2 Storytelling

2
Storytelling
Legends
a giant…
Adjectives
to describe feelings
terrified…
Fiction
a plot…
Time markers
Verbs of action
to flee…
as soon as…
Unit
2
Lesson
1
By word of mouth
T he l eg en d o f Finn Mc Cool
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long time ago there was an Irish giant
who was called Finn Mc Cool.
One day he challenged his enemy,
the Scottish giant Benandonner, to
come to Ireland and fight him. So
Finn built a passage across the sea
from Ulster to Scotland but he was so exhausted
when it was finished that he fell asleep. Suddenly he
heard a tremendous noise: it was the Scottish giant
who was walking towards him. Finn was terrified
when he realised that Benandonner was much
bigger than him. He took to his legs and ran back
home, where his wife, Oonagh, was waiting for him.
Oonagh had an idea. She disguised him as a baby
to pretend he was their son and put him in the
cradle. When Benandonner arrived, she told him
her husband was hunting in County Kerry. As soon
as the Scottish giant saw the huge “baby boy” he
imagined the size of the father and did not want to
stay there. He fled back to Scotland, scared to death.
He was so heavy and he ran so fast that he destroyed
the causeway, which became known as the Giant’s
Causeway.
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Finn came out of the cradle and thanked his
wife. While Benandonner was running away,
Finn picked up a piece of earth and threw it
at him, but it missed its target and fell into the sea,
becoming the Isle of Man. The hole filled up
with water; it is now the biggest lake in Ireland:
Lough Neagh.
Lough Neagh
The Giant’s Causeway
1 Read the first two sentences of this legend — or tale — and underline the time markers which
are typical of the genre.
2 Read and highlight in different colours:
1­ the names of people. Then, write them here:
Finn Mac Cool, Benandonner, Oonagh
2­ the names of places or countries. Write them here and locate them on the map (p. 21):
Ireland, Ulster, Scotland, County Kerry, Giant's Causeway, the Isle of Man, Lough Neagh
3­ the adjectives of nationality:
Irish, Scottish
4­ Now recap orally what you already know about this story.
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Lesson
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Unit
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SCOTLAND
The Giant's
Causeway
ULSTER
Lough Neagh
Isle of Man
IRELAND
Dublin
COUNTY Cork
KERRY
3 Circle the words in the text which mean…
1­ épuisé:
exhausted
2­ il s'endormit:
he fell asleep
3­ il prit ses jambes à son cou: he took to his legs
4­ énorme:
5­ il s'enfuit:
huge
6­ mort de peur:
scared to death
7­ un morceau de terre:
8­ sa cible:
his target
9­ le trou:
the hole
a piece of earth
he fled
And the past form of these verbs…
1­ remercier:
thanked
2­ ramasser:
picked up
3­ lancer:
threw
4­ tomber:
fell
5­ se remplir:
filled up
4 In the first paragraph, underline two relative clauses (circle the relative pronouns in each).
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Unit
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Lesson
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5 Put the pictures in chronological order.
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3
2
6 Now say what you know about the two giants and the Giant's Causeway, the Isle of Man
and Lake Neagh.
Apprends à comprendre…
Un texte écrit
ƒRegarde
ƒ
le texte que tu as surligné. Quelle couleur est majoritaire ?
La couleur choisie pour les noms de lieux ou de pays.
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ƒQuelle
ƒ
conclusion en as-tu tiré concernant l'idée principale ?
La géographie, les lieux sont essentiels dans cette légende : la création légendaire de la Chaussée des géants entre
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l'Irlande du Nord et l'Écosse
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ƒPour
ƒ comprendre un texte, il faut donc être attentif aux mots récurrents ou aux mots
qui appartiennent à un même champ lexical. À partir des premiers mots de l'histoire, qu'as-tu
pu déduire sur le genre littéraire de cet écrit ?
Il s'agit d'une histoire qui se situe dans le passé, tellement ancien qu'on ne sait plus qui l'a écrite, c'est une légende.
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ƒDonc,
ƒ
que peut-on s'attendre à trouver dans ce type d'histoire ? Quels éléments s'y rapportent
dans l'histoire de Finn Mc Cool ?
Du merveilleux, de l'imaginaire, de la féerie, des événements invraisemblables / l'explication de la géographie par
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une fiction dans laquelle se seraient affrontés deux géants.
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ƒDans
ƒ ces phrases, qu'est-ce qui t'a aidé(e) à comprendre le sens des mots/expressions souligné(e)s ?
a. but he was so exhausted when it was finished that he fell asleep
b. He took to his legs and ran back home
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le contexte

la composition du mot lui-même
la ressemblance avec le français
Lesson
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Unit
2
Observe
Le prétérit simple et le prétérit en be + V-ing
ƒTraduis
ƒ
la phrase suivante extraite de la légende de Finn Mac Cool.
While Bennandonner was running away, Finn picked up a piece of earth and threw it at him.
Alors que Bennandonner s'enfuyait, Finn ramassa une motte de terre et la lui lança.
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ƒSouligne
ƒ
les formes verbales.
ƒAssocie
ƒ
un symbole visuel aux formes verbales que tu as identifiées.
1. was running away
•
2. picked up
3. threw
•

ƒPour
ƒ résumer, on dira que... (relie les éléments de la colonne de gauche avec ceux de la colonne
de droite) :
1. le prétérit en be + V-ing
2. le prétérit simple
• plante le décor d'une histoire
• décrit une action d'arrière-plan
• décrit une action ponctuelle dans le passé
7 Circle the correct verb.
We were reading the tale when the lights were going off / went off.
1­ The enemy broke / was breaking the wall and escaped.
2­ While the fire was burning they evacuated / were evacuating the castle.
3­ We were flying / flew to Ireland when one of the engines failed.
4­ Did you see / Were you seeing the giant run away?
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Match the questions with their answers.
1­ Was the giant trying to escape?
3 a
No, they didn't.
2­ Were the guards sleeping?
2 b
Yes, they were.
3­ Did the guards see the giant escaping?
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c Yes, he was.
4­ Did a car arrive to pick up the escaped giant?
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d Yes, he did.
5­ Did the giant's friend help him escape?
4 e
Yes, it did.
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Unit
2
Lesson
1
9 Look at the photo and make hypotheses about…
1­ the place: Dublin
2­ the woman's occupation:
cockels and mussels = she's a fishmonger/ she sells fish
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3­ the period (century): 19 century (but it's not in the song)
10 05 CLASSE Now listen to the song (first two stanzas)
and check if your hypotheses were right or wrong.
Then, write the name of the woman:
Molly Malone
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05 CLASSE Listen again to the first stanza of the song and write the words you understand.
Use them to sum up orally what you know about this song and about the main character.
In Dublin, the girls are pretty. There was one pretty girl called Molly Malone who sold fish on a wheelbarrow in the
streets of Dublin and she cried "Cockles and Mussels alive alive O" to make people buy her fish.
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05 CLASSE Listen to the second stanza. Write the words you understand, then sum up
the principal information:
She was a fishmonger and her father and mother were also fishmongers. Like her, they cried "Cockles and Mussels
alive alive O!" in the streets of Dublin.
13 Do the same with the last part.
Poor Molly Malone died of a fever and now her ghost haunts the streets and sings "Cockles and Mussels alive alive O!"
14 Now sum up orally the complete story told in the song.
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Write a different ending for this story.
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Lesson
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Unit
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Observe
Les pronoms relatifs
ƒGrâce
ƒ
aux pronoms relatifs, on peut relier des phrases simples et en faire des phrases complexes.
ƒÀ
ƒl'aide de which/who/where, au choix, reconstruis les phrases pour en faire des phrases complexes.
a. He ran back home. / There, his wife was waiting for him.
b. There was an Irish giant. / He was called Finn Mac Cool.
c. He destroyed the causeway. / It became the Giant's Causeway.
a. He ran back home where his wife was waiting for him.
b. There was an Irish giant who was called Finn Mac Cool.
c. He destroyed the causeway which became the Giant's Causeway
ƒRelie
ƒ les phrases :
1. which
2. who
3. where
4. when
J'utilise le pronom relatif…
2
1
quand l'antécédent fait référence à…
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3
un animé humain
un non animé
un moment
un lieu
16 Circle the antecedent in these sentences and complete with a relative pronoun (who, which,
where, when).
Stephen Spielberg is the film director who made ET.
1­ Galway is the city
my sister met her boyfriend.
where
2­ 2011 is the year
when
3­ This is the man
who
Michael D. Higgins became President of Ireland.
studies at Trinity College.
which
4­ Ireland is a country
5­ Sean Connery is one of the actors
which
6­ Rugby is a sport
is unique.
who
starred in a James Bond film.
is very popular in Ireland.
17 Complete the sentences. Use relative pronouns and your own ideas.
1­ I like people
.
who…
2­ I enjoy going to places
where…
.
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Unit
2
Lesson
2
Fact and fiction
A.Watch the complete extract and check your hypotheses about the characters and
the setting. Make more suppositions about the characters in this passage.
the Middle Ages, monks, a monastery, an illuminated book, a quill pen, ink, a fairy, a forest, woods, wolves…
B.Listen to your classmates. One of you will recap all that can be said so far.
C. Observe the setting and identify the principal elements in the first scene: what sort
of atmosphere do they create? Speak about the sensations and feelings of the boy.
The boy is frightened, scared to death. He probably thinks he's going to be eaten/devoured/attacked by the wolves.
D.Listen to the different answers of your classmates and recap.
E.Observe how the atmosphere builds up. How does the scene make you feel? Explain
your reactions.
Frightened, scared to death, …
F. What event do you think is the turning point of the story? Speak about the feelings
of the spectator in this passage and compare with the previous scene.
The turning point is when the boy meets the fairy. their relationship is built, and Brendan will be saved.
First: fear, then relief when he is saved by the fairy. Then we laugh, it's funny when the boy falls off the rock.
G.Watch again and pick out the words you recognise:
fairy, forest, you were sent by your parents, I'll make the wolves get you…
H.Watch the last passage and pick out as many words as you can:
family, food, ink, I was just lost, no mother? I'm alone too…
I. Sum up the end by looking at your notes from question H.
J. Now sum up the complete extract. What do you think is going to happen next?
A young boy and his cat are walking in the forest and they seem lost and frightened. Suddenly, they are attacked,
surrounded, by a pack of hungry wolves. Then a fairy appears, but she is not friendly, she doesn’t want them to stay in her
forest. However, the turning point of the story is when Brendan tells her that he has no family. She seems moved, touched.
We can imagine that she is going to help him find ink, that they will become friends and live some fantastic adventures together.
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Lesson
he artist is the creator of beautiful
things. To reveal art and conceal the
artist is art’s aim. […] Those who
find beautiful meanings in beautiful
things are the cultivated. For these
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there is hope. […] There is no such
thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. […]
All art is quite useless.
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The room was filled with the smell of roses. Sitting on a sofa, smoking a cigarette, was Lord Henry
Wotton. Through the open door came the distant
sounds of the London streets; and now and then the
fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the
long silk curtains that were stretched in front of the
huge window […].
In the centre of the room stood a portrait of an extraordinarily beautiful young man. Sitting a little
distance in front of it was the artist himself, Basil
Hallward. As the painter looked at the portrait, he
smiled.
“It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have
ever done,” said Lord Henry, slowly. “You really
must send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Grosvenor is really the only place to exhibit a painting
like that.”
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45
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Unit
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used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford
University. “No, I won’t send it anywhere.”
Lord Henry looked at him in surprise through the
thin blue smoke of his cigarette. “Not send it anywhere? My dear man, why not? What odd people
you painters are!”
“I know you will laugh at me,” Basil replied, “but I
really can’t exhibit it. I have put too much of myself
into it.”
Lord Henry stretched himself out on the sofa
and laughed. “Too much of yourself in it! Basil, this
man is truly beautiful. He does not look like you.”
“You don’t understand me, Harry,” answered the
artist. “Of course I am not like him. I would be sorry
to look like him. It is better not to be different from
other people. The stupid and ugly have the best of
this world. Dorian Gray — ”
“Dorian Gray? Is that his
name?” asked Lord Henry,
walking across the room towards Basil Hallward.
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“I don’t think I shall send it anywhere,” the painter
answered, moving his head in that odd way that
“Yes, that is his name. I wasn’t
going to tell you.”
Adapted from Penguin readers
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde (1890)
1 Look at the lay-out and punctuation, then tick the words that best qualify each part
of this extract:
 a dialogue
a song
 a descriptive passage
a poem
 considerations
a newspaper article
about art
2 Now match each part with the words you chose:
1­ Introduction (lines 1-9)
considerations about art
2­ First part (lines 10-21)
descriptive passage
3­ Second part (lines 22-51)
a dialogue
3 Read the text and underline the names of people. Which of these characters are actually
present in the room?
the painter, Basil Hallward and his friend, Lord Henry Wotton (Dorian Gray is not present, only his picture)
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Unit
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Lesson
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4 Find the words or sentences in the text which mean…
Introduction:
1­ le but de l'art:
2­ l'espoir:
art's aim
hope
Left page
3­ l'odeur:
the smell
4­ les longs rideaux de soie qui étaient tirés devant l'immense fenêtre:
the long silk curtainsthat were stretched in front of the huge window
5­ envoyer:
send
6­ étrange:
odd
Right page:
7­ j'y ai mis trop de moi-même:
I have put too much of myself into it
8­ Lord Henry s'étira sur le canapé: Lord Henry stretched himself out on the sofa
5 Read the text again and find information about the painting.
1­ Information given by the narrator: In the centre of the room stood a portrait of an extraordinary
beautiful young man.
2­ Lord Henry's opinion about the painting: It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done.
3­ What the artist says about it: I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it.
6 From line 41 to the end, find a sentence which
shows that there is something strange and
maybe frightening about Dorian Gray and his
picture:
I would be sorry to look like him.
7 Now use your answers as notes to sum up
what you can say about this extract.
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Lesson
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Unit
2
Observe
La voix passive
a. He is surrounded by wolves.
b. You were probably sent here by your family.
c. Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
ƒSouligne
ƒ
les formes verbales dans ces trois phrases. Qu'ont-elles en commun ?
deux formes distinctes
ƒIl
ƒs'agit de la voix passive. Le passif est composé de deux formes verbales. Lesquelles ?
Écris-les dans le tableau ci-dessous.
be
participe passé
conjugué +
ƒCompare
ƒ
maintenant les deux phrases ci-dessous. Laquelle est à la voix passive ? d ou e ?
d. The fairy saved the boy.
e. The boy was saved by the fairy.
ƒComplète
ƒ
:
Dans la phrase active, on parle plutôt de la fée. Dans la phrase passive, on parle plutôt du garçon.
Dans les deux cas, on donne un coup de projecteur différent sur l'action en plaçant ce dont on parle en :

première position
en deuxième position.
ƒConsidérons
ƒ
ces deux exemples :
f. "Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
g. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was published in 1891.
ƒDans
ƒ la première phrase, connaît-on la personne qui écrit des livres ? OUI / NON ?
Dans la deuxième, sait-on qui a publié ce roman ? OUI / NON ?
ƒOn
ƒ peut donc en déduire qu'avec la voix passive, on s'intéresse plus au sujet grammatical
qu'à l'agent (celui qui agit).
ƒDans
ƒ le dernier exemple, pourquoi l'agent n'est-il pas mentionné ? Coche les bonnes réponses :

Books are well written, or badly
written. That is all.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray"
was published in 1891.

parce qu'il n'a aucune importance
parce qu'on ne sait pas qui il est
parce que ce sont les livres et pas ceux qui les écrivent
qui intéressent celui qui parle
parce que c'est le romancier qui est le plus important
pour celui qui parle
parce que c'est du roman que l'on veut parler et pas
de l'éditeur
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Unit
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Lesson
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8 Write a brief article on Oscar Wilde on a separate sheet of paper using the biographical
information in your Student's book (page 31).
9 Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets in the passive. Choose the correct tense:
past or present.
America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. (discover)
is read
1­ This newspaper
by millions of people every morning. (read)
are made
2­ Most computers and mobiles phones
was broken
3­ This window
4­ The Mona Lisa
6­ English
yesterday. (break)
by Leonardo da Vinci. (paint)
was painted
were sold
5­ A lot of paintings
is spoken
7­ Plastic and glass bottles
in China. (make)
at last month's exhibition. (sell)
all over the world. (speak)
are recycled
in a special factory. (recycle)
10 Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice, starting with the words given.
Colm Tóibín wrote Brooklyn.  Brooklyn was written by Colm Tóibín.
1­ Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey directed The Secret of Kells.
The Secret of Kells was directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey.
2­ A pack of wolves surrounded Brendan.
Brendan was surrounded by a pack of wolves.
3­ Brendan's family didn't send him in the forest.
Brendan wasn't sent in the forest by his family.
4­ Enemies destroyed the monastery.
The monastery was destroyed by enemies.
5­ The movie moved the audience.
The audience was moved by the movie.
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Lesson
2
Unit
2
Observe
L'adjectif substantivé
a. Those who find beautiful meaning in beautiful things are the cultivated.
b. The stupid and [the] ugly have the best of this world.
ƒDe
ƒ quoi sont composés les segments soulignés?
De l'article défini "the" et d'un adjectif.
ƒÀ
ƒquoi ce groupe de mot fait-il référence, dans le contexte donné ? Coche la bonne réponse :
à un individu 
à une catégorie de personnes possédant une caractéristique commune
à quelques personnes seulement
ƒComme
ƒ
tous les adjectifs, l'adjectif contenu dans cette structure est
invariable
.
11 Complete these sentences with the + adjective. Choose from the list.
blind
1­
young
The young
homeless
unemployed
rich
elderly
poor
have the future in front of them.
2­ Life is easy when you have a job but
the unemployed
often find it hard.
3­ There are more and more jobs in old people's homes. Lots of nurses are needed for
the elderly
4­ It is difficult to feel safe when you can't see.
The blind
need a special dog to help them.
5­ Robin Hood is an English legend: he robbed
the rich
and gave all his money to
the poor
and this made him very popular.
6­ Winter is particularly hard for
the homeless
, they suffer from the cold.
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Unit
2
Pronunciation
Pronunciation : was et -ed
A.
Écoute ces phrases. Entends-tu /wɒz/ ou /wəz/ ?
07 CLASSE
1­ There was an Irish giant who challenged
2­ He was exhausted when he finished.
a Scottish giant.
B.
08 CLASSE
3­ His wife was waiting for him.
Écoute ces phrases et coche le son de was que tu entends :
/wɒz/
/wəz/
X
1. Were you watching the TV? Yes, I was.
X
X
2. She was fifteen when she passed her exam.
3. Was he French or English?
X
4. He wasn't at school today.
C.Coche la bonne réponse :
was :
est
was :
 est
 est
was :
D.
09 CLASSE
 n'est pas
accentué quand il apparaît dans une phrase complète.
n'est pas accentué quand il apparaît en fin de phrase.
n'est pas accentué quand il y a une négation (not).
Écoute ces verbes au prétérit. Entends-tu /d/, /t/, /Id/? Coche la case qui correspond :
/d/
/t/
/Id/
X
1. challenged
X
2. exhausted
X
3. finished
E. 10 CLASSE Écoute ces bases verbales et coche la case qui correspond au son final. Puis écoute
les verbes au prétérit et coche la case qui correspond :
Bases verbales
Fin vocalisée
Fin non vocalisée
1. thank
2. arrive
3. destroy
X
X
4. pass
5. land
Prétérit
X
arrived
destroyed
X
passed
landed
X
wanted
Complète :
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Après un son vocalisé le –ed se prononce :
/d/
Après un son non-vocalisé le –ed se prononce :
/t/
Après un son /t/ ou /d/ le –ed se prononce :
/id/
.
.
.
/t/
/Id/
X
thanked
X
6. want
/d/
X
X
X
X
X