영어1 천재 강상구 5과 본문 빈칸

Long ago, two strangers traveled through a certain district, asking for ____ and shelter as they went.

For a ____ time, they found nothing but refusals from both the rich and the poor.

Finally, they ____ to a little cottage where a poor old couple, Baucis and Philemon, lived.

The two had little to offer since they lived entirely from the produce of their small piece of land, a goose, and a ____ goats and pigs.

Nevertheless, they were prompt to ask the strangers in and to ____ their best before them.

They pulled their chairs ____ for their guests.

Philemon put a piece of broken pot under ____ table leg, and Baucis rubbed the table top with fresh mint and set some water over the fire.

They ____ out their best delicacies on the table.

There were fresh vegetables baked over the fire as well as ____.

There was a big bowl in the middle of the table to mix the wine with ____.

The second course had to be fruit, and there were nuts, dried ____, grapes, and apples, for it was their best season of the year.

Baucis even had it in mind to kill their only goose for dinner, and ____ was a great squawking that went on for a long time.

Poor old Baucis wore ____ out trying to catch that goose, but somehow the animal always got away from her, until the guests made her let it be, for they had been well served so far.

It was a good meal, and the ____ couple continued to encourage their visitors to eat and drink, not caring that they were now consuming in one day what would ordinarily have lasted a week.

At last, the ____ sank low in the mixing bowl, and Philemon rose to get some more.

He was astonished to find the bowl full again, as if it had never been ____ before.

Then he whispered to Baucis that the two strangers must be gods, and Baucis also was ____ and afraid.

However, the gods smiled kindly at ____ and identified themselves as Zeus and Hermes.

Hermes said, “Both of you welcomed us beneath your roof this day ____ others refused us shelter.

Be sure those shall be punished who ____ not help the wandering strangers, but you shall have whatever reward you choose.

Tell us what you ____ have.”

The old man thought for a little while with his ____ bent on the ground, and then he said:

“We ____ lived happily together here for many years, even though the times have been hard.

But never have we turned strangers away or asked for a reward for entertaining ____.

To have spoken with the immortals face to face is a thing few men ____ boast of.

In this small cottage, humble though it is, the gods ____ sat at meal.

Neither this place nor we deserve the ____.

If, therefore, you will do something for us, turn this cottage into a temple where the gods may always be served and where we may ____ out the rest of our days.”

“You have spoken ____,” said Hermes, “and you shall have your wish.

Yet is there not ____ that you would desire for yourselves?”

At this, the husband glanced over at old Baucis with her thin, gray hair and her rough ____.

Baucis said, “We have ____ together for many years, and in all that time never has there been a word of anger between us.

Now, at last, we are ____ old and our long companionship is coming to an end.

Grant us this one request, that when we come to die, we may perish in the same hour, so that neither of us ____ be left without the other.”

She looked at Philemon, and he nodded in approval, so the old couple turned their ____ on the gods.

“It shall be as ____ desire,” said Hermes.

“Few would have made such a ____ and moderate request.”

Before ____, the house became a temple, and the neighbors, amazed at the change, often came to worship and left offerings for the gods.

For many ____, Baucis and Philemon lived in peace, passing from old to extreme old age.

At last, they were so old and bowed that it seemed they ____ only walk if they clung to each other.

One evening, it took ____ longer than ever to reach the usual spot they would visit every day to look at the temple.

There they held each other’s ____, thinking that it was perhaps the last time their limbs would support them.

As they stood, each one felt the other change and only had time to turn and say “Farewell,” ____ they lost their human shapes completely.

Now there ____ two tall trees growing closely side by side with the branches intertwined.

They swayed in the passing breeze as if they nodded and ____ to each other.