Study the following text of ″ The Ticket Inspector ″ .

Activity 3 Study the following text of ″ The Ticket Inspector ″ .

Scene : A compartment on a train

Character :

A passenger on a train At icket i nspector

A at tendant t rain Aw aiter

Let ′ s Perf orm a Drama!

The passenger is sitting in a compartment on a train . He is reading a newspaper . The train attendant opens the door.

Train attendant : Coffee! Passenger : No, thanks.

(The passenger closes the door and continues reading . The waiter opens the door.)

Waiter

: Seats for dinner!

Passenger : No, thanks.

(The passenger closes the door again and continues reading . The ticket inspector opens the door .)

Inspector : Tickets! Passenger : No, thanks. Inspector : Pardon? Passenger : I don't want a ticket, thank you. Inspector : I'm not selling tickets, Sir. Passenger : No? Inspector : No. I want to see your ticket. Passenger : Oh, I haven't got a ticket. Inspector : You haven't got a ticket? Passenger : No. I never buy a ticket. Inspector : Why not? Passenger : Well, they are very expensive, you know. Inspector : Sir, you're travelling on a train. When

people travel on a train, they always buy a ticket.

Passenger : Err.... Inspector : And this is a fi rst-class compartment. Passenger : Yes, it is very nice, isn't it? Inspector : No, Sir. I mean: this is a first-class

compartment. When people travel in a fi rst-class compart ment, they always buy

a fi rst-class ticket. (They look at each other for a moment.)

Passenger : No, they don't. Inspector : What?

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Passenger : A lot of people don't buy tickets. The Queen

doesn't buy a ticket, does she?

Inspector : No, Sir, but she's a famous person. Passenger : And what about you? Where's yours? Inspector : Mine? Passenger : Yes, yours. Your ticket. Have you got a

ticket? Inspector : No, I haven't got a ticket. Passenger : Ooh—are you a famous people? Inspector : (Flattered.) Famous? Well, not very—(Back

to normal .) Sir, I am a ticket inspector. I inspect tickets. Are you going to show me

your ticket? Passenger : No, I haven't got a ticket. Inspector : I see.

(The ticket inspector puts his hand into his pocket .)

Passenger : What are you going to do? Inspector : I'm going to write your name in my book. Passenger : Oh. Inspector : What is your name, Sir? Passenger : Mickey Mouse.

(The inspector begins to write.)

Inspector : Mickey— Passenger : —Mouse. M–O–U–S–E.

(The inspector stops writing.)

Inspector : Your name, Sir. Passenger : Karl Marx? William Shakespeare? Charles

Dickens? Inspector : I see, Sir. Well, if you're not going to tell

your name, please leave the train. Passenger : Pardon? Inspector : Leave the train. Passenger : I can't. Inspector : You can't what? Passenger : I can't leave the train. Inspector : Why not? Passenger : It's moving. Inspector : Not now, Sir. At the next station. Passenger : Oh.

Let ′ s Perf orm a Drama!

Inspector : It's in the book, Sir. When you travel by train, you buy a ticket, and if you don't buy

a ticket, you— Passenger & Inspector : —leave the train. Inspector : Here we are, Sir. We're coming to a station.

Please leave the train now.

Passenger : Now? Inspector : Yes, Sir. I'm sorry, but— Passenger : Oh, that's OK. Inspector : —it's in the book, and—What did you

say? Passenger : I said: "That's OK." Inspector : OK? Passenger : Yes, this is my station. Goodbye.

(The passenger leaves the train.)

Taken from English Form 4, 1990

Activity Answer the following questions by having a discussion 4

with a partner.

1. What is the theme of the drama?

2. Can you describe the characteristics of each character in the drama?

3. Who do you think was the protagonist and antagonist in the drama?

4. Does the drama run in chronological order or fl ashback?

5. When does the story take place?

6. What makes the drama funny?

7. Why didn't the passenger buy a ticket?

8. What does the passenger feel when he is told to leave the train at the next station? Why?

9. In your opinion, is Mickey Mouse the real name of the passenger?

10. Do you think that the same thing that happens to the passenger at the end of the story ( leaving the train in the next station) may happen to a train passenger in Indonesia?

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In groups, act out the drama in front of the class. Activity 5 Then, invite the other students to give comment on

your performance.

Practice the following movie script from T Activity he Lord of 6

t he Ring: Ret urn t o t he King.

Sam looks at the dead, brown twilight, below the lowering cloud. Sam

: It must be getting late. Frodo : No, ... no it isn't. It isn't midday yet.

The days are growing darker. The ground suddenly quivers, as

a rolling, rumbling noise echoes down the valley. Gollum : Come on, must go, no time ...

Sam : Not before Mr Frodo's had something to eat. Gollum : ... No time to lose, silly.

Read the following movie script from ″ Cast Away ″ . Pay Activity 7 attention to the situations and the language used.

A plume of dust comes into frame. The dust is from

a truck, orange and white and violet, with "FedEx" blazoned across the side. The truck turns into a collection of ramshackle World War II era Quonset huts and outbuildings. Around the outbuildings are large sculptures of wood and metal.

The door is opened by a woman in her late twenties. Hair pulled back, casual, an artist. She hands the driver

a FedEx box which is decorated with a drawing of two angel wings. The driver has a hand-held computer; a portable printer dangles from his belt.

The driver scans the package with his hand-held computer, prints out a label and sticks it on the box, ready to go. But something on the box catches her eye. She wants it back. He glances at his watch. She draws rings around the wings, uniting them. She gives the box to the driver, then hands him a cup of coffee. They've done this before.

He takes a sip of the coffee, then runs for the truck. He jumps in and heads back onto the plains.

Let ′ s Perf orm a Drama!

Activity Explain the following sentences and phrases taken 8

from movie script in Activity 7 orally.

1. The truck turns into a collection of ramshackle World

War II.

2. Decorated with a drawing of two angel wings.

3. Something on the box catches her eye.

4. Hands him a cup of coffee.

5. He takes a sip of the coffee.

6. Jumps in and heads back onto the plains.