SPEAKING TASK6

 

SPEAKING TASK

You are now going to tell a story or a legend that you know.                                                                                                                                  

 

You are now going to tell a story or a legend that you know. This is going to be a monologue, so take a few minutes to prepare for it. Take these aspects into account:

 

•       You can start your story by saying: 'The legend tells...' or 'Once upon a time...'
•       Structure your story well
•       Use past tenses: past simple, past continuous, and past perfect if necessary
•       Try to catch the attention of the listener by making your story interesting and dynamic

 

Talk for about 4 minutes.

 

 

1.         The legend tells that every Saturday morning, Alí, a plump and bearded merchant in a torn and dirty cloth turban came to the village market with a donkey to sell it. The donkey looked well, strong and with good teeth. Its asking price was always very low and, of course, well below the value of the donkey.
2.     One of the Saturdays in the market, a rich merchant, in a expesinve clothes and jewels, who was dedicated to buying and selling donkeys, approached and told him. I don’t understand how you can sell your donkeys so cheap, sir.
3.     The rich merchant went on: I sell my donkeys as cheap as I can. My employees force the farmers to give me free food for the donkeys, my slaves take care of them for free, without receiving any salary and even then I can’t match the price of your donkeys, sir.  
4.      Alí told him with great calm. The answer is very easy, sir; you steal food and labour from poor people like me, instead I steal donkeys from rich people like you.This legend has a faithful reflection in the Spanish proverb. The saying goes: He who robs a thief has a hundred years of forgiveness.