(TESOL Worksheets--Aesop Fables, Story Time ESL Listening)
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The Birds who were Sick and the Cat who was a Doctor Aesop’s Fables #7
(Original Title: Cat as Physician and the Hens)
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Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_6qrn3z
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 Birds who were Sick and the Cat who was a Doctor Aesop’s Fables #7
Once upon a time, there was a family of birds who got sick. For many days they coughed, and sneezed, and generally felt awful.
A cat, who lived nearby, learned about their sickness, and he decided to study medicine. (“Medicine” is something that is used to make a sick person feel better.) The cat bought himself a book on medicine, and stayed up all night reading it. The next morning, the cat put on a doctor’s coat, and a doctor’s hat, and put together a little black doctor’s bag filled with medicine and all the other things that doctors usually carry with them. And then the cat went to visit the birds.
The cat knocked at the front door, but the birds would not open the door for him. “What are you doing here?” they asked.
“I’m a doctor,” answered the cat. “I’ve heard that you were sick, and I’ve come to give you medicine to make you well again.”
Now, everyone knows that cats sometimes eat birds. So the birds didn’t want to let the cat into their house. “Please go away,” they said. “We don’t want your medicine.”
“But you should at least let me check you,” said the cat. “It’s possible that this sickness of yours might be very serious. Aren’t you worried about your sickness?”
“The only thing we are worried about is you,” replied the birds. “Please go away.”
And so the cat went away, and never bothered the birds again.
The moral of the story is:
There are some people who will try to take advantage of you by pretending to help you.
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The Birds who were Sick and the Cat who was a Doctor Aesop’s Fables #7
Video slow speed: https://youtu.be/r_6waDaoS6I
Video normal speed: https://youtu.be/Iyqg89EyRUQ
1. What did the birds do for many days?
2. What did the cat decide to study?
3. What did the cat buy for himself?
4. What did the cat do during the night?
5. What did the cat put on the next morning?
6. What was the little black doctor’s bag filled with?
7. Where did the cat knock?
8. Why did the birds not want to let the cat into the house?
9. What was the only thing the birds were worried about?
10. What did the cat never do again?
Answers
1. What did the birds do for many days?
Coughed and sneezed and generally felt awful
2. What did the cat decide to study?
medicine
3. What did the cat buy for himself?
A book on medicine
4. What did the cat do during the night?
The cat stayed up all night reading the book on medicine
5. What did the cat put on the next morning?
A doctor’s coat and a doctor’s hat
6. What was the little black doctor’s bag filled with?
Medicine, and all the other things that doctors usually carry with them.
7. Where did the cat knock?
at the front door.
8. Why did the birds not want to let the cat into the house?
Cats sometimes eat birds.
9. What was the only thing the birds were worried about?
The cat
10. What did the cat never do again?
Bother the birds
Vocabulary
advantage - something good about a situation that helps you:
One of the advantages of living in town is having the shops so near.
awful - very bad, of low quality, or unpleasant:
The film was absolutely awful.
at least - used to say that someone should do something small, even if they do nothing else:
Even if she didn't want to send a present, she could at least have sent a card.
bag - a container made of paper, plastic, etc, used for carrying things:
He packed his bags and left.
bother - to annoy someone by trying to get their attention when they do not want to see you or talk to you:
Don't bother your father when he's working.
cat - a small animal with fur, four legs, and a tail that is kept as a pet:
The cat curled itself into a ball.
check - to examine something in order to make sure that it is correct or the way it should be:
I went to check that I'd locked the door.
coat - a piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes, especially when you go outside:
Take off your coat and make yourself at home.
cough - to make air come out of your throat with a short sound:
Paul has been coughing and sneezing all day.
decide - to choose something after thinking about several possibilities:
I haven't decided whether or not to tell him.
doctor - a person whose job is to treat people who have an illness or injury:
I have to go to the doctor's for a check-up.
door - the part of a building, room, vehicle, or piece of furniture that you open or close to get inside it or out of it:
Please shut the door behind you.
feel - to experience an emotion or a physical feeling:
You shouldn't feel embarrassed about making a mistake.
fill - to make a container or space full, or to become full:
He filled the bucket with water.
front - in or at the front of something:
This is the front page of the newspaper.
front door - the main entrance to a building, especially a house, usually facing the road
generally - considering the whole of someone or something, and not just a particular part of them:
The police said that the crowd was generally well-behaved.
get sick - to become sick
hat - something you wear to cover your head, for fashion or protection:
This is a cowboy hat.
hear - to be told some information:
When did you first hear about this?
knock - to make a noise by hitting something, especially a door, with your closed hand in order to attract someone's attention:
There's someone knocking at the door.
least - less than anyone or anything else:
Which car costs least?
medicine - a substance used to cure an illness or injury:
Have you taken your medicine today?
the science of curing and preventing illness and injury:
I want to study medicine.
moral - something you learn from a story or event about how to behave:
The moral of the story is never lie.
nearby - not far away:
An old friend of mine has just moved nearby.
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
pretend - to behave as if something is true when it is not:
I played a trick on her and pretended we'd eaten all the food.
reply - to answer:
"I don't understand," she replied.
serious - A serious problem or situation is bad and makes people worry:
This is a serious illness.
should - used to say or ask what is the correct or best thing to do:
He should have gone to the doctor.
sick - ill:
He was off work ill for most of last week.
sickness - the state of being sick:
She's had three weeks off for sickness this year.
sneeze - If you sneeze, air suddenly comes out through your nose and mouth:
He had a cold and was sneezing a lot.
stay - to continue to be in a place, job, etc and not leave:
The weather was bad so we stayed at home.
stay up - to not go to bed or to go to bed later than usual:
She stayed up to watch a film.
take advantage of - to use the good things in a situation:
I thought I'd take advantage of the sports facilities while I'm here.
take advantage of someone - to treat someone badly in order to get what you want
upon - on:
The jar had been placed upon the table.
worried - anxious because you are thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might happen:
She's really worried about her son.
put on - to put clothes or shoes onto your body:
You'd better put your coat on, it's cold outside.
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