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Legend Three

Read this English legend and do the tasks after it.

King Canute

King Canute

St George's Church in Littleport

The legend says that Canute [kə'nju:t], a King of England, Denmark and Norway, was a very wise king. Sometimes in history books you can read that he had unusual powers, for example, that he was able to stop the sea from rising if he wanted to. Nobody could do it, of course. But a lot of people believe that Canute was really a very powerful king.

Once he went fishing on his own. He was still in his boat when suddenly it became very dark. The king could not see anything and landed. Not far from that place he saw a monastery. Canute went there, but the drunken monks turned him away. There was a fisherman's house nearby. A poor fisherman lived in it. He gave the king shelter for the night and told him a very sad story of his life.

"Many years ago," said the fisherman, "my wife visited the same monastery and the monks beat her. I did not know anything about that visit. I couldn't help her because at the time I was in my boat fishing. Late in the evening she told me everything. The next morning I went to the monastery, but the monks only laughed at me and beat me too. My wife died shortly after that. I decided then to kill a monk every year on the day of her death. And I kept my word."

a monk [mʌŋk]

Canute decided that one monk a year was not enough. So the following morning he told his men to attack the monastery. The king's men killed a lot of the monks, and Canute ordered to build a new fishing village.

In return for his kindness to the king, the poor fisherman became its first mayor. Today the village is known as Littleport.

Answer the questions.

1) What does the legend say about King Canute?

2) How many countries did King Canute rule?

3) Why did King Canute decide to stop fishing?

4) Where did he go after he landed?

5) What happened in the monastery?

6) What did the fisherman tell the king?

7) What did the king order to do the following morning?

8) Why did the fisherman become the first mayor of the new fishing village?

9) What is the modern name of the village?

Ответьте на вопросы.

Ответ:

1) The legend says that King Canute was a very wise and powerful king, who had unusual powers.

Легенда гласит, что король Кнуд был очень мудрым и могущественным королем, обладавшим необычными способностями.

2) He ruled three countries: England, Denmark and Norway.

Он правил тремя странами: Англией, Данией и Норвегией.

3) He decided to stop fishing because it suddenly became very dark and he could not see anything.

Он решил прекратить рыбалку, потому что внезапно стало очень темно, и он ничего не видел.

4) After he landed, he went to a monastery.

После того как он сошел на берег, он пошел в монастырь.

5) The drunken monks turned him away.

Пьяные монахи прогнали его.

6) The fisherman told the king a sad story of his life: how monks had beaten his wife, who later died, and how he took revenge by killing one monk every year.

Рыбак рассказал королю печальную историю своей жизни: как монахи избили его жену, которая позже умерла, и как он мстил, убивая одного монаха каждый год.

7) The following morning, the king ordered his men to attack the monastery.

На следующее утро король приказал своим людям напасть на монастырь.

8) The fisherman became the first mayor in return for his kindness to the king.

Рыбак стал первым мэром в благодарность за свою доброту к королю.

9) The modern name of the village is Littleport.

Современное название деревни — Литтлпорт.