En esta ocasión, publicamos una de las famosas fábulas de Esopo en inglés.
1.- The Goatherd And The Goat
A young goatherd who was gathering his herd to take them back to the fold, noticed that one of the goats was absently grazing in a small meadow of tender grass.
The impatient young goatherd was so eager to get back on time, that he picked up a rock and threw it at the animal's horns, breaking one as he did so.
Frightened by his own actions, and fearing punishment at home, the young goatherd knelt before the goat and the pleaded.
"I beg you, forgive me", and on the verge of tears, he added, "please don't say anything about this to the master!"
"Don't worry", said the kind goat "I'll say nothing to the master, but do you think my broken horn will keep your secret?"
Moral: Tell your secrets just to one, better yet, tonone.
2.- Vocabulary
- Goatherd = Cabrero
- gather = reunir
- herd = manada, rabaño
- fold = redil
- grazing = graze = pastar, comer pasto
- meadow = prado, pradera
- eager = impaciente
- threw = throw = lanzar, arrojar
- horns = cuernos
- frightened = asustado
- punishment = castigo
- knelt = kneel = arrodillarse
- pleaded = plead = suplicar
- beg = Suplicar
- verge = al borde de
- broken = break = romper
- none = ninguno, nadie
3.- Questions on the text
a) What was the young goatherd doing?
b) Where was one of the goats?
c) What did the impatient young goatherd do?
d) Why did the young goatherd kneel?
e) Explain the moral.
4.- Exercises
Cambiar las frases.
Ejemplo:
*** A young goatherd was gathering his herd. (old)
*** An oldgoatherd was gathering his herd.
a) A young goatherd was gathering his herd. (Negative)
b) The impatient young goatherd was eager to get back on time. (calm)
c) The young goatherd knelt and pleaded. (Negative)
d) I'll say nothing to the master. (Present Perfect Tense)
El siguiente test pone a prueba su comprensión lectora.
El ejercicio consiste en unir definición con el nombre de la actividad física.
Nota.- Puede solicitar las respuestas mediante un mensaje o comentario.
1.- Lie down on the ground with your legs together and your knees bent. Put your hands behind your head and keep your elbows open. Raise your shoulders off the ground, and then lie down again. If necessary, a friend can hold your feet.
2.- Lie face down on the ground and place your hands on the floor at the level of your shoulders.Lift your body up with your arms, keeping your body straight. Slowly lower your body down to the ground again.
3.- Stand up straight with your legs shoulder-width apart and your toes pointing forward. Hold your arms out straight in front of you. Bend your knees, keeping your back straight. Hold for a couple of seconds, and then straighten your legs.
4.- Run in one place, Run slowly for one minute, then fast for two minutes, and then slowly again for one minute.
Unir y ordenar los nombres de acuerdo a la definición.
Gaynor Hopkins (a.k.a. Bonnie Tyler) was born on 8th June, 1951 in Wales, UK. Bonnie Tyler started singing at clubs in the first half of the 70s. Particular raspy voice caused by an operation to remove throat nodules.
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart", her most important song, was written and produced by producer Jim Steinman. He made hits for Meatloaf. The single topped charts in different countries. It was number 1 in USA, UK, Australia and Canada.
Village People se formó en Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Sus integrantes originales fueron: Victor Willis (Policía), Randy Jones (Vaquero), Davis Hodo (Constructor), Felipe Rose (Jefe Indio), Glenn Hughes (Motociclista) y Alexander Briley (Soldado).
La nota curiosa de esta canción, es que obtuvo altas posiciones en listas fuera de USA, pero, no logró figurar en Billboard. Fue el primer tema grabado sin la participación del vocalista original Victor Willis. El single proveniente de la Banda Sonora de la película del mismo nombre, fue número 1 en Australia, 2 en Nueva Zelanda y 11 en Reino Unido.
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