Hello students. I’m proud of you for completing years 1 and 2 of our American English course. In order for you to become a strong intermediate American English learner, you need to be able to read, understand, and discuss abridged American English short stories. In this lesson, throughout Year 3 of your studies, you will read, listen to, and write about popular American English short stories. Please follow the directions below closely.
- Study the American English vocabulary below.
Words in This Story
poetic justice – n. a result or occurrence that seems proper because someone who has done bad things to other people is being harmed or punished
innocence – adj. the state of being not guilty of a crime or other wrong act
mourn – v. to feel or show great sadness because someone has died
ancestor – n. a person who was in someone’s family in past times; one of the people from whom a person is descended
tense – adj. nervous and not able to relate
- Listen to the story.
- Watch the video and read along.
- Take the short story quiz.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/frank-stockton-the-lady-or-the-tiger/2527889/p1.html?isEmbedded=True
- Write a summary of the short story you just read and listened to in the comments section below. Click here to read an article that teaches you how to summarize a story. Remember to let us know who the characters of the story are, what they do, and what the story is about.
About the Author
lesson 3.12.2 year 3
American stories
” The lady or the tiger by frank Stockton.”
In the story, a young man is in love with the king’s daughter. When the king finds out that the man with whom his daughter is in love is not belong to a royal family. He brings him to choose his own Fate: behind a door hides a ferocious tiger, and behind the other door is the woman he will marry. The young man is forced to choose between two doors.one containing a beautiful woman to whom he loves her and the other door containing a tiger who will kill him. He is forced to do this as punishment for romancing the king’s daughter. The story is with an open ending, the reader is left to decide whether the princess directs her lover towards the door with the lady or the door with the tiger. I went through
the story twice but could not catch the end.
Dear teacher,
lesson 3.12.2 year 3, the story is
” The lady or the tiger by frank Stockton.”
In the story, a young man was fall in love with the king’s daughter. When the king had known that story he brings him to punish in a dangerous place with two doors. behind a door hided a ferocious tiger, and behind the other door is the woman. The young man is forced to choose between two doors.one containing a beautiful woman to whom he loves her and the other door containing a tiger who will kill him. He is forced to do this as punishment for daring the king’s daughter.
The young man asked to go to other place.
He decided to opened the door follow sign was given by princess towards the door with the lady.
Thank you.