(TESOL Worksheets--Aesop Fables, Story Time ESL Listening)
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Slow speed Version: HERE, Normal speed version: HERE, Quizlet: HERE
(The text is based on this lesson HERE).
The Man The Boy and The Donkey Aesop’s Fables #721
(Original Title: The Miller, His Son and The Donkey)
Video slow speed: https://youtu.be/o6FGtStarE8
Video normal speed: https://youtu.be/QXRpb77Kxts
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_5zsk9d
Suggested Use:
Step 1: Look at the vocabulary. Check any words that you don’t know in your dictionary.
Step 2: Listen to the video. (Listen only. Don’t look at the reading yet).
Step 3: Practice the vocabulary on Quizlet
Step 4: Watch the video again. This time look at the reading. Read and listen at the same time.
Step 5: Practice the vocabulary on Quizlet again.
Step 6: Listen one last time. The last time, don’t look at the reading.
Vocabulary
The Man The Boy and The Donkey Aesop’s Fables #721
Once upon a time, a man and his son were going to the market with their donkey. As they were walking along the road, two men saw them. One of the men said, “They are so stupid! They have a donkey, but no one is riding it.”
When the man heard this, he told his boy to ride on the donkey. And then they continued down the road. But soon they passed a group of men. The men said, “That boy is so lazy. He is riding while his poor old father has to walk.”
When the man heard this, he told his boy to get off of the donkey, and he got on the donkey himself. And then they continued down the road again. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two women. The women said, “That man is so lazy. Look, he is riding while his poor young son has to walk.”
When the man heard this, he didn’t know what to do. He thought for a while, and then he told his son to come up onto the donkey with him. So the two of them were riding the donkey together.
A little while later, they passed some more people. Someone said, “Look at that! The poor donkey must be so tired. It has to carry two people at the same time!”
So, the man and his boy both got off the donkey, and they tried to think what to do next. They thought, and they thought, until at last they decided to carry the donkey. They took a large pole, and tied the donkey’s feet to the pole, and raised the pole up to their shoulders, and carried the donkey along.
By this time, they had come into town. The townspeople saw them carrying the donkey, and they thought it was the funniest thing they had ever seen. They laughed and laughed.
The man and the boy walked along, hearing the laughter from all the people who met them. At last, they came to the bridge over the river. At this point, the donkey was tired of being carried, and it kicked its legs to try to get loose. This caused the boy and his father to drop the pole, and the donkey fell into the river and drowned.
“That will teach you a lesson,” said an old man who had followed them. “If you try to make everyone happy, no one will be happy.”
The moral of the story is:
You can’t please everyone.
Vocabulary
along - from one part of a road, river, etc to another:
We drove for miles along dusty roads.
bridge - a structure that is built over a river, road, etc so that people or vehicles can go across it:
We will go across the bridge.
cause - to make something happen:
The hurricane caused widespread damage.
continue - to keep happening, existing, or doing something:
It continued to snow heavily for three days.
continue down - to go further in a particular direction:
Continue down the road until you reach Walnut Street.
decide - CHOOSE
to choose something after thinking about several possibilities:
I haven't decided whether or not to tell him.
donkey - an animal that looks like a small horse with long ears
drop - LET FALL
to let something you are carrying fall to the ground:
She tripped and dropped the vase.
drown - to die because you are under water and cannot breathe:
Two people drowned in a boating accident yesterday.
foot - one of the two flat parts on the ends of your legs that you stand on:
He stepped on my foot.
fall - to move down towards the ground:
Huge drops of rain were falling from the sky.
follow - to move behind someone or something and go where they go, sometimes secretly:
She followed me into the kitchen.
funny - making you smile or laugh:
That is a funny story.
hear - to be aware of a sound through your ears:
I could hear his voice in the distance.
kick - to move your feet and legs forwards or backwards quickly and with force:
I kicked at them and screamed for help.
laugh - to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny:
You never laugh at my jokes.
laughter - the sound or act of laughing:
I heard the sound of laughter in the room next door.
lazy - Someone who does not like working or using any effort:
He's too lazy to make his bed in the morning.
leg - one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing and walking:
My legs are tired after so much walking.
lesson - an experience that teaches you how to behave better in a similar situation in the future:
My parents made me pay back all the money, and it was a lesson I never forgot.
loose - not firmly fixed:
There were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.
moral - something you learn from a story or event about how to behave:
The moral of the story is never lie.
once - in the past, but not now:
This house once belonged to my grandfather.
once upon a time - used at the beginning of a children's story to mean that something happened a long time ago
pass - to go past something or someone:
She passed me this morning in the corridor.
point - a particular time in an event or process:
At this point, people started to leave.
pole - a long, thin stick made of wood or metal, often used to hold something up:
These are tent poles..
poor - used to show sympathy for someone:
That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing.
raise - to lift something to a higher position:
He was ordered to raise the flag.
ride - to travel by sitting on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle and controlling it:
I ride my bike to work.
shoulder - where your arm joins your body next to your neck:
She looked over her shoulder.
son - your male child:
Jenny has a grown-up son of 24.
stupid - silly or not intelligent:
That was a really stupid thing to do.
tie - to fasten something with string, rope, etc:
The dog was tied to a tree.
tired - feeling that you want to rest or sleep:
I'm too tired to go out tonight.
tired of - bored or annoyed by something that has happened too often:
I'm tired of listening to her problems.
townspeople - people who live in a particular town, considered as a group:
The townspeople have embraced the summer music festival.
upon - on:
The jar had been placed upon the table.
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