B Read the adapted excerpt from Peter Pan about learning to fly. Complete it with the sentences from the box. Write the correct letters in the blanks below. There is one extra sentence.
a But they are not afraid of falling.
b He followed birds that had food in their mouths suitable for humans.
c Certainly they did not pretend to be sleepy.
d They flew for days and days.
e He also liked a change.
f There he goes again!
Peter flew off with John, Michael, and Wendy following him. (1)
Sometimes it was dark and sometimes light. They were very cold and again too warm. They liked to pretend (假装) they were hungry because Peter had a new way of feeding them. (2)
He would then take the food from them.
(3)
They were sleepy; and that was a danger, for the moment they fell asleep, down they fell. The awful thing was that Peter thought this funny.
(4) “
” he would cry, as Michael suddenly dropped like a stone.
“Save him! Save him!” cried Wendy, looking with fear at the sea far below. At last, Peter would fly through the air and catch Michael just before he could hit the sea. It was lovely the way he did it. But he always waited till the last moment, and you felt he was more interested in being clever than saving a human life. (5)
Something that interested him one moment would suddenly stop being fun. But that meant he might not be there to catch you when you fell.
C Read the article about Charlie Chaplin. Complete the timeline with the information