B. Victoria and Albert

A. Kyz-Zhybek and Tolegen

Exercise 3 Finish the following sentences

a) I’m still in touch with some:

b) If you don’t like a friend’s girlfriend, you should just keep:

c) Now we aren’t friends:

Exercise 4 Before you read match the phrases with the definitions. [3, p.73]

1. legend a sexual relationship between two people or pain
2. brave an old story about famous people and events in the past
3. devotion a substance used for killing or harming people
4. poisoned great love, admiration, or loyalty
5. affair capable of dealing with danger

Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century. There are many versions of this legend but all agree on the essential details of this story of lovers. It tells about the period in the Kazakh nations historywhen people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other. The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is deceitfully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr, or nobleman of the rival family), who earlier competed for the hand of Zhibek. Zhibek commited suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.

In 1837 the 18-year-old Princess Victoria became the Queen of England. Three years later she married Albert, her first cousin from Germany, who was also 21. She was a cheerful girl and he was an honest, intelligent man, and throughout their marriage they were deeply in love. As Victoria was the Queen, Albert was not officially a king, but they were both highly respected and Victoria relied on Albert’s advice, especially regarding diplomatic matters. Yet his main devotion was to their family and their nine children. Albert died 40 years before Victoria, and devastated by the loss of her beloved prince, she never wore anything but black from then on.

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