(TESOL Worksheets--Aesop Fables, Story Time ESL Listening)
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The Hawk and the Nightingale Aesop’s Fables #4
Video slow speed: https://youtu.be/oSOebXtIrBs
Video normal speed: https://youtu.be/KOXNSIX6XEw
Video Storytelling: https://youtu.be/9lKCe5Rm13Q
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_6be7l3
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 Hawk and the Nightingale Aesop’s Fables #4
Once upon a time, a hawk was flying through the night air, looking for something to eat. (“Hawks” are big strong birds. They eat smaller birds.)
Unfortunately, a poor nightingale happened to be out on the same night. (“Nightingales” are small birds. They are famous for their pretty songs.) The hawk grabbed the nightingale with its claws. (“Claws” are the sharp, curved nails on the feet of birds.)
The nightingale realized that it was about to be eaten, and the nightingale said, “Please Mister Hawk, don’t eat me! I can’t die--my songs are too beautiful for me to die. Why, even the king himself loves to listen to my songs. If you let me go, and don’t eat me, I will sing the most beautiful song for you.”
“A song?” said the Hawk. “But I’m hungry. What use is a song? Will a song fill up my stomach?”
“But I won’t fill up your stomach either,” said the panicked nightingale. “I am such a small bird. I am too small to make a meal for a big bird like you. You should wait until you find a bigger bird.”
“A bigger bird would be nice,” said the hawk. “But I don’t know when I will be able to find another bird. And I have you now. It would be stupid of me to let you go.”
And so the hawk ate the nightingale.
The moral of the story is:
You cannot bargain with someone who is stronger than you.
The Hawk and the Nightingale Aesop’s Fables #4
Video slow speed: https://youtu.be/oSOebXtIrBs
Video normal speed: https://youtu.be/KOXNSIX6XEw
1. Which birds are big and strong and eat smaller birds?
2. Which birds are small and famous for their pretty songs?
3. What did the hawk grab the nightingale with?
4. What did the nightingale realize?
5. Who loves to listen to the nightingale’s songs?
6. What did the nightingale promise to do for the hawk if the hawk let her go?
7. Why did the hawk not want a song?
8. What did the nightingale tell the hawk he should wait for?
9. Why did the hawk not want to wait for a bigger bird?
10. What happened to the nightingale in the end?
Answers
1. Which birds are big and strong and eat smaller birds?
Hawks
2. Which birds are small and famous for their pretty songs?
Nightingales.
3. What did the hawk grab the nightingale with?
Its claws.
4. What did the nightingale realize?
That it was about to be eaten.
5. Who loves to listen to the nightingale’s songs?
The king.
6. What did the nightingale promise to do for the hawk if the hawk let her go?
Sing the most beautiful song for the hawk
7. Why did the hawk not want a song?
The hawk was hungry.
8. What did the nightingale tell the hawk he should wait for?
A bigger bird.
9. Why did the hawk not want to wait for a bigger bird?
He didn’t know when he would be able to find a bigger bird.
10. What happened to the nightingale in the end?
It got eaten.
Vocabulary
able - to have the ability to do something or the possibility of doing something:
He'll be able to help you.
bargain - to try to make someone agree to something better for you:
Do not hesitate to bargain over the price.
beautiful - very attractive
Laura has beautiful blue eyes.
claw - one of the sharp, curved nails on the feet of some animals and birds
curve - to move in a curve, form a curve, or make something into the shape of a curve:
This is a chair with a curved back.
either - used in negative sentences instead of "also" or "too":
I don't eat meat and my husband doesn't either.
famous - known or recognized by many people:
New York is a city famous for its shopping and nightlife.
fill - to make a container or space full, or to become full:
He filled the bucket with water.
fill up - to become full, or to make something become full:
The restaurant will soon fill up with people.
fly - When a bird, insect, aircraft, etc flies, it moves through the air:
The plane was flying at 5000 feet.
foot - one of the two flat parts on the ends of your legs that you stand on:
He stepped on my foot.
grab - to take hold of something or someone suddenly:
He grabbed my arm and pulled me away.
hawk - a large hunting bird
hungry - wanting or needing food:
I'm hungry. What's for supper?
king - a male ruler in some countries:
These are the kings and queens of England.
meal - the time when you eat, or the food that you eat at that time:
You should come round for a meal sometime.
moral - something you learn from a story or event about how to behave:
The moral of the story is never lie.
nail - the hard surface at the end of your fingers and toes:
Stop biting your nails.
nightingale - a small brown bird that sings very well
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
panic - to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly, or to make someone feel this way:
You panicked me by telling me I was late.
poor - used to show sympathy for someone:
That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing.
pretty - If a woman or girl is pretty, she is attractive:
She was carrying a pretty bunch of flowers.
unfortunately - used to say that you wish something was not true or that something had not happened:
I'd love to come, but unfortunately I have to work.
upon - on:
Her story was seized upon by the press.
should - used to say or ask what is the correct or best thing to do:
You shouldn’t be so angry with him.
sing - to make musical sounds with your voice:
She sings in the church choir.
song - words that go with a short piece of music:
I first heard the song on the radio.
stomach - the organ inside your body where food goes after it has been eaten and where it starts to be digested:
The smell of cooking made his stomach rumble.
stupid - silly or not intelligent:
That was a really stupid thing to do.
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