The
Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Prologue
I.
Vocabulary Words:
- 1- Engendering: (engendrar) act of reproducing.
- 2- Zephyrus: God of the west wind.
- 3-The Ram: Aries- a sign of the zodiac, establishes the season (setting). Time is mid-April.
- 4- Sundry: (Varios)Various
- 5- Hostelry: (Hostal- hosteleria) Inn or hotel
- 6- Canterbury Cathedral: (Catedral de Canterbury)- Worship place
- 7- Pilgrimage:(peregrinaje) journey to a sacred place
- 8- Devout:(devoto): having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
- 9-Fellowship: compania, grupo de personas.- Friendly association, especially with people that share the same interest.
- 10-Pledge: (juramento, promesa)- a solemn promise or undertaking.
- 11-Chivalry: (Caballeroso) -the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
- 12-Heathen: (pagano) :pagan, infidel, idolatrous,non believer.
- 13-Alexandria(Alejandría): the chief port of Egypt; population 4,084,700 (est. 2006). Founded in 332 bc by Alexander the Great, it was a major center of Hellenistic culture, renowned for its library and for the Pharos lighthouse.
- 14-Lists:
- 15-Jousted:
- 16-Gaily dressed: (alegremente vestido) :daintily dressed
- 17-Cadet: (cadete):a young trainee in the armed services or police force.
- 18-Squire: escudero:a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself.
- Pages:34, 35, 36, 37(Text Book)- 12 Grade
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