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an Artist's story
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 Augustus Pokewhistle smiled at the immense man who had come secretly into his room. Augustus thought that the stranger was a doctor sent by some interfering so-called friend to save him from his sufferings.
 Augustus began to tell the stranger his own life story.
 He was delicately brought up and it soon became clear that he was not an ordinary boy. At the age of seven, he won a prize for a drawing of an animal, though he had intended to show sunset, on London.
 His proud parents provided him with pencils and paper and gave him the opportunity of studying under great painters.
 At the age of twenty-one he started a business as a painter of people and he painted eleven pictures of his own face. Nobody wanted them and they were still hanging sadly on the wall in his sitting room. Nobody came to have their pictures painted, and decided not to paint any more of himself.
 Augustus turned from painting people to painting the country. He painted the views from the windows of his room; nine times from the back window, and seven times from the front window. He did not sell any of those pictures. He became poor.
 To get money, Augustus decided to draw funny pictures for the newspapers. He made thirty or forty funny drawings every day and sent them to the papers. But he got no money. He just got his drawings back. This expression means that a picture is extremely funny. Augustus said that his drawings for the newspapers were so funny that his cat laughed until it was sick. However, Augustus got his pictures back and was dishearten.
 Augustus tried drawing for advertisements. He sent off pictures by the hundred, and all he received was a sample bottle or a sample card of wool.
 Augustus fell into despair and illness. So he decided to take to his bed and felt he would never rise from it again.
 The stranger was not a doctor as Augustus thought. As soon as Augustus stopped talking, the stranger said that Augustus would certainly rise from bed. He placed Augustus on the carpet saying that he had come from the furniture shop to take the bed away as it was not paid for.
q & a
1- What did Augustus believe visitor was?
- He believed the visitor was a doctor. * ماذا أعتقد أغسطس الزائر أنه كان؟
 هو أعتقد الزائر أنه دكتور.
2- Describe the visitor. How did he arrive?
- He was an immense man who had arrived secretly while he slept. * صف الزائر؟ كيف هو وصل؟
 هو كان رجل ضخم الذي وصل سراً بينما هو نائم.
3- What did Augustus decide to do? Why?
-He decided to tell the visitor his life story because he believed he was a doctor who came to help him. * ماذا قرر أغسطس أن يفعل؟ لماذا؟
 قرر أن يخبر الزائر قصة حياته لأنه يعتقد أنه دكتور الذي جاء ليساعده.
4- Why did Augustus think the man was not interested in his story?
-Because he believed the man was one of the uncaring public. * لماذا أعتقد أغسطس أن الرجل لم يكن مهتم بقصته؟
 لأنه يعتقد أن الرجل كان واحداً من العمه الغير مهتمين.
5- What did Augustus say about himself?
- He was a clever young man who took to his bed at the height of his youth and never to rise again. * ماذا قال أغسطس عن نفسه؟
 هو كان شاب ماهر الذي لازم الفراش في ريعان شبابه ولن ينهض أبداً.
6- By whom did Augustus think the visitor was sent?
- By interfering so-called friend to save him from his suffering. * من الذي أرسل الزائر كما أعتقد أغسطس؟
 بواسطة صديق زائف متدخل في شئون الغير لكي ينقذه من معناته.
7- How was Augustus brought up?
- He was delicately brought up. * كيف تربي أغسطس؟
 إنه تربي مرفهه.
8- What did Augustus win at the age of seven?
- He won a prize for a drawing of an animal. * ماذا كسب أغيطي في سن السابعة؟
 إنه كسب جائزة لرسمه حيوان.
9- What did he intend that drawing to represent?
- Sunset over London * ماذا كان ينوي أن يمثل هذا الرسم؟
 غروب الشمس عل لندن.
10- When did he start business as a painter?
- At the age of twenty-one . * متى بدأ عمله كرسام؟
 في سن الحادي و العشرون.
11- What kind of painting did he start at the age of twenty-one?
- He painted eleven pictures of his face. * ما نوع الرسم الذي بدأه في سن 21؟
 هو رسم 11 صورة لوجه.
12- Where were these paintings kept?
- In his sitting room. * أين وضع هذة الرسومات؟
 في حجرة المعيشة.
13- Why would he never sit in the empty chair in the sitting room?
- Because he would never rise from his bed. * لماذا هو لم يجلس علي الكرسي الفارغ؟
 لأنه سوف لا ينهض من فراشه.
14- What made him stop painting people?
- Nobody came to have his pictures painted * ما الذي جعله يتوقف عن رسم الناس؟
 لا أحد يأتي لرسم صورهم.
15- Why did the stranger keep repeating the word "But"?
-He wanted to tell Augustus that he was not a doctor and he came to take the bed as it was not paid for. * لماذا ظل الغريب يكرر "لكن"؟
 لانه أراد أن يخبره أنه ليس دكتوراً و أنه جاء ليأخذ الفراش لأنه لم يدفع ثمنه.
16- What did Augustus do when he stopped painting people?
-He began to paint the country. He painted the view from the back window nine times and the view from the front window seven times. * ماذا فعل أغسطس عندما توقف عن رسم الناس؟
 هو بدأ يرسم الريف. رسم المنظر من الشباك الخلفي 9 مرات و من الشباك الامامي 7 مرات.
17- What was the result of painting the country?
- He did not sell any of them. * ما هي النتيجة لرسم الريف؟
 هو لم يبيع أي منهم.
18- What did he decide to do when he did not sell the county pictures?
-He decided to forget his soul and paint for money. * ماذا قرر أن يفعل عندما لم يبيع صور الريف؟
 قرر أن يتخلي عن مبدأه ويرسم من أجل المال.
19- What did he draw for newspapers?
- He drew funny pictures for newspapers. * ماذا رسم من أجل الجرائد؟
 هو رسم صور هزلية.
20- What would have happened if he had been married?
-His wife and children would have cried for bread. * ماذا سيحدث اذا كان متزوجاً؟
 زوجته و أولاده يموتوا جوعاً.
21-What was the result of drawing for newspapers?
-He got his drawings back and didn't get any money. * ما هي نتيجة الرسم للجرائد؟
 لقد رجعت الرسومات ولم يحصل علي نقود.
22- How did he test his drawings?
-In the cat and the cat laughed until he was sick. * كيف أختبر الرسومات؟
 أمام القط والقط ضحك حتي مرض.
23- What was the result of drawing for advertisements?
- He sent them by the hundred, but received only samples of bottles and cards of wool. * ما هي النتيجة لرسم الاعلانات؟
 ارسلهم بالمئات ولكن استلم نماذج لزجاجات و كروت صوف.
24- What was his final decision?
- To take to his bed and never to rise again. * ما هو قراره الاخير؟
 أن يلزم فراشة ولا ينهض منه أبداً.
25- Why was the visitor sure that he would rise from his bed?
- Because he came to take the bed away because it was not paid for. * لماذا الزائر كان متأكد أنه سينهض من علي الفراش؟
 لانه جاء ليأخذ الفراش لانه لم يدفع ثمنه
26- Show that Augustus was talkative.
-He talked all the time and did not give his visitor a chance to talk to him. * وضح أن أغسطس كان ثرثاراً.
 هو كان يتكلم طوال الوقت ولم يعطي الفرصة للزائر أن يتكلم.
27- What kink of life had Augustus?
He had a miserable life. * ما نوع حياة أعسطس؟
 كان يملك حياة بائسة.
28- What was Augustus's job?
-He was an artist. * ما هي وظيفة أغسطس؟
 هو كان رسام.
29- How did Augustus's parents help him?
They gave him pencils and paper and gave him the chance of studying under great painters. * كيف والدي أغسطس ساعده؟
 هم أعطوه أقلام رصاص و ورق و أعطوه الفرصة ليدرس تحت رسامين عظماء
30-Do you think that the reader should fell any sympathy for Augustus?
- The reader shouldn't feel any sympathy for him because he is not gifted and pompous. * هل تعتقد أن القرار يشعر بالتعاطف مع أعسطس؟
 القارئ لايجب أن يشعر بالتعاطف معه لأنه غير موهوب و مغرور.
31-How does Augustus Pokewhistle describe his friends? Do you think he would be a nice person to have as a friend?
-He described them as interfering so-called friends. No, he wouldn't be a nice friend. * كيف وصف أغسطس أصدقائه؟ هل تعتقد أنه صديق لطيف لك؟
 وصفهم بأنهم أصدقاء مزيفين متدخلين في شئونه. لا هو لايكون صديق لطيف.
32- Why didn't Augustus's business as a painter of people do well?
- Because he only painted portraits of his own face. * لماذا لم ينجح عمل أغسطس كرسام للناس؟
 لانه رسم فقط صوراً لوجه.
33-Why did Augustus describe selling his drawings as selling his soul?
-Because it is against the principles of a true artist. * لماذا وصف أغسطس بيع رسوماته كبيع مبادئه؟
 لاتها ضد مبادئ الفنان الحقيقي.
34- Augustus turned to paint the country, but he failed. Give a reason.
-He only painted the view from his front aback window. * تحول أغسطس إلي رسم الريف و لكنه فشل. أعطي سبباً.
 انه فقط رسم المنظر من الشباك الامامي و الخلفي
35- What happened when he failed to draw for the newspapers?
-He decided to take to his bed and never to rise again. * ماذا حدث عندما فشل في الرسم للجرائد؟
 هو قرر أن يلزم فراشه ولا ينهض أبداً.
36- What made him decide to take to his bed?
- All his attempts to earn his living failed. * ما الذي جعله يقرر أن يلزم الفراش؟
 كل محولاته لكسب قوته فشلت.
37-Do you think that Augustus was a true artist? Why?
-He wasn't a true artist because his drawings weren't sold. * هل تعتقد انه فنان حقيقي؟ لماذا؟
 هو لم يكن فناناً حقيقياً لأن رسوماته لم تُباع.
38- What is the moral of this story?
- One mustn't give up hope. * ما هو مغزي القصة؟
 الفرد لا يجب أن يتخلي عن الأمل.

1) “I am an Artist. I paint pictures and draw drawings.’’
a- Who is the speaker? { Augustus pokewhistle }
b- To whom he was speaking? { to the stranger }
c- Do you think that the speaker is justified in this statement? Give reasons?
{ No, because he wasn’t a successful painter }
2) “It’s kind of you. But I don’t think you couldn’t help me”
a- By whom did Augustus think the man was sent?{by an interfering so–called friend}
b- why did He think the stranger couldn’t help him?
{because the stranger didn’t know the story of his life}
c- By whom was the stranger really sent ? {The furniture shop to take the bed}
3) “May I mention that there’s a certain repetition in your
remarks let me finish and then you can say but…….”
a- What did Augustus want to finish? { The story of his life }
b- Why did the visitor repeat but? {To tell him he was not the doctor}
c- Is August us justified in saying this?{No, as one must speak and listen to others}
4) “I decided, after severe struggle with my self. To Forget my soul and
paint for money.”
a- What did he mean by forgetting his soul? { Painting for money. }
b- What did he paint for money? What was the result? { He painted funny pictures for the news papers but he got no money, he got them back.}
c- What was his last attempt to get money?
{He painted for advertisements and got only some samples}.
5) "So, I gave up the struggle. My heart was broken and I determined to
take to my bed never to rise again. "
a- Why did Augustus give up struggle? {He failed to get any money}
b- What was his last decision? {To take to his bed never to rise again.}
c- What made the stranger sure he will rise from his bed?
{ He came from the furniture shop to take the bed away}
6) “ I was delicately brought up and it soon became clear that I was not
an ordinary boy ’’
a- What happened when he was seven? He won a prize for a drawing of an animal
b- How did his parents help him? They gave him the chance to study under great painters
c- What happened at the age of twenty-one? He started a business as a painter of people.
7) “ And I fell certain that you will , because I’ve ….."
a- Who was the speaker? the immense man
b- What was the speaker certain of? Pokewhistle would rise from his bed
c- Why did the speaker really come? to take the bed as the bed wasn’t paid for