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Literature Spot 5 Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Exercise 2 Read and listen to the story. Order the sentences below. It was New Year at the court of King Arthur. The King, Queen and all the knights of the Round Table were celebrating. Suddenly the door opened and everybody turned round. A knight rode into the room on a magnificent horse. The knight and his horse were completely green! The strange green knight got off his horse and spoke. "I know that King Arthur and his knights are famous for their bravery. I have come to test their bravery with a little game. Here is my axe. One of your brave knights must try to cut off my head. But, next year, on the same day, I will try to do the same to that knight." A brave and honest knight, Sir Gawain, stood up and said: "I will do it." With no hesitation, he took the axe and cut off the Green Knight's head. Then the strangest thing happened. The Green Knight picked up his head, got on his horse and left the room! Ten months later, Sir Gawain went off to find the Green Knight.He came to a magnificent castle. The lord of the castle invited him to stay for the New Year. Sir Gawain and the lord made an agreement. They agreed to give each other anything they received. The next day, the lord of the castle went (out) hunting. Sir Gawain stayed in bed. Suddenly, the lady of the castle, the lord's wife, came into his room. She was beautiful. She kissed Sir Gawain and then left. When the lord of the castle returned, he gave Sir Gawain a deer he had caught. Sir Gawain gave the lord a kiss. The next day the same thing happened. On the third day, the lady of the castle kissed Sir Gawain and then gave him a special belt. She said it would save his life. Sir Gawain did not give the belt to the lord of the castle because he thought it might be useful when he went to see the Green Knight. On New Year's day, Sir Gawain went to meet the Green Knight. As they had agreed, the Green Knight took the axe. He was going to cut off Sir Gawain's head, when suddenly he stopped. He tried a second time, but again stopped. The third time, he cut Sir Gawain's neck a little, but didn't hurt him. Sir Gawain was angry. He said: "Why did you try three times? We agreed only once!" The Green Knight told him that he was, in fact, the lord of the castle. "I didn't cut you the first two times because you were honest for two days! But on the third day, you didn't tell me about the belt. So I had to cut you!" Sir Gawain returned to King Arthur's court. He was sad because he had not been honest. He decided to wear the belt around his neck for the rest of his life. He told King Arthur: "When I become arrogant,I can look at the belt and remember that I am not a perfect knight." 文学点5 高文爵士和绿衣骑士 练习2 读和听这个故事。 将下列句子排序。 那是新年，在亚瑟王的宫廷里。 国王、王后和所有的圆桌骑士都在庆祝。 突然门打开了，每个人都转过身。 一个骑士骑着一匹骏马进入房间。 这个骑士和他的马都是绿色的！ 这个奇怪的绿衣骑士下马说道。 “我知道亚瑟王和他的骑士们都以他们的勇敢而闻名。 我来是想用一个小游戏测试他们是否勇敢。 这是我的斧子。 你们其中一个勇敢的骑士必须试着砍下我的头。 但是明年的同一天，我将会对那个骑士做同样的事情。” 一个勇敢、诚实的骑士，高文爵士，站起来说：“我来做。” 他毫不犹豫地拿起斧子砍下了绿衣骑士的头。 然后最奇怪的事情发生了。 绿衣骑士捡起他的头，骑上马离开了房间！ 十个月后，高文爵士出发去找绿衣骑士。 他来到了一座宏伟的城堡。 城堡的主人邀请他留下来过新年。 高文爵士和城堡的主人达成了协议。 他们许诺把自己获得的任何东西都给对方。 第二天，城堡的主人外出打猎。 高文爵士呆在床上。 突然，城堡的女主人，男主人的妻子，走进了他的房间。 她很美丽。她亲吻了高文爵士，然后离开了。 城堡的主人回来以后，他给高文爵士一只他捕获的鹿。 高文爵士给了主人一个吻。 第二天发生了同样的事情。 第三天，城堡的女主人吻了高文爵士，然后给了他一条特殊的腰带。 她说它将会救他的命。 高文爵士没有把这条腰带给城堡的主人，因为他觉得去见绿衣骑士时，它可能会有用。 新年那天，高文爵士去见绿衣骑士。 和他们约定的一样，绿衣骑士拿起了斧子。 他要砍下高文爵士的头，就在那时，他突然停住了。 他试了第二次，但又一次停住了。 第三次，他稍微砍了高文爵士的脖子一下，但是没有伤害他。 高文爵士很生气。 他说：“你为什么试了三次？ 我们约好只有一次！” 绿衣骑士告诉他，事实上他就是城堡的主人。 “前两次我没有砍你是因为你前两天是诚实的！ 但是在第三天，你没有告诉我腰带的事。 所以我必须砍你！” 高文爵士回到了亚瑟王的宫廷。 他很沮丧因为他不诚实。 他决定余生都把那条腰带戴在他的脖子上。 他告诉亚瑟王：“当我变得骄傲时，我可以看看这条腰带，记住我不是一个完美的骑士。” |
