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
prince – n. a male member of a royal family
cab(s) – n. a car that carries passengers to a place for an amount of money that is based on the distance traveled
beating – v. to make the regular movements needed to pump blood
comings and goings – idm. the activity of people arriving at and leaving a place
nervously – adv. done in a way showing feelings of being worried and afraid about what might happen
pleasantly – adv. done in a way that is friendly and likable
hopelessly – adv. done in a way that shows no feeling of hope
cop(s) – n. a person whose job is to enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests
- Listen to the story.
- Watch the video and read along.
- Take the short story quiz.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/3332934/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.
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Lesson 3.30.2 Year 3
American story.
” The Calif, Cupid and the clock”.
The story is written by O. Henery.
The story of, ‘The Calif, Cupid, and the clock ” is about Prince Micheal and his encounter. The story with a young man is an about incident in Prince Micheal life, who is the one of the heroes of the story. The plot revolves around three central characters, Calif, Cupid and the Clock. Calif is the title gives to the supreme civil, Cupid is the Roman god of love who is shown as a beautiful baby boy with wings, carrying a bow, the Clock in the story is representation of the tower’s clock. The three characters, Calif, Cupid and the Clock brings happiness to the young man’s life.
Once in moth of September Prince Micheal was sitting on his favorite park bench. Though Prince was wealthy enough and he earned a master’s degree in philosophy and bachelor’s degree in art, yet he was not dressed princelike. He had full facilities to enjoy all of life’s pleasures. He favored the deserving.
and assisting the poor. He was watching and smiling at how time the clock in the tower-controlled people. While sitting on the bench, a young man entered the park and sat on the prince’s third bench. The young man seemed to be restless. He was smoking and constantly observing the tower’s clock. The prince left his bench and walked over to the young man’s bench. The young man was waiting for her lover Marian’s indication of a white handkerchief of her willingness and ready to make marriage with him. Prince assured the young man that he would assist him in overcoming his difficulties. At first the young man was relucted and hesitant to tell the prince anything, but the young man kept an eye to the clock. At last, the indication of his lover appeared, and the young man began to joyously scream and dance. however, the prince, who was exhausted and starched on the bench, was discovered dead by police the next morning.
Dear teacher,
Lesson 3.30.2 Year 3
American story.
” The Calif, Cupid and the clock”.
The story is written by O. Henery.
Prince Micheal with a young man who are main actor of the story. The plot revolves around three central characters, Calif, Cupid and the Clock. Calif is the title gives to the supreme civil, Cupid is the Roman god of love who is shown as a beautiful baby boy with wings, carrying a bow, the Clock in the story is representation of the tower’s clock. On September Prince Micheal was sitting on his favorite park bench. He favored the deserving.
and assisting the poor. He was watching and smiling at how time the clock in the tower-controlled people. While sitting on the bench, a young man entered the park and sat on the prince’s third bench. The young man seemed to be restless. He was smoking and constantly observing the tower’s clock. The prince left his bench and walked over to the young man’s bench. The young man was waiting for her lover Marian’s indication of a white handkerchief of her willingness and ready to make marriage with him. Prince assured the young man that he would assist him in overcoming his difficulties.
At last, the indication of his lover appeared, and the young man began to joyously scream and dance.
This woman shall be yours. You have the promise of the Prince of Valleluna. On the day you are married I will give you $100,000 and a great house beside the Hudson River. But there must be no clocks in that house. Do you agree to that?”
“Sure said the Young man. “I don’t like clocks.” He looked again at the clock above the trees. It was three minutes before nine.
“I think,” said Prince Michael, “that I will sleep a little. It has been a long day.” He lay down on the seat, as if he had often done it before “You’ll find me on this park on any evening when the weather is good,” said the Prince. “Come to me when you know the day you’ll be married. I’ll give you the money. “It’s Michael the Dreamer,” said one. “He’s been sleeping like this in the park for twenty years.
He won’t live much longer , I guess.”
The other cop looked at something in the sleeper’s hand. “Look at this,” he said. “Fifty dollars. I wish I could have a dream like that.” and then they gave Prince Michael of Valleluna a hard shake, and brought him out of his dreams in to the real life. Thank you.
In the quiz of this story, I got 100%