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14. Read the fragment below and circle the words you do not
know how to pronounce.
TRACK 9
• Listen to Track 9 and pay attention to pronunciation.
Focus on words like “daughter”, “drown” and “thieves”. rogues (n.): pillos
• Read the fragment to your partner and practice the cunning (n.): astuto
pronunciation of those words.

One day, when he knew for certain that the King his head out of the coach window, and, finding it
was the cat who had so often brought him such
would be taking a ride along the riverside with his good game, he commanded his guards to run
daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, immediately to the assistance of his lordship,
he said to his master, "If you will follow my advice, the Marquis of Carabas. While they were
your fortune is made. All you must do is to go and
Variants of pronunciation Things I know. Planning our product. you, then leave the rest to me." while his master was bathing, some rogues had
helping the poor Marquis out of the river, the
bathe yourself in the river at the place I show
cat came up to the coach and told the King that,
come by and stolen his clothes, even though he
The Marquis of Carabas did what the cat advised
had cried out, "Thieves! Thieves!" several times, as
him to, without knowing why. While he was bathing
loud as he could. In truth, the cunning cat had
the King passed by, and the cat began to cry
hidden the clothes under a large stone.
out, "Help! Help! My Lord Marquis of Carabas is
going to drown." At this commotion, the King put

15. Read the tale you selected for your big book and circle
the words which are difficult to pronounce.

• Practice their pronunciation and ask British spelling American spelling
session 4 • Discuss which spelling the tale favors colour, favour color, favor
your teacher for help when needed.
center, theater
centre, theatre
with your partner.

16. Read the fragment from Puss in Boots and pay attention
prado
to the colored sentences. meadow (n.):

(1) The cat, (2) quite overjoyed to see how his project was succeeding, ran on ahead. Meeting some
countrymen who were mowing a meadow, he said to them, (3) "My good fellows, if you do not tell
the King that the meadow you are mowing belongs to my Lord Marquis of Carabas, you shall be
chopped up like mincemeat.” The King did not fail to ask the mowers whose meadow it was that
they were mowing. (4) "It belongs to my Lord marquis of Carabas," they answered altogether, for the
cat's threats had frightened them. "You see, sir," said the Marquis, (5) "this is a meadow which never
fails to yield a plentiful harvest every year." The master cat, still running on ahead, met with some
reapers, and said to them, "My good fellows, if you do not tell the King that all this grain belongs to
the Marquis of Carabas, you shall be chopped up like mincemeat." (6) The King, who passed by a
moment later, asked them whose grain it was that they were reaping. "It belongs to my Lord Marquis
of Carabas," replied the reapers, which pleased both the King and the Marquis. (7) The King
congratulated him for his fine harvest. (8) The master cat continued to run ahead and said the same
words to all he met. (9) The King was astonished at the vast estates of the Lord Marquis of Carabas.

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