- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни національний педагогічний університет імені м. П. Драгоманова
- •Way to fluent English
- •Contents
- •Environmental protection
- •1. Read and translate the texts and new phrases.
- •1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- •3. Write the questions to the text and discuss it in the class.
- •4. Match a new word with its definition.
- •5. Fill in missed letters:
- •6. Write your ides and suggestions about what you can do to reduce global warming:
- •7. Read and translate the text and then proceed to the tasks.
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Make up a dialogue using all new words and phrases from this module:
- •10. Read and translate new words and the text: Freshwater Becoming More Scarce.
- •11. Find the synonyms to the words from the text:
- •12. Answer the questions:
- •13. Complete the sentences.
- •14. Translate and explain what these words mean:
- •15. Discuss these questions in a group:
- •16. Read and translate new words and the text:What’s For Dinner? Genetically. Modified Foods
- •17. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
- •18. Find the opposite in the text.
- •19. Find the synonyms in the text.
- •20. Find out in the text English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •21. Write the question to the text and discuss it in the class.
- •22. Fill in the sentences with the missed words.
- •23. Match word or word combination with its definition
- •24. Answer the following questions:
- •25. Write 10 advantages and 10 disadvantages about having a big family and compare your answers with your group mates.
- •26. Read, translate and retell the text. Are Dishwashers Good for the Environment?
- •27. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences:
- •28. Readers Respond: What are you doing to help reduce global warming and save the environment? Read the comments from the site http://environment.About.Com. Global warming.
- •Type 0 Conditionals: certainty, general truth
- •If you mix yellow and blue, you get green.
- •If I’m suffering the Web, I use Google. Type 1 Conditionals: real present
- •If you feel lucky, you’ll expect good things.
- •If you study, you’ll pass the test. Practice
- •Type 2 Conditionals: unreal present
- •3. Complete the sentences using the most appropriate verb form from the list (Type 2 conditionals).
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Answer the questions according to what you understand from the sentences. Choose the correct answer: Yes, No or possibly.
- •5. What would you do If you were … ? Answer the questions using present or future unreal conditional. Discuss your answers with your classmates.
- •Type 3 Conditionals: unreal past
- •Practice
- •7. Translate the sentences into English.
- •Mixed Conditionals
- •Practice
- •1. Translate the sentences into English
- •Wishes (If only)
- •I wish you were here. (It’s a pity you are not here now.)
- •Practice
- •Check yourself
- •Reading for pleasure Sir Walter Scott
- •Exercises
- •Is it truth that young man has really forgotten the name of the 6th knight?
- •9. Read abstract I. For questions (1 – 5) choose the correct answer (a, b, c, d).
- •10. Read the abstract III. Your task is to put the statements (a - g) to (6 - 13) in correct order according to what the text says.
- •11. Read the abstract III. Choose from (a-g) the one which best fits each space (14 - 19).
- •Sport and games
- •1. Read and learn by heart the word list: Word List on the Subject “Sport and Games”
- •2. Read, translate and retell the text, given below, using the word list Sport and Games
- •3. Read and learn by heart word list:
- •4. Give names for the illustrated sports, using supplementary word list and word combinations:
- •5. Read the words and learn their meaning:
- •Indoor games
- •6. Match the following sports with the right pictures, using supplementary word list and word combinations:
- •7. Read these words and expressions, and learn them by heart:
- •8. Read the dialogues, translate them and choose one of them for learning by heart: Game and Sport
- •The Fitness Craze
- •9. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •10. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:
- •11. Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases from the list below.
- •12. Complete these expressions using the things on the right.
- •13. Read, translate the text. Explain the words giving in the text. Answer the following questions.
- •14. Make up a short dialogue about Olympic Games, using the text, and retell it in pairs:
- •15. Fill in prepositions, if necessary, and explain:
- •16. Translate and retell the text.
- •17. Read and translate the text, given below. Speak on: “The role of sport in modern life”.” Sport as part of school and college life”. How healthy are you?
- •18. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •19. Read and translate the text, given below. Answer the questions, which are given under the text.
- •20. Match each word in column a with a word from column b, and translate each word:
- •21. Match each word in the left-hand column with the appropriate meaning from the right-hand column:
- •22. Read and translate the text, given below. Answer the questions: Sports in Great Britain
- •23. There are 16 sports in this puzzle. Can you find them?
- •24. Write a short description of your favourite sport giving the following information:
- •25. Memorize some idioms or idiomatic expressions dealing with the topic “Sport and Games”:
- •26. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar spot Wishes (If only)
- •I wish you were here. (It’s a pity you are not here now.)
- •Practice
- •Reading for pleasure Charles Dickens
- •Dombey and Son Part II
- •Part II
- •Exercises
- •9. Read and complete the text below. For each of the empty space (12-20) choose the correct answer (a, b, c, d).
- •10. Read the abstract below. For each of the empty space (17-21) choose the correct answer (a, b, c, d).
- •Health protection
- •1. A. Read and translate the text. Bedside manner and something more? …
- •2. Discuss with your group mates the famous proverb “To err is human”. Can this proverb be applied to the sphere of medicine and health? Do doctors have a right to be mistaken?
- •3. What is your opinion about health insurance? Do you consider it to be necessary in modern society? Give your reasons.
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following words:
- •5. Expressions with the word finger. Match the expressions with their definitions:
- •6. Look at the idioms above. Make a short story, using as much of them as you can. Retell the story to your group mates:
- •7. Fill in proper word:
- •8. Retell the text from ex.7, using the words underlined.
- •9. Write an article on the topic “The impact of the drugs on the human organism”.
- •10. Study the short articles below. Make your own notes about popular consumers’ goods nowadays and their impact on our health:
- •11. Comment on the texts given above. Express your opinion on the subject. Act out dialogues, using new words and thematic vocabulary.
- •12. Prepare a report about junk food and the impact of it’s consuming. Present it in front of the group.
- •14. A. Study the material about junk food. Discuss it in class.
- •Marketing
- •Pregnancy
- •15. Write an article about the problem of junk and unhealthy food in Ukraine. Use the words given in the texts above.
- •16. Rewrite the following sentences and replace the words in bold with phrases from the list:
- •17. Make up your own sentences with the idioms from ex/16:
- •18. A. Read and translate the texts. Blood pressure
- •19. Mind the vocabulary. Write and act out a dialogue on the topic “At the doctor’s”. Use phrases below as a model:
- •20. Match the sympthoms with the replies of the doctor:
- •21. Choose the right answer:
- •22. Read to the complaints below. If you were a doctor what would be your recommendations?
- •23. Study the idioms. Work with the vocabulary and find translation if you can’t guess:
- •24. Write a story, using all the idioms given in ex/23, present it in front of the group:
- •25. Fill in the correct word from the list, there’s 1 extra word:
- •26. Read and translate the text: healthy lifestyle
- •27. A. Find words and word-combinations that correspond to the following meaning:
- •28. Correct mistakes: Healthy Lifestyle
- •29. Write 8 questions to the text, use different types of questions:
- •30. Imagine that you are a doctor. Now you are to give advice to your patient about how to change the lifestyle. Make a dialog, using words and word-combinations from the text.
- •31. Write a timetable of a person who leads a healthy way of life. Discuss it with your groupmates. Grammar spot
- •1. Open the brackets using unreal past.
- •2. W rite sentences with an if-clause.
- •3. Open the brackets using unreal past.
- •5. Rewrite the sentences using unreal past
- •6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •10. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •Reading for pleasure Oscar Wilde
- •The Happy Prince
- •Exercises
- •1. For questions (1-5) choose the correct answer (a, b, c, d).
- •2. Your task is to put the statements (a - f) to (6-11) in correct order according to what the text says.
- •4. Act the dialogues
- •Love & Marriage
- •Vocabulary:
- •Finding a partner
- •1. There are 15 words connected with marriage. Find them and solve a puzzle.
- •2. Complete the sentences.
- •3. Using this proverb “a great dowry is a bed full of brambles” (“Лучше на убогой жениться, чем с богатой браниться”) make up the story of your own.
- •4. Find the synonyms to the words.
- •5. Find the opposite in the text.
- •6. Describe the picture using the following idioms:
- •1. Unknown words
- •2. Read the text.
- •1. Guessing the riddle.
- •Being in love
- •1. Read all these statements and discuss them in pairs. Battlefield or bed of roses?
- •2. Read these dialogues; explain Dave’s and Brad’s relationships. After discussion make up your own stories connected with topic: “Being in love”.
- •It's as plain as the nose on your face!
- •A chance for romance.
- •3. Romantic quiz
- •4. Love hearts
- •5. Look at the picture. Image your future wedding. Tell us a beautiful story about your white wedding. Try to use all new words, what we have learnt and these proverbs:
- •6. Look at the pictures of Marriages signs, listen to their descriptions, try to guess what it is and say it in one word.
- •Wedding Customs
- •True love
- •On the way to the wedding
- •1. Task: Make a presentation with using all new words you have learnt.
- •2. Learn by heart the idioms:
- •3. Translate these sentences into English, use new idioms.
- •Grammar spot the infinitive
- •The Forms of the Infinitive
- •The Functions of the Infinitive in the Sentence
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8 Organize the expressions into the sentences and translate them
- •Infinitive Constructions
- •The Objective InfinitiveConstruction (Complex Object)
- •The Subjective Infinitive Construction (Complex Subject)
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •Exercise 15
- •Exercise 16
- •The Devoted Friend
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the questions.
- •Religion
- •1. Study the following:
- •2. Match the following English idioms to their respective dictionary definitions and give the translation of the definitions.
- •3. Read the words and their explanations. Give the translation of them.
- •1 Kings 2:46
- •4. Wisdom is Supreme
- •4. Match the following English idioms to their respective dictionary definitions.
- •5. In the following sentences, there is an idiom. Decide what you think is the key word, then look in your dictionary to see if you are right. Rewrite the sentences in non-idiomatic English.
- •6. The following sentences all contain an idiom with one key word missing. Choose one of the four alternatives to complete the idiom.
- •7. The following sentences all contain some idioms. Read and translate them into English. Use a Russian-English dictionary and the English-Russian Phraseological Dictionary by a. V. Kunin.
- •8. Link each of the pictures with one of the idioms listed below. Comment on the meaning of each of them. Use them in situations of your own.
- •9. Use the idioms to make up a story. Each student should take turns building upon the sentence, turn by turn.
- •10. In the following sentences, there is an idiom. Expand on the sentences.
- •11. The following sentences all contain an idiom with one key word missing. Choose one of the four alternatives to complete the idiom and translate the sentences.
- •12. Explain and expand on the following. Use the idioms given in Unit 11.
- •13. Continue the following dialogue. Use the idioms given in Unit 11.
- •14. Read and translate the following passage into Russian.
- •15. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •17. Make up the dialogue where the last phrase will be: "So as the proverb goes..."
- •18. A. Read the following passages and choose the correct key word to complete the idioms. Translate the passages into Ukrainian.
- •19. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •Grammar spot The Gerund
- •The Forms of the Gerund
- •TheFunctions of the Gerund in the Sentence
- •Predicative Constructions with the Gerund
- •Exercise 5
- •Reading for pleasure o. Henry
- •Schools and Schools
- •2. Prove that:
- •3. Add more information to these:
- •5. Imagine that you are:
- •1. Learn new words:
- •2. A. Fill in missed letters:
- •3. There are 17 words connected with food. They go across → and down ↓. Find them and write them here.
- •4. Put the following eating and drinking verbs into the correct squares.
- •5. Read and translate the dialogues. Learn one of them and act on the lesson.
- •6. Translate the following words and word-combinations into English.
- •7. Put in the right order the dialogue. Read, translate and act it.
- •8. Fill in the sentences with the missed words.
- •9. Read and translate the text and then proceed to the tasks.
- •10. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.
- •11. Group the words below under the following headings.
- •13. Answer the questions.
- •14. Choose a possible adjective to describe each of these foods.
- •15. Match the method of cooking with its definition.
- •16. Put the following names of food and drink under the right headings on the menu.
- •17. A. Translate the following words and word-combinations from the text.
- •In search of good English food
- •18. Translate the proverbs into Ukrainian and explain them in English.
- •19. Match the following English idioms to their respective dictionary definitions.
- •20. Rewrite the sentences in non-idiomatic English.
- •21. Fill in the text with English equivalents of the words. Food for Thought
- •22. Which are the odd men out?
- •23. Complete the table by giving examples for each category. Types of Food
- •24. Fill in the blanks with the right word.
- •24. Read, translate and retell the text. Chocolate – like falling in love …
- •25. Translate into English.
- •26. Write the recipe of your favourite dessert.
- •27. Read, translate and retell the text. Ukrainian cookery
- •Ice Cream
- •29. Translate the dialogue into English.
- •30. Write your own dialogue “At the restaurant” and act it in the class.
- •31. Match two columns. Table manners
- •32. Read and translate the text. Garlic: Nature’s oldest remedy
- •33. Fill in the blanks with the right word.
- •34. Crossword
- •The Participle
- •The Forms of the Participle
- •TheFunctions of the Participle in the Sentence
- •Insert Participle I or Participle II
- •Predicative Constructions with the Participle The Objective Participial Construction
- •The Subjective Participial Construction
- •The Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction
- •Reading with pleasure No Story by o.Henry
- •1. Add more information to the following:
Check yourself
Complete the conditional sentences (type I or II)
“The Cat and the Mouse” – Part 1
1. Once upon a time the cat bit the mouse's tail off. “Give me back my tail,” said the mouse. And the cat said, “Well, I (give) …………… you back your tail if you fetched me some milk. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”
2. The mouse, however, went to the cow. “The cat (give/only) me back my tail if I fetch her some milk.”
3. And the cow said, “Well, I would give you milk if you (get) me some hay. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”
4. The mouse, however, went to the farmer. “The cat will only give me back my tail if the cow (give) me some milk. And the cow (only/give) me milk if I get her some hay.”
5. And the farmer said, “Well, I would give you hay if you (bring) me some meat. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”
6. The mouse, however, went to the butcher. “The cat will only give me back my tail if the cow (give) me milk. And the cow will only give me milk if she (get) some hay. And the farmer (only/give) me hay if I get him some meat.”
7. And the butcher said, “Well, I would give you meat if you (make) the baker bake me a bread. But that's impossible to do for a little mouse like you.”
8. The mouse, however, went to the baker.. "The cat (give/only) me back my tail if I fetch her some milk. And the cow (give/not) me milk if I don't bring her hay. And the farmer will only give me hay if butcher (have) some meat for him. And the butcher will not give me meat if you (bake/not) him a bread."
10. And the baker said, "Well, I (give) you some bread if you promise never to steal my corn or meal."
11. The mouse promised not to steal, and so the baker gave the mouse bread, the mouse gave the butcher bread. The butcher gave the mouse meat, the mouse gave the farmer meat. The farmer gave the mouse hay, the mouse gave the cow hay. The cow gave the mouse milk, the mouse gave the cat milk. And the cat gave the mouse her tail back.
Complete the conditional sentences (type I, II or III)
“The Cat and the Mouse” – Part 2
12. But imagine what would have happened otherwise…
13. If the mouse (promise/not) never to steal corn or meal, the baker (not/give) the mouse bread. If the baker (not/give) the mouse bread, the butcher (not/leave) her any meat for the farmer. If the butcher (not/leave) her any meat, the farmer (not/be) willing to give the mouse hay. If the farmer (not/be) willing to give the mouse hay, the mouse (not/fetch) milk from the cow. If the mouse (not/fetch) milk from the cow, she (not/get) back her tail.
(written by Bouabdellah)
Reading for pleasure Sir Walter Scott
1771-1832
Sir Walter Scott, the first great writer of historical novels, was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771. His father was an Edinburgh lawyer who descended from the fighting and riding clan of Buccleuch. He was the first of his clan to live in a city and practise a profession. He had a large family. Walter, the future writer, was the 9th of his 12 children. When not yet two years old, the boy fell ill with a disease that left him lame for life. His parents thought country air would be good for him and sent him to his grandparent’s farm. When he grew older and went to school, he became very fond of reading. At the suggestion of his father, Scott became a lawyer and practiced for 14 years. During his business trips he visited places of famous battles and collected old ballads that were still passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth. Scott’s first published work was a translation of Goethe’s historical play “Gotz von Berlichingen”. This work taught Scott that history is made by the people.
In 1814 Scott published his “Waverley, or “Tis Sixty Years Since”. Because he had an established reputation as a poet, Scott decided to print his first novel anonymously. The book was a great success, and everybody wanted to know who the author was. Scott published many of his novels under the name of “The Author of Waverly”, but finally the secret leaked out. During the next 17 years (from 1815 till 1832) Scott wrote more than 25 novels and many stories and tales besides. It mast be admitted that many of his books the last period were written in a hurry and are inferior to his earlier works. He would have worked on had his health not broken down. His doctors sent him to Italy; but it was too late. Before he reaching Italy he had to turn back, and on his arrival at Abbotsford he died.
“Ivanhoe [‘aivanhou]” 1820
I
Gurth and Wamba were soon overtaken by a group of ten horsemen, two of which seemed to be important persons, and the others – their servants,
One of the important persons was a monk of high rank dressed in rich clothes. His companion was a man over forty, thin, strong and tall, with a very sunburnt face. He had a long red cloak over his shoulders, with a white cross on it. Under it he was wearing chain-mail.
In the first of the two horsemen Gurth and Wamba recognized Prior Aymer, of the nearest Abbey, a rich Norman, well-known in the neighbourhood. But they did not know his companion and were surprised that he looked half a monk, half a soldier.
"My children," said the Prior to Gurth and Wamba, "we are looking for a place where we and our servants could spend the night. Can you show us the way to the house of Cedric the Saxon?"
"It will be difficult to find the road," said Gurth, "and the family of Cedric go to bed early."
"You must tell us the way," said the Prior. "This reverend brother is of the order of Knights Templars; he is half a monk, half a soldier. He has been all his life fighting with the Saracens. It will soon be night, and we are tired and hungry."
"Well, then," said Wamba, "you must ride along this path till you come to a cross; four paths meet at that cross; you take the path to the left, and I think you will reach the house of Cedric of Rotherwood before the storm begins."
The Prior thanked him, and the group rode quickly on. When they disappeared, Gurth said to Wamba, "If they go as you have told them, I think they will not reach Rotherwood this night."
"I think not," said Wamba smiling, "and it will be good."
"You are right," said Gurth. "It will be bad enough if Prior Aymer sees the Lady Rowena, and it will be worse if Cedric quarrels with this military monk."
II
As the horsemen were moving on, they talked in Norman-French, the language used by the upper classes.
"What do you call the man to whose house we are riding?" said the Templar to his companion.
"Cedric of Rotherwood," answered the Prior, "and remember: he is very proud. He stands up for his Saxons so sternly, that he is called by everybody Cedric the Saxon."
"This Lady Rowena, his daughter, is very beautiful, I think?" said the Templar.
"Cedric is not her father," replied the Prior, "she is his distant relation; he is her guardian, and loves her as his own child. She is really very beautiful, you will see it yourself. But be careful, brother Brian, how you look at Rowena and how you talk to her: if Cedric the Saxon does not like it, we are lost men. People say that he turned his own son out of the house because the young man fell in love with her. But here is the cross, and the night is so dark, that it is very difficult to see the paths. Which way did he tell us to turn? To the left?"
"To the right," said Brian.
"To the left, I think," said the Prior.
They were in a difficulty, but here they noticed a young man sleeping at the foot of the cross. They woke him up and asked if he could tell them the way to Rotherwood. "I am going there myself," said the stranger. "I know the way very well, and if you give me a horse, I can be your guide."
A horse was given to the stranger, and he led the group along a path through the forest. The way was difficult, they had to cross some streams and turn in many places, but at last they came to a wide road, at the end of which they saw a large low building. The young man pointed to it and said, “This is Rotherwood, the house of Cedric the Saxon.”
In a long low hall a long wooden table stood, ready prepared for the supper of Cedric the Saxon. There was a huge fireplace at each end of the hall, and, as the chimneys were bad, there was a lot of smoke in the hall. The floor was of earth. At one end the floor was raised by a step, and this place was occupied by the members of the family and important guests. A table covered with red cloth stood on this platform. From the middle of this table a longer and lower table ran towards the other end of the hall. This long table was for domestics and less important guests. Together the two tables had the form of the letter T.
At the centre of the upper table there were two chairs, higher than the others, for the master and the mistress of the family. One of these chairs was now occupied by Cedric the Saxon. He was not very tall, with broad shoulders; his face was broad, with large blue eyes. He had long yellow hair reaching down to his shoulders. He was about sixty years old, but looked very strong. There was pride and displeasure in his eyes.
"Where is the Lady Rowena?" he asked.
"She is changing after her visit to the church," said her maid. "She will soon be here."
At this time some noise was heard from the outside. Cedric sent a servant to find out what the matter was. In three minutes the man returned.
"The Prior Aymer and the good knight Brian de Bois-Guilbert, commander of the order of Knights Templars, ask permission to stop for the night," he said. "They are on the way to a tournament which will be held the day after tomorrow."
"The Prior Aymer? Brian de Bois-Guilbert?" said Cedric. “Normans both. But Norman or Saxon, the hospitality, of Rotherwood must always be the same. They are welcome Go", he said to the servant, "take care of their horses, lead them to their rooms, give them water to wash, and tell the cooks to add to our supper what they can."
The servant went out.
"Brian de Bois-Guilbert?" said Cedric half to himself. "He has returned from Palestine.2 They say he is a brave but very wicked man," and, turning to the maid, he said, "tell your Lady Rowena, that she can have supper in her rooms today if she does not wish to come to the hall."
"But she will wish to come," said the maid, "because she always wants to hear the latest news from Palestine."
"Palestine!" repeated Cedric. "Palestine! I too might ask, I too might listen with a beating heart – but no! the son who did not obey me is not my son!"
He looked at the ground for a moment. When he raised his eyes, the doors at the end of the hall opened, and the guests entered.
III
The Prior Aymer and Brian de Bois-Guilbert were welcomed and placed at the upper table near Cedric the Saxon. They were ready to begin supper, when a servant, standing at the side door at the upper end of the hall, said in a loud voice, "Place for the Lady Rowena!" and Rowena, followed by four maids, entered. Cedric stood up to meet her and led her to the high chair at his own right hand. All stood up to receive her. She walked to her chair and sat down.
Rowena was tall and very beautiful. She was wearing a rich red dress and a thin veil on her head. The Templar, who had never taken his eyes off her from the time she entered, raised his glass of wine.
"I drink," he said, "to the fair Rowena, who is more beautiful than anyone in England."
"Sir Knight," said Rowena, "your French compliments are not pleasant to our English ears. Instead of them I ask you to tell us the latest news from Palestine."
"I have little to say, lady," answered Brian de Bois-Guilbert.
"Why? Didn't Richard the Lion-Hearted bring any brave knights there?"
"It is not modest of me to say so," said the Templar, "but the Knights Templars were the best."
"Were there, then, none in the English army," said the Lady Rowena, "whose names are worthy to be mentioned with the Knights Templars?"
"Forgive me, lady," said de Bois-Guilbert, "the English king, indeed, brought to Palestine some brave knights who are second only to the Knights Templars."
"Second to none," said the stranger who had brought the Prior and Bois-Guilbert to Rotherwood and now was sitting at the low table. "I say," repeated the young man in a strong voice, "that the English knights were second to none in Palestine. I say, besides, because I saw it, that King Richard himself, and five of his knights, held a tournament against the Knights Templars, and each knight cast to the ground three antagonists. I add that Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert knows very well the truth of what I tell you."
It is impossible to describe the rage which showed on the face of de Bois-Guilbert. But Cedric did not notice it. He was looking at the young man.
"Can you tell me, stranger," he said, "the names of these brave knights?"
The young man stood up and said, "The first was the brave Richard, King of England." Then he mentioned the names of four other knights.
"And the sixth?"
"The sixth," said the young man, "was, a young knight, whose name I have forgotten."
"Stranger," said Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert scornfully, "I myself will tell the name of the knight before whom I fell because of my horse. It was the knight of Ivanhoe. But I will say loudly, that if he were in England now, I would fight with him."
"If Ivanhoe returns from Palestine," replied the young man, "your challenge will soon be answered. I will take care that he meets you."
"All right," said Brian de Bois-Guilbert, "if the Knight of Ivanhoe does not answer my challenge when he returns to England, I will, proclaim him as a coward."
"That shall not be," said the Lady Rowena, "my voice shall be heard if no other in this hall is raised for the absent Ivanhoe. I promise you that Ivanhoe will meet your challenge. Sir Templar."
(Two days later a tournament was held in the town of Ashby. A lot of knights were going to take part in it, and very many guests had arrived to see it. The field was surrounded by galleries for the guests. In one of the galleries there was a throne for Prince John and seats for his courtiers.)
Prince John gave a signal to the heralds to proclaim the laws of the tournament, which were as follows:
First, the five challengers (this time they were Brian de Bois-Guilbert and four other Norman knights) called to combat all those who wished.
Secondly, any knight wishing to combat chose a special antagonist from among the challengers, approached this antagonist and touched his shield with his own spear.
Thirdly, when the combat was over, the prince was to proclaim the winner of the first day of the tournament. The winner received a war-horse as a prize; then he named the Queen of Love and Beauty, whom he chose among the ladies present. The Queen of Love and Beauty gave the prize on the next day.
Fourthly, on the second day, there was a general tournament in which all the knights were allowed to take part. They divided into two groups and fought until the signal was given by Prince John to stop the combat. Then the Queen of Love and Beauty gave the prize to the winner of the second day.
When the heralds had proclaimed the laws of the tournament and the names of the five challengers were announced, the gates were opened, and five knights slowly rode out into the field. They crossed it, approached the tents of the five challengers. Each touched the shield of one of the challengers with his spear. Then they rode back and stood ready to fight. The challengers got on their horses and, with Brian de Bois-Guilbert at the head, stood opposite the five knights.
To the sounds of trumpets they started out against each other at full gallop. As soon as they met, three of the five knights were on the ground; the fourth broke his spear; only the fifth knight fought some time with the Norman knight, until they both broke their spears.
A second and a third group of knights came out to combat the challengers, but success was always on the side of Bois-Guilbert and his group.
It seemed that nobody else wished to combat. But after some time there was a sound of trumpet, and a new knight appeared on the field. The knight was young, not very tall but slender. He was sitting on a black horse. On his shield was the word "Disinherited". He crossed the field, approached the tent of Brian de Bois-Guilbert and struck his shield with his spear. Brian de Bois-Guilbert was astonished because he was sure that nobody else would wish to fight.
"Have you confessed yourself, brother," said the Templar, "that you are so ready to meet death?"
"I am more ready to meet death than you are," answered the Disinherited Knight.
"Then take your place," said Bois-Guilbert, "and look at the sun for the last time, because tomorrow you will be dead."
"Thank you for your politeness," replied the Disinherited Knight; "and I advise you to take a fresh horse and a new spear, because, by my honour, you will need both."
After this the two knights rode apart and stood opposite each other. At the sound of the trumpets they rushed at each other with the speed of lightning and met in the centre with a great noise. Their spears broke into pieces. They returned to their places, received new spears from the attendants and stood ready for a second meeting.
They were given a few minutes to rest, and then Prince John gave a signal to the trumpets. The knights rushed at each other again. Bois-Guilbert aimed at the shield of the Disinherited Knight and struck it with such force that his spear broke into pieces. The Disinherited Knight struck the Templar's helmet, and Brian de Bois-Guilbert fell to the ground, horse and all.
He immediately jumped to his feet and pulled out his sword. The Disinherited Knight sprang off his horse and did the same. But at this moment the marshals of the field reminded them that the laws of the tournament did not allow such a fight.
"We shall meet again," said the Templar looking at the Disinherited Knight with hatred, "in such a place where there will be nobody to separate us."
"I am ready," said the Disinherited Knight.
Bois-Guilbert went to his tent. The herald announced that the Disinherited Knight was ready to combat any knight who wished. The four knights of Bois-Guilbert's group came out in turn and all were beaten by the Disinherited Knight.
The Disinherited Knight was proclaimed the winner of the first day of the tournament.
Prince John and his courtiers tried hard to guess who the Disinherited Knight was, but could not.
"Maybe," said one of the courtiers, "he is one of the knights who accompanied King Richard to Palestine and who are now returning home."
"Maybe he is the King Richard the Lion-Hearted himself" said somebody.
"God forbid!"' said Prince John, turning as pale as death.
"No," said the first courtier, "King Richard is much taller and broader in the shoulders than this knight."
At this moment the marshals of the field brought forward the Disinherited Knight and led him to the foot of Prince John's throne.
"Sir Disinherited Knight," said Prince John, "it is now your duty to name the fair lady, whom you choose as Queen of Love and Beauty. Raise your spear."
The knight obeyed; and Prince John put a coronet on its point.
Holding the coronet on the point of his spear, the Disinherited Knight slowly rode along the gallery. He stopped under the balcony in which the Lady Rowena was sitting, and placed the coronet at her feet.
(The mystery of the Disinherited Knight was found out the next day when he was again the winner of the day and the Lady Rowena, as Queen of Love and Beauty, had to give him the prize. The marshals of the field took off his helmet, and everybody saw that the Disinherited Knight was Ivanhoe, the son of Cedric the Saxon.)