with you ; IQBCRA AT HE MAKE i =Dracula Tul me all the news phen you pvite. You have not told me anything for A long time. | heay rumours t about a tall, handsome, eaviy-haived 2 man22Z Love Mina Letter from Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray AF, Chatham Street, Wednesday My dearest Mina, — Dont s4y [haven't written to youl | have alveady written to you twice since we parted. > My Arthur Holimwood is the cuvly-haived man that you have heard about. He often comes to see Mamina and me. Some time ago, Arthur introduced me to A man who would be perfect for you, if you were not alveady engaged to Jonathan. His er name is Ov Seward and ke is only twenty-nine. He divects an immense * lunatic asylum. He is very calm and very stvong. Mina, pe have told all ou secvets to each other since we mere childven. (love Acvthav: Wyite to me soon. Joey rumours : f€ [i] curly-haired : 4 R% hi © parted : S}JF © immense : HATH °The Count Arrives in England Letter from Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray My deavest Mina, ean ‘Thanks, And thanks, aid thanks again for your sweet letter. It was 80 nice to be Able to tell you About Arthuy and have your sympathy. 1 Mina, you will not believe it. | have never had 4 sevious proposal of marviage until today. Aud today | have had threel You must not tell anyone except Jonathan. The first one | have Alveady told you about. His name is Or John Sear, the lunatic-asglum man. tHe was very cool + on the outside, but verg nervous. Unfortunately | kad to say no. He Asked me if theve jas someone else because he wanted to know if he kad A chance. | told him theve was. ( felt so sad for kim. Evening. Axthur has just gone, so | Am feeling bette, and | can tell you About number two. He is suck 4 nice fellow. His ndme is Quincey @ Morris: He is a happy and jollyS man, who kas had fabulous * Adventures all Avound the world. Sometimes he even speaks American slang > with me. Ok, Mina, gou must think me such a horrid & flivtl ? He also asked me to mayry him And | had to tell him Ko, Ok, about number three, Avthuy. lt was all so confused. lt stemed only A moment after he entered the voom that he had kis arms Avound me and was kissing me. | am very happy. Ever you loving Lucy 1. sympathy : (iK © 2. cool: (ibd) VeNRNY © 3. jolly : t6rBbi © 4, fabulous : (RH iH © 5. slang : (EDracula Mina Murray's Diary 4 July, Whitey Lucy met me at the station. This is a lovely place. Between the abbey ! and the town is a church with a big graveyard full of tombstones. ? This is the nicest spot. There is a wonderful view of the town and the harbour. I will come here often. In fact, I am writing here now. Dr Seward’s Diary 5 une To forget Lucy I am studying a strange man called Renfield. His case grows more interesting the more I understand him. He is very secretive 3 and selfish, 4 and he seoms to have some secret plan. The good thing about Renfield is his great love for animals, but his pets are often odd. > Now he is catching flies. ® He has a large quantity of them now. I tried to persuade him to get rid of them. 7 ‘May I have three days. I will get rid of them then!’ I told him yes. 48 June Now he has spiders # and he keeps feeding them with his flies. 9 1, abbey : (iti Be © 2. tombstones : S¢ 7 Aa A 3. secretive : SEKI © selfish : 1 fA Any © odd ; #F#i » fies: (HAUTly) ead Fee FE get rid of them : BR2 © : spiders : 40% © ‘ feeding them with his flies : /f] GARE] © se eeThe Count Arrives in England 4 duly His spiders are very numerous and are becoming a problem now. I told him that he must get rid of them too. He looked sad, but said yes. While I was talking to him, he disgusted me greatly. An enormous ! fly was buzzing? around the room. He caught it and held it happily for a moment. Then he put it in his mouth and ate it. 49 July We are progressing. Renfield now has many sparrows, ? and his flies and spiders are almost eliminated. 4 When I came in he said he wanted to ask me a big favour. | asked him what he wanted. He said, ‘A kitten, a nice, little playful kitten that I can play with, and teach and feed — and feed ~ and feed!’ 1 was not surprised by this request, but I told him no. 20 July I visited Renfield early in the morning. He was very happy and was placing sugar out to catch more flies. His sparrows were not there. He said that they had escaped. There were a few feathers > around the room and on his pillow there was a drop of blood. tam. The attendant has just been to me to say that Renfield has been very sick. He vomited © a lot of feathers. ‘I think, doctor,” he said, ‘that he has eaten his birds, and that he just took and ate them raw!’7 enormous : Fi Ait © buzzing : AH OR MAI « sparrows : Ai = eliminated ; i BR « feathers: He _ vomited : "Ail © raw: EM ° Pe fae se 57Dracula Cutting from ‘The Dailygraph,’ 8 August (Pasted? in Mina Murray’s Journal.) From a Correspondent Whitby Here in Whitby we have just had one of the greatest storms on record. The results of this storm were strange and unique. 2 Before the storm the weather had been very sultry, $ which is not unusual for August. There were a lot of holiday-makers around. Then in the afternoon, the coastguard said that a storm was coming. The sunset was very beautiful. A little before ten o'clock in the evening the air grew very still and oppressive. 4 Then without warning the storm came with a rapidity that seemed incredible. All of nature was changed. The sea, which had been calm a moment before, was full of gigantic ® waves like roaring monsters. In addition, a thick § sea-fog came. A searchlight ? was used to help the boats come to shore in the fog. After a few minutes this searchlight discovered a ship that was coming into the port. Everybody was afraid that this ship would hit the reef ® that was between the ship and the port. But just then an even thicker sea-fog came that covered everything. You could not see anything at all! Suddenly, the wind changed 1. pasted : 4M © 2. unique : BAF © 3. sultry ; MERAY > 4, oppressive: (AC) FARINA AEE NY © 5. gigantic: HAY © 6. thick : Heahy © 7. searchlight : HIRT = 8. reef: Hifi ©The Count Arrives in England direction and blew away the fog. We could see the ship speeding ! into the harbour. The searchlight continued to follow the ship and suddenly everyone saw something horrible! There was a dead man tied to the helm 2 of the ship, and his head went back and forth 3 with the movement of the ship. This ship had arrived safely in port, guided by the hand of a dead man! The coastguard 4 discovered that the name of the ship is the Demeter. They also found the captain's log ® that told of the ship's voyage from Varna on the coast of Romania to Whitby. The log told about strange things that happened on the ship, and the presence of a strange man. One by one the crew 6 died until only the captain was left. He tied himself to the wheel and held a crucifix in his hand. That is how we found him, except he was dead! Mina Murray's Diary 11 August, S am Lucy sleepwalked 7 when she was younger and then she stopped, but now she has started again. Earlier this evening, I fell asleep as soon as I had closed my diary... Suddenly I woke up and felt very afraid. I looked around and saw that Lucy’s bed was empty. I looked around the house and could not find her. I found the front door open, so I went outside. | ran all the way to the speeding : Iii fiall © helm : fie back and forth : 211318 » coastguard : HEME & log ; Fit © crew ; Athi © sleepwalked : ¥'iif © grees xo 59Dracula West Cliff! and looked across the harbour to the East Cliff, where Lucy and 1 like to sit. It was far away but I could see well in the moonlight, and on our favourite seat | saw someone dressed in white, lying on the bench. ? I thought I saw something dark over the figure in white. I could not see whether it was a man or a beast 3 because a cloud blocked the moon. | ran down the stairs of the West Cliff, through the town and up the stairs of the East Cliff to our favourite seat. When I was close, I could see something long and black bending over the white figure. I called in fright, 4 ‘Lucy! Lucy!’ and something lifted its head and | could see a white face and red, shining eyes. | ran to the still culty. I put a shawl 5 on her and seat and found Lucy lying ther , completely alone. She was sleeping and breathing with di closed it at her throat with a big safety pin. I think I pricked 7 her throat by accident with the safety pin because she put her hand on her throat and moaned. ® I then accompanied her home. 15 August Lucy’s mother has told me that she is dying. The doctor said that her heart is very weak. She must not be excited for any reason, or she will die. | must not tell her that Lucy has been sleepwalking again. 1. cliff : ARH © 2. bench ; {C36 = 3. beast : SF EF © 4. in fright : SiS 4 © 5. shawl: dE Jit 6. safety pin : 48 © S 7. pricked : #4L ° 8. moaned ; Milly © 60The Count Arrives in England Letter about the delivery of 50 boxes of earth to Carfax Mansion from Samuel F. Billington & Son, Solicitors, to Carter, Paterson & Company, London AF Xugust Dear Sivs, Please deliver these fifty boxes to Carfax. You should place them in the old chapel of the mansion. 1 Por have enclosed 2 the keys, because the opner of the mansion has not avvived yet. Please deliver these boxes Auickly, Faithfully yours, Samuel FE Billington & Son Mina Murray’s Diary 49 August Joy, joy, joy, although not all joy. At last news from Jonathan. He has been ill, That is why he hasn’t written. He is in a hospital in Budapest. 1 am going there immediately to help him. Mr Hawkins thinks it would be a good idea, if we married there. Dr Seward's Diary 48 August Strange and sudden change in Renfield last night. Normally he is very nice and respectful with the attendant. But last night Renfield said to him, ‘I don’t want to talk to you. You are not important now. The Master is near. He is coming.’ 1. mansion : K*E © 2. enclosed : fileA FL: ° 61Dracula Letter from Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra “Budapest, 24 August My deavest bey, | kno you ave anxious to heay all that has happened since we parted. | found Jonathan greatly changed. | ai now waving at his bedside. He is waking... When he woke he asked me for his cont, (n the pocket there was 4 notebook. He say that | was interested in it, He told me that it contained all the secvets of what happened, but ke said that now he does Kot want to know. He said, ‘| want to begin my life heve with our marviage” So we both agveed never to look At the note-book unless it was Absolutely necessary. Yes, my deav Lucy, me are going to be mavvied. After this talk Jonathan fell asleep again. | asked the nuvse if we could be mavvied this afternoon, and | am now waiting for her veply... Jonathan woke up and we were married. | am so happy. | hope You will be as happy as we Ave now) Jove, Mina Letter from Arthur Holmwood to Dr Seward My dear Jack, (want you to do me a favouy. Lucy is ill. She has no special disease, but she looks tervible. | need your kelp. You must come and ste her. | kuoy it will be difficult for you, but you must do it for kev. (want to talk to you alone after you have seen kev: You must come! Avthuy 62The Count Arrives in England Letter from Dr Seward to Arthur Holmwood Letter from Dr Seward to Arthur Holmwood 1. He. open mind : ABH B28 HA - 63Dracula Telegrams from Dr Seward to Professor Van Helsing, Amsterdam 4 September — Lucy is doing better today. 5 September — Lucy is still doing better. She has a good appetite and eats normally. Her colour is coming back. 6 September — Terrible change for the worse. Come at once! Dr Seward’s Diary # September The first thing that Van Helsing said to me when we met was, ‘Have you said anything to Arthur yet?” ‘No,’ I said, ‘I wanted to wait until I saw you.’ ‘Good,’ he replied, ‘he should not know now. Perhaps, he will never know, but if it is necessary, he will know all,’ We went to Lucy’s house. When we saw her, we were both shocked. She was terribly pale 1 and the bones of her face were prominent. 2 Van Helsing and | left the room. “My God!" he said, ‘this is dreadful. 3 We have no time to lose! She will die because she doesn't have enough blood. We must give her a transfusion.’ 4 We went downstairs to prepare the transfusion. Just then someone knocked at the front door. It was Arthur. ‘Jack,’ he said, ‘I was so worried that I came immediately.” pale; (ARMS Rt) GA © prominent ; 28 1H i) © dreadful : Ff ° transfusion : Misi ° Pepe 64The Count Arrives in England ‘Sir,’ said Van Helsing, ‘Lucy needs blood immediately, or she will die,’ he answered. ‘We are going to perform a blood transfusion to put the blood from your full veins + into her empty veins.’ When we arrived in Lucy’s room, Van Helsing gave Lucy a narcotic 2 to make her sleep. When Van Helsing was certain she was sleeping, he called Arthur into the room. ‘You can give her one little kiss now, while we prepare the instruments,’ said Van Helsing. Van Helsing performed the transfusion quickly and accurately. As the blood left Arthur and entered Lucy’s veins, some life entered her face. Arthur, however, became paler and weaker. When the transfusion was finished, Van Helsing said, ‘I think this brave lover deserves 3 another kiss.’ He began to move Lucy's head on the pillow. As he did so, a narrow, black band that Lucy always wore around her neck moved. It showed a red mark on her throat. Arthur did not notice it, but I could see that Professor Van Helsing did. ‘Now,’ said the Professor, ‘take Arthur down and give him some port wine and let him lie down to rest.’ When I returned, Van Helsing and I looked at the red mark again. We saw that there were two small punctures 4 over the external jugular® vein. 1 thought that these two punctures were the cause of Lucy’s loss of blood. But that was impossible. If blood had come out of those two punctures, Lucy's bed would be full of blood. ‘I must go back to Amsterdam tonight,’ Van Helsing said. veins ; IIL‘ © narcotic : BRAFHI © deserves : }i#} ° punctures ; 22438 97047» jugular : SAM) ©Dracula ‘There are some books and things I will need. You must remain here tonight with Lucy. You must watch her every second!’ § September I was awake all night watching Lucy. This morning she woke up much better. This evening I went to Lucy's room again to keop hor company during the night. She was happy that I was there. Whenever she seemed to be falling asleep, she forced herself to wake up again. She did this two or three times. ‘Don't you want to sleep?’ I asked. ‘No, I'm afraid,’ she replied. ‘Afraid to go to sleep? Why? Everybody likes sleeping,’ I said. ‘Not if you are like me. Sleep, for me, is the beginning of horror,’ she said. “The beginning of horror. What does that mean?’ I asked. ‘I don’t know. I don’t know,’ she said, ‘and that is what makes it so horrible! A weakness comes to me when I am asleep.’ ‘But, my dear girl,’ I said, ‘you can sleep tonight. 1 am here watching you, and I promise you that nothing will happen.’ ‘Ah, I can trust you,’ ! she said ‘I promise you that if I see that you are having a bad dream I will wake you at once,’ I said. ‘You will? Oh will you really wake me? You are very good to me. Then I will sleep!’ And as soon as she had finished the sentence, she fell asleep. 4 September ‘You are not going to stay awake tonight,’ Lucy said to me. 1. Tecan trust you : Rife © 66The Count Arrives in England “There is a nice room next to mine where you can sleep. If there is any problem, I will call you immediately. Tonight you must sleep.’ 1 was so tired that I accepted her offer and slept in the other room, 10 September The Professor put his hand on my head, and I woke up immediately. ‘And how is our patient,’ he said. ‘She was well when I left her, or rather when she left me,’ I answered. ‘Come, let us go and see,’ he said. And we went to her room. The blind 1 was down and the room was dark. | raised the blind and the room filled with light. ‘My God!’ said the Professor. His face became pale and he pointed at the bed. There on the bed was poor Lucy. She appeared to have lost consciousness, # ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘We must give her another transfusion. And this time Arthur is not here, so you must give her your blood.” 4141 September This afternoon I went to Lucy’s house and found the Professor very happy and Lucy much better. A moment after my arrival, a big parcel from abroad arrived for the Professor. He opened it and pulled out some white flowers. “These are for you, Lucy,’ he said. ‘For me? Oh, Dr Van Helsing!’ While he was speaking, Lucy was looking at the flowers and 1. blind : (if © 2. consciousness : il ° 67Dracula smelling them. Then she threw them down and said, ‘Oh, Professor, I think you are joking with me.1 These flowers are only common garlic.” To my surprise, the Professor became angry and said, ‘I never joke! Everything I do is serious. Do not try to block my work.’ Then he saw that he had frightened Lucy and he said quietly, ‘Oh, Lucy, do not be afraid of me. I am doing this for your good.’ After we had finished, I said, ‘Well Professor, I know you always have a reason, but I don’t understand what you are doing, A sceptic 2 would say that you are using magic to keep out an evil spiri ‘Perhaps | am!’ he answered quietly as he began to make the garlic necklace. 13 September Van Helsing and I went to see Lucy, We arrived at eight o’clock. It was a beautiful morning. When we entered the house, Lucy’s mother said to us, ‘You will be happy to know that Lucy is better. She is still asleep now.’ Van Helsing smiled and said, ‘My medicine is working!’ ‘Don’t take all the credit, ? Professor,’ said Mrs Westenra. ‘I helped Lucy too.’ ‘What do you mean?’ asked the Professor. ‘Well,’ she replied, ‘last night she was sleeping well, but there was the terrible smell of those flowers, so I took them out and opened the window.’ Mrs Westenra then left the room. For the first time, I saw Van Helsing lose control of himself. 1, joking with me ; MIRITSCR 2. sceptic: SBE A © 3. credit: Sif © 68The Count Arrives in England ‘God! God! God!’ he said. ‘What have we done to deserve this?’ We went and prepared ourselves for another transfusion. This time, Van Helsing himself gave blood. Article from the newspaper The Pall Mall Gazette, 18 September The Pall Wiall Gazette The Escaped Wolf | went to the Zoological Gardens to interview the keeper about the escaped wolf. He told me that the name of the escaped wolf was Bersirker. ‘On the day the wolf escaped,’ he said, ‘there was a strange man in front of the wolf cage. He was a tall, thin man. He had red eyes. He said, “These wolves are upset ' about something.” ‘Maybe it’s you,’ | replied. *No, they wouldn't hurt me," he said and smiled, showing his sharp, white teeth. That night at around midnight | went to the cage and found the bars broken and the wolf gone. That is all | know.’ Lucy Westenra’s Diary AF September, night I went to bed with the flowers, and soon fell asleep. Some flapping 2 at the window awoke me. | was not afraid, but 1 wished Dr Seward was in the next room. Doctor Van Helsing said that he had sent him a telegram telling him to come, but Dr 1. upset : HAL » 2. flapping : HSIN) ° 69Dracula Seward had not arrived. Outside I heard a strange howling. I went to the window and looked, but I could only see a big bat which had been flapping against the window. I went back to bed, and then my mother came in. She said, ‘I was worried about you,’ and got into bed with me. The flapping against the window continued, and.my mother was very afraid. Then the howling began again, and there was a crash. The head of a giant wolf had broken through the window. My mother screamed in fright. For a second or two she pointed at the wolf and made strange, horrible sounds. Then she fell over dead on top of me. I continued looking at the window, but the wolf went away and lots of little specks 1 were blown in. I don’t remember what happened immediately after that. The air seems full of specks turning around in circles. The lights are blue and dim. My dear mother is gone! And now I must go too. Good-bye, dear Arthur! God protect you, and God help me! 1. specks : (VE+.%§) AVBURL © 70A Cc m 5 Vv rT T I E 8 Go back to the text BB) answer the following questions about the text. a. Why does Lucy consider herself a ‘horrid flirt’? e . Whom is Lucy going to marry? c. Why is Renfield odd? |. What did Mina think the puncture marks on Lucy’s neck were? . Why did the doctor say that Lucy’s mother should not be excited? Why doesn’t Jonathan want Mina to read his note-book? . Why doesn’t Dr Seward think that the two punctures on Lucy’s neck are the cause of her loss of blood? eme oe h. Why doesn’t Lucy want to sleep? i. Why did Lucy’s mother take the garlic flowers out of Lucy's room? j. How did Lucy’s mother die? The Count’s powers ©] Pretend you are Van Helsing and write a short article of 120-180 words on the powers of Count Dracula. Include information with regard to the Count and: ¢ the weather * his shape and form e wild animals * people who sleepwalk * insane 1 people You can begin your article like this: The scientific literature on vampires is very vast, but | would like to add some precise information | have gathered with regard to a vampire who has arrived in England. 1, insane : AYRRANIE AH ©A Cc T I Vv I mM I Ez 8 So, this is the information | have gathered from first-hand witnesses of the powers of a vampire who is active today in our own modern world. Have you said anything to Arthur yet? Look at the following sentences, and notice the position of already, yet and just. The first one I have already told you about. Have I already told you about the first one? I haven't said anything to Arthur yet. Have you said anything to Arthur yet? We have just had one of the greatest storms on record. Ni : Already, yet and just are used with the Present Perfect and they tell whether the action has been done or not. If, however, you want to talk about the same action, but you want to say when, why or how it happened then you must use the Past Simple. Example: The first one I have already told you about. But: [told you about the first one yesterday. (wun) Ttold you about the first one because I was happy. (wHyY) Ttold you about the first one in the letter I wrote to you. (How) Ej] Use the elements given to write sentences or questions in the Present Perfect. a. already / wolf /e: o . already / Renfield / eat the flies . yet / Renfield / eat the flies? ao just / the Count / bite her yet /1/ not finish reading Dracula already / the sun / go down? yet / the bat / not come poo om 8 . just / she / eat 73A c T I Vv I 7: T BE 8 Using the Present Perfect and already and yet, say what has already happened and what hasn't happened yet in the story. Then change the sentences into questions. Example: the Count/arrive/in England The Count has already arrived in England. Has the Count already arrived in England? Example: Arthur/meet/Dr Van Helsing Arthur has not met Dr Van Helsing yet. Has Arthur met Dr Van Helsing yet? a. Jonathan / escape from the Count’s castle b. Lucy / marry / Arthur c, Mina / learn about Jonathan’s experience with the vampires d. Van Helsing / tell Dr Seward the real cause of Lucy’s disease e. Arthur / give Lucy his blood f. Van Helsing / see / Count Dracula g- Count Dracula / bite / Lucy h. Lucy’s mother / dieReal Vampires D oes a flapping of wings outside your window mean a vampire is near? Well, in Java there is a bat called the flying fox that has a wingspan ! of 1.7 metres and a body length of 42 centimetres. During the day it hangs upside-down ? from tree branches in groups of hundreds and thousands. When these bats finish their daytime rest and fly off into the night, it is a frightening spectacle, especially for those who have read Dracula. But there is really no reason to be afraid because these bats eat fruit, not blood, Then there is a bat with large claws and big teeth, but this one eats fish. What about blood? Isn’t there a bat that drinks blood? Well, among the 951 species > of bats in the world, there are, in fact, three that drink blood. They all live in the American tropics. They're a lot smaller than the flying foxes of Java, being only around 8 centimetres long. They are incredibly agile 4 however, even when they are not flying. They can run on all four legs, or stand up on their back legs, and they jump very well too, They feed on 5 the blood of both birds and mammals, but they especially like to feed on domestic animals like cows, horses and goats wingspan ; Wii © upside-down : Gi » species ; fi 2% © agile : HEM) © feed on : bh 9 fet © PReER ALike most bats, vampire bats locate their prey using echolocation, or sonar ! — bats emit acute sounds that bounce off objects around them and return to the bats as echoes. This sonar system of bats is so sophisticated ? that we can say that bats ‘see acoust ically’. When a vampire bat has located a sleeping cow, for example, it generally lands on the ground near the animal. Then with great agility it runs quickly and quietly towards the animal, and then jumps on it like a frog. It then looks for an area with little fur, — on the legs or around harp 3 teeth. This bite is almost painless 4 and the sleeping animal is not the ears. Then the vampire bites the animal with its razor-s' awakened. Once the animal is bitten, the blood comes out and the vampire bat licks it up. 5 Also, there is a special substance in the bat’s saliva which prevents blood from coagulating. § Vampire bats often bite people, especially those people who sleep outdoors. They generally bite people on the cheeks or toes. The vampire bite is not particularly dangerous. People who have been iy 6 3. razor-sharp : 1 7] RFE AIAY © tem 4. painless : 4K iY > 5. licks it up: Mefe > 6. coagulating : BElAl a: 76bitten say that it feels like a razor cut when you are shaving. However, there is the danger of getting rabies, a fatal viral infection. This is why vampire bats are dangerous and farmers try to destroy them, but without much luck. In fact, the increase in the number of domestic animals has surely helped vampire bats to increase their numbers. So, a flapping of wings at the window, at least in tropical America, may really mean a vampire is near. Ef Answer the following questions about vampire bats. a. What do flying foxes eat? b. Are vampire bats big animals? te anima c. How do vampire bats loc d. Why doesn’t the bite of the vampire bat hurt? Where do vampire bats live f. How do farmers help to increase the number of vampire bats? Bf topic - Health Find an article or some information about a disease transmitted it with your friend(s) through animals similar to rabies. Di and explain the following things: a. What the dis b. How it is transmitted. e is and what it does to you. If there are any cur d. What you would do if you caught the disease.A Cc D § Vv T iT I E 8 Before you read Read the beginning of Part Four below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Dr Seward’s Diary AS September Dr Van Helsing and I arrived (0) ..2¥. (1) 16 September Van Helsing had sent me a telegram in (2) . he told me to spend the night protecting Lucy. Thad only received the telegram this morning, so we were (3) a ... Worried since Lucy had spent the night alone! (4) .... ... answered the door when we knocked. We opened the door and ran up to Lucy’s room. We found her mother dead and Lucy looked dead (5) .. _...., but Van Helsing examined her and discovered that her heart was (6) ... .. beating. We prepared ourselves for another blood transfusion. 20 September (7). the whole night next to Lucy’s bed. At six o'clock (8). the morning Van Helsing (9) ... : When he saw Lucy's face, he said, ‘(10) ..... .. up tho blinds! 1(a1) light!’ Then he started to examine her carefully. When he looked at her neck, he shouted, ‘My God! My God!’ I came (12)... to look too. The punctures on her throat had completely disappeared. ‘She is dying,’ he said. ‘She will (13) Go (14) ... bring Arthur (15) be dead. Now listen to the section of Part Four to check your answers. 78Part Four The Bloofer Lady ‘A quarter of a century ago it was computed | that in the United States an average of not less than one case a week of premature burial was discovered and reported.’ Montague Summers, The Vampire, 1928 Dr Seward’s Diary 418 September Dr Van Helsing and I arrived at Lucy’s house. On 16 September Van Helsing had sent me a telegram in which he told me to spend the night protecting Lucy. I had only received the telegram this morning, so we were both worried since Lucy had spent the night alone! Nobody answered the door when we knocked. We opened the door and ran up to Lucy’s room. We found her mother dead and Lucy looked dead too, but Van Helsing examined her and discovered that her heart was still beating. We prepared ourselves for another blood transfusion. 1. computed : it $¢t © 79Dracula 20 September I spent the whole night next to Lucy’s bed. At six o’clock in the morning Van Helsing came in. When he saw Lucy's face, he said, ‘Pull up the blinds! I need light!’ Then he started to examine her carefully. When he looked at her neck, he shouted, "My God! My God!’ I came over to look too. The punctures on her throat had completely disappeared. “She is dying,’ he said. ‘She will soon be dead. Go and bring Arthur here.’ When Arthur and I came back to the room, Lucy said, ‘Arthur! Oh my love, I am so happy you have come!’ Arthur was going to kiss Lucy when Van Helsing said, ‘No, not yet! Hold her hand — it will comfort her more.’ 1 Arthur sat down next to her and held her hand. She fell asleep. Then she bogan to change. She breathed with difficulty and her mouth opened, and again her teeth seemed longor and sharper. Then her eyes opened, but she was still asleep. ‘Arthur,’ she said in a strange voluptuous voice, ‘Il am so glad you have come! Kiss me!’ Just as Arthur was going to kiss Lucy, Van Helsing grabbed him and pushed him away. Arthur was so surprised that he did not move. I kept looking at Lucy and saw anger in her face and her sharp teeth closed with force, A moment later, Lucy woke up again and took Van Helsing’s hand in hers and kissed it. ‘Thank you, my friend,’ she said. “Protect Arthur and give me peace.’ ‘I promise,’ replied Van Helsing. Then he said to Arthur, 1. comfort her more : @ #5) ff id — 1% © 80 eneThe Bloofer Lady ‘Come, my child, take her hand in yours and kiss her on the forehead, and only once.’ Then Lucy’s eyes closed and her breathing became difficult. ‘It is all over,’ said Van Helsing. ‘She is dead.’ . When I returned, I took Arthur out of Lucy’s room and downstai I said to Van Helsing, ‘Well, now the poor girl will have peace.’ ‘No,’ replied Van Helsing, ‘this is only the beginning.’ ‘What do you mean?’ I asked, but his only answer was, ‘We can do nothing now. We must wait and see.’ An article from the newspaper The Westminster Gazette, 25 September Che Westminster Gasette A HAMPSTEAD MYSTERY Numerous children have returned home late in the evening or have not been found until the next day. All the children have said that they did not return home because of the ‘bloofer lady’. Now, many children pretend to be 2 the ‘bloofer lady’. It is very funny to see the little children playing this game. But the situation is serious, because all the children who have disappeared have returned home with punctures on their necks. Perhaps a rat or a small dog made these punctures. 1. Itis all over : -Y}abseei T° 2. pretend to be: (EUR) LH © alDracula Letter from Van Helsing to Mrs Mina Harker Mina Harker’s Diary 25 September Van Helsing has come and gone. What a strange meeting! Everything is like a dream. I gave him my diary so he could read about what happened to Lucy. He was very grateful. 1 Then he asked me about Jonathan. I told him that he had had a brain 2 fever, but that he was much better now. But then I had to ask him for help since Jonathan seemed afraid; we had seen a strange man in London who Jonathan said was Count Dracula. After this, I had decided that I had to read Jonathan’s diary. ‘What I am going to tell you, Dr Van Helsing, is very, very strange,’ I said. ‘Oh, my dear,’ he replied, ‘if you only knew how strange this story is.” I then gave him Jonathan’s diary too. He said he will read it immediately. 1. grateful : Ait © 2. brain: Hit ® 82The Bloofer Lady Dr Seward’s Diary 26 September Tam working a lot and I am trying to forget poor Lucy. But this story is not finished. Van Helsing came into my office with an article from The Westminster Gazette. ‘What do you think about that?’ he asked. I read about the children being taken away by the ‘bloofer lady’ and about the punctures on their necks. ‘Well?’ Van Helsing said. ‘They are like the punctures on poor Lucy’s throat,’ I said. ‘And what do you think about it?’ he asked. ‘Well,’ I said, ‘I think that whatever caused the punctures on Lucy’s neck caused the punctures on the children’s necks.’ ‘That is true indirectly, but not directly,’ he replied. ‘Professor, I don’t understand,’ I said. He asked. ‘Do you think that the holes in the children’s throats were made by the same thing that made the holes in Lucy’s throat?’ “Yes, I believe so,’ I replied. “Then you are wrong. It is much, much worse,’ he said. ‘What are you talking about, Professor,’ I shouted. ‘The holes in the children’s necks were made by Lucy!’ At first I was very angry and I said, ‘Dr Van Helsing, are you mad?” He looked at me calmly and said, ‘Tonight, I can prove it to you. Do you have the courage to come with me to the graveyard to check Lucy's tomb?’ At 10 o'clock that evening we went secretly to Lucy’s tomb. It was empty!Dracula We waited and waited outside the tomb. Suddenly, we saw something white moving through the trees. The white thing then disappeared. Van Helsing found a small child. He brought it to me and said, ‘Do you believe me now?’ ‘No,’ I said aggressively 1 because I did not want to see the horrible truth. 2F September Van Helsing and I returned to Lucy's tomb. He opened her coffin again, and Lucy was there! She was more beautiful than ever. Van Helsing showed me her pointed teeth but I still couldn't believe him. He told me that Lucy was now 1. aggressively : "Cnpititl ©The Bloofer Lady Un-Dead ! or Nosferatu as they call the Un-Dead in Eastern Europe. She could not die because the vampire had bitten her. She needed our help to really die and be free. | asked him what we had to do to free Lucy. “We will cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic and then we will drive a stake through her body.’ ‘But,’ he continued, ‘Arthur must do this terrible thing or he will never believe it. He will think we killed her, or that Lucy was buried alive.’ 2 1. Un-Dead : RICA (FF WEILL?) » 2. buried alive : BEIM (fer 800448 > ARS A WEAR AE Ae UIE SR) ©Dracula 24 September Arthur, Quincey and I went to see Van Helsing. Van Helsing explained to Arthur about the Un-Dead, and what he must do to Lucy’s body. At first, Arthur was very angry, but in the end he agreed to come with us to Lucy’s tomb. We went to Lucy’s tomb that night. Before opening the coffin, Van Helsing said, ‘John, last night, was Lucy's body in here?’ I said yes and then he opened the coffin. It was empty. We went outside to wait. Dr Van Helsing put pieces of Sacred Wafer 1 around the entrance of the tomb. ‘What are you doing?’ asked Quincey. ‘I am closing the tomb, so that the Un-Dead cannot enter,’ he answered. We went behind some trees and waited. After some time we saw a woman arrive. We could not see her face, but she was holding a child. She came closer and in the moonlight we could see her face clearly. It was Lucy! But her sweetness had gone Now she was hard, cruel and voluptuous. Her lips were red with blood and there was blood on her chin and her white clothes. When she saw us, she moved back and made a sound like an angry cat. In that moment my love for Lucy became hate. She threw the child on the ground and began to move towards Arthur. ‘Come to me, Arthur,’ she said, ‘Leave these others and come to me. My arms are hungry for you. Come, and we can rest together. Come, my husband, come!’ There was something diabolically sweet about her voice. Arthur started walking towards her and she went quickly towards him. But Van Helsing jumped between them and held a gold crucifix at her. 1, Sacred Wafer: (JEPHO) 228 HIM AGRE DF 86The Bloofer Lady She became furious and Van Helsing continued to hold up the crucifix, Then he said to Arthur, ‘My friend, can I do what I told you?’ Arthur covered his face with his hands and said, ‘Yes, do what you must do,’ Then Van Helsing put the crucifix away and took the Sacred Wafer away from the entrance of the tomb. We all watched in horror as the woman went through a thin crack! into the tomb. The next night we all went back to the tomb. Van Helsing opened the coffin again and there was the beautiful body of Lucy. ‘Is this really Lucy’s body, or some demon in her shape?’ Arthur asked ‘It is her body, and yet it is not her body,’ explained Van Helsing. ‘Arthur, you must set her free." Arthur agreed to do it, and Van Helsing gave him a stake and a hammer. 3 ‘Put the stake over her heart,’ said Van Helsing, ‘and hit it with this hammer. I will say a prayer 4 for the dead. When you have finished, Lucy can finally have true peace.’ Arthur put the point of the stake over the heart, and Quincey, Van Helsing and I began to read the prayer. Then Arthur hit the stake as hard as he could. The Thing in the coffin moved about and screamed horribly. Its pointed teeth came together on the lips until blood came out. But Arthur did not stop. He hit the stake again and again, and finally the body stopped moving. That horrible creature was not there anymore. The real Lucy was there. 1. crack ; #8 © 2. set her free : LE MSZ di HE © 3. hammer : Hef 4. prayer : UrHl © 87A Go back to the text EE Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). 1. Wh’ AL B. «MO DLJ 3. Wh y did Lucy spend the night alone? Because Dr Seward had not received Van Helsing's telegram telling him to spend the night with Lucy. Because Lucy had told Dr Seward to go home and rest. Because Van Helsing thought Lucy would be safe by herself. Because Van Helsing had forgotten to send Dr Seward a telegram telling him to spend the night with Lucy. 'y did Van Helsing stop Lucy from kissing Arthur? Because they were not married. Because he thought Lucy was becoming a vampire and would have bitten Arthur. Because he loved Lucy. [_] Because he was jealous. y did Lucy thank Van Helsing after he had stopped her from kissing Arthur? af B. Because she did not really love Arthur. Because she was not completely a vampire and so she still loved Arthur and did not want to hurt him. Because Van Helsing had tried to save her with the blood transfusions. Because she did not want to make Dr Seward feel uncomfortable since he too was in love with her. 4. What caused the punctures on Lucy’s neck? A rat. [_] The bloofer lady. Count Dracula. Mina’s safety pin. 88c ? a Vv I © iE E 8 5. Who caused the punctures on the children’s necks? A. B. D. Lucy. Count Dracula, Arat. A small dog. 6, Why didn’t Dr Seward want to believe that Lucy was the bloofer lady? A. Because he did not think the explanation was scientific. B. Because he thought that only Count Dracula would bite people on the neck. C. |_| Because he was not sure that he could believe what a foreigner, Van Helsing, told him, D. |_] Because the idea that Lucy had become a vampire was too horrible to believe. 7. Why did Van Helsing want Arthur to drive the stake through Lucy's heart? 8. a; A. B. CG D. Wh Because only a healthy young man like Arthur would be strong enough to do it. Because Van Helsing was rather sadistic. 4 Because only the person who had loved a vampire during its life could really kill it. Because Arthur had to see for himself that Lucy was really a vampire and had not just been buried alive. at did they see in the coffin after Arthur had driven a stake through Lucy's heart? A. B. C. D. The real Lucy. A vampire. Nothing, the body had disappeared. Some dried bones. sadistic : (HMMA) DUE AHL 89