3C - Into the Wild - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 -The Stampede Trail

Epigram:  graffito by Alexander Supertramp
(you can skip the text by Jack London)

This chapter is about the Stampede Trail.  Don't get bogged down in the details.  The most important thing is the description of the bus and how Chris McCandless' body was found.

JOURNAL EXERCISE:  Pretend you are one of the people who found Chris McCandless.  Write an entry in your diary (Tagebuch) describing how you felt when you found the body.

3C - Into the Wild - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - The Alaska Interior

Read the epigram (postcard written by Chris McCandless) and answer this question in your journal:

JOURNAL ENTRY QUESTION:  Why is the epigram at the beginning of Chapter One important?

VOCABULARY:  Pick out at least one phrase (and it's meaning!) on each page that expands your English vocabulary.  Keep a list of 5-10 words (and their meanings!) that you learn from this chapter.

SUGGESTIONS:
to protrude - "A rifle protruded from the young man's backpack"
misfit - "dreamers and misfits"
exceedingly "His gear seemed exceedingly minimal"
to lurch - "the truck lurched over a bridge"
foolhardy - "the hitchhiker's scheme was foolhardy"
gung ho - "He was determined. Real gung ho"
to insist - "Alex insisted on giving Gallien his watch"

PHRASES
 to fish for something (information) - "fishing for a last name"
to reject the bait - "rejecting the bait"
no picnic "Livin' in the bush isn't no picnic"
to be up to - "Gallien asked if his parents or a friend knew what he was up to"
to deal with - "I won't run into anything I can't deal with on my own"

DON'T WORRY ABOUT
muskeg (it's a plant)