Unit 8
Robin Hood
2.Listen and check your answers.
3.Listen and read.
In Robin's day not many children went to school.
Most children worked in the fields and helped with the animals.
The King,Richard the Lionheart,Was often away from England for a long time.
When he was away,times were very hard for the poor people.
The rich took everything away form them.
Sometimes hungry people hunted deer in the King's forest near Nottingham.
When the Sheriff of Nottingham caught them he killed them.
But there were people in the forest who fought against the Sheriff,
They were Robin Hood and his friends.
There are many stories about Robin Hood.
Here is the story of how the Sheriff caught Robin Hood and his father.
4.listen again and check.
5.A story -Robin's father
Run,Robin,run!
An hour later.
Who are you?
We live in the woods.We hide form the Sheriff of Nottingham and his soldiers.
Your father is not dead.
The Sheriff's men took him away.
I must help him.
Please,show me the way to Nottingham.
All right, come with me.
Look,there's one of the Sheriff's soldiers.
Let's wait until he is very close.
Help!We've got him.
Bye-bye,Robin,Take care and good luck.
Will you come back?
Yes,but only with my father.
What do you want?
The man who killed the king's deer.
The Sheriff wants him.
Father,it's me,Robin.
Come with me.
Leave me here,They blinded me.I can't see.
Father,please,come on.I've got a plan.
Where are you going?
The Sheriff wants this man.
Help me get on the horse.
Stop!Where are you going?Come back!
Hold on,father,we're almost there.
Thank you,my friends.I'll stay with you.
We'll fight the Sheriff and help the poor,Hooray!