World Literature (Aesop Fables)｜世界文学（イソップ童話）Lesson141: The Hare and His Ears

PART A_1

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

PART A_2

1.　horn	/hawrn /
	-a hard, pointed, often curved part that grows from the top of the head of some animals, or the hard substance of which a horn is made
	The bull lowered its horns and charged straight at him.
2.　brazen	/BREY-zuhn/
	-obvious, without any attempt to be hidden
	He told me a brazen lie.
3.　scratch	/skrach/
	-to cut or damage a surface or your skin slightly with or on something sharp or rough
	Tina accidentally scratched herself on a nail.
4.　domain	/doh-MEYN/
	-an area of interest or an area over which a person has control
	She treated the business as her private domain.
5.　terror	/TER-er/
	-extreme fear
	They fled from the place in terror.

PART B_1

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

PART B_2

The Hare and His Ears

The Lion had been badly hurt by the horns of a Goat, which he was eating. He was very angry to think that any animal that he chose for a meal, should be so brazen as to wear such dangerous things as horns to scratch him while he ate. So he commanded that all animals with horns should leave his domains within twenty-four hours.

The command struck terror among the beasts. All those who were so unfortunate as to have horns, began to pack up and move out. Even the Hare, who, as you know, has no horns and so had nothing to fear, passed a very restless night, dreaming awful dreams about the fearful Lion.

And when he came out of the warren in the early morning sunshine, and there saw the shadow cast by his long and pointed ears, a terrible fright seized him.

“Goodby, neighbor Cricket,” he called. “I’m off. He will certainly make out that my ears are horns, no matter what I say.”

“Do not give your enemies the slightest reason to attack your reputation.
Your enemies will seize any excuse to attack you.”

PART C_1

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

PART C_2

1.	Why had the Lion been badly hurt?
2.	What did the Lion command all the animals with horns to do?
3.	What did the beasts do after they had known about the Lion’s command?

PART D_1

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

PART D_2

1.	Do you think the Lion thinks twice before eating something? Why or why not?
2.	Why do you think the Hare felt afraid when he saw his shadow?
3.	If you were the Hare, would you leave the Lion’s domain? Why or why not?
4.	Why is someone’s reputation important?
5.	How do you handle your enemies?

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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