"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury

a) Fill in the blanks with the right word:

Main characters:

The ____________: the sovereign or supreme male monarch of an empire

The ____________: the producer of something for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenuous thinking and experiment.

The ____________: a person who is employed to do work for another person.

Setting:

The Emperor's p___________ in the countryside surrounded by The Great _________ of ______________.

Plot:

The E______________ decides to e___________the F___________ Man whose beautiful and miraculous i____________ poses a serious threat to his d_________________.

Climax:

The e_______________ of the i__________.

II Replace the sentences below by similar ones used in the text:

1 "Don't kill me!"
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2 "Don't say a word!"
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3 "I am not compassionate. No, only very much confused and scared."
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4 "A man's life is sacrificed to save the lives of others."
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5 "I must find comfort in this reflection." 
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III Say whether these sentences are true or false and explain the false ones:

1 The Emperor of China and the inventor were very talented and they both saw the advantages and disadvantages of the flying machine.

2 Emperor Yuan was as excited as his main servant when he saw the Flyer in the sky.

3The end of the story clearly shows that Emperor Yuan would have loved to fly the machine.