Student's Book - Page 18 - 2

Student’s Book - Page 18 - 2

Read and listen to the beginning of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Answer the questions.

Many people have asked me to tell the story of treasure Island. It starts at my home. The Admiral Benbow inn. It was my father’s inn and that’s where I first saw the old seaman. He came in, dragging his sea chest behind him. He was a tall, strong heavy nut-brown man. With a pigtail that fell over the shoulders of his dirty blue coat. His hands were covered with scars and he had black broken nails. There was a big scar on one of his cheeks. He looked around the room whistling to himself. Then he broke out into that old sea-song. That he sang so many times later, after his adventures.

Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest Yo-ho-ho.

After looking around, he decided to stay. You can call me Captain. He said as he tossed down some gold pieces to pay for his room and his meals.