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WELT SS I, Fa, , Fr, , 1 The Last Lesson |, , 12074cH01, , About the author, , Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was a French novelist, and short-story writer. The Last Lesson is set in the, days of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) in which, France was defeated by Prussia led by Bismarck., Prussia then consisted of what now are the nations of, Germany, Poland and parts of Austria. In this story the, French districts of Alsace and Lorraine have passed, into Prussian hands. Read the story to find out what, effect this had on life at school., , Notice these expressions in the text., Infer their meaning from the context, , © ingreat dread of © inunison, © counted on © agreat bustle, © thumbed at the edges © reproach ourselves with, , I started for school very late that morning and was in great, dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said, that he would question us on participles, and I did not, know the first word about them. For a moment I thought of, running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so, warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the, woods; and in the open field back of the sawmill the, Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more, tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the, strength to resist, and hurried off to school., , When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in, front of the bulletin-board. For the last two years all our, bad news had come from there — the lost battles, the draft,, the orders of the commanding officer — and I thought to, myself, without stopping, “What can be the matter now?”, , , , 2021-22