2022-12-20
40 分钟Welcome to easy stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from ok to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Today's story is for intermediate learners.
The name of the story is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
This is parts three and four.
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I'll just start with a summary of what happened in parts one and two.
In part one of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight came to Camelot and challenged King Arthur to a game.
One of his knights must come forward and give him a blow with his axe.
If he survives, then in a year's time the knight must travel to the green chapel and receive a blow in return from the Green Knight.
Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and chops off the Green Knights head.
However, the Green Knight survives, and so Gawain will have to come and find him.
In part two, Gawain goes in search of the green chapel.
His travels take him near Tintagel, the castle where Arthur and his sister Morgan le Fay were born.
He hears a strange story from an old man about Arthurs father, Uther, which says that Uther used a magic potion to trick lady agraine and pretend to be her husband.
After this, Gawain travels north and finds a wonderful castle.
There he meets the Lord and lady of the castle and a young lady who spends her time with an old hag.
Gawain asks the Lord if he can stay there, as the journey has been long and hard and the Lord invites him to stay.
Over Christmas, the Lord tells him that the green chapel is nearby and on New Year's Day he will take Gawain there.