World Literature (Aesop Fables)｜世界文学（イソップ童話）Lesson80: The Goose and the Golden Egg

PART A_1

Let’s learn vocabulary. Listen and repeat the words and the sentences with your tutor.

PART A_2

1.　possess	/po-ZES/
	-to have or own something
	Her family possesses the largest farmland in the province.
2.　nest	/nest/
	-a home built by birds for their eggs and by some other creatures to live in
	The little bird got injured when he left his mother’s nest.
3.　impatient	/im-PEY-shent/
	-wanting something to happen as soon as possible
	The creditor grew impatient after her debtor failed to pay her loans for several months.
4.　precious	/PRESH-us/
	-rare and very valuable
	Her precious car was given to her by her parents on her birthday.
5.　deed	/did/
	-an intentional act, especially a very bad or very good one
	With her good deeds, she was loved by many.

PART B_1

Let’s read the story. Please read them aloud, and I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

PART B_2

The Goose and the Golden Egg

There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.

The Countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But it was not long before he grew impatient with the Goose because she gave him only a single golden egg a day. He was not getting rich fast enough.

Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that he could get all the golden eggs at once by killing the Goose and cutting it open. But when the deed was done, not a single golden egg did he find, and his precious Goose was dead.

Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have.

PART C_1

Let’s answer comprehension questions. Please answer them based on the story.

PART C_2

1.	What benefit did the Countryman get from the goose?
2.	Why did the Countryman decide to cut the goose open?
3.	What happened when such deed was done?

PART D_1

Let’s discuss the story. Please answer the questions below and express your opinions.

PART D_2

1.	What word could be used to describe the Countryman in the story? Please explain your answer.
2.	Why do you think the goose gives just one golden egg per day?
3.	What could have been the proper treatment of the countryman to the goose?
4.	Do you agree with the moral of the story? Why or why not?
5.	Why do you think some people never feel contentment?

REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

Now, let us review the things that you learned in this lesson.

ではこのレッスンで学んだことを振り返りましょう。

(Please give a short feedback on how your student did on your class.)

	Grammar 文法	Pronunciation 発音	Vocabulary 単語	Comprehension 理解
GOOD	文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる	ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる	習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる
FAIR	文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる	発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある	たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある
POOR	文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる	発音の練習が必要である	習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる	文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい

TUTOR FEEDBACK

GRAMMAR
Good:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with minimal grammatical errors.
Fair:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with evident grammatical errors.
Poor:	Was able to speak using words only.
PRONUNCIATION
Good:	Was able to pronounce most of the words clearly and correctly.
Fair:	Mispronounced a few words.
Poor:	Mispronounced most of the words.
VOCABULARY
Good:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class.
Fair:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class and made a few errors in word choice.
Poor:	Used only a few words and expressions.
COMPREHENSION
Good:	Was able to understand the passages and answer the questions correctly.
Fair:	Had a little difficulty in understanding passages and answering questions.
Poor:	Had a hard time understanding passages and answering questions.

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