18.12.25: Level 1; Carolus et Maria [20][ii] comprehension

Carolus et Maria XX

[1] Is quī in illō locō stat est avunculus puerī puellaeque. Est frāter Iūliae. Avunculus Iūliam et nautam et Carolum et Mariam diū exspectat. Undique circumspectat et nunc eōs videt. Avunculus omnēs salūtat. Mox omnēs ad domum avunculī eunt. Puer puellaque multa rogant et avunculus multa nārrat. Tēctum avunculī parvum sed grātum vidētur. Inter tēctum et viam est hortus pulcher. Circum hortum est mūrus quī hortum tegit sī aliquis eum vāstāre cupit. Flūmen parvum prope tēctum fluit.

[1] Comprehension

[i] Who is waiting for them? (2)

[ii] Translate: Undique circumspectat et nunc eōs videt. Avunculus omnēs salūtat. Mox omnēs ad domum avunculī eunt. Puer puellaque multa rogant et avunculus multa nārrat. (7)

[iii] Look at the image, and fill in the boxes with the numbers of the section of the text to which they refer.

(1) Tēctum avunculī parvum sed grātum vidētur. (2) Inter tēctum et viam est hortus pulcher. (3) Circum hortum est mūrus quī hortum tegit (4) si aliquis eum vāstāre cupit. (5) Flūmen parvum prope tēctum fluit.

[2] Posterō diē omnēs ā tēctō avunculī eunt. Ruīnās mūrī antīquī vident. Ōlim Rōmānī ad hanc īnsulam vēnērunt quod sociōs novōs dēsīderābant. Hic erat mūrus antīquissimus Caesaris quī erat dux Rōmānōrum. Īnsulam oppugnāre et occupāre cupiēbat. Armātī erant Britannī et, ubi hostēs, Rōmānōs, vidēbant, īrātī erant. Itaque diū Rōmānī ad terram ab aquā venīre nōn audēbant. Diū in aquā manēbant.

[2] Comprehension

[i] When do they leave the uncle’s house? (1)

[ii] Put the following statements in the order in which they are first referred to in the text.

ancient ruins

attacking the island

commander of the Romans

new allies

occupying the island

Romans came to Britannia

very ancient wall

[iii] Armātī erant Britannī et, ubi hostēs, Rōmānōs, vidēbant, īrātī erant. Itaque diū Rōmānī ad terram ab aquā venīre nōn audēbant. Diū in aquā manēbant.

What suggests that the Romans were reluctant to face the Britons? (4)

[3] Subitō vir fortis, quī perīculum vidēbat, clāmābat. “Properāte, mīlitēs!” inquit. “Britannōs armātōs oppugnāte!” Ita mīlitēs iubēbat. Itaque mīlitēs ācriter pugnābant. Posteā Caesar mīlitēs probābat quod hoc audēbant. Rōmānī iacula et alia tēla iaciēbant et Britannōs superābant. Propter perīculum magnum huius bellī sociī ab Eurōpā vēnērunt et Caesarem iūvērunt. Populus Rōmānus multās aliās terrās occupāvit. Quamquam Caesar erat dux bonus, tamen multōs inimīcōs Rōmae habēbat. Posteā hī eum necāvērunt.

[3] Comprehension

[i] What did the brave man see? (1)

[ii] What did he tell the soldiers to do? (2)

[iii] How did the soldiers fight? (1)

[iv] How did Caesar react and why? (2)

[v] Translate:  Rōmānī iacula et alia tēla iaciēbant et Britannōs superābant. Propter perīculum magnum huius bellī sociī ab Eurōpā vēnērunt et Caesarem iūvērunt. Populus Rōmānus multās aliās terrās occupāvit. Quamquam Caesar erat dux bonus, tamen multōs inimīcōs Rōmae habēbat. Posteā hī eum necāvērunt. (12)

[4] Undique pater māterque circumspectant. Flūmina et aliās rēs Britanniae laudant. “Habetne nunc Britannia hostēs quī īnsulam occupāre et vāstāre cupiunt?” rogat Carolus.

“Minimē,” respondet avunculus, “sed posteā propter hostēs ā sociīs auxilium postulābant.”

Mox Carolus et Maria ā Britanniā aberunt. In aliā terrā, Germāniā, erunt.

[4] Comprehension

[i] Where do the mother and father look? (1)

[ii] What do they praise? (2)

[iii] What does Carolus ask? (3)

[iv] What did the Britons ask for and why? (2)

[v] What will Carolus and Maria soon do? Give details. (3)

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[1] [ii] (1) He is looking around (2) everywhere (3) and now he sees them. (4) The uncle greets everybody. (5) Soon they all go to the uncle’s house. (6) The boy and the girl ask many things, (7) and the uncle talks about many things.

[2] [ii]

ancient ruins (1)

attacking the island (6)

commander of the Romans (5)

new allies (3)

occupying the island (7)

Romans came to Britannia (2)

very ancient wall (4)

(1) Ruīnās mūrī antīquī vident. Ōlim (2) Rōmānī ad hanc īnsulam vēnērunt quod (3) sociōs novōs dēsīderābant. Hic erat (4) mūrus antīquissimus Caesaris quī erat (5) dux Rōmānōrum. Īnsulam (6) oppugnāre et (7) occupāre cupiēbat.

[3] [v]

(1) The Romans threw / kept throwing (2) javelins and other missiles (3) and were overcoming / began to overcome the Britons. (4) Because of the great danger (5) of this war (6) allies came (7) from Europe (8) and helped Caesar. (9) The Roman people occupied many lands. (10) Although Caesar was a good commander, (11) he nevertheless had many enemies. (12) Afterwards they / these men killed him.