Reading The stronger man

Many, many years ago there was a man in England who was very strong. Everyone knew him. He often said, "If I ever meet anyone who is stronger than I am, I'm going to give him all the money in my purse."

One day as he was riding somewhere, his horse lost a shoe.

When the man came to the nearest town, he asked for someone who could shoe his horse.

The smith in that town was very strong, too. The man told the smith to bring him some of the best horseshoes he had.

When the smith brought him some horseshoes, the strong man looked at them, took one of them and said, "This is a bad shoe. It's no good for my horse. Haven't you got anything better? Look!" And he took it in his strong hands and broke it easily. The smith looked at him, but said nothing. Then he brought another horseshoe. The man took it and broke it as easily as the first one. The smith brought him a third one. The strong man broke it too and then said, "I see that you haven't got any good horseshoes. Don't you see that I need something really good for my horse? Bring me one more and I'll go." The smith brought a fourth shoe and the strong man gave him some coins.

The smith looked at the coins, took one and said, "This is a bad coin. Haven't you got anything better? Look!" He took the coin between his fingers and broke it into two. It was now the strong man's turn to be surprised. He didn't say anything, but gave the smith another coin. The smith broke it, too. The man gave him a third coin. The smith broke it like the first two and said, "I see that you haven't got any good coins. Don't you see that I need some really good ones? So give me one more and we'll be quits."

The strong man looked at him and said, "I've promised to give my purse to anyone I meet, who is stronger than I am. Here it is. Take it! It's yours now."

Vocabulary

purse — гаманець

shoe (тут) — підкова, підковувати

smith — коваль

be quits — розрахуватися (з кимось)

Завдання 1. Directions: Statements 1 through 10 (decide if the statements are True or False):

Did you understend?

1. Once upon a time there was a man who was very strong.

1. When he was riding somewhere he lost his shoe.

1. In the nearest town the man asked to sell him a horse.

1. The strong man took the first horseshoe and broke it easily.

1. The man couldn’t broke the second horseshoe.

1. The man liked the fourth horseshoe and bought it.

1. The strong man gave him a coin.

1. The smith took the coin and broke it into two.

1. The strong man gave to the smith his purse.

Завдання 2.Directions: Statements 11 through 20

Choose the correct answers a,b,c,

1. There was a man in England

1. As the strong man was riding somewhere one day

1. When the man came to the nearest town

The strong man broke

When the man gave the smith a coin,

The strong man looked at the smith and

When the man saw that the smith had broken his coin,