The Master and His Pupil

And now one more English folk tale. As usual, before reading the second tale, we'd like you to do an exercise, so that it'll be easier for you to understand the text.

1) Match the words and expressions with their synonyms.

1) under the sun

2) a learned man

3) a lad

4) it is fast

5) to sing in a quire

6) a crucible

7) a chamber

8) wondrous

9) thee ("I love thee")

10) yon ("yon tree")

11) to heed

a) impressive or exciting

b) firmly fixed and cannot be moved

c) an old word meaning ‘you’

d) a boy or a young man

e) on earth

f) that, those, not near (an old word)

g) a bedroom (old usage)

h) someone who has a lot of knowledge

i) a choir

j) a container in which metals are usually heated to very high temperatures

k) to pay attention to someone or something

All right. Here are the answers again to help you. Under the sun = on earth, a learned man = someone who has a lot of knowledge, a lad = a boy or a young man, it is fast = firmly fixed and cannot be moved, to sing in a quire = a choir, a crucible = a container in which metals are usually heated to very high temperatures, a chamber = a bedroom (old usage), wondrous = impressive or exciting, thee ("I love thee") = an old word meaning ‘you’, yon ("yon tree") = that, those, not near (an old word), to heed = to pay attention to someone or something.

Now. Read the tale.

2) Answer the questions.

1) If the table made fast to the floor, does it mean that it's not high?

2) If I call someone a "lad", can this person be old?

3) Can the word wondrous mean scary?

4) Was Beelzebub a demon?

5) Does the word crucibles refer to water condition?

6) Can people gasp because they are shocked?

7) Did the story happen in England?

Here are the answers and the next exercise.

1) No, it means that it is fixed in some way and it cannot be moved

2) No, a lad is a boy or a young man.

3) No, it means impressive or exciting

4) Yes.

5) No, it is a container.

6) Yes. Also if they are surprised or in pain.

7) Yes. In Yorkshire.

2) Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions

1) There was once a 1) _______________who had a 2) _______________ which was 3) _______________ to a table. It was locked because there were all the secrets of the 4)______________. It told how many 5)_______________there were in 6)_______________, and how they sang in their 7)_______________. And it told of the 8)_______________ and how tasks might be 9)_______________on them, and how they might be used to be as 10)______________.

a) spiritual world

b) quires

c) heaven

d) slaves to man

e) leaned man

f) big book

g) demons

h) made fast

i) angels

j) imposed

2) The master had a pupil who was but a 1)______________, and he acted as a 2)______________ to the great master.

One day when the master was out, the lad, as 3)______________ as could be, rushed to the 4)______________ where his master kept his 5)______________ for changing copper into gold, and the shell which 6)______________ all the words the master wished to know about. The lad tried 7) ______________ with the 8)______________ to turn copper into gold and the shell produced only indistinct 9)______________. "I can do nothing," he said; "as I don’t know 10)______________."

a) crucibles

b) whispered

c) wondrous apparatus

d) the right words to utter

e) servant

f) chamber

g) murmurings

h) foolish lad

i) curious

j) in vain

3) He looked round, and, see! the book was 1) _________; and the lad put his finger on a line and 2)_______ __. At once the house 3)_____ __; 4) _________ rolled through the old room, and there stood a horrible form. It was the demon 5)_____ ___, whom he had called up to 6)______ ___.

"7)______ __!" said he, with a voice like the 8) __________ of an iron furnace.

The boy only trembled.

"Set me a task, or I shall 9)_____ ___ thee!"

a) "Set me a task!"

b) roaring

c) trembled

d) Beelzebub

e) unfastened

f) strangle

g) serve him

h) spelled it through

i) a clap of thunder

4) "Water 1)______________ flower," cried the boy 2) _______. Instantly the 3) ______ left the room and returned with a 4) ______ on his back, and 5)_______ _ the water over the flower; and again and again he left and came back.

"Enough, enough!" 6)____ ____ the lad; but the demon 7)_____ ___ him not; the lad didn’t know the words to 8)_____ ____, and still he 9)______ __ water.

In vain the lad cried; and the evil spirit would have 10)___ ______ all Yorkshire. But the master returned, and spoke the words which 11)______ __ Beelzebub into his fiery home.

a) poured

b) heeded

c) yon

d) cast back

e) in despair

f) send him away

g) drowned

h) spirit

i) barrel

j) gasped

k) fetched

3) Choose the correct alternative.

1) What kind of information wasn't in the book?

A. How to set tasks to demons

B. What angels did in heaven

C. Different kinds of spells

D. How to change copper into gold

2) Which piece of information is correct?

A. The lad was able to read.

B. The master usually locked his room when he went out.

C. The lad knew what Beelzebub was for.

D. The shell spoke the words to the master in a loud voice.

3) Which piece of information is wrong?

A. The demon could have killed the lad.

B. The demon injured the lad.

C. The master was a magician.

D. Beelzebub knew how to water flowers.

And the final exercise.

1) Think of characters from Russian or other countries' folk tales that are similar to the ones in this tale.

OR

2) Think of virtue and vice represented in the tale. How are they represented in Russian or other countries' folk tales.

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Благодарим за участие в эксперименте

Экспериментальная проверка. Этап 3. Анкета

1) Выполнять задания мне было

- Легко

- Трудно

- Другое:

2) Задания на вокобуляр

- Помогли мне прочитать тесты сказок. Мне легче было понимать текст.

- Никак не помогли.

- Другое:

3) Предложенные сказки

- Были интересными и увлекательными

- Были скучными

- Мне понравилась только одна сказка (укажите какая в поле ниже)

- Были мне неизвестны

- Другое:

4) Выполняя задания я

- Узнал(а) много нового

- Расширил(а) свой словарный запас

- Узнал(a) что-то новое о стране изучаемого языка

- Ничего нового не узнал(a)

- Другое:

5) Пожелания и предложения (по желанию)

Ответы на задания

Tom Tit Tot

Задание 1:

1) them

2) of

3) haven't

4) isn't

5) aren't

6) hasn't

7) it isn't

8) shall not

9) has

10) opened

11) daughter

12) horse

13) afraid

Задание 2: 4 9 1 6 3 7 8 5 2

Задание 3: 1) NS 2) T 3) T 4) NS 5) NS 6) T 7) F 8) NS

Задание 4: 1C 2D 3C 4B 5B 6D

The Master and His Pupil

Задание 1:

1) e

2) h

3) d

4) b

5) i

6) j

7) g

8) a

9) c

10) f

11) k

Задание 2:

1) No, it means that it is fixed in some way and it cannot be moved

2) No, a lad is a boy or a young man.

3) No, it means impressive or exciting

4) Yes.

5) No, it is a container.

6) Yes. Also if they are surprised or in pain.

7) Yes. In Yorkshire.

Задание 3:

1) 1 e 2f 3h 4a 5i 6c 7b 8g 9j 10d

2) 1h 2e 3i 4f 5c 6b 7j 8a 9g 10d

3) 1e 2h 3c 4i 5d 6g 7a 8b 9f

4) 1c 2e 3h 4i 5a 6j 7b 8f 9k 10g 11d

Задание 4: 1D 2A 3D