EASY VIDEOS WITH SUBTITLES II: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE

 Improving your listening skills can be easy watching some cartoons. The following is an example from a traditional folktale: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE.
Before watching it, it is a good idea to check for the vocabulary and answer the questions:

GLOSSARY:

• Angry: enfadada
• Filthy: sucio/a
• Hut: choza
• It makes me sick: me pone enfermo/a
• Complain: quejarse
• Stinky: pestilente
• Cliff: acantilado
• Tightly: con fuerza
• Pull: tirar
• Hook: gancho
• Flounder: platija
• Rush: apresurarse
• Let it go: dejar marchar
• Poor and hungry: pobre y hambriento
• Hesitate: dudar
• Wooden: de madera
• Throne: trono
• Pray: rezar
• Dare: atreverse. How dare the sun rise: Cómo se atreve el sol a amanecer?
• Almighty: todopoderoso
• Risk: arriesgar
• Realise: darse cuenta

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

• What did the fisherman find?
• What did the wife want to ask the fish first?
• What furniture did the cottage have?
• What coulour was the water on the second day?
• Was the wife happy as a queen?
• What did she have on her head?
• What did the wife want to control?
• What was the last wish? 
• Where does happiness lies?

What is the message from this story? Do you agree with it?