Hey what's up? how you doing? this is The Metamorphosis. our buddy, our buggy buddy,
Gregor was really really trying to get out of bed, but what's he gonna do next?
let's find out! but if you're just starting you don't know the story so far,
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start the story the most important thing for you: the three dots, one two three. to
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story, see if our buddy Gregor finally gets out of bed.
it took just as much effort to get back to where he had been earlier, but when he
lay there sighing and was once more watching his legs as they struggled
against each other even harder than before, if that was possible, he could
think of no way of bringing peace and order to this chaos. he told himself once
more that it was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible
thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at whatever
sacrifice. and at the same time though, he did not forget to remind himself that
calm consideration was much better than rushing to desperate conclusions. at
times like this he would direct his eyes to the window and look out as clearly as
he could, but unfortunately even the other side of the narrow street was
enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer to offer
him. "7 o'clock already" he said to himself when the clock struck again "7 o'clock
and there's still a fog like this" and he lay there quietly a while longer,
breathing lightly as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring
things back to their real and natural state. so Gregor is still in bed. he's
kind of given up. he's just laying there sighing. To sigh is this –. he's obviously a
bit discouraged, unhappy. he's talking about sacrificing what– whatever
necessary to get out of this situation. to sacrifice is to give something in –in
order to get something else. so you give something up, you lose something, in order
to get something greater. so Gregor is willing, really, to sacrifice anything to
get out of bed, to not be this hideous new creature. consideration, or to give
consideration to something, means to give careful thought. he directs his eyes to
the window. the most common expression with to direct, is to direct your
attention. means to pay attention to focus on something. so he's basically
focusing his eyes on the window. he looks out the window and he sees that the
narrow street is enveloped with fog. if something is enveloped by something else
it is covered, surrounded by. and he hopes that stillness might somehow bring a
resolution to this problem. stillness is just not moving or making a sound.
stillness. obviously I don't think stillness is going to solve the problem.
let's see what happens next. "before it strikes quarter past seven I'll
definitely have to have got properly out of bed, and by then somebody will have
come round from work to ask what's happened to me as well, as they open up
at work before seven o'clock." and so he set himself to the task of swinging the
entire length of his body out of bed all at the same time. if he succeeded in
falling out of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could
probably avoid injuring it. his back seemed to be quite hard and probably
nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet.
his main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and even through
all the doors would probably raise concern, if not alarm. but it was
something that had to be risked. when Gregor was already sticking halfway out
of the bed, the new method was more of a game than an effort, and all he had to do
was rock back and forth. it occurred to him now how simple everything would be
if somebody came to help him. two strong people,
he had his father and the maid in mind, would have been more than enough. they
would only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him away from
the bed, bend down with the load, and then be patient and careful as he swang over
onto the floor, where hopefully, the little legs would find a use. should he
really call for help though? even apart from the fact that all the doors were
locked? despite all the difficulty he was in, he
could not suppress a smile at this thought. Gregor is devising, he's coming
up with a plan, a strategy to get out of bed. he's thinking about work a little
bit and how they open up at 7:00am businesses open up at a certain time,
it's just another way of saying they open. a very good colloquial, spoken
expression, is to open up shop at a certain time.
for example, the grocery store opens up shop at 6:00am. to set yourself to doing
something, or to set yourself to a task, means to start something. or to assign
yourself a task. to be bound to do something means to be certain, very
likely to do something. so if he falls on the floor it's bound to get people's
attention, because it's very loud. to rock back and forth just means to go like
this. we can also call this to sway, swaying.
you also rock a baby back and forth. he thinks of calling some people for
help, his father and the maid. a maid is a person who helps you clean and possibly
cook in your house. a dome is anything that has this kind of shape. you'll see
it in mosques, some churches, and a lot of other buildings and architectural
monuments. because he's a bug now and a lot of bugs have domed shaped backs. peel
something away means to remove an outer layer, or something that is on top. kind
of like a band-aid. you peel it off. you also peel fruits that have skins. you
peel an orange, you peel a banana, etc. and even through this very difficult
situation he can't suppress a smile. that's good. to suppress something, means
to stop or prevent. so he's not able to prevent or suppress a smile. so he's
still in good spirits, he's still positive. although I'm not sure why. it
does not look very good. okely-dokely. we're gonna stop here if
you have any questions about some of the vocabulary, or maybe the story, or any
predictions, of course put all of that in the comments! I'll see you soon for the
next part of The Metamorphosis! Buh bye
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