1. The Legend of Arthur
Performed work:
Anastasia Kuznetsova
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2. The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table has been popular in Europe for
more than a thousand years.

3. The Knights in
England wanted
to choose a new
king. They found
a huge stone
with a sword in
it. There was
golden writing on
the sword which
said: «The man
who can pull the
sword out of the
stone will be
king».

4. All the knights
tried to pull the
sword from the
stone, but none
of them could do
it. Arthur was a
young boy at the
time, but he
pulled the sword
from the stone
and became king.

5. Arthur lived in the
castle of
Camelot, with
Queen Guinevere.
In the castle there
was a round
table, which was
made by
Merlin, the
magician. All the
knights sat around
the round table.
The most famous
knights were Sir
Lancelot, Sir
Gawain and Sir

6. The knights had
many adventures.
They killed dragons
and saved beautiful
ladies.

7. Arthur was killed by his
nephew, Sir Mordred.

8. Before he
died, he gave his
magic
sword, Excalibur,
to his friend Sir
Bedwere. He told
Sir Bedwere to
throw the sword
into a lake. A
woman’s hand
came out of the
water and caught
the sword.

9. Three
beautiful
queens took
Arthur’s body
away in a boat
to the magic
island of
Avalon. The
legend says
that one day
Arthur will
return and save
Britain.

10. Sources:
• http://www.google.ru
• Pater and Karen Viney
«Student’s Book 2» (Oxford
English)