AA.

Watch an animated video about the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and fill in the gaps
with the irregular past forms of the verbs in the box.

1 It was the perfect wedding, the guests …………………………….

2 Suddenly, Eurydice stumbled, then …………………………….to the ground. begin

bring
3 Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the dead, ……………………….down as Orpheus passed.
fall
4 Charon, the ferry captain, …………………………….Orpheus across the River Styx.
find
5 When Orpheus entered the palace of Hades, he …………………………….to sing. hear
6 He …………………………….of his love for Eurydice. lie
7 Furies, the demonic goddesses of vengeance, …………………………….. sing

8 He …………………………….nothing— where were her footsteps? swear

think
9 Orpheus …………………………….never to love another woman again.
weep
10 Orpheus …………………………….peace, and his other half, in the underworld.
B. Now watch the video again and decide whether the following statements are true or false?
B Write T for True or F for False.

1 Eurydice died because she fell to the ground and hit her head.
2 After the funeral Orpheus decided to make a journey around the world.
3 Cerberus was a beast which guarded the entrance to the underworld.
4 When he reached the gates, Orpheus struck Cerberus with his lyre.
5 Orpheus begged Hades to let Eurydice live on the upper world forever.
6 The king and queen of the dead wept when Orpheus finished his song.
7 Sisyphus had been condemned to roll a rock up a hill forever.
8 While climbing up to the upper world, Orpheus and Eurydice walked side by side.
9 Orpheus turned to look at Eurydice before he exited the underworld.
10 Orpheus was killed by the Maenads because he had rejected their love.

CC. Solve the crossword puzzle with suitable words from the video.

Across 1 2 3

1. to step badly and almost fall over (v)

6. time without an end (n)
7. to live in a particular place (v) 4

9. to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way (v) 5 6

10. a feeling that you want to do or have something

that you know is bad or wrong (n)
Down 7

2. the place where dead people go in Greek myths (n)

3. to slide over a surface (v) 8
4. an unhappy or angry feeling of wanting to have
what someone else has (n) 9

5. the act of doing something bad to someone who has done

something bad to you (n)
8. to feel very sad because someone has died (v)
10
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AA. Watch an animated video about the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and fill in the gaps
with the irregular past forms of the verbs in the box.

1 It was the perfect wedding, the guests …………………………….

2 Suddenly, Eurydice stumbled, then …………………………….to the ground. begin

bring
3 Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the dead, ……………………….down as Orpheus passed.
fall
4 Charon, the ferry captain, …………………………….Orpheus across the River Styx.
find
5 When Orpheus entered the palace of Hades, he …………………………….to sing. hear
6 He …………………………….of his love for Eurydice. lie
7 Furies, the demonic goddesses of vengeance, …………………………….. sing

8 He …………………………….nothing— where were her footsteps? swear

think
9 Orpheus …………………………….never to love another woman again.
weep
10 Orpheus …………………………….peace, and his other half, in the underworld.
B. Now watch the video again and decide whether the following statements are true or false?
B Write T for True or F for False.

1 Eurydice died because she fell to the ground and hit her head.
2 After the funeral Orpheus decided to make a journey around the world.
3 Cerberus was a beast which guarded the entrance to the underworld.
4 When he reached the gates, Orpheus struck Cerberus with his lyre.
5 Orpheus begged Hades to let Eurydice live on the upper world forever.
6 The king and queen of the dead wept when Orpheus finished his song.
7 Sisyphus had been condemned to roll a rock up a hill forever.
8 While climbing up to the upper world, Orpheus and Eurydice walked side by side.
9 Orpheus turned to look at Eurydice before he exited the underworld.
10 Orpheus was killed by the Maenads because he had rejected their love.

CC. Solve the crossword puzzle with suitable words from the video.

Across 1 2 3

1. to step badly and almost fall over (v)

6. time without an end (n)
7. to live in a particular place (v) 4

9. to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way (v) 5 6

10. a feeling that you want to do or have something

that you know is bad or wrong (n)
Down 7

2. the place where dead people go in Greek myths (n)

3. to slide over a surface (v) 8
4. an unhappy or angry feeling of wanting to have
what someone else has (n) 9

5. the act of doing something bad to someone who has done

something bad to you (n)
8. to feel very sad because someone has died (v)
10
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AA. Watch an animated video about the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and fill in the gaps
with the irregular past forms of the verbs in the box.

1 It was the perfect wedding, the guests thought.

2 Suddenly, Eurydice stumbled, then fell to the ground. begin

bring
3 Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the dead, lay down as Orpheus passed.
fall
4 Charon, the ferry captain, brought Orpheus across the River Styx.
find
5 When Orpheus entered the palace of Hades, he began to sing. hear
6 He sang of his love for Eurydice. lie
7 Furies, the demonic goddesses of vengeance, wept. sing

8 He heard nothing— where were her footsteps? swear

think
9 Orpheus swore never to love another woman again.
weep
10 Orpheus found peace, and his other half, in the underworld.
B. Now watch the video again and decide whether the following statements are true or false?
B Write T for True or F for False.

1 Eurydice died because she fell to the ground and hit her head. F
2 After the funeral Orpheus decided to make a journey around the world. F
3 Cerberus was a beast which guarded the entrance to the underworld. T
4 When he reached the gates, Orpheus struck Cerberus with his lyre. F
5 Orpheus begged Hades to let Eurydice live on the upper world forever. F
6 The king and queen of the dead wept when Orpheus finished his song. F
7 Sisyphus had been condemned to roll a rock up a hill forever. T
8 While climbing up to the upper world, Orpheus and Eurydice walked side by side. F
9 Orpheus turned to look at Eurydice before he exited the underworld. T
10 Orpheus was killed by the Maenads because he had rejected their love. T

CC. Solve the crossword puzzle with suitable words from the video.

Across 1 2 3
S T U M B L E S
1. to step badly and almost fall over (v)
6. time without an end (n) N L
4
7. to live in a particular place (v) D J I
9. to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way (v) 5 6

10. a feeling that you want to do or have something V E T E R N I T Y

that you know is bad or wrong (n) E R A H
7
Down N D W E L L E
2. the place where dead people go in Greek myths (n)
G O O R
3. to slide over a surface (v) 8
4. an unhappy or angry feeling of wanting to have E R U M
9
what someone else has (n) A L S T R O L L
5. the act of doing something bad to someone who has done
N D Y U
something bad to you (n)
8. to feel very sad because someone has died (v) C R
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Phonetic transcription of some names from the story (British English)

Orpheus ˈɔːfɪəs Cerberus ˈsɜːb(ə)rəs

Eurydice jʊ(ə)ˈrɪdɪsiː Charon ˈke(ə)rən
Hades ˈheɪdiːz Maenads ˈmiːnædz
Persephone pɜːˈsefənɪ

The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

It was the perfect wedding, the guests thought. The groom was Orpheus, the greatest of all poets and
musicians. The bride Eurydice, a wood nymph. Anyone could tell the couple was truly and deeply in love.
Suddenly, Eurydice stumbled, then fell to the ground. By the time Orpheus reached her side, she was dead,
and the snake that had bitten her was slithering away through the grass. Following Eurydice’s funeral,
Orpheus was overcome with a grief the human world could not contain, and so he decided he would
journey to the land of the dead, a place from which no living creature had ever returned, to rescue his
beloved. When Orpheus reached the gates of the underworld, he began to strum his lyre. The music was
so beautiful that Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the dead, lay down as Orpheus passed.
Charon, the ferry captain who charged dead souls to cross the River Styx, was so moved by the music that
he brought Orpheus across free of charge. When Orpheus entered the palace of Hades and Persephone,
the king and queen of the dead, he began to sing. He sang of his love for Eurydice, and said she had been
taken away too soon. The day would come when she, like all living creatures, dwelled in the land of the
dead for all eternity, so couldn’t Hades grant her just a few more years on Earth? In the moment after
Orpheus finished, all hell stood still. Sisyphus no longer rolled his rock up the hill. Tantalus did not reach for
the water he would never be allowed to drink. Even the Furies, the demonic goddesses of vengeance,
wept. Hades and Persephone granted Orpheus’s plea, but on one condition. As he climbed back out of the
underworld, he must not turn around to see if Eurydice was following behind him. If he did, she would
return to the land of the dead forever. Orpheus began to climb. With each step, he worried more and more
about whether Eurydice was behind him. He heard nothing— where were her footsteps? Finally, just
before he stepped out of the underworld and into the bright light of day, he gave into temptation. Orpheus
tried to return to the underworld, but was refused entry. Separated from Eurydice, Orpheus swore never
to love another woman again. Instead, he sat in a grove of trees and sang songs of lovers. There was
Ganymede, the beautiful boy who Zeus made drink-bearer to the gods. There was Myrrah, who loved her
father and was punished for it, and Pygmalion, who sculpted his ideal woman out of ivory, then prayed to
Venus until she came to life. And there was Venus herself, whose beautiful Adonis was killed by a wild
boar. It was as if Orpheus’s own love and loss had allowed him to see into the hearts of gods and people
everywhere. For some, however, poetry was not enough. A group of wild women called the Maenads could
not bear the thought that a poet who sang so beautifully of love would not love them. Their jealousy drove
them to a frenzy and they destroyed poor Orpheus. The birds, nature’s singers, mourned Orpheus, as did
the rivers, who made music as they babbled. The world had lost two great souls. Orpheus and Eurydice had
loved each other so deeply that when they were separated, Orpheus had understood the pain and joys of
lovers everywhere, and a new art form, the love poem, was born. While the world wept, Orpheus found
peace, and his other half, in the underworld. There, to this day, he walks with Eurydice along the banks of
the River Styx. Sometimes, they stroll side by side; sometimes, she is in front; and sometimes, he takes the
lead, turning to look back at her as often as he likes.