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“Rip Van Winkle Contest”

1. Good afternoon, dear friends. You are welcome to Literature land.

Today we are going to have adventures with one of the characters created by Washington Irwing.

1. Look at the covers of these books.

Can you guess what the story is about?

Is it a real story?

Why do you think so?

1. Watch the cartoon. Be attentive: there will be some pauses for you to answer some questions. https://yandex.ru/video/search?filmId=4193016953564680124&text=rip%20van%20winkle&family=yes

2. I think you have enjoyed the cartoon. Now let us find out which team will win the “Rip Van Winkle Contest”.

Task 1. Match the beginning and the end.

1. Rip Van Winkle was so lazy that

2. His wife tried her best

3. One day, Rip Van Winkle, tired of his wife

4. He reached the top, crossed a stream,

5. He was just getting back his breath, when

6. He turned and saw

7. The funny looking man said, "Please help me

1. to get Rip Van Winkle to take up a job.

2. went to a spot where nobody ever came and sat down there.

3. he heard someone call his name.

4. a funny looking man carrying a big barrel.

5. insisting on him getting a job, ran up a mountain with his dog and his gun.

6. carry this barrel to my mates a little below the stream."

7. he slept the whole day.

8. had so much exercise in all his life.

Task 2. Fill in the gaps

Rip Van Winkle had climbed so far _1_ the mountain to avoid work. Here was a man asking _2_ help. He first decided to refuse but then thought, "Let me help the poor man, then I can come and rest." So, he and the funny looking man walked _3_ to a cave in the mountain, below the stream.

There Rip Van Winkle saw many other funny looking men, all of them were playing the game of nine pins. They ignored him. As soon as the barrel was placed _4_ the ground, the men pulled _5_ mugs, dipped it into the barrel and drank. It was strange sweet drink.
Rip Van Winkle too dipped a mug _ 6_ the barrel and drank it. It tasted good. He thought he should have one more mug, then another and another, until he found the room swinging _7_ him. Rip Van Winkle went to sleep.

Task 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

When he awoke, he saw that all the funny looking men__(go)__. He called out to his dog but there was no response. He could not believe he _(sleep)_ the whole day and night. He got up, his joints _(ache)_. He picked up his gun. Instead of the clean well oiled piece, he found an old one. He threw it away.

As he started trudging back home, he saw the village down below, which seemed somehow changed. When he entered the village he saw new faces; all of them looked at him and rubbed their chins. _(See)_ them do this, Rip Van Winkle did the same. To his astonishment he found he __(grow)___a foot long beard overnight.

Rip Van Winkle _(puzzle)_; he believed that he knew most of the village folks well but there did not seem to be anyone he knew around. This was the same village, where he could see the mountains and the streams. The children made fun of him, running behind him,_(pull)__ his beard.

Task 4. Read and answer the question:

How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep in the mountains?

Rip Van Winkle stopped by a place where there had been a school and asked the crowd that had gathered, "Where is Schooner, the school master?" Somebody said, "Oh! Schooner, he went to war in sixty three and never came back." "And Van Dammel?" asked Rip Van Winkle. "He died eighteen years back," said another voice in the crowd. Rip Van Winkle thought he was going mad. "Had he slept all these years on the mountain?"
Finally Rip Van Winkle asked, "Does anyone here remember Rip Van Winkle?" A woman said, "Yes, he was my father. He went up the mountains twenty one years back but never returned. His dog came back without him."

Rip Van Winkle was overjoyed. He said, "Daughter, it is me Rip Van Winkle. Don't you recognize me?" "Oh! My father. It is really you. Where have you been all this while?" The father and the daughter hugged each other.

Make up the last sentence using the given words.

KEYS

1.

2.

3.

1. had gone

2. had slept

3. ached

4. Seeing

5. had grown

6. was puzzled

7. pulling

4. Rip Van Winkle had indeed slept for twenty-one years.

Teams

Rip Van Winkle PART _

Hendrick Hudson PART _

Dame Van Winkle PART _

Rip Van Winkle (the son) PART _

Peter Vanderdonk PART _