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How Three Brothers Shared a ‘Trembita’

Once, an old man lived in the Carpathian Mountains. He made musical instruments to play melodies. He made them from birch tree.

One day three young men came and asked him to make them a horn from birch tree. “But why only one – you are three,” said the old man.

“We are too poor to have three. We shall share the one,” they answered. The old man smiled and said, “Come back in spring. You will have a fine horn.” And he worked the whole winter. But when spring came and he wanted to write on the horn the names of the three brothers, he remembered that he did not know the names of the three young men. So he asked the old clever man of the village who said, “Write on it ‘Trem bratam’” (which is the Ukrainian for ‘for three brothers’).

So when the mountains and fields became green and the shepherds took their sheep out to eat grass, the three brothers got their instrument from the old man and played it. They liked the music that it played. They had never heard such fine music before.

The three brothers went home playing the horn, and everyone who heard it liked it very much. For a long time after it people came from near and far to look at the horn and to listen to its music. Those who could read told others what was written on the horn. And so in that part of our country the shepherd’s horn is known as the trembita.

1. Listen to the text. Are the following statements about the text true or false?

1. An old man lived in the Carpathian Mountains.

2. He made musical instruments from oak tree.

3. One day three men came and asked him to make them three horns.

4. They were very rich.

5. The old man worked the whole winter.

6. The old man knew the names of three brothers.

7. “Trem bratam” is the Ukrainian for “for three brothers”.

8. The three brothers liked the horn.

9. The people who heard the horn, liked the music.

10. Three brothers told others what was written on the horn

11. In the Carpathian Mountains the hunter’s horn is known as the trembita.

Key: 1. True

2. False. He made them from birch tree.

3. False. They asked him to make one horn.

4. False. They were poor.

5. True

6. False. He did not know their names.

7. True

8. True

9. True

10. False. Those who could read told others what was written on the horn.

11. False. The shepherd’s horn is known as the trembita.

2. Listen to the text and choose the right answer.

1. Where did the old man live?

1. In the Caucasus Mountains

2. In the Carpathian Mountains

3. In the small Ukrainian town

4. In the wood

1. What did he make musical instruments from?

1. Birch tree

2. Oak tree

3. Pear tree

4. Apple tree

1. Who came to the old man one day?

1. An old clever man

2. A young man

3. Three boys

4. Three young man

1. What musical instrument was the old man asked to make?

1. Three horns

2. A horn

3. A pipe

4. Three pipes

1. How long did the old man make his musical instrument?

1. The whole week

2. The whole month

3. The whole winter

4. The whole spring

1. When was the instrument ready?

1. In summer

2. In winter

3. In spring

4. In a week

1. What did the old man write on the musical instrument?

1. “Trem bratam”

2. The names of the young men

3. The name of the clever old man

4. His name

1. What is the English for “Trem bratam”?

1. Made by three brothers

2. Only for brothers

3. For shepherds

4. For three brothers

1. What did the brothers think about the horn?

1. They liked it.

2. They didn’t like it.

3. It was bad.

4. It was strange.

1. What did people think about the music of the new instrument?

1. It was horrible.

2. It was fine.

3. It was bad.

4. It was unpleasant.

1. What is the trembita?

1. The hunter’s horn

2. A pipe

3. The shepherd’s horn

4. A musical composition

Key: 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b, 5-c, 6-c, 7-a, 8-d, 9-a, 10-b, 11-c