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LESSON

Read the ta le and say who Satchk in Pa tchkin is.

SAT CH K I N PATCH K I N
(After Helen Morgan)

P a rt 1

N ew word s:
untidy [xn'tai di] - neorrparnsni, HeyxO)l{eHHbIH

lean [l i.n] - XYAOH

mean [m i.n] - )l{aAllb1l1

One spring night Mother Farthing was coming back to her

a latch [l<etSJ (Iatchk i n) - 3aABI1)1{Ka

Bump! [bxrnp] - 5yx! 5yx! (38yKU npu yoape a oeep«)

house after a day in town. She was not happy as she didn't have her
to cr y [kr ai] - Kpl14aTb
cow with her. She had some money but very little. She was very
silver ['silva] - cepeopauua
unhappy as she slowly walked home alone.
a bell [bel] - 3BOH04eK
"1 no longer have a cow," she said. "And the money is to pay my
a voice [e-vors] - rOJIOC
rent to the farmer."
whoever [hu( :)'eva] - KTO 6bI HI1
Mother Farthing looked up at the dark sky and saw the
beautiful white moon. She put her hand on the latch of her cottage
Once upon a time there was a little green magic man. His name door and watched the moon.
was Satehkin Patchkin and he lived, like a leaf, in an apple tree. "Oh, the moon looks like milk tonight," she said .
,/ The apple tree was in a long , unt idy The little green magic man in the apple tree heard her. He came
. garden, and in the lon g untidy gar den there out from under a new green leaf and watched the moon too.
was a little, untidy house. "Milk," he thought and looked at the white moon again. "When
A poor woman ca lled Mo ther Fa rt hing did I last drin k milk? I don't remembe r wha t it tastes like."
lived in the house, b ut it was not her house. It The more he thought about it the more he wanted some milk .
was the fa r me r's house. The farmer lived in He said, "1 must have milk or I won't slee p."
another house on the hill. He was a lea n man, And the little green ma g ic man went to the farmer's house
a mean man, a ma ll without a smile. which stood high on the hill. The farmer was a lean ma n, a mean

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ma n, a ma n w ithout a sm ile, but he had a lot of cows an d a lot of The farme r looked out of his window but could see no one at the
milk. The fa rmer's fine house was cl a rk a nd the fa rmer himself was door.
s leep ing in his warm bed . " What do you want?" cri ed the fa rme r. He was cold an d angry
He was dr ea ming a bout money as us ua l, when s uddenly he in the da rk nigh t.
hea rd this noise - " Bump! Bump! Bum p!" The fa rmer open ed his "Only a little milk, that's all," said the clear, thin voice from
eyes and sat up . "Wh at' s that loud noise down in the ya rd? " he below.
thought, ge tt ing ou t of his warm bed. He wa nted to fi nd out who "Milk" roa red th e fa rme r. "Milk! At this time of n ight? Go
wa s a t the door. but couldn't see a nyone. aw ay, whoeve r you are, and let me go back to my bed!" The farmer
closed the window and re turn ed to his warm bed.

Choo se an d read aloud the sentences wh ich a re true to the tex t.

I. On ce upon a time there was a big magic man.
2. Once upon a ti me ther e was a little green ma gic man .
3. Sa tchkin Patchkin lived in a big house.
4. Sat ch kin Patch kin lived in an ap ple tree.
5. A poor woman lived in a little, untidy house.
6. A poor woman lived in a nice, little house.
7. The fa rmer lived in the same house .
8. The far mer lived in a different house on the hill.
9. The fa rme r was ver y kind.
10. The fa rmer was a mea n man.
I I. After a da y in town the wom an wa s ha ppy.
12. S he was not ha ppy beca use she didn 't have her cow w ith her.
13. The woman had a lot of money.
14. The woman had very little money.
15. The litt le g reen magic ma n didn't want to dr ink an y milk.
16. The little g re en magic man wanted to drink some milk .
"Who's there? And what do you wa nt at this time of nig ht?" he 17. The farmer gave some milk to the little green magic man.
cried. Back came the answer, th in an d clea r as the sound of a s ilve r 18. The farmer did n't give any milk to the little g reen magic
bell : man.
"S atchkin P atchkin!
Who will lift the la tchkin?
Sat chkin Patchkin!
Who will lift the lat ch?"
 LESSON

Read the second par t of the tale and say w hat its main idea is.

SATC H K I N PATC H K I N

Part II
She we nt to the door , l ifted th e l at ch and saw a l ittl e g reen man.
Ne w w o rd s :
"Come in! " she said. "W hat is it you wa nt? "
a t onc e [a tw xn s] - cpaa y Me " J ust a littl e m ilk , nothin g more, " said a cl ear , thin voice
a drop [ad rop] - KaITJlH
behind her.
a jug [d'd3A9] - Ky B W I1H

Poo r M oth er F arthin g sat down and cried, " I have no cow any
The l ittle green m agic man turned away fro m the fa r mer 's more. I drank the l ast of her m ilk for my supper. Th er e is no mil k in
hou se wi t h its close d door s and wi ndows . "Seve nteen cows and no the house!"
m il k fo r me?" he said . " No mi l k ? I s it al l go ne>' Every drop of it ?" aske d the littl e
Slowl y he went back . green magic man .
W hen he came to M oth er Farthin g' s sma l l, untid y cottage he Th e old wo ma n stood up and looked into t he jug on the table.
stopped . " On ly a drop . One l ittl e drop," she said.
" I mu st have some milk ," he sa id. " I mus t r ememb er it s tast e or " Oh, it's eno ug h fo r me," sai d the l ittle man .
I won't sleep all night." He began to knock at the old woman's So, Mother F ar thi ng g ave him th e drop of mil k . He dr ank it
c1oor . slow ly. Whe n he f inis hed he drop ped a sma l l rin g into the jug . At
M other F ar thi ng was not sleeping. She was th inki ng about her once th e j ug was fu l l of sweet, new m il k .
cow . She got up at once and went to the window. "Who's the re?" "You will always have milk now," said Satchkin Patchkin. "Put
she cr ied. "Wh at can I do fo r you ?" th is rin g into th e j ug, open th e doo r and say :
The answe r came thin and clear, li ke the sound of a si lver bel l: ' Satchkin Patchkin !
" Satc hkin Pa tchkin! Hear me li ft the l atchkin!
Sat chkin Pat chkin!

Wi l l you lift the latchkin?

Hear me lift the l atch!' "

Satchkin Patch kin!

W ill you li ft th e l atch ?"
" Of course I will!" cr ied the old woman . " I am coming! "
I Is it all gone? - 4TO, s e e KOH4 I1JlO Cb?

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 And then there will be a lot of milk in the jug. LESSON

"Thank you ," said Mother Fa rthing.

The littl e gr een magic man looked at Mother Fart hing and sa id:
" If you need me, just come and ca ll. My name is Satchkin Pa tchkin
and I live, like a leaf, in the a pple tr ee."
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Read the text and say what you think of the boy.
my name is
SatchKin ­
Patchin TH E BO Y WH O CR IED "WO Lf !"
and J liVE l ikE
a J£af in the New word s :
applE tr u .
to fall asleep ­ 3a Cbln aTb
to te ll lies - n r ars, rosopar s uenpasny
an end lend] - KOHeu
ta s t jfo. st] - 6bICTpO
to save [ seiv ] - cna caTb
silly ['s il l] - rJlynblli
a lie [lai ] - JlO>K b
suddenly l'sAdnlt ] - B.llpy r
to grab [qr reb I - CXBaTliT b
Agree or disagree. to believe [b rl i.v] - aepnr s
I , The littl e g reen mag ic man than ked the fa rmer for the milk. loudl y [Taudlr] - rpo MKo
2. Sa tehkin Patehkin began to knock at Mother Fart hing's Once upon a time there lived a littl e boy. His nam e was Bill.
door because he was hungry. Bill didn't live in town. He lived in the count ry, and looked after
3. Mother Farthing was not .s leeping , as she was thinking sheep. He wa s not a very good boy. He ofte n f II a s leep watching
about her cow. the sheep, and he also told lies. The people who lived there often
4. Satchkin Patehkin asked Mother Farthing for a g lass of said, "Tha t boy will come to a ba d end."
water. One da y Bill wa nted to pla y a practical ['pr<e ktl kl] joke on the
5. Moth er Farthing drank the l as! of her milk for her su pper. people. He ra n dow n the hill and cried, "Wolf! Wolf! Help! Come
6. Satehkin P ate hkin dropped a small ring into the j ug. quickl y! Wolf!"
7. Satchkin Patchkin ga ve Mother Fa rt hing a lot of money. All the peopl e ran very fa st to him as they wanted to save him.
8. Satchkin P atchkin lived, like a leaf, in the apple tr ee. Bu t when the people ran up to the boy they saw no wolf.
" It hear d you a nd ran awa y," the boy sa id. The people went
away. Bill bega n to la ugh. "Ho w funny the people are! How silly
they are! They are not clever at all. "
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 1. Answer the questions :
Three weeks late r he wa nted to play the sa me tr ick [tr ik ] again.
"Wolf! Wolf!" he cried. "H e lp! Corne quickly! Wolf!" Ma ny people I. Did the boy work well? Prove your answer.
ran to the hill as fast as they could, but again there was no wolf. 2. Wha t joke did he play on the people? Why did he do it?
This time the boy lau ghed a t them. "Ha , ha . There was no wol f," he 3. Why do you think all the peopl e came to help him th e first
sa id. "What a good joke! Don 't you think so?" time?
The people becam e ver y angry. " Lies are not jokes," they said , 4. Did th ey all come th e se cond time?
and went back horne. 5. Wh y did nobod y come when the boy reall y sa w a wolf?
Two da ys later the weathe r was s unny a nd warm . The boy was 6. Wh at ha ppened to the boy?
sleeping in the afternoon sun. Sud denly he woke up. He saw a big 7. Wh at do you think the peopl e s a id when they couldn't find
da rk animal. The animal ran to the sheep and grabbed one. Bill?
"W olf!" cried the boy. "Wolf! Help! Corne quickly! Wolf!" 8. Do you sometimes tell lies? What is the re sult?
But nobody ca me to s ave the boy this time. Nobody wanted to
help him. Nobody believed him. He cried out again. He cried loudl y.
The wolf heard and said: " I like sheep , but a little boy will taste 2. Which is the best moral of the story?
better. I'll ha ve a real dinner toni ght! " a) It's not good to sle ep a t work.
When the boy d idn't return home that nig ht the people went to b) If you pl a y tri cks on peopl e, the y won't help yo u later.
look for him. But t hey nev er fou nd him and nobod y s a w him a g ain. c) If you tell too many lies, peopl e won't believe you.
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 away in the street. If you see boxes and bag s
ESSON

in the st reet , pick them up a nd th row them into

the bin."
Ham burge r Har ry visits childr en in
hos pita ls ['hJspltdlz] a nd tells them fun ny
Read the story and say why parents like Ham urger Har ry's stories. His resta ur ants give wonderf ul
pa rties . birthday pa rties. Pa rents telephone lte h,
loun ] the resta urant or go there. They choose
a good day for the pa rty , arrange the food a nd
HAMB URGE HAR Y drink and send invit a tions to frien ds. Ham ­
New w or ds : bu rge r Ha rr.y sometimes comes to the pa rt y
with a bag of presen ts and a big birt hday
eve rywhe re ['ev rI WEd] - nOBCIO.uy

a carpet ['ka;pIt] - KOBep

ca ke. The boys a nd girls sit rou nd the tab les
litt er [' Ilt d j - MYCOP
an d eat all their favour ite food. They all wear
to throw [Brou] (threw [Bru.] ) -6pocaTb
pa per hats and pa rty badges . Hamburger
to pic k up ['plk'i\p] - nonoupan,
Ha rry's unifor m is g reen, red an d yellow and
a bin [bin] - HLUHK .uJlH Mycopa
he wears two big ba dge s. He wor ks hard at
to choos e [ tju.z] - Bbl6HpaTb
the pa rt y. He tel ls jokes , sings son g s and
to arrange [a' remdy] - ycr pa uear s
g ives everyone a presen t. The children get
a badge [bred3] - 3Ha40K

to pa y [pel ] (p a id [pe rd ] ) - OJl aTH Tb

coloured pencils, ba lloons an d books to dr aw

a bill [b tl] - C4eT
on. They al ways have a good time.
Their pa rents enjoy the pa rty too becaus e
Today fas t food res taura nts [' restrJ:lJ z] are very popular. One they don't prepare the tabl es an d they don 't cook the food. They
famo us name is Harry's Ha mburgers. Harry's Hamburgers come don't have to clean the restaur ant a fter the party. All they do is pay
from America and have been in business for thirty years. There a re the bill.
abou t 5,000 Ha rry's Hamburgers in different coun t ries. The food is 1. Put the sentences in a logical order. Use them as a pla n to tell the
the same everywhere. In London, New York or Paris people eat the story.
same ha mbu rgers and drink the same drinks .
I. P ar ents like Ha rr y's parties.
This is Ha mburger Harry. He works for Ha rry's Ha mburge rs ,
2. Ha rry vis its children in hospitals.
an d he is a special ['speSdl ] friend of children everyw here. He goes
3. He often goe s to schools to ta lk to pupils .
to schools and talks to pupils. He goes into different cla ss rooms ,
4. Ham burge r Har ry is a s pecia l friend of children.
sits down on the carpet or at the desk and asks the pu pils to re lax.
5. Harry g ives everyone a present.
Then he begins his ta lk.
6. Harry's res tau rants give won derful birthday partie s.
Harry teaches children about litter, "Don't throw your boxes on
the floor in my restaurants," he says. "And don't throw my bags 2. Prove that Hamburger Harry helps to keep the streets clean.
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 LESSON
Ther e are ma ny s ubj ect s on ou r t imeta ble.

They are : Englis h, Maths, His tory, Geo g ­

rap hy, Ha nd icra fts, P. E., Mus ic, Arts,

Computing. I think they a ll are very

Read Ala n's letter and sa y if he likes his new schoo l and why. inter st ing a nd 'N y impor ta nt. We hav e three

term : . utu mn te rm, Sp ring term and

ALA N' S NEW SCHOO L Sum mer term . -,

We usu all y wea r un iform s a t our sc hool. It

N e w wo rds : . is a na vy b ue blazer ['b l IZ8] with the schoo l
c r.,,,",,"/ I)acI ge on ·t I , grey tro user s, a grey or
Headma te r Lhed'ma.:st ~ ] - AH peKTOp WKOJlbl
pr iva te ['p ral vl t ] - 4 a cTHbl H ' It' a white sh irt , gre ' socks, black s hoes a nd a tie. When it is cold w
term [t a.rn] - 4eTBepTb, ceM eCTp ~ ; wea r pu llover l' pul,J UV8Z! a nd coa ts . I ha ve a s pecia l
navy bl ue l' n e l Y l ' blu.] - TeMHo -oIlIHH user u nilor in for my footb a ll a nd P. E. classes . 1'111 sen ding my sch ool
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a tie [t a I] - r anc ryx
.') rules to you . We don 't have ma ny, bu t those which we have I thi nk
rule [r u.l] - np a BHJlO
to s mo ke [sm ou k] - Ky p HTb
:: a re very importa nt.
.~ We mus t wear un iform s ancl not be late for schoo l a nd cl as ses .
a bicycle [ ' b a l s l kl] - BeJlOCHneA -,
to be s u re I' jua 1- 6bI Tb y Be p eHHblM We rnu t ha ve pens , p neils, ru lers, rubbers, exe rcise-books, our
prim a ry ['pralm ~r l ] - Ha 4 aJlbH blH .. dia ries and a ll the necessa ry book, for our cla ss , We mus t han d
.:"' in ' our homework on time. We mus tn' t moke a t schoo l, and if.we
Dea r Da vid, ~.; have bicycle , we rn us t ke "p them in a good tate of repair " a nd we
I' m wr iting to you to tell yo u how much I like my new schoo l. ~ must beh a ve a t al l ti mes wit h cour tes y. ca n, ide ra lion an d com­
I iike everything: the teachers, my new fr iends a nd the food there. r.- man sense." which is not a lways ea sy you unde r ta nd.
Eve rybody is ve ry nice and I feel qu ite a t home now. I like ou r Bu t I'm sure my life he re will be more interesti ng th an it wa s in
cl assroo ms too. They are nice with lar ge windows, comforta ble my primary sch ool. I am older loa. I a m twelve now . We spen d
des ks and carpe ts on the floors . ITlU .h t ime ou ldoor . Sometim es ou r teach er tak e us to fa mous
I think our school has go t a wonderful nam e. It' s called mu seu ms an d ot her inte rest ing places in Lon on . Our tea hers
Ha lliford Schoo l. Our Headmaster 's nam e is John Crook . He is often s ay th at pupils at school a re not onl y to lea rn the lessons a nd
a very nice man a nd he is a lso our maths teac her. Ha lliford School work (usu all y in the class roo ms, pract i .a l roo ms o r la bo ra tor ies
is a pr iva te sc hool. Classes beg in at 8.50. School is ove r at 3.55. My
frie nds an d I us ua lly mee t at ha lf pas t eig ht. I joi n them in the
sc hoo l ya rd befor e classes a nd we talk, pl ay, s ing and la ugh a lot.
1 hand in - CJW fl ClTb
Our lun ch tim e is fro m 12.40 till 1.50. We stud y on Mon da y, 2 to keep s m th in ( good) repai r I r r pca] - co e p}f<aTb 4TO -TO B n Op 5lJJ.Ke
Tues da y, Wednesday, Thur s day a nd Fr iday. We never have a we must behave at all time s with cou rtesy l' k d:l l s l]. cons ideration
classes on S aturd a y a nd Sunday. I kan.sida-rct j n ] and com m on sen se - Mbl ncern a A O.rl }f< Hbl 6 blT b 06 XOAHTCJl b llbl­
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[Ia'borat ar rz ] , on the s port s g ro und s) bu t to lea rn how to get on LESSON~' -e • : . ,

with ot her pupils an d othe r mem bers of the school who look a fter
u an d the school. We lea rn how to live together with people of
different a ges.
Tha t's all for the mome nt. Write to me as soon you ca n.
Hope to see you at Chris tmas. Read the text and prove tha t Jud y is a real friend.
Love, Alan
l. Find in the text and read the answers to the questions. AT THE ROYAL BALL ET SCHOOL
1. What does Alan like about his school?
Ne w w ord s :
2. Why does he like the cl assrooms in Hal lifor d Schoo l?
3. Who is the Headm aster? What sub ject does he teach? Wha t royal [ ' r :> j;)l] - KOp OJIeBCKHH
ballet [ 'bre l e l] - 1) 6aJIeT; 2) 6aJIeTHbl H
kind of per son ['pCl:sn] is he?
French [Trent]'] - <PpaHU Y3 CKHH
4. When do the classes begin and when a re they over? a quarter ['kw :>:t d 1 - 4e TBe p Tb
5. When do pupils hav e lunch? 'p rep ' - 30. BpeMH Jl.JI H 1I0 11rOTOB KH K 3 a HHTl l HM
6. P upi ls have classes eve ry day , don 't they? either l ' a I 6 CJ ] - TO}f{ e
7. What s ubjects do they have on t he timetab le? a can [h en] - KOHcepB Ha H 6 aH Ka

8. What's their uniform? a ca r [ko.] ­ Ma WHHa ( Jler KOBOH aB TOM0 6 HJlb )

to continue [ka nt m j u.] - nponon acar s
9. What a re the school r ules?
real [ r ial ] - Ha CTOHw,HH, Jl.e HCTBII TCJlbHbI H
10. What pla ces do teac her s a nd pu pils visit when they go to
Lon don?
2. Discuss the school rules. Do you like them? Judy is a pupil a t the Royal Ballet School. She is in the second
I . Pupils must w ea r unifo rm s. yea r class where all the pupils a re twelv e years old. There a n '
2. P upil ' m u st n ot be late for school -a nd for lesson s . about 120 boys an d girls at the Ba llet Sc hool. Their a ges are fron:
3. Pu pils must aluiaqs ha ve with th em a pen , pen cil , ruler , ele ven to sixteen. Jud y's school life is not easy at al l. She has ma ny
diary and all the necessary book s . subject s on her time table. She lea rn s the Eng lish la ng ua zc
4. Hom ewo rk m us t be done and handed in on tim e. and Litera t ure , French. H istory, Geogra phy, Ma thematics
5. Smoking is forbid d en. \ [,mce81 'm ce tlks ], Biology [b a r'ol ady r] , Mus ic and Art. J udy and h
6. Pupil s w ho g o to sc ho ol by bicy cles must keep them in a friends al so ha ve a spe ia l ['s peSCl I] su bject the H istory o f ba \let. It
g ood state o f repair. is very impor tant. Every day the pupil s lea r n to dance and have
7. Pupils must beha ve at all times with cou rte sy, conside ra tion a one hour bal let class on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nes day, Thur s day
and com m on sense . a nd Fr iday . After the se cond year , da nce classes are lon ger. The
pupi ls da nce for one hou r a nd a qua rte r eve ry da y. In the fourth
a nd fi fth yea rs they have an hour and a ha lf of ba llet lesso ns.
I Smoking is forbidden [ ' SI1IOUkl lJ IZ Ia'b rdn] . - K Y PHTb a anp euie uo , J udy spe nds a lot of time with h r schoolma tes a nd gets on we !l
2'
 eig ht ca ts. Who wou ld like to rea d firs t?" "I would!" cried Pe nny.
" I ca n rea d fast." "A ll rig ht , P en ny," s aid he r teache r. "Rea d the
story , please, but remem ber fas t rea ding is not al wa ys the best
re adi ng." Pe nny s ta rt e d a ll r ight , but soo n s he be ga n to re a d
fa ster. This is wha t she s uddenly sa id:
"One da y eiglu ca ts saw a la d y jump ou t of a can ."
The child ren beg a n to la ug h, beca use the s tory read:
"O ne da y eig h t ca ts s aw a lady ju mp out of a car."
Penny looked a t the tex t a gain a nd re rea d it: "I ow I ha ve it
right ," she sai d smi ling an d then continued to rea d.
Ther e we re ma ny fun ny thi ngs like t ha t in Penn y's life. One day
sh e ra n home from schoo l a nd looked in the shop window. This is
wit h a ll of them . But her bes t fr ien d is ca lled P en ny. They s it a t the wha t she s a w :
s a me desk, meet each other be fore a nd aft e r cla sses a nd oft en do " Chil d ren's Cl othes . Bes t Buy of the Ye ar."
lessons tog et he r. BLIt tha t was what s he read:
r, Chick en 's Clothes . Be st B uy of the Year."
Penn y a nd J udy Iike dancing ver y m uch. They a rc never Iat e for
S he la ugh ecl, "I neve r hea I'd of clothes for chi ckens before!"
j il l' ba lle t class which beg ins a t half past ten in the morn ing an d
finishes a t 11.30, bu t the gi r ls ge t up ea rly in the morn ing ­ On the door o f the pet shop sh e rea d:
" B uy a pe t mon key toda y ."
us ua l ly at 7 o 'clock, as school st a rt s at ha lf past eig ht. The girls
Bu t Penn y sai d:
learn a lot, fa st a nd eas ily in their ba llet clas ses a nd they o ften
" B u y a pig m on ey today ."
rem ai n at school af te r cl asses to lea rn the different pos itions
Pe nn y la ugh ed, "Who woul d wa nt to buy a pig some money a nd
[poz.i jn z] fo r a rms an d feet. There a re fi ve basic ['belsl kj
why? "
position s . These a rc three hundred yea rs old. The g ir ls ha ve 'prep'
a iter su pper and ha ve only ha lf a n hour free before bedt ime. Ju dy was a real frien d s o sh e al wa ys he lpe d Penny with her
Sometimes J udy a nd Pe nny feel tired after their bus y day, but they read ing , now Penny's rea ding is becomi ng a bit slower, but it is
are ha ppy too. Ba llet is cert a inly ha rd work, but they love it. They sti ll d ifficult for her to rea d s low ly.
a ls o like to s ing s ong s. t. Divide the sto ry into log ical pa rts and give a name to each of
Ju dy does n't ha ve a ny prob lems with the othe r s ubject s either, them.
hu t Pen ny is poor at r eadijig. When she join ed the school la st yea r.
s he thought she coul d re a d very wel l. Sh e wa s su re th at fast 2. Give a short sum ma ry of the story.
rea ding wa s the best kind of rea ding, so she a lwa ys tried to rea d as
fast as s he could. Some times Pe nny read so qui ckly that one lett e r
looked jus t like a nother. Sometimes s he even left o ut lett e r s. One
cla y Pe nn y's teac her said, " Toda y we ' ll rea d a st ory. It' s ab out
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 LESSON
,
Why d idn' t the country mouse stay in to wn with his cousin?

T HE TOWN MOU SE AN D TH E COU NTR Y MO U SE

N ew w ord s :
town [ t au n ] - I ) ropon; 2) rOpO.ll.CKOH

cottage [' kJtId3J - KOTTe.ll./K

even [ ' i:va n ] - .lI.a/Ke

fresh If r eS] - CBe/KHI1

smar t [sm c.t] - urcr ones ar uji, llap5l.ll.Ilbl H, MO.ll.HbIH

quiet ['kw al at] - THXHH, cnOK OHHblH

.. M y friend, " said t he tow n mo use. " How can you live here? The
to wh isper [wispa] - lIIen TaTb

to feel (be) afraid [a'Irerd] - 605lTbC5I

count ry is so qu iet. Your life is not int erest ing at all. A nd I'm sor r y
hole [ho ul] - n sipa, 30. ao pxa
but I don 't like th e food ver y m uch eit her . Come and stay w ith me!"
safe [sel f] - 6e30nacHblH
So th e nex t mo rn ing the mice w ent t o town , b y car. The t OWIJ

Once upon a ti me ther e was a li tt le brow n mou se. He lived in

a sma ll cottage in the cou nt r y. He vas ver y happ y th er . H is
cottag e w a s very warm an d com for table, with lot s of fl owe rs in
fr on t of it and a few apple tr ees behind . He even had a ba thr oom
an d a toi let in the cott age, and th ere w as a fire do wnst ai rs . I n his
l iv ing r oom th e br ow n coun tr y mouse ate go od fr esh food.
One day his cousin f rom to vn came to vi si t hi m . H e w as
a smart, grey mous e, w ho liv ed in a ra th er l a r ge tow n house. The
cou nt ry mouse w as ver y gl ad to see his cous in. " It is so ni ce to s e
you ," he said . "Come in . Si t dow n . Let's ha ve suppe r." The g rey
town mo use w ent in t t he l iv ing ro om an d th e br ow n coun t r y
mous e t o the k itch en t o cook su pper. Soon he br ought in s m e
br ead, bacon and corn for sup per and t hey dran k fresh cl ean wa ter .
A fter supper th ey sat an d t alked.

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 mouse 's house wa s beau tiful. But he didn 't us e the key to open the mou se bega n to ea t a g ain, but the countr y mou se could not a t
front door. They got into the hou se by ca refully goi ng un de r the a thing , beca use he felt s o afraid . S udden ly he saw a big ca t nea r
back door. They we re very hu ngr y, so the town mouse took his the sofa in the co rne r of the room. The ca t wa s la rg e. It wa s
cous in to the dining- roo m. There was a lot of food on the ta ble. slee ping, but then it hea rd somet hing. It opened its eyes a nd sa w
" Look a t that !" s aid the town mouse. Th mice jumped onto the the mice. The cou nt ry mouse beg a n to cr : "H elp! Help! A ca t!"
armcha ir a n d then onto the ta ble. They began to ea t so me fine The ca t looked up a nd j um ped onto the ta ble. It t ried to ca tch the
French cheese, some very tast y ca kes and cookies. They drank mice. The rnice. ra n into a hole in the floor: The cat couldn't ge t in.
lemona de [Tern anei d] a nd milk. "Oh dea r," sa id the cou ntr y mo use. " Your food is good, but
S udd enly the y hear d something in the ha ll of the fl at. The door your life is not. I feel a fra id in this bea utiful house; I fee l a fra id
open ed an d a ma n walk ed in. He ca me to the ta ble to get s ome fr uit. ups ta irs a nd do wns ta irs. I feel a fra id in the s itti ng-room and in the
"Be quiet!" whisper ed the town mou se. bedroom. I feel afr a id on the sofa a nd on th e iloor ."
The man took an a pple a nd went out of the room . The town The coun tr y mou se did not like the town at a ll. The next
mo rnin g he s aid to his cousin: "G oodbye. I' m goi ng back to the
country . Li fe is qu ieter ther e, but it's safe."

Co rrect the stateme nts if they are wron g .

1. The count ry mouse lived in a bea utifu l big house .
2. The country mou se was br own .
3. His cott age was cold an d not very comfortabl e.
4. The country mou se did n't ea t in the dining- room.
5. Nobody vis ited the count ry mouse.
6. The g re y town mouse lived alone in the house ,
7. The mice dra nk fresh clea n water in town.
8. The mi e got into the to wn house by openin g the door with
the key.
9. The count ry mouse coul dn 't eat in town beca use he wa sn't
hu ng ry.
10. The count ry mou se liked life in town ve ry much.

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 a fridge, a cupboa r d, a tab le, some cha irs a nd Mrs Ha rri s's
armc hai r. The furn iture wa s old, but very nice. It ma de the kitchen
look ver y sp ecia l.
So tha t a utumn night, the 31st of Octobe r, Fr ank a nd Caro line
left for Brig hton in their car and were th inking about their quiet,
aut um n holiday in Mrs Ha rr is's house. All wa s wel l, when
Do you want to know what happened to Frank and Caro line? su dd en ly the ca r stop ped . Somet hing was wrong with it. Fra nk
Then read the story. wa s s ure there was a lot of petrol in the ca r. "What a re we goin g to
do?" Ca roline asked. " I'm go ing to find a telephone," said Frank.
"Fr a nk, I would like to join you. You know, I' m a fra id. It is so da rk.
O NE DARK NIGHT It is so late." But Fra nk answered: "No, dea r, you stay in the ca r. It
N ew word s : is ver y cold outdoors. I' ll lock the ca r. Here a re the keys. No one
w ill come to you. Bu t if something ha ppens , just shout!"
to stay [ st e i ] - 1) OCT3B 3T b C5I; 2) OCT3H3BJII1B 3 Tb C5I (8 cOCTU/i Wi e, orenei Ha lf a n hour late r Ca roline wa s sleeping in the ca r. Frank
place [pleis] - Me CT O
opened the door.
petrol [ 'p etr dl] - 6 eH 3 H H
to find [ f 3 Ind J( fo u nd [Ia und ] ] - H 3 XO,ll,I1Tb
"C aro line! It 's me. Wake up. It 's time to go. You won't be lieve
to go round the corn er - 33BepH yTb 3 3 yro .n
me. The re is a hote l near here. I went round t hat corner a nd saw
double ['dAb Il - KOMHaT3 B r OCTI1Hl1 u e C ,ll,BY M5I K pO Ba T 5IM I1 it. They've got a room for us tonigh t. It's on the second floor and it
however [ha u'eva] - TeM He Me H e e is not too expens ive."
noise [noiz ] - WYM "Did you find a telephone?"
horribly ['hJflbl1] - /KYTKO, OT Bp a T I1Te JIbH O
"No , I didn't. But we can find one a nd phone the gara ge
a ghost [g ous t ] - npI1BI1,ll,eHHC
a fancy dress [d' fcens l 'd r es ] - K 3 p ll aB a JIbHbI (1 K OCT IOM
['grera:3] in the morning."
(I n the ho tel, in their doub le room.)
It was a cold Thursd a y nig ht. Fra nk a nd Ca roline Brown were "H ow do you like the room , Ca roline ? I think I like it a lot. "
dr iving in their car. They were going to Brighton to s pe nd two " I' m not su re, Fr a nk. Ther e is too mu ch fu rn iture here: a wardr obe,
weeks at the sea in Mr s Harr is's sm a ll house. Fr an k an d Caroline a sta nda rd-la mp, a so fa , a cupboar d. Look, there is even a fri dge in
usua lly stayed the re dur ing their sum mer holida ys. the roo m next to the bookcase. However the room isn't that
The house wa s sma ll but very comforta ble, with a lovely garden com fortab le. There is no ca rpet on the floo r, there aren't an y
behind it. Mrs Ha r ris liked her quiet place but wh en the Brown s curtai ns on the win dows, there is no firepla ce in the room and it's
ca me s he often left for Lon don and vis ited her fri en ds who lived ra ther co ld too. "
there. Mr s Harris alwa ys left the house keys with Frank an d "O K, OK. I' ll go downst airs and tell the m. I' ll a lso as k them to
Ca rol ine and they looked a fter a ll the rooms in the house and all the set the ta ble and bring us somet hing to eat. There is a fridge and
flowers in the garden . a cupboa rd in the roo m, but there isn't a ny food in them."
The largest place in the house was the kitche n. It was the most Frank went downstairs an d su dden ly he hea rd some terrible
comforta ble room too. There was not muc h furn iture in it : a cooker, noise. Some body wa s la ughing , he t urn ed an d the n he cou ldn't
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believe his own eyes. He s a w a ma ll in a long da rk coat. The ma n
was sm iling ho rribly. He ha d very big Irout teet h. F rank was ve ry
much a fra id of the ma ll. He couldn't te ll if it was a rea l ma n or
a g host. F ra nk ra n upsta irs lo his room and said . "Ca ro line, we are
leaving the hotel now. I saw a man and he wa s hor r ible an d he
Read th e text to find out wha t the ma n was an d why he ca me to the
made some horr ible noises 00. Come on! I 'rn not stayi ng her e."
house nex t door on ly a t night.
Caroline an d Frank ra n dow nstairs very quickly, bu t they "

s topped in the ha II.

TH E SPY N EXT DOOR
I. And now thi nk a nd explain:
Ne w w ord s :
Why did they st op in the hal l?

- Wha t did the y see there?

a s py [s par] - urrmon

nex t do o r ln ekst ' d:»] - 3a. co ceJJ.H HH (aOM )

- What do you think tI e end of the story is?

lig ht [Ia it] - cseT

2. Tell your version to the class. Now read the rea l en d of th e story a bu rg la r ['b a:gldI - rpaourem,

"One dark Night ". maybe ['melblj - MO:>K eT 6 bITb

to ca tch [ka-t]'] (caught [ko.t}, caught ) - cxa ar ar s , nOHMaTb

Ca roline an d F ran k ra n downs ta irs ve ry qu ickly but they to seem [s i.m I - Ka3 aThC5I

sto ppe d in the ha ll. There were very many peopl e wear ing fa nc y a log [b g) - 6pe sHo

dresses there. They we re wear ing hats and special cos tumes for a neigh bour ['n elbd) - cocen

a pa rt y. They a ll we re sm iling and la ugh ing . It wa s the 3 1st of

Octobe r, Ha llowe'en an d the peo ple in the hotel we re celebra ting Ron La ke lived in a ra the r sm a ll house in a wide s treet, lea ding
tha t fa mous E ng lish holida y. to the rive r. It was t he ir cit y' s ma in s treet a nd Ron 's house wasn ' t
far fro m the bridge. If the windows were open a t nig ht, when
3. Find an d r ea d the sente nces to illustrate th e picture. ever ything was da rk an d qu iet , he could hea r ma ny differ ent
soun ds from the r ive r.
One da r k nig ht Ron couldn't s ic p a nd he couldn' t und e rst and
why. He hea rd no ises but they wer e not usu al. He woke up his tw o
broth e rs , S id an d Ala n, beca use he wa s af raid. "What ha s
ha ppened?" as ked Sid. "I t' s nig ht and every body is in bed. " " Loo k
over there," sa id Ron. The boys ca me to the windows . "Look a t th e
house near the church," sa id Ron . The boys looke d a t the house and
couldn't bel ieve th eir eyes. There wa s light in it. "Oh, dea r!" sa id
Sid. "No body ha s lived in this house for a long tim e!" " I ha ve never
see n an yone there either," sa id Ala n. " Who could it be? " as ked S id.
"The re is a burgl a r th ere!" said Ron.
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 Su dden ly th e hous e beca me dar k. "W atch the doo rs!" sa id S id. S udd en ly they sa w a log nex t to the roa d.
A ma n ca rne o ut t he back door. "L ook! Her e he is. He must be The boys put it up a g a ins t the wa ll, below the
a burgl a r or maybe a s py!" said Alan . The man ca rne to the tra ffic window, but when Ala n bega n to climb
lig hts, turn ed left an d then the boys cou ldn ' t see him a ny more. he fe ll dow n a nd the re was a lou d noise. T he
"We ca n' t catch him now ," sa id Ron."Let' s go to the hous e door opene d a nd they saw th e ma n, a nd the
tam a r row ." man sa w the boys . " Who a re you?" he a s ked.
The next da y the boys wen t to the house. Both the front door a n d "Do you live nea r here?" "Yes , we QO, "
the bac k doo r were locked. Ev er yt hing seemed all rig ht. They a nswe re d Sid. "And wha t a bou t you?" T he
cou ldn' t hear a thing . They looked thro ugh the window. There was no­ ma n s miled . " I thin k th at I'm your neighbour .
body in. The boys wa tched the house for some time and then went home. My na me is M r Collins . I a m a n a rch itect.
At nig ht when it got da rk the boys sa w <:I ta ll ma n in the st reet. J have bou gh t this hou se. My fa mily is going to live here a fter their
I 1<: wa lked up to the hou se a n d went in. "I don 't think he is trip to Scotl an d. But J wan t to finish so me t hing s in the house a nd
a bu rg la r," Sid s a id. "He has got a key to the ho use." "Maybe he is build some things in the gard en, so I com e here after wor k."
a spy ," s a id Ron. " Let' s go an d se e what he is doing ." The boys "Tha t sound s g reat," said the boys . " We ho pe we 'll see a lot of
wal ke d up to the house. They co u ld see tha t the fire wa s a lrea dy yo u. Well, good bye."
bu rn ing in one of the roo ms , an d tha t there was a big box on the " I' m s ur e you will. Goo dbye, boys ," s a id M r Co llins a nd he shut
squa re table. But the boys cou ldn't see the ma n. "W hat s ha ll we the door.
do?" as ked Alan . The child ren sta rted la ugh ing as they wa lked back to their
house. "A bu rg la r!" sa id Ron. "A s py!" sm iled Sid. " I won de r if he
ha s a son of my ag e," sa id Ron . "We could become friend s ."

1. Say: 'True', 'false' or 'Don't know '.

1. Ron Lake a n d his th ree brothers lived in a small hous e.
2. Th e boys lived in London .
3. Ron' s house was not fa r from the br idge.
4. One da rk n ight every thin g was qu ie t, but Ron could n 't
s leep.
5 . Ron cou ld he a r the no ise o f ca rs in the st reet a nd co uld n't
s leep.
6. The boys sa w lig ht in th e ho us e ne xt door.
7. When it became dark in the hou se, a tal l young woman carne
out into the street.
8. The ma n wa s a bur g lar.

2, Give a short s um m a ry of the story.

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 LESSON He idi became sad. She didn' t wa nt to ma ke the
long journ ey, nor did she want to live in a big
city but sh e had to go. So off wen t He idi
to Fran kfurt , far a way..
Do you want to kno w something about two little ousins - Heidi It was rea lly a ve ry long journey. They
and Clar a. two litt le girls who lived in Sw itzerland? Then read the tra vell ed by bus a nd by ca r, they flew by pla ne
firs t pa rt of the sto ry "Heidi" and sa y why Heidi loved moun tains and soo n they a rrived a t the ra ilway st at ion
so much. where they bought tickets to Fr a nkfu rt. Over
the pla ins , over the r ivers, the tra in ca r ried
HEIDI
them to the city.
( A f ter Johann a Sp y ri ) When they arrived in Fr an kfurt they went
straight to Heidi's aunt's horne. Heidi' s a unt
P art I had a da ug hter. He r na me wa s Clara .
Clar a was very ill. She al ways sp oke wit h
New w ord s : a kind weak voice. Clara couldn't walk or
Sw itz e rl and ['s w ilsa la nd ] - lllnefiua pa a stand . S he ate from a silver pla te and dr ank
the Sw iss Alps [, \V I S 'ze lps] - Ilf eeiiu apcxae Ani. nu from a silver cup. Heidi loved Clar a very
le a d IIi.d ] ( le d ) - uecr u mu ch and often told her a uout the mou ntain s,
to be hom esi ck - CHJJb !l O cxy-r an , no Jl OM Y about her grandfather, about Pet er, a nd
about the goats . She often looked a t Cla ra
Once upon a time there lived a swee t litt le gir l - Heidi wa s her and sa id: " I wan t to ta ke you to t he moun ­
na me. S he lived in the Sw iss Alps with her grandfa the r. Heidi led
ta ins . Our jo urn ey won' t be very difficul t.
a quiet life in the mounta ins . She loved to hear the sound of the
We' ]l take a through train, we won't have to cha nge, we will tak
winds, which al mos t spo ke to her a nd helped her to get home. She
little lug gage with us an d you won' t be t ired. You' ll love it
loved to spea k with the, wee t fl ower s which grew in her gar den .
in the moun tains and I' m su re you' ll fee l st ro ng very soon ."
Every da y in s ummer she w nt up the mo unt ai ns to se her friend
" Pe rhaps we' ll go some day," a nsw e red Cla ra . The days went
Pe te r. Pe te r loo ked a fter' lot o f go at s a nd Heid i hel ped him. Sip
by. The doctor who cam e to see Cla ra every week spoke to
wa s fr iends with a ll Pe ter' s goa ts a nd neve r forgot their na mes,
Heidi's a unt. " Heid i is becoming ill. She hasn't sung songs for
They played differen t games, Heidi dance d in the field s an d
a lon g time. She has n't da nced a ny da nces. S he is always very sad .
sa ng bea utifu l son gs . In winter sh e st a yed a t home with her
I think she has to go back to her mountains . Sh e is very home sick.
gran dfa ther. Sometimes Pe te r visited her an d they went on foot
You mus t send her home. Sh e has to go home, o r else she w ill be
down the mount a ins to see Pete r's granny who was nearl y 80, and
Heidi rea d to her. very ill." .
The next day Heidi was ready to go back to the mountains she
On e day Heidi's aunt from Fr ankfurt \'frcelJk fatj carne to see
loved . Heidi a nd Cla ra cr ied wh en they had to leave each other. But
them. She explai ned to Heidi tha t it wa s time for her to go to school.
32 3 -H . H . Il cpetnuru ua, 4 1<11. 33
 LESSON

Do you want to know what happened to ·C la ra afte r Heidi left for

the mountains? Then read the second part of the tex t and say wha t
cured Clara.

HEID I

(After Johanna Spyri)

Pa rt II
New w or d s :
Heidi sa id: " You'll com to isit us s on, an d then you'll see how
lon el y I'lounlt] - O,Ll.I1HOK I1H
bea utiful it is in the mou nta ins . Yo u will ge t well an d st rong there.
the stall s [st o.lz ] - n apT e p
Don' t go to [he seaside, come and see me. I ca n't live without the an actor ['a"kta] - aKTl'p
mou nta ins. You'll find them fantastic too. I'll ta ke some pictur es of scenery lsin o r r] - .n.e Ko p a U HI1
them and I will se nd them to you . Bye-bye, Cla ra , cl ea r. Don't pale [pert I - 6 J1C,Ll.llbl fl
forg et me!" at least [atI is t ] - no Kpa H ll l' ~i Me p e
young [jAO] - M OJIO Jl.OH
Arrange the sentences in a logical order according to the tex t Then to carry [' kcc n] - HeCTI1
use them as a plan to retell Par t I. whole [ho ul] - ue.n u fl, lll'Jl a H
heart [ho.t 1 - ce pn ue
health y [' he I81] - 3.n.O POflbIH
1. Clara 's doctor decided to send Heidi to the mountains. air [f a ] - B0 3.n.y x
2. Heidi became friends wit h Cla ra . in te a d [ms tcd] - BMC CT O
3. Heidi lived in the Sw iss Alps. possible l'pJsl bl] - B0 3M O)l{ Hbl H
4. Heidi had a lon g journ ey to F rankfur t. to cure [k j ua ] - B bl JI C411 B8 T b
5. Heidi became homesick.
6 . Heidi's aunt took her niece to Fra nk furt. So. Heidi left for the mounta ins she loved so mu ch and Cla ra
7. Heid i o ft en ta lked wit h Cla ra abou t the mountains . stay ed a t hallie in Fran kfurt. Clara 's mother sa w that her dau ghter
8. Heidi spent much time in the mount ains in summer. was lonely . She bo ught her beau tiful col lections of st a mps an d
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 t he library. And yet Cla r a was weak a nd pale a nd it was difficult
for her to wa lk. Life in the city didn't do her any good.'
But what about He idi? S he wa s alread y in the mou nt a ins and
very g lad she was there. S he could run with the goats, s he could
pla y, jump , s ing so ngs , a nd dance with Pe te r. She could hear the
voice of the win d in the tr ees. S he cou Id go to Pe ter 's gra ndrnoth er
and read books to her, an d tell her stories about the city of
Frankfurt though someti mes it wa s diff icu lt to explain some thin gs
to t he old woman. "I ha ve never been to the thea t re! I have never
seen a film in my life," she s aid. "Wha t a re theatres and cinemas
like?" Heidi tried to expla in all this to her , tho ug h it wa s not easy at
a ll a nd, bes ides, so metimes she didn't know what to sa y.
And every day at leas t six times a cl a y she said to her
g ra ndfathe r : "We must bri ng Clara up her e. He re Clara will ge t
well and stron g ." He idi ha d her way at last. " O ne day a littl e
procession [pra'sej ri] ca me to Heidi's house. It w as Cla ra 's father
and two strong young men who carried Clara in a chair.
" I'm going to st ay with you," Cla ra told Heidi, he r big blue eyes
shinin g. " I'm going to stay with you and gra ndfa ther and Peter
a nd the goats for four who le weeks . Then fat her will come ba ck for
coins. The coins were in silver boxes and the stamps were in a large me!" Heidi wa s ver y glad to hea r this news. She listened to it and
alb um [ ' re l b ~ m ] . But Cla ra did n' t th ink much of her coll ect ions. a nted to dan ce.
Col lecti ng things was not her hobby at a ll. Eve ry day af ter tha t gra ndfather took Clara up to the
Then Cla r a 's mother decided to take her to the theat re. Cla r a mountains w here P eter kep t his goats. He put her down on the
was n't a theatre-goer but she liked theatre very much. From her warm sweet g rass a nd then Heidi sat near he r an d gave Clara
sea ts which were always in the st a lls she could see the sta ge very bea utiful fl owers an d told her the names of all the goa ts . Tha t
wel l. She liked it when it beca me dark in the hall and when the place became a sp ecia l land for them . Cla ra cared for al l the goats
curtains rose. Then Cla ra could see the actors on the s ta ge a nd the a nd the flowers and the plant s. S he used her ima gination to c reate
scen ery which was always fant as tic. She liked the performances s pecia l na mes for her favou rit e ones. The g ir l's heart was full of
she saw in the theatre and often said she woul d like to t ake pa rt in love and s he al ways mea nt wel l.
th em. Wheneve r Clara' s mothe r co uld she a lways bough t ticke ts
for this or that famous play. I Life in the cit y didn't do her any good, - f OpOL!.CKaH IK K3 Hb He ur n a eii H;J
But usually Cla ra sta yed a t home . She read a lot. S he had very n OJlb3 Y·
ma ny books . Her parents were pr oud of the books they had. 2 Heidi had her way at last. - H B KOHue KOHUOB a c e norryv an oc s TaK , Ka K XOTeJl a

So metimes Clara's doctor br ought her interestin g fairy-t a les from X 3HL!. I1.

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 Eve ry day Cla ra d rank sweet goa t milk. There was a lwa ys
a si lver Clip full of milk for her on the kitchen ta ble. "This is good,"
Clara said. "And [ feel so hung ry. At home [ neve r eat like th is."
"Perhaps it is the healthy mou nta in air," sm iled grand fa ther.
"Besides the milk is ver y ta st y."
Ver y soon Cla ra began to run fa st a nd da nce with Heidi a nd Find and read aloud the sentences to illustrate the pictures.
Pe ter. Wherever Heidi wen t Clara went too. S he sa ng song s. She
ha d a beau tiful voice and her au dience thoug ht she coul d have
g rea t s ucces s. So when Clar a 's fathe r cam e to ta ke his littl e girl
back to F ra nk furt instead of a poor inva lid ['Illvdlid j he found
a la ll, healt hy, s milin g Clara . " I was born to live in the moun ­
tains, "she sa id. An d ind eed she was. Her cheeks were rosy and her
eyes wer e shining. "How is it pos sible?!" cried Clar a 's fathe r.
"How is this possible?! "
And Heidi laughed and danced arou nd them. She was ha ppy.
"Th e mou nta ins hav e made her well. The mountai ns ha ve ma de
Cla ra well!" s he sang. "Th e moun ta ins have cured Clar a."
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LESSON America . In the US A there are five nat iona l holidays that peop le
celebrate in every Amer ica n state. These are:
I) New Yea r's Day,
2) Independence Day,
3) Labour Day ,
You already know some holidays which people ce lebrate in Eng land.
4) T ha n ksgi ving Day,
Would yo u like to kno w what holidays American people celebrate?
5) Christmas Da y.
Then read the text about some wint e r and s pring holidays in
O n these days offices a n d banks do not work. But oth e:
America .
holi da ys are not national in the USA and not all the stales
ce lebrate them.
Thu s in Ame r ica people celebrate:
THE AME RICAN YEAR
Ja n u a r y 1st - New Year's Day.
(After Terry Tomsha) On this day, fam ilies and friends meet for a meal. People
us ua lly make promises for the New Year. People say: "I will work
Part I har der" or "I won 't tell lies th is yea r." But they often forget these
pr om ises by J a nua r y 2nd!
New words: On New Yea r's Day there are big football games and parades .
Not everyone can go to see them, so many people watch them on
common holidays ['kJm~ln 'halrderz.] - oounre npa3,L1.HI1KI1
television. There is usually a parade in the morning and th e
a state [ steit] - WTaT
football game is in the afternoon.
In de pen de nce Da y [mdrpendansdei] - 1J.eHb He3aBl1Cl1MOCTl1

Third Monday of January - Martin ['m0;1In] Luther ['lu:8a]

Labou r Da y [leib» 'del] - 1J.eHb TpY,LI.a

thus [i'ii\s] - TaKI1M o6pa30M

King's B irth d ay .
to make promises ['pfJmlslz] - ,LI.aBaTb o6ew.aHI1H
Ma rtin Luther King was an important black leader [Ti.d»] who
equal r igh t s ['i:kwdl 'r ai ts] - p astrue np aaa
wa n ted equal rights for black people. His work was, very
to kill [krl ] - y611BaTb
important. He was killed in 1968 and his birthday has becom e
publ ic ['pi\bllk] - o6w.ecTBeHHbIH, rocynapcr seauun
a public hoiiday since 1968.
a s a int (st., s n t.) [seint ] - CBHTOH

Fe br ua ry 14th - St. Valentine's Day .

ho nest ['Jnlst] - 4eCTHblH

to go to the movies (aMep.) = to go to the cinema

Nobody knows much about S1. Valentine. People call him the
Irish ['aldflS] - I1pJlaH,LI.CKI1H saint of love. On this da y children write their names on cards
Ireland ['aldldnd] - YIpJlaH,LI. I1 H
[ko.dz. ] with hea rts [ho.ts ] on th em and give them to th eir
to p inch [p: ntj ] - uinnars
cl a ss ma tes . Schoolchildren and older people give cards, presents
a nd flowers to their boyfr iends, g irlfriends, husbands and wives.
If you compare the En g lish year with the Amer ican yea r you'l l
Sorne peo ple do not put their names at the end of their cards
find that both the count ries ha ve so me common holidays . But
beca use they wa nt the ir na me to be a secret.
people celebrate so me hol idays only in Eng la nd , a nd other s on ly in
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 Th ird M onday of February - Pre sident's ['prez ldan ts] Day . Holiday Date
On this day studen ts and pup ils rea d a bout Geo rge [c13J:c13 1
Was hington ['W:>SllJ t;m], Abrah a m ['elb rahrem] Lincoln [Tujkaln]
I. New Year's Da y January 1s t
an d ot her Ameri ca n pres ident s. George Washi ng ton was the first
2. Marti n Luther King's
Presid ent of the USA. He was a lso a good soldier l'soulcl3a] an d
Birthd ay Ja nuary, th ird Mo nday
a ve ry honest ma n.
February 29th .
3. S t. Valentine's Day Fe bruar.y 14th
4. P resid ent' s Day February, thi rd M onday
Eve ry four yea rs Febr uary ha s a n ex .ra day. Trad ition
5. Febr uary 29th Februar y 29th
[t rad i j n] s ays that on th is da y gir ls can ask boys to go to the
6. St. Pa tr ick' s Day Ma rch 17th
movie s or ou t to dinner . A g irl can even a sk a boy to ma rry her!
7. April Fools' Day A pril Jst
March 17th - S t. Pa tr ick 's Day.
S1. Pa trick was a n Irish sa int, a nd St. Pat rick's Da y is very
popula r in cities where there a re ma ny people from Ireland. They
are Ir ish Ame rica ns and they always cele bra te this da y. Green is
the Irish colour and people often wear g re n on th is da y. If you 2. Look at the table of Exercise 1 and say what holidays in winte r
don't wea r green, someone ma y pinch you. and in spring people celebrate in Eng la nd and in Amer ica.
Ap ril 1s t - A pr il Foo ls ' Day. ( Lesson 6, Exerci se 1 in the textbook can help you .)
As you kno w people mak e jokes on th is day and ha ve a lot of
3. Co uld you answer the questions?
fun. Peop le celebrate this day in Ame rica in the same way they
celeb rate it in Engl a nd . When you've ma de a jo ke on your friend 1. What is specia l a bout New Year' s Day in Americ a?
you us ua lly say: "April fool." Nobody is sure when or wh ' this 2. Why do people in Ameri ca celebra te Ma rtin Luther King's
tradition bega n. Some people believe it began in France [fra.:n s] in Birth da y?
the 16th centur y. In 1564, the king of France decided to change the 3. What do child ren usuall y do on President' s Da y?
firs t da y of the new yea r from April Ist to Ja nua ry 151. So me peopIe 4. What ca n America n gi rls as k American boys to do on the
did not like it and celebrated the New Yea r on the first of Apr il. 29th of February ? Do we hav e th is tra dition in Russia?
They w re "Apr il's Fool s " , a nd other people made fun of them a nd 5. Why do people wear something green on Sl. Patr ick's Day?
played tricks on them. So it ha s been a t rad ition to celebra te this 6. When and where did the tra dition to celebrate April Fools'
holiday for long. Day begin ?

1. Look, read and remember what holiday s the Americans celebrate

in winter and in s pr in g.

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 So me cit ies have Eas ter pa ra des [pa' ret dz] with games and
LESSON
sports a nd a big Eas ter eg g hunt.

Last M on d ay of M ay - M em o rial Day .

Read the second pa rt of the text "The America n Yea r" and say what This is a special day for people to remember those who died in
holidays only Americans cel ebrate. wars . Ma ny people remember the ir dead friends or rel atives on this
da y too . Man y peop le pa y specia 1 vis its, to th e g ra ves of their
rel a tives an d fr iends a nd leave flow ers there.
THE AM ERICAN YEAR
M other 's Day and Fath er 's Day .
(Aft er Terr y T omsh a) One S unday in May is Moth er' s Da y and on e Sunday in June is
Father's Da y. Chil dren us ua lly spend the day with their parents.
Pa rt II They give them ca rds , flowers a nd presents .

New wo rds : Ju ne 14th - Fl a g D ay .

Eas te r ['i:sta] - Il acxa The Ame rican fl a g is often ca lled the " Sta rs a nd St ripes ". It has
from the dead - 113 MCpTB blX t hirteen stripes (one for ea ch first co lony) and fifty stars, one for
Me mor ial Day [ms'rnorr al 'd el ] - ,UeHb na lv15lTl1 each state. In ] 777 the "Stars a nd Stripes" became the official
to die [d aI] - yMHpaTb [d'fISdl ] fla g of the USA.
a grave [qr erv ] - MOrH.n a
And when it was the fla g 's hundredth birthd a y Americans first
a wa r [WJ:] - BOHHa
celebra ted F la g Da y in 1877. You ca n see the Ameri can flag in
a s tripe [str a ip] - no.n oca
re st [rest] - OT.nbIX man y pla ces on this da y, but as it is not a ma in holid a y offices
to ho n our ['J:na] - nOtITHTb ['Jf lSIZ ] s tay open .
a ca n d le [' krendl ] - CBe4 a
job [dj ob] - pa oor a Ju ly 4 th - l ndependence Da y .
e ve [ i:v ] - KaHyH On July 4th 1776 the United Sta tes became independent from
carols [' kreral z] - xopa.n bl Eng la nd. It was the begi nnin g of a new life. Families and fr iends
" Au ld Lan g Sy ne " ['auld ' lzerj 'sam ] - «TIecHH cra pu x .npy3eH»
ce lebra te this da y. Every town and ever y city has parades , games
Eas ter. a nd s ports with prizes ['pralzl z] . There are oft en picnics ['plkmks]
The Easter week en d is in la te March or ear ly Apr il, but th date too.
cha nges each yea r. Eas ter is a Chr istian holiday which celeb rates
t he da y when Jes us ca me back from th e dead . On Eas ter S unda y Firs t M onday of Septemb er - Labour Day.
people g ive co loured or chocolate ['tSJkdllt] eggs to eac h ot he r a nd This is a day of rest fo r the workers. There a re al so parad es on
send ca rds. thi s da y. This da y is the end of the s umme r a nd the beginnin g of
the sc hool yea r.
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 econd Monday of Octobe r - Columbus Day. On Christma s Da y peop le open their pre se nts a nd then they
From your school textbook you know how America ns celeb rate pr ep ar e a tr adi tional dinner of t u rkey w ith vege tab les, sala ds,
Ibis day . Don't forget that you can see the American flag cookies, nuts , sweets and fru it. P eople eat Christma s din ner la te in
ever ywhere on Colum bus Day to honour the ma n who was the the aft e rnoon. Duri ng the da y man y fa milies watc h special
el i ' coverer of their coun t ry. Christ ma s TV and children pla y with the ir new toys.

Octo ber 31st - Hallowe' en. Decem ber 3 1sf - New Year' s Eve. -,
This is one of the most fa vourite holidays in Ame rica. You know On New Year' s Eve peop le celebr ate the end of the old yea r an d
how people celebrate it in Eng land . In Amer ica the y celebrat e it in the beg inning of the new one. At midnigh t everyon e s ings the old
the same wa y. Children dress up, shout "T rick or t reat " , get Scottish song" Auld Lang Syne" .
swee t: , fr uit, cak es and peop le hav e pum pkins with candles in their
t. Look, read and remember what other holidays the America ns
windows .
ce lebrate during the year.
Nov ember J Itil - Vetera ns ' Day.
This is a s pecia l da y to remember all the people who foug ht in Holiday Date
the wa rs - the living people an d the dea d. Peo ple have s pecial
dinn ers on this day . 8. Ea ster late March or early April
9. Memorial Day May, las t M onday
Fourth Thursd ay of Novem ber - Thanksgi vin g . 10. Mother 's Day May, one Su nday
As you remember Tha nksgi ving is a specia l da y for fa milies to 11. Fa ther 's Day J une, one Sunday
get together and give thanks for different thing s. They usua lly do it 12. Flag Day J une, 14th
in this wa y: "I give tha nks for being her e with my family an d for 13. Indepen dence Day July 4th
being well," or "I give tha nks for a h a lthy yea r, a good job a nd for 14. Labour Day S eptember, first Monday
mee ting my new friends." 15. Col umbu s Da y October, second Monday
16. Ha llowe'en October 3 1st
Decem ber 25 th - Chri st mas Day. 17. Veteran s' Day November I Jin
This is the big gest holiday of the year. Ma ny people en joy it 18. Tha nksgiving Novem ber, [ourlli Thursday
most of a ll a nd s ay t ha t th is is the ma in holida y of the yea r. Soon 19. Christ ma s Da y Decem ber 25th
a iter Than ksgi ving people s tart sen ding Christm as cards and 20 . New Yea r's Eve December 31st
decor a te their hou ses . Almos t ever y home ha s a Chris tmas tre e.
The evening before Chr ist mas Day is ca lled Chris tmas Eve. On
Christmas Eve many people go to ch urch and sing Christmas
ca rols . The P reside nt gives his s peech on TV. Parents tell their
chi ldren th at Sa nta Claus w ill come to thei r house at nig ht and 2. Look at the table of Exercise I and say what holidays in the
leave presents for them. second half of the year people celebrate in England and in America.
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3. Could you an swer the que stions? LESSON
1. What is Easter ?
2. Wha t is s pecia l a bout cele bra ting Eas ter in the USA? Is it
the sa me in Eng la nd? In Russ ia ?
3. Whe re do people us ua lly go on Memoria l Da y in Ame rica? Read the text and say why New York is a city of islands and wha I
4. Wh a t is the name of t he Amer ican flag ? Why has it got s uch people who live in it call their city.
a na me? "

5. What do the America ns celebra te on the 4th of J uly? A LETTER FROM NEW YORK
6. Wha t do you re member ab out Co lum bus Day? N ew w ord s :
7. Is Ame rica n Ha llowe'en different from Eng lish Ha 1_ to be s ur prised [sa'pr arz d] - YJ!.H BJ1 HTbCH

lowe'en? meanwhile [jni.n'wail] - TeM BpeMeHeM

8. Wha t holiday clo the America ns cele bra te on the I Ith of a fa cto ry ['f rekt drI] - epa 6pHKa, 3aBO)J,

November? a skyscrape r [' skal,skrelp d] - He6ocKpe6 ( sky - «etio, to sc r ape ­

ck pecr u; sky -l-s cr a pe-l- er -e- sk ysc rape r )

9. How do the America ns us ually g ive thanks on Thanks ­

giving ? to remain [r rm ein] - OCTaBaTbCH

10. What is the ma in holiday of the yea r for ma ny peo ple? 46 Linden S treet
11. What song do the American s us ua lly s ing on the New Ri e rda le
Year' s Eve? New York
23 rd April
Dea r Mar io,
Tha nk you for your ca rd. I'm g la d you're having a good time,
but I'm not surprised . Was hing ton DC. is wonde rf ul at this time of
yea r.
I would like you to come to my pla ce and meet my people at thr
end of your journey. You can't leave Amer ica without visitin g New
Yo rk. My brother's hobby, as you know, is tak ing pictu res. He has
a big al bum I'relbdm] of pictu res of the United Sta tes and of New
York, or the "Big Apple" as we ca ll it. It is ce rtainly bett er to see
New York wit h your ow n eyes . I do hope you 'l l come. Meanwhile
I'm se nding some of my brother's photos [Toutouz1 to you. When
you look a t them you ' ll understa nd why New York is a city of
isla nds . In fact it lies on the th ree big islan ds : Manha tt a n
[rrue n' hsetn] , Sta ten Is land a nd Long Isla nd. There a re also man y
sm a ll isla nds in the city.
4-11. H. Bepcuraru uu, 4 k n.
 In 1789, New Yo rk beca me the firs t a pita l of t he United States
of Amer ica but it remaine d the a pita l for only one yea r. Now, as
I' m s ur you know , Was hington DC. is the ca pital of the cou nt ry.
New Yor k is a g re at port [po.t] city. It is a ve ry hard wo rking I hope tha t af ter my letter you ha ve become inte rested in New
city too as t here ar e ma ny banks, o ff ices a nd factor ies. Yo rk an d I' ll mee t you in my city in Aug ust.
The most expens ive pa rt o f New Yo rk is Manha ttan . This is la nd Love , Sue
is famo us for its s kyscrapers . Broa dwa y lbro. dw ei] is a fa mous
1. Find an d read the sentences to ill us tr at e the pictu re.
street in New York. It is f rnous for its thea t res a nd you ca n ee
wonderf ul sh ows there . 2. P ut the sentence s in a logical order to mak e a plan.
In th e 20t h century New Yor k beca me a city w hose mo nu ­ l ) New Yor k is a har d working city.
ment s are sk yscr ape rs, a city tha t never s to ps and never s leeps . 2) The "MET" is the mos t fa mou s museum in New York.
The st reets a re a lways busy as there is much t ra ffic there. 3) Broa dway is famous for its thea tres.
The re a re many museums a nd ar t ga lleries in ew York. The 4 ) New York is ca lied th e "B ig App le" .
Metropo lita n [jne t ra' poh t n] M u eum or the "MET" is the mos t 5) New York w as the Amer ica n cap ita l in 1789.
famo us museum in New York. There are bea utiful co llect ions of 6) Man ha ttan is an island of skysc rape rs .
pictu res , furn iture and ot her thing s there. P up ils ofte n vis it 7) New York is a city of isl a nd s.
mu seu m s a nd ha ve their a r t cla sses ther e. Schoolchildr en often 8) The Bronx Zoo ha s been a favou rite place for anima l
visit the Bro nx [bronks ] Zoo . It is the largest of New York city love rs s ince 1899.
zoos. It opened in 1899 an d s ince then ha s a lways been a favo ur ite 3. Tell your classmates about New York using the pl an of Exer ­
plac e for a nima l lover a nd children. cise 2.
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 LESSON

Read the fa iry-t a le and say how big the tailor's son wa s .

TOM T HUMB

(After Sarah and St ephen Corrin )

New words:
a thumb [Oxrn ] - 60JIbW OH nan eu pyxn
a knight [ri a it] - pbluapb
a palace ['p rells] - ABopeu ga ve him Iood to ea t. They were so kind that Me rli n decided to do
a magician [rna'dyijn] - BOJIwe6HHK som ething sp ecia l for his host and hostess.
to notice ['noutls] - 3aM e4aTb
"Wha t wo uld you like to have most of all?" he as ked the tailor .
ev en ['i:van] - Aa)l(e
to smile [srn ail] - YJIbI6aTbcS1
The tailor an d his wife could hard ly believe thei r ea rs . W ha t could
a couple ['k Apl] - na pa this old ma n wea r ing old, di rty clothes give th em? Then the tai lor
wind y ['wlndl] - BeTp eHbI H said, "H a ve you noticed how sad my wife is? We have lived here for
to tie [tal] - npHB S13 aTb te n long yea rs a nd we have no ch ildren."
a ya rd [ja:d] - ABOp "Oh, yes," said the tai lor's wife sadly. " I would love to hav e
to struggle ['s tr Agl ] - 60POTbCS1

a son of my own, even if he was not bigger than my husband' s

a market [mcckrt] - PbIHOK

thumb." Mer lin smiled, thanked them and left.

Have you eve r hea rd of King Arthur and the I(nights of the A few days la te r the good tai lor's wife had a son. He was ver y
Round Ta ble? Well, in t he palace wher e they lived there was the clever a nd very strong . He wa s eve n good-looking but he was ve ry
fa mous magician Mer lin. He used to go around the countr y and sma ll. A couple of days pa ssed but little Tom could not reach the
help th e poo r people. He was a lways wearin g old clo thes and he table thou gh he tr ied very hard . He ne ver grew big ge r tha n his
tried to make people ha ppy. father 's thum b. So , Tom' s mother and father called him Tom
O ne da y Me rlin stopped at a ta ilor's cotta ge which was si tua ted Thumb. Tom Thumb was full of tri cks.
not far from the for est. The tailor and his wife inv ited Mer lin in and One da y Tom's moth e r was in the kitchen . She was making
a cake. Tom wanted to see what was happening. He climbed up to the
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 The King loved the boy very much. He
ga ve him a gol d coin. Tom went home. When
he reac hed his parents' co ttage, they we re
g la d to see him an d we re prou d to ha ve Ki ng
Art hur 's go ld coin too. Tom was tir ed afte r his t-.. .:.••~:!N.~'"I<
long jou r ney a nd went to bed.
In the morning King Art hur 's men ca rne to
the cott age and asked Tom to live in the pa lace
as the King missed him ve ry muc h. Tom lill1CJ~~...!-~-.J~
certa inly went to the King but he never forgot
edge o f the pla te a nd he fe ll in. To m was in da nge r beca use Tom's his parents a nd often wen t home to his nat ive la nd to visit them.
mother wa nte d to put the cak e on the fire. Luc kily she sa w that Tom's pa ren ts were ve ry proud of their little so n but they never
ornebody was moving in the cake an d helped Tom to get back out. knew tha t they ha d to say " th a nks" to the old ma n, the King's
The next da y Tom's mother went to the fi el d to mi lk the cow. As ma gicia n ca lled Merl in.
it was ra ther windy she tied Tom to a lea f. But the cow liked the leaf
a nd put it in its mou th al ong with Tom . 1. Read the sentences to illustrate the pictures.
" Mother! Moth er!" cried Tom. "I 'm inside the cow 's mou th. 2. What do you think the name of the tailor' s son could be in
Ge t me ou t." The cow opened its mouth a nd Toni' s mother Russian?
ca ug ht him. The n she took him home, gave him su ppe r a nd pu t him 3. Do you know any Rus sian fairy-tale about a boy who was al so
into bed. very small? Compa re these two fairy-tales.
The nex t cl ay Tom ra n out into the yard but a big bird caught
him . It fl ew into t he s ky. Tom wa af ra id a nd beg a n to str ug g le a nd
reme m ber he was st rong thou g h lit tle a nd so the bir d let him go .
Tom fell right down into a river. A big fish a te him up. The fishermen
caught the fish a nd took it to the market where the Ki ng 's cook
boug ht the fish . When he bega n to prepa re it for s upper he fou nd
a litt le boy in the fish an d took the boy to the Ki ng himself. King
Art hur, his knight s a nd la dies we re sitti ng at the King 's Roun d
Ta ble. Tom wa s on the ta ble. He re la xed a nd showed the King
ma ny fu nny tricks that he knew. The King la ugh ed a lo t. But
Merl in, the mag icia n, s miled as he kne w who the boy wa s.
King Ar thur ask ed Tom, "Te ll me, Tom, how big a re you r
mothe r an d fath e r? Whe re do they live? Wha t do they do ?"
Tom a nswered the King's q ues tions . He a lso sa id tha t his
parents we re poor a nd wo rked ha rd a ll day lon g.
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Beat rix a n d her broth er loved the out­
I doo rs. They cou ld wa tch frog s in the la ke fo r
hour s . Sometimes they stopped to ha ve a look
\1 a t a mou se or other an imal s.
They decided to ma ke a collect ion of pla nts
and a nimal s but they coul dn't sho w their
Read the text and sa y wh y Bea trix didn 't have many friends when
collect ion to their mother in orde r to keep
it. Their moth r didn't like to ha ve frog s a nd
' he was a little girl.
sn a kes at horn e.
Over the s ummer Bea tr ix an d her brother
made pict u res of their coll ect ion . They dr ew
BEA TRIX POTT ER
pict ures of ra bbit s , bir ds a nd fl owe rs.
(B y Eli zab eth Lev y ) Most of the time Bea t rix tried to pa int the
a n ima ls a nd plants the wa y they rea lly
New words : looked. However som et imes s he d rew a mouse
Bea tr ix ['bI8trlks] - Bca r puca

with a litt le hat on or a rabbit wea ri ng cl othes .

elde r ['eld81 - - CTapwHH
She beca me a rea l s pecia lis t a t this .
Noel [no ru j a l] - Hoys n
One da; s he found a rabbit. She called him
Peter and becam e friends with him . Bea tr ixs
Bea tr ix Potte r has written a very inter es ting book ca lled "Pe ter moth er didn't want P eter Ra bbit in the
Ra bbit ". This book ha s become the most favou rite child ren 's book house but Bea trix found w ays to keep him in
of a ll time. Would yo u like to kno w how she wrote it? Then listen to her room . When the s ummer wa s over and her
me, please . bro ther wa s bac k at school, s he was not a lone an y more. She
When Bea tr ix Po tte r was a littl e g irl, most little gir ls did not go ha d a fr iend.
to schoo!. Bea tr ix didn' t a nd that was why she had no friends. Her Bea tri x g rew up an d became a ve ry q uiet woma n who knew a ncl
elde r brothe r we nt a way to school but Bea tr ix s tayed a t horne. Mos t thought a lot about pla nts a nd a nimal s . She a lso beca me so meo ne
of the time she was a lone in her room . Bea t r ix lea rn ed to read a nd who knew how to dra w a nd was a lways ha ppy when she could go
to cia many other thing s but she never had anyone to pla y with. a way to the countr y. She liked the qu iet life in the cou ntr y a nd
S he had a lot of free time and bega n to ma ke up stories. diffe rent colours - red, yell ow, blue and whit e flowe rs , g ree n
So metimes she drew pictures for her sto r ies. l g rass , green trees a nd friendly people living the re .
Bea tr ix loved the summer most of a ll. J une was a mong her r
) One su mmer at the nd of August when she wa s lea ving the
fa vourite month s . He r broth er ca me home from school an d the place whe re s he lived, one of he r you ng friends beca me ill. It was
Potter fa mily we nt out to the cou ntry . "How fres h the a ir is! How a boy nam ed Noe l. Bea tr ix ca me home and st arted to write lette rs
high the sk y! How deep the wa te r in the la ke!" cried Bea tr ix ha ppily to him. Mos t of the time she w ro te a bout Pe te r Ra bbit a nd his tr icks
when they arrived. but Noel was ill for a long time however. So sometimes Bea tri x
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made up s to ries hersel f. Noel loved her lette rs . He showe d them to LESSON

a ll his friends . Eve ryone loved the st ory a bou Peter Rabbi t and so
Beatri x thought it was a good idea to make these lette rs into a book.

Read the text a nd sa y where the birds go t the colours they now
have.
WH Y DO THE BIRDS HAV E SO M A NY COLOU RS?

Ne w w ords :
a vill age ['vdl d3J - Ae pcB HH
a raven [rervn] - BOpOH
a grizzly ['gn zII J bear - rHM aJl allcK HH MeABeA b
beforehand [bri o.ham d ] - np e/K,Uc
to paint [pei nt] - PHCOB8Tb x p ac x a a u. p acxpaumaar i,
t . Answer the que stions: to change one's mind - H3 MeHHTb MHeHHe (TOlIKy 3 p eHH5I, pe ureuue)
1. What is the name of Beatrix Pottcrs fa mous book ?
2. Bea t rix didn't go to sch ool, did she? Ma ny, ma ny yea rs ago a ll the birds lived together in one villa ge
3. Wha t did Beatr ix do in her free lime? tha t was situa ted in a fo res t. It was ve ry nice to live in the cou ntr y
4. Why did the gi rl love the s umme r best of a ll? in those days. Spring wa s the most beauti ful sea son in the villa ge
5. Wha t did Bea trix an d her bro the r like to do in the country? as all the trees we re g ree n. Yo u could see a lot of red a nd ye llow
6. What did the girl dra w? flower s, you could dr ink wa ter from the river s a nd lakes .
7. Who was the g irl' s pet ? Bu t in those da ys bird s a nd a nima ls lived in diffe rent count ries .
8. Why did Bea tr ix begin to wr ite let ters to Noe l? It was difficult for the bird s to go to the an ima ls ' countr y beca use
9. Ho w did Beatri x wr ite her famous book ? the re was a wa r between Raven a nd Grizzl y Bear.
2. Give a sho r t summary of the story. One da y Raven ca lled a ll the ot her birds an d said, "Tomorrow
we will fi ght Grizzly Bea r. W ' II have to protect ou r country. I knov
th at Gr izzly Bea r is prepa ring for the ba ttle . But before he is read y
we sha ll ha ve a g reat dinne r a nd we s ha ll ha ve a Wa r Da nc .
However beforehand I will paint yo u a ll." And so he paint d them .
He painte d them black, g reen, biue, ye llow a nd red. He painted the
d licks bro wn a nd gr ey a nd he pa inted the gee se g rey a nd white a nd
the chicken dark ye llow.
Soon the birds were hung ry. They cou ld see nice th ings ir: t he
kitchen and wa nted to eat some dinn er. Bu t the Raven was Hoi
going to fe ed the m. " I ha ve cha nge d my mind. I' ll ea t dinne r
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"

Hans Christian Andersen is famou s for his sto r ies and fair y-
tal es. You hav e ce rta in ly read s ome of them. Maybe you have read
"The Emperor' s New Clothes" , " The S tea dfa st So ldie r" or " The
Ugl y Duckling". This is a short biography of Hans Chr istian
Andersen. Read it and say wh y Doris Ga tes gave this biography the
nam e it has "The Real Ugl y Duck ling ' ''?
I

THE REAL " UG LY DUCKLI NG"

( Afte r D ori s Gates )

myse lf," he sai d. " I' ll fight G rizzly Bea r myse lf. Go away!"
New wo rd s :
The bir ds we nt a way and left the villa ge. The water birds went Odense [ 'ou odnsd] - e. On ence
a wa y to the la kes an d the sea . Ma ny birds we nt to the mounta ins Den mar k ['d enma:k] - IlaHHH
a nd bega n to live the re a nd so me bird s wen t to the forest of the Copenhagen [jcoupnhetqen] - e. Konea r aren
a nimal s' count ry but they never took off the paint that was on them. unfortunately [ An' [;:rtSnd t l l ] - K HeC4 aCTblO
ta le nted ['t a:l dnttd] - TaJ1a HTJI HBbIH
I. Say 'True', ' False' or 'Don't Know '. cl umsy ['kIAmzl] - HeyKJIIO)KHH
1. All the birds lived in a big city man y yea rs ago . recite [ r rsai t ] - n eKJIaMHpO BaTb
2. Sp ring was the wo rs t sea son of a ll. adventure [adventja] - np HKJII04eHH e
3. The ocea n wa s nea r the bird s and anim a Is' coun t r ies. charm [t j o.rn] - o4apo BaHHe
4. There were no moun tains in the bird s and animal s' gentleness ['d3entlnls] - "v1H r KO CTb, no opora
w isdon [' wl zddm] - Mynp OCTb
coun tr ies . mermaid ['md:meld] - pyca JI 04Ka
5. The Grizz ly Bear wa nte d to fig ht the Ra ven.
6. The Grizzly Bea r was grey. Once upon a time, mo re tha n a hund red yea rs a go, the re wa s
7. The Raven pa inted all the birds . a boy ca lled Ha ns Chr is tia n And ersen. He wa s the onl y child of
8. The birds left the Rav en and took off the paint th at was on a poor fa mily. Ha ns a nd his pa rents lived in one room of a house in
them. Odense in Denmark ,
2. Think of six que stions on the text for your class ma tes to answer. Their room was a lwa ys clean and nice to be in. It was

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 Hans's native city and it took the boy a long time to get the re. Hall
Chris tia n left f r Copenhagen with a fe\ coins in his coa t.
Howev er he cou ld not become a dancer as he had no tale nt for
danci ng. People in Copenhagen were kind to him but they told hill!
he cou ldn't do wel l in the theatre. They tried to sound nice but Hans
was very sad and didn't know wha t to do. He often did n' t ha l'
a nything to ea t. He used to wea r o ld lethes. Then a fter his fifte .ntl:
birt hday , his voice changed. He could n't sing very we ll any long r.
He decided that, since he cou ldn' t s ing o r act, he would wr ite pia
for othe r actors instead. He was s ure tha t one day he cou ld hl
grea 1.
At firs t his plays were not a suc cess but then a very importa nt
p r on in Copenhagen Jonas Collin read them and beca me
interested.
The firs t th ing to do was to send Hans Christia n to schoo l and
so the yea rs of ha rd work began. At sixteen, th is boy had to s it ill
the cla ssroom with the sma llest children. Alt hough he was able tu
rea d, he knew nothing a bout grammar or ari thmeti c or spell ing .
Only Collin friend ly helped Hans Chri tian to get through th sv
a bed room and a kitchen too. There were alwa ys flower s on the long, difficult years and he was sure that one day he could b
tab le. a famous writer.
Ha ns Chris tia n was a ha ppy boy. Both his pa rents loved him He finished school and bega n to spend all his time writing . His
very much and did a ll they could for him. Ha ns Christia n's fath er firs t book wa s a colle ction of poems and then he wrote a novel.
once ma de him a toy thea tre . Hi mother made clothes for his toy While he wa ited for his books to appear, he wa s writing iai ry-ta les.
actors an d act resses . Ha ns wa nted to become a n acto r one day. He He remembered his granny's stories and began to write his OWll .
wa nte d to go to the g reat city of Copenha gen an d to become a g reat They were full of magic and adventure and we e full of charm tor .
acto r ther e. Very soo n his first book of fairy-tales appeared. It was a uccess .
But unfortunately he wa s not talented no r was he good-looking . r
Anderse n wrote ith gentleness, wisdom and humour hju.ma], II .
He was big for his a ge a nd clumsy. His legs were too lon g for his had a lot of readers not only in Denmark , but in other countries t o.
body. When he da nced everybody la ughed. He ha c! a long, sa d lace. Sudde nly Andersen found himself Iarnous . Everyone W,JS
Ha ns Chris tian recited poems though not very we ll. But he rea ding his fa iry-tale s.
. uld sing . He ha d a fine voice and people liked to list en to his The King o f Denmark in ilcd him to dinne r. As time went b ,
on gs. Andersen became a friend of that good man .
By the time Ha ns Christian wa s four teen he decided to leav e lnde d he became the friend of all the famous writers in Euro p '.
Odense a nd went to Copenhagen . It wa s si tua ted ra ther ia r from
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Whe rever he wen t, people sa id, "The re goes the a uthor of 'The
LESSON

Little Me rma id'. There goes Ha ns Chris tia n Anderse n."

He 'ret urned to Odense, his home city, seve ra l times to see his
mothe r before she died a nd on e day he went there as someo ne
specia l. It is a well-known fact that Prince Yuri Oolgoruki founded
The peo ple wa nted to honour this fa mous son of their city, The re Moscow. Would you like to know how it happened ? Then read the
were bea utiful, brig ht lamps in a ll the s tre ets a nd s qua res the nigh t Russian legend. v
he a rr ived, As Ha ns Christia n looked at the lig ht he fe lt ve ry ha ppy.
He remembered the yea rs of his childho od, "I was a poor boy then. HOW MO SCOW BEGAN
Peo ple laughed at me in the same s treets . But now I' m ' hap py."
Lat er when he cam e to write the sto ry of his life, he sa id : "Th a t
nig ht w as like a fa iry-tale ." Indeed it wa s , Ha ns Chris tia n wa s
New word s :
born in a ver y poor fa mily but he beca me the friend of King s.
wise [w atz ] - Mynp blH
1. Answer the questions: deep [di.p I - r JIy60KHH . 30. LlpeMycl HH
to cross [k rJS] - nepecetca n.
1. Whe re w as Ha ns Chr ist ia n And erse n bo rn ? a cl oud [ kl aud ] - 06JIaKO
2. Why cou ldn 't Ha ns Christia n become a g rea t act o r or a grea t to point [ pom t] - YKa 3b1B aTb. noxaast aar s
da ncer? huge [ hj u:d3] - or poMHblH
3. Who sent Han s Christ ia n to schoo l? s kin [skin] - wKyp a
4. Why wer e his schoo l yea rs difiicult for the boy? in amazemen t [arnetzman t ] - B YLl I1BJIeHl1 11
forward [' b :W8d] - Bnepen
5 . Why did he begin to writ e fa ir y-t a les?
to disappear [,d lS8' pl8] - l1 ct{e3aTb
6. Wha t br oug ht him s uccess?
fortress [' b :trls] - Kp errocTb
7. He beca me friends w ith the King of Denma r k, didn 't he?
8. Wh y did Ha ns Ch ris tia n come to his nat ive city as so meone Pr ince Yuri Dolgo ruki wa s P rince of Vla dimir and S uzdal and
specia l one day? was a clever ma n. He wa s st ron g an d bra ve a nd he foug ht a lot .
2. Could you give the Russian equivalents for Han s Ande rse n's Some yea rs pa ssed a nd he beca me Ki ev P rince too . Vla dirnirwa s in
fair y-tales mentioned in the text? the No rth of the country and Kiev wa s in the Sout h. Kiev was the
ma in city of the count ry the n. It was the ca pita l of Kievs kaya Russ .
It was cert ain ly difficult to live and rul e in Kiev a nd in Vla dimir a t
the sa me time. The cities we re ve ry fa r fro m ea ch ot he r. So Yuri
Dolgor uki was ru ling in Kiev an d his fa vourite son And rei
(Andrew ) was r uling in Vla dimir' .
Once P rince Yur i Do lgor uki asked the o ld wise man, his
ad vise r, to come and ta lk to him . This is wha t the Pri nce sa id: "My
o ld ma n, I'm ge tt ing o ld. Befo re I die I wo uld like to visit my na tive
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 land s. ) would l i ke to speak to m y son A n drew. ) wo u l d l ike to wa l k
~ he s~ : ee t~ of Vladimir . L et 's tr avel to the Nort h." " T hat' a great
Idea, said the old man . " When sha ll w e st art? When are we
leaving fo r Suzd al and V ladi mir? "
Soon they st arted o ut. Pr ince Yur i Dolgo r uki always t r avel led
wit h a lot of peop le. Th ey travel led on t hei r h rses throug h w ide
field s and deep fore ts. On the w ay the y pas sed ma ny settl emen ts.
They went up sm al l hills and bi g moun tai ns and cr ossed lar ge an d
sma l l r iver s too .
One day whe n they were in the da r k fo rest Prince Yu ri su ddenl
saw a lar ge white cloud in fr ont of th em . " W h t 's that ?" he a k ed.
"S low down . You n ver know w hat can happen . Wh at's tha t ?" he
asked aga in and pointed t the cl oud .
Suddenly the clou d b cam e a huge anim a l w i th th ree head s. Its
skin was of many col ours. T he pri nce's men stood stil l in
amazement. " We have been to m any count ri es. We ha ve seen a lot
of wo nders . We have hea r d o f many things but we have neve r s en
any thing l i ke th ai , we have never heard of anything like t hat ," th st ron g . The ci ty will have th r ee si des because the a nim a l has got
tho ught. N obody could speak o r move . But one you ng br ave ma n three heads. An d the colou rs on the an ima l's kin mean th at peop l
moved hi horse and forward he w ent. At o nce the wo nder f u l from different pl aces wi l l come to l ive here."
anima l becam e pale an d then disappeared altoge ther. Af ter these wo r ds the Pri nce' men moved on. Th e men w er
Only af.t er (l Iew mi nu tes could th P in cc's men speak. T hey di scussi ng the an imal an d the adviser' s w ords. And Prince Yur i
bega n to diSCUSS tile wond e rlu : anima l. Pr ince Yu r i t urne d to the w as thin k ing of t he fu ture city . "I ha 'e fo unded man y cit ies," Yur i
o l d wise man and said, " Cou l d you ex pl ain t o us w hat i t means ?" thought, " because if I ha ve str ng cities my count r y is st r ong . The
The o ld man looked in to the cla rk fo rest. T her e wa s sam tili n g greatest ci ti es I've fou n ded are Per esl avl -Z ale s k i ( i t is behi nd
deep a nd bright in hi - eyes w hen he sai d, "Al l r ig ht. )'11 tr y to the fore st ), Yu r iev -Pol sk i an d Dm itrov . Dm i tr ov is i n t he p l ace
expl ain. Th is w nderful an imal showed that this is tile plac e for w here my on D mi tri was born . I have al w ay s tr ied to ma ke th ese
a great ity. " ci ties beaut i ful. My men bui l t chur ches, m ade to wer s an d wa lls .
"Do you mean to say th at there w i l l be a great ci ty in th is em pty Wha t w i l l the new city be l i ke?"
pl ace, in the middle of this deep fo r st ?" asked P rin ce Yu r i in A few ho ur s l ater th e Pr i nce and his m en r eached a sm a l l
am azement. " What are you talk ing about, o ld m an? W hat g reat set tl ement on the bank of the Moskva Rive r . The host of the pl ace
CI.ty :>"
. wa s boya r i n Stepan Kuchko. H e l ived there v ith his fami l y and hi s
" I kn ow w hat I'm sayin g ," the o ld man answer ed. "There w ill men. Howeve r th e doors didn 't open and nob o dy asked the P r ince
be a g re at an d stro ng city here, becau se the ani ma l is big an d and his men to come i n. Pr i nce Do l goru k i under stood t h t this
mean t that bovarin Kuc hko w as no t his fr iend a ny mo re bu t w as his
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IH enemy.
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 6) P rince Yu ri Dolgoruki wanted to visi t the sma ll settle­
ment on the Moskva River.
7) Prince Yuri Dolgoruk i a lwa ys t ravelled a lone.
8 ) P rince Yuri Dolgoruki always travelled with his bra ve
men.
9) In the forest they saw a huge an ima l with three head s.
10) In the street they sa w a huge anima l with three heads.

II ) The colou rs of the an ima l's ski n mea nt that people from
differ ent Russia n cities will come to live in Moscow .

P rince Yuri began a fight with Kuchko's men and kille d many of 12) The colou rs of the anima l's sk in mea nt tha t people from
different places will come to live in Moscow.
them . After the fight he went up to the top of the hill where
Kuchkos fort ress wa s situated. He looked at the forests a nd fields 13) Yuri Dolgo r uki founded Pereslavl-Zales s ki, S1. Peters ­
in front of him a s if he saw them for the first time. He looked at the burg , Dmit rov and Mos cow.

Mosk va River with its beautiful ba nks an d clean waters a nd at the

14) Yuri Dolgo ruki founded Pe res lav l-Za lesski, Yuriev-Pols ki,

rich sett lement near by, "Well, this is the place for a new city," Yuri
Dmit rov , and Mos cow.

sa id, "the city with three sides will be sit ua ted on this hill. I will
found a beautiful city in this most beautiful place an d I'll give it the IS) Yur i Dolgo ruki g ave the new city the nam e of the river.

sa me name as the river. Let the city be call ed MOSCOW."

16) Yuri Dolgoru ki gave the river the name of the city.

1. Read the sentences to illustrate the pictures.

2. Choose and read the sentences which are true.
I) Prince Yuri Dolgoruki was a clever, stro ng man.
2) Prince Yuri Dolgoruki was a youn g , wea k man.

3) Vladimir was in the North.

4) Vlad imir was in the Sou th.

5) Pr ince Yuri Dolgoruki wanted to visit the lands of Vla­

dimir and Suzda I.
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 LESSON isla nds , A lot of small rivers an d cana ls [k a'na-Iz ] separate
differen t parts of the city from each ot her ,
Ther e are man y beautiful bridges over the Neva Ri ver. Some of
them a re not very high, Tha t's why a t night special ists raise the
bridges and then ships can move on the Neva River betwe en the
Have you ever been to St. Petersburg? If yes, we invite you to read pa rts of the bridges.
the text and remember some places you have seen. If not, would There are ma ny famous monumen ts 'i n S1. Peterburg. Ma ny
you like to? Then read the text and say what the most famo us people a llover the world know its thea tres , museum s a nd beauti ful
symbol of the city is. churches . Touri st s go to S1. Pete rsb urg to ha ve a look at the Winter
Palace a nd the Herm itage ['ha:m1tld3], the S umme r Garde n and
ST, PETERSBURG
ma ny other places of interest. Many of them visit St Isaak's Cathedral
so t ha t they can look at the city from its to p.
New words : One of the mos t inte resting museums in St. Peterburg is the
to s eparate ['se pa rcItJ - OT.lI.CJlHT h , pa azie 51 Tb
Russia n Museum where you can see wond e rfu l collections of
high Iha I ] - BblCOKIfH
bea utiful w rks by fam ous Russia n painters. The Rus sia n Museum
to rai s e [rerz] - n O.ll.HH M3 T b is s ituat e d in the Squar e of Arts. The fa mous monument
to r aise bridges - p a3BO.ll.Il T b MO CTbl lo A. S . Pu shk in is the re.
a painter [' pe m la] - XY.lI.OJKIHIl{
The ma in st reet in St. Pete rsbu rg is Nevs kyi P rospect. It is not
a maste rp iece [rnces topts ] - ruen es p
cl im a te ['k la lmIl] - KJlIlMa
a re ry wide street, bu t it has lots of mon uments, bridges , bea utifu l
m ild [rna lid J - MH I"K.Hi i buildings, shops, res taurants a nd metro stations in it.
ligh t [la d ] - CBCTJl hrii S1. Petersburg ha s a lot of symbol s ['s lIn balz] . Pe rhaps the
you can 't help adm iring - Il Cl103 MO JKHO He 13 0 CX HmaTb CH most famou s symbo l of the city is the monument to Peter the Great
in Dekab ris ts Squ a re. Grea t architects of the 18th and 19th cent u­
In 1703 the Russia n King, Tsa r [zo.] Peter the Grea t founded ries work ed in St. Petersburg: V. Ras tr elli, A. Voronihin and
S t. Petersburg, a city on the hanks of the Neva River. S1. Pe­ K. Rossi. Tha t's why man y buildings in St. Petersburg and even
tersb urg , the first Russ ian city where many houses wer e made of whole streets are rea I masterpieces.
stone, became the Russia n capi ta l in 171 2. Peter the Grea t wan ted The climate in S1. Petersb urg is not very mild. Winters are
to make lhe new capit al, the youn g city of st. Pete rsb u rg, ver y usua lly cold there, but summers are not hot. It is usually warm in
beau tifu I. the city dur ing summer.
Now more tha n two centu ries lal er, we can say tha t The best period ['p rar rad] of the year in St. Petersbu rg is the
S1. Petersb urg with its st ra ig ht wide s tree ts, wonderf ul bridges , period of the "wh ite nights" , This is the time in June when it is light
gree n parks a nd squa res and o ld houses ma de of s tone, is one of the eve n a t night. People usu ally walk a lot a t the time of the "white
most bea ut iful cities of Russia , Europe and the whole wor ld. If you nights" .
look at the map you'll see that S1. Peter sb urg is situated on many There are man y beautifu l places a round St. Pe tersb urg. You
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 ca n find them in Pavlovsk , Pushkino and Lomonosov . However till'
most bea utifu l place is Pete rgoff with its fountai ns [Tauntmz ],
bea utiful pa la ces an d wonde rfu l parks . When you arrive <I I
Pe te rgo ff from the sea an d see a ll those bea utif ul fountains C1 (
work, you can't help admiring this fa ntastic corner of Russ ia ,
f ind in the text and read aloud all the information about:
"

I) the foun der of 51. Petersbu rg ;

2) br idges of the city;

3) places of inte rest in 51. Peters burg ;

4) the ma in street of the city;

5) the famous sy mbol of 5 1. Petersbur g ;

6) the climate of the city;
7) the "white nights " ;
8) beauti ful places aro und 51. Petersburg.
Monum ent to Peter I Th e Summ er Garden

St. Isaac's Cathedral

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 SUPPLEMENTARY MAT ERIAL Ginger had shoes to match al l her clothes. She ha d red shoe s,
g reen shoes, blue s hoes a nd blac k shoe . S he had pa rty shoes,
school shoes, wo rk shoes a nd pla y shoes . h even ha d boots for
ra in a nd snow . Ginger had a lot of shoes a nd a ll of them were a size
two.
Rea d the tex t and say why Ginger wrote a letter to her granny.
Now Ginger ha d so rna ny shoes s he ha d to look for pla ces to
keep the m. Soon s he beg an leavin g shoes and shoe boxes all ov .r
Shoes for Ginge r the house . She left shoes on the TV and und er the chairs a nd she
even lef t a pai r of shoes out in the ra in.
Ginge r likes s hoes . But s he on ly had two pai rs . She ha d a brown Ginger liked her shoes, but they needed a lot of work. She had so
pair for school a nd a black pair for occasions ' but didn't thin k tha t many shoes to put on and take off and she had to clean every pair.
two pairs were enoug h. Some days Ginger didn't even have time to play.
So one da y Ginger sa id to her mothe r, " I have on ly two pa irs of
shoes . I need more." "You a re st ill g row ing," sa id her mot he r.
"T wo pairs of shoes a re enoug h."
Then Ginger got a n idea. "Maybe gra nd mother will he lp me,"
she tho ug ht. So Ginger sa t down and sta rt ed t his lette r:

Dear Grandmothe r,
You asked w hat f w anted fo r my birt hday th is y ea r. f w ould
like som e ne w shoes , I tak e a siz e tw o. Please te ll all my aunts and
uncles. I can u se any kind of shoes . f lik e a ll colo u rs .
Plea se com e for a visit soon ,
Ginger

Ginger had ma ny, ma ny a un ts and ma ny uncles too. When they

got the new s, al l her a unts and uncles ra n out to buy shoes for
Ginger an d her grandmother bough t h r a pa ir o f shoes too.
On Gin ger 's birth da y many boxes a rrived at her house. Ging er
smiled as s he opened the firs t box. But a s she opened the oth er
box s , she laughed. In everyo ne of the boxes was a pair of new
hoes ! Then one morn ing Gin ger put on he r blue shoes . "Oh-h!" s he
cried . "I can't keep these shoes on beca use they hurt !" S he put 011
her red shoe s. "Oh! Oh!" cried Ginger , "th is pa ir hu rts , too l"
I f o r occasions [ a' kel3 11 ZI - s i) . n a BbIXOJl,

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 Ginger 's mo lhe r looked .a l the sho es a nd sai d, " I'm af ra id they Read the text and say why Mar ia laughed at George.
a re too littl e. Si ze two is n't righ t fo r you an y more . I' ll ha ve to buy
you some bigger s hoes." Who Is Afraid?
At the shoe shop, Ginge r go t a pa ir of brow n shoes fo r school
a nd a pair of black shoes for occasio ns. This time her shoes had to One day Geor ge's Ia rni ly was visiting the children's zoo. As the
be size three. "W ha t will we do with a ll of my size two sho es?" fa mily was wal king al ong the st reet Geo rge sa id, "Let's hurr y!
aske d Gin ge r a nd her mother sa id. "You ca n tak e them to schoo l I wou ld like to see the bea rs a nd the e lepha nts . It' s fun to wat ch
when they ask fo r o ld clo thes." them." "
Ginge r wa s so g la d to give the s hoes a wa y. No w s he had only "And I would like to go to the Ba by Animal Fa rm," sai d his
tw pairs of shoes to clea n. " No g rowing g ir l needs more tha n two s ister Mari a . "T he la mbs ar e so nice, a nd you ca n get very close to
pa irs of shoes ," thou g ht Gin ge r. "Next birthd ay I think I'll ask for the m."
hats ." George la ughed, "Girls al ways like ba by animals . But boys like
big ones beca use boys a ren ' t a fra id of a nything ."
Their fa the r boug ht the child re n a ba g of nuts to feed the'
animal s. "Her e, children, " father said . "Now rememb er the rul es
when you fee d the a nima Is. Be ca reful not to go too close to the
ca ges because you might ge t hurt."
" We won't forget, " sa id Geo rge. He too k the bag from his father
a nd ga ve Ma ria some of the nuts . Then the family walked over to
see the bea rs .
What fun it wa s wat chin g th e bea rs ! They were boxing ea ch
ot her an d they looked funn y! George gave them some nuts, but
Ma ria didn't. She saw how big the bears were and wa s afraid
Answer the qu estio ns. to go nea r th em. ,
" Come on , Ma ria," said George. " Fee d the bears . They wall t
1. Wha t did Ginger like very much? hurt you . Why a re girls afraid of everything? And their mum said,
2. What sh oes did she have before her birt hday? "Let's go and feed the elephants , they must be hun gry."
3. Why did her mothe r thi nk two pa irs of shoes were en ough On the wa y to the e lepha nts , their daddy bought each of them
for he r da ugh ter ? a ba lloon. Mari a sm iled and she forgot a ll ab out being afraid.
4. Wha t did a ll Ginger's au nts a nd uncles g ive her as a For a whil e the famil y watched the elepha nts. Then Mar ia went
present for her birthda y? to g ive them some nuts . Ho weve r just a s she did, an e le pha nt made
5. Why did Gi nger's mother decid e to buy her da ug hter some a loud noise and Mar ia was afr aid . She r an back to her moth er.
new shoes? How George lau ghed! Geo rge gave his nuts to the e le pha nts an d
6. What shoes did th ey buy for Ginge r ? then his fa ther said , " Now let's tr y to find the Ba by Animal Farm ."
7. She was g la d to hav e only t wo pairs of sho es , wasn' t she? " Yes , let's ," smi led Ma ria.
Ju s t then the mothe r hea rd the pop, pop, pop of popco rn nea rby
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and s he sa id, "Oh, let's buy so me popcorn before we sta rt." And so George went and took Ma ria's thi ng s. As he t urned to leave,
the fath e r boug ht four big boxes. some popcorn fell out of t he box. A sma ll lamb saw the popcorn on
Then the fami ly wa lked a long eati ng popcorn a nd looked at the gr ou nd a nd s ta rted a fter Geor ge.
everyt hing a long the wa y. Soon they found the Ba by Anima l Far m. Ma ria ga ve a Iitt! cry, ,. Look a ll l!"
As they wat ched the a nima Is , a la dy carne over to Ma ria. She was George sa w the la mb coming a fter him. As he st ar ted to run, he
a lady who worked at the zoo and she sa id, "The la mbs a re going to let the ba lloon s go. Up went Geor ge 's ba lloon a nd it la nded high in
have some mille Would you like me to tea ch you how to feed them? " a tre e! Up went Maria 's ball oon. a nd it landed even highe r!
"Oh, yes ! cried Ma ria . Geo rge ran fa ste r. Suddenly he fell and the popcorn flew a ll
Ma ria fo llowed the woma n t hrough the g a te a nd when she got ove r the g ro und. Geo rge ca ught hi' breath a nd looke d back. Ther e
into the fa rm ya rd, Maria sto pped an d cal led, "Geor ge! You'd was the lamb quietly eating the popcorn . Mar ia la ug hed and sa id,
bette r come an d get my po pcorn a nd my ba lloon. I'll need two "Boys a r n't a fra id of big an ima ls . They a re on ly af raid of little
hands to feed the lam bs." ba by lambs."

Answer the qu estions:

1. Where did George' s fa mily go one day?
2. Why didn 't Maria want to go a nd see the bea rs and the
elephants?
3. Wha t did Geo rge's fa ther te ll his chi ldre n when he was
giving them nuts to feed the a nimals?
4. Why didn ' t Maria giv e an y nu ts to the ele phan ts ?
5. Who wa nted to teach Ma ria t feed little lambs?
6. Why did a smal l lamb ru n af ter George?
7. Is it kind to laugh at sm al l childr en who are af ra id of
anim a ls?
Read the s tory and say why Tom couldn 't do the shoppi ng a ll by
himse lf.

I Know! I Know !

T OI11was playing in the gard en when his mother went to the

doorw ay a nd s houted, "Tom, will you do the s hopping fo r me?
I need a pound of butter , a dozen o f eggs , a nd a box of cookies. Oh,
a nd I a lmost fo rgo t, br ing twelve rolls a nd a s ma ll a kc too. I' ll
ma ke a list for yo u. Put the shopping list in your swe at er so you
won' t lose it. "
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 "I know! I kn ow ! " said Tom. " I don' t want the shopping list. I'm ever y thing wi thou t it. My mothe r wa n ts twel ve po un ds o f butter ,
cle v er eno ugh to r emem ber fi ve thin g s." An d dow n the st reet he some sma l l eggs, and a box of cook ies. An d she want s a pound of
ran . rolls and twe lve cakes ."
As he t u rn ed the corner , he met his a unt ta lk in g w i th some The shop assistant began to laugh, "I can't give you that ," he
ladies. H is aun t asked, "Wh ere ar e you in such a hurry to get to , said . "You had bette r go horne and get your shop ping list. "
Tom? " " I'm goi ng to the shop ," sai d To m . " W here is you r shoppi ng T orn d idn' t kn o w what to th ink . He went slo w ly out of the shop .
lis t ?" she as ke d, " an d wh at are you goin g to buy?" As Torn was leav in g the shop , he met hi s lather w ho wa s on his way
" I kn o w! I k now !" said Tom. " N o shoppi n g list fo r me , home fr om wor k. When he sa w Torn 's f ace, h " ask ed, " W ha t is
I remembe r wh at I have to buy all by m yself. I' l l buy a pound of wro n g, Torn? " " I don't know," said Tom, "I we n t to t he shop for
butter , a dozen of eggs, and a box of cook ies. A nd I 'l l buy a srna II mother . But the sho p assistant won ' t give me t he th i n gs I aske d fo r .
ro l l an d twel ve cake s." He jus t laughed and to ld me to get my shopp ing li st." " W ha t we re
Befo re his aun t cou l d say a wo r d, Tom r ail off do w n the street. you ask ing for? " said his fa the r and Tom an swered , "I aske d for
He di dn 't see her shake her head an d l au g h. twelve poun d s of butter. and a pou nd of eggs an d I didn't for get t he
Tom ran to the shop as quic k ly as he could . When he got th er e, do zen boxes o f coo ki es, the sma l l ro ll. an d t wel ve cake s."
the shop assista n t asked, "What can I do for you, Tom? W here is His Ia ther began to smi le . " I think I can help yo u, but nex t time
the shoppi n g li st ?" " I don't need one ," said Tom . " I reme mber bri ng you r sho pping I ist."

Put the sentence s into a logical order, th en use them a s a plan to

retell the story.
I. Torn didn' t want t o take a shopping l ist with hi m .
2. The shop ass istant cou ldn 't g ive Torn t he thi ng s he asked
for.
3 . Torn' s fat her hel ped hi s son.
4. Mothe r asked Torn to go shopp i ng.
5. Torn met his aunt.
6. Tom exp lai ned to his father wha t wa s w r on g .

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Read the story and say why little Jacoble told old Jacob the truth "Jacob, oh Ja cob," sa id J acoble . "Tha t big, green ra bbit I saw
a bout the hare. yes te rda y, wel l I ha d some thing in my eye a nd so I couldn 't see tha t
we ll. It wa sn't a very big rabb it but it wa s green . Ye s , that 's wha t i1
Jacoble Tells the Truth wa s - all green!"
(A fter S ara and S tephen Corrin) Old Jacob didn 't sa y a word. He jus t wa lked over the bridge.
But Jacoble didn't go a fter him becau se he wa s a fra id and he knew
why he wa s a fra id. He stood a t the bridge and sa id, "Oh, Ja cob !
You know that rab bit I saw yesterda y. It was n' t g reen . No, no. It
Old Jacob a nd litt le Ja coble had seven littl e sheep to ta ke ca re
wa s jus t a littl e, brown ra bbit."
o f. One day they we re walk ing home a nd the s un s till shon e
Then he wa s not a fra id of a nything a ny mo re a nd he ra n hap pily
br ig htly. The seve n little sheep though t of the wonde rfu l g reen
over the bridge .
g rass , old J acob was thi nking o f his house a nd little J acoble ... he
didn 't know ... wha t to thin k. Then he thoug ht a wonde rfu l idea ,
an d he cried, "J acob, oh, Ja co b! Do you know wha t I saw
yesterd ay ? I sa w a g reen rabb it. It was flying
in the a ir a nd it was so big, even bigge r tha n Rea d out all the sentences which are not true to life.
an eleph an t!"
"O f cour se you saw tha t with you r own Do you like parties? Have you ever been to any parties? If you want
eyes," sa id old Ja cob. "Of cours e I did," said to know some facts about Shirley' s party read the text and say why
Jacoble who was ver y proud. "It 's a good Shirley was angry.
t hing that you rea lly saw tha t big, flyin g ,
The Costume Party
g reen rabbit, beca use if you didn 't," sa id old
J ac ob, "tha t old bridge we a re going to wa lk ( A fter W. B. Park)
ove r is a very st range one. As soon as a nyone
who has n't told the tr ut h comes on it, the It was the nig ht of the pa rty. Shirley, the ca t, wa nted to see al l
bridge br eaks in two un dernea th him ." They her friends a t the pa rt y. "They are all go ing 10 ha ve cos tumes on,"
continu ed wa Iking . she thought. "Wha t will they be like?"
"J a-cob," sa id littl e Jacoble a littl e late r, Soo n the ducks ca me wea ring pirates ' ['pa ldr8ts ] cos t umes.
"yo u know that big, g reen, flying ra bbit I saw The sheep came dressed like a ma gicia n, and the pig was wearing
yest er da y... Well, it was n' t really flying , the cos tume of a chef. Shi rley's bes t friend the fox was dre ssed like
and ... it was n't qu ite a s big as n elephan t.. . a ballet da nce r a nd the dogs were wearing clown cost umes . Sh ir­
but it was ver y big, about the s ize of a horse, ley was ha ppy. "Let's pla y some games !" she cried.
well of a youn g horse !" "Big as a horse?" J ust then the doorbe ll rang. Shirl ey ope ned the door an d saw
as ked Ja cob, as they got closer to the bridge a huge bear . "Ohhh !" said al l the gues ts, but S hirley sa w that the
a nd littl e J acoble bega n not to feel so well. bear had a big zip down his fron t.
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 Howe ver her ot he r friends moved the ir arms up. So th bea r
won aga in.
Leap-frog wa s fun , but soon it wa s the bear's tu rn to ju mp. He
was so heavy! Then the dog sa id, " 1 don' t wan t to pla y it a ny
more ."
They tried hopscotch but the bear was bigger tha n everyone a nd
it wa s eas y for him to win and he did. .,
Next ca me the ga me the pig liked the best. It was the pie ea ting
oritest . The pig wa s us ua lly the winner. He could ea t so mu ch bitt
this time the bear a te ten pies and the pig ate on ly five pies. The
bear va n ted more an d the pig got an gr y. "It 's my game!" he cried.
Shirley ha d to do someth ing as the bea r was ruining her pa rt )'.
"Time to take off our mas ks !" she cr ied.
Everyone quick ly took their rna ks o ff. Who was inside the b a r
costume then? They a ll wa tched him. "O h, no!" the gu es ts cr ied. " It
really is a bear!"
They a ll ra n away but Shirley cou ld n't run aw ay a s it wa s he r
home and she w as very angr y, "You ha ve ruined my party," sh
sa id to the bea r.
"I' m sor ry," said the bear, "I 've neve r been to a pa rty before
an d I'm new here so I don 't ha ve an friends ."
Shirle y felt ba d. "Wel l," she said, " I think you can stay , but you
" Don't be a fra id!" s he said to her frien ds , "It 's on ly a costu m e. have to be good ."
Who could be insid e?" "I' ll try," said the hea r and all the guests
No one cou Id gues s . Shirl y looked a t the be a r. "Co me in!" she ca me back and the bea r was good .
sa id. "Wha t a good costum e!" and the bea r just smiled. He said "Please" and "Thank you" and he
Firs t they pla yed hide-a nd-seek. The bea r was it ' an d in no time almos t alwa ys remembered to hav e his
he found everyone as he was very quick. tu rn.
'S imon sa ys" wa s the next ga me. "Touch the sky!" sa id Shi rley. Everyone began to Iii e the bear. They g ave
" Yo u didn't s ay 'S imon sa ys, " sai d the bea r. him firs t prize for the best costume! When the
pa rt y wa s over every one was ha ppy except
the pig. He was busy pract ising for nex t yea r's
1Th e bear w as it - M e ,ll.Be ,ll.b BO,ll.HJI

pie eating con test.

2' Simon says' - an enuucsasi uepa . Heptuotuue oosoaiu eu nos nstro onp eo e­

nennue iieucreu« nuiuo 8 TOM cnq -uie, ec nu 8eoY Ulru U2 080 P UT CJtOBa ' Sim on says'.

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Say: 'Tru e ', ' Fa lse ' or ' Don 't know'.
1. Shirley wa s a sma ll little gir l.
2. Everybody wa s wea ring a costume a t her pa rty.
3. Shir ley's bes t friend was ver y tired.
4. The ani mal s did n't play the games at the pa r ty.
5. All the gu ests came to Shirley a t 5 o'c lock in the even ing .
6. The bea r was wea rin g a cost ume of a bea r.
7. The gu est s ran a wa y when they sa w the real bear beca use
they we re a fraid .
8. Everyone liked the bea r a t the end of the pa rty .

Read the text an d explain why the gia nts became friends a ga in.

The Two Gian ts

Once upon a time, t vo Gia n ts lived in a beautiful country. In

summer it was wa rm a nd in winte r the la nd wa s even mo re quickly without e 'en looki ng at them but be fo re they could put on
bea uti ful covere d with snow. their shoes , a huge wa ve covered the beach. The wave took awa y
Each day the Giants walked together through the mountains and the Gia nts ' s hoes a nd the s hell.
in the fa res ts. They took care not to step on the trees. Ever ybody The Gia nts we re ang ry a nd threw stones a t eac h other while
liked the Gia nts as they were kind a nd brave a nd were true friends. they were run ning to the mou nt a ins beca use the wate r level bega n
One da y the two Gian ts found a pink shell on the bea ch. The to rise. Soon the whole cou ntry wa s unde r wa ter except the to ps of
she ll wa s bright a nd ve ry beau tiful. Both Gia nts liked it very much two mou ntai ns which became the on ly is land s in a wide, cold se a.
and wa nte d to ha ve it. Bor is lived in one a nd Sam in the other.
"It's my shell ," s aid the Giant called Boris, "I wil l wear it on Boris an d Sam beca me rea l enemies. They were alwa ys an gry
my neck." a nd threw big st ones a nd even huge rocks at eac h other. On
"Oh, no! It will be my shell," sa id Sam, the othe r Giant, " It will Mon day s Sa m threw a rock at Bori s. On Tuesda ys Boris threw
look better on my neck." a rock at Sa m, a nd so on, every day except Su nda ys, every week .
Fo r the first time in their life the y bega n to ar g ue. As they did Now it wa s cold in their cou ntry as it was always winter. The
t he su n went behind a cloud a n d the cloud became bigger and Gia nts forgot how love ly the su mme rs used to be. Each da y wa s
blacker. The wind blew an d blew a nd the clouds g rew an d g rew. It ver y cold. And eac h da y they threw rocks and soon ther e were
bega n to rai n. The mor e the Giants a rg ued, the colder the da y ma ny rocks in the sea .
beca me. The wa ves of the sea beca me high a nd da ngero us. Boris One da y Sa m decided to use them a s a bridge. He wa nted to
a nd Sam were in a hur ry to dress. They put on their socks very c me to Boris 's mounta in when Boris wa s s leeping. Sam want ed to
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ha d been I . Birds began to come back to the fores ts a nd the coun try
wa s la rge a nd beau tiful aga in.
Sa m a nd Boris sat amon g the flo vel'S, they lis tene d to the bir ds'
so ng s an d were ha ppy. The se asons ca me and went as before.
Occa siona lly the Giant s wa lke d abo ut their cou nt ry, and
sometimes played s nowba ll fights . a nd often they he lped the birds
t build their nest s .
Wha tever they did they did it together a nd the y a lways wa r
odd 2 socks. Even when one of the m had a new pair, he a lwa s ga ve
one sock to the other Gia nt just in ca se!

Ar ra nge the sentences in a logical order. Then use them as a plan

to retell the sto ry of the Giants.
1. The Gia nts beca me frien ds a gain.
2. The Gia nts had a g rea t fig ht.
3. The two Gia nts lived in a bea utiful country.
4. They found a bea utiful pink shell on the beach .
hit Boris on the head an d make him sleep all day a nd mis s his t urn 5. There was only one season in their country .
to throw a rock. Howe ver Boris ope ned his eyes when Sam was in
the middle of his way an d un derstood eve rything. He go t up and
went to mee t Sam . The whole world sh ook when the Gia nts were
moving to ea ch other.
S uddenly bot h Gia nts sto pped. Sa m looked at Boris's fee t.
Bor is looked at Sam's feet. Ea ch Giant ha d one black an d white
soc k an d one red an d blue soc k. They looked at their socks for
a long time. The black a nd white socks were Boris' s socks. The blue
a nd red socks we re Sa m's a nd then they reme mbered their
friendship a nd their fi ght. " Do you remember why we began the
fight ?" Bo ris a sked.
S am didn't. And Bor is didn't either. They beg an to laugh and
even dance.
When the y ca me back to their islan ds, each of the m fou nd
a sma ll wh ite flower on his islan d. They felt the wa rm s un on their I whe re th e water had been - n a TOM MeCTe, rne 6blJ1a sona
face an d the water bega n to move aw ay. Trees grew where the water 2 odd - 30. HenapHblH
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 ountry with a la rge sack full of a pp le see ds on his back. He
Rea d the text and say why people called Johnny Chapman Johnny
sto pped every now a nd the n a nd pla nted a seed. He often gav e the
Appleseed. seeds to the people he met and a skcd them to plan t the seeds. He
Johnny Apple seed
was so ha ppy an d friend ly tha t he beca me fa mous. Peop le gave him
food , asked him to sta y an d rest in their hou ses a nd they ca iled him
(After Sara and Stephen Corrin ) Jo hn ny Appleseed.
Soo n he went far awa y from his horne town , a nd he pla nted
Ma ny yea rs a go, whe n your g ra ndfa ther's grea t-gra ndfa the r ap ple see ds wherever he went. He pla nted his seeds up an d down
was still a child, the re lived a boy in Boston in America ca lled Jo hn the coun try in the brow n ea rth in the a utumn.
Cha pma n. He loved the countryside, the flowe rs a nd the tree s. He After the winter the sp ring ca me an d J ohnny Appleseed went
knew a ll a bout the a nima ls an d birds who lived in the fore s ts. His ba ck to ea ch place to see the little gr een plan ts coming up th rough
favourite tr ee wa s the a pple tr ee. He loved to climb a pple trees an d the ea rt h. Eve rywhere bab y ap ple t rees g rew . In time they gave
ea t a ppl s as he rested th reo fr uit a nd John ny's eyes were full of ha ppiness. He saw tha t the
Once while he wa s ea ting a n a pple he looked thoughtfu lly at the children in a ll these place. enjoyed his wonderful a pples.
lit tle bro wn seeds in it. " I sha ll pla nt these seeds ," he said. " Soon John ny Appleseed tr a vel led a lot. While he was tra vell ing he
the whole countrys ide will be fu ll of a pple t rees." a lways slept in the open air a nd cooked his ow n meal s. He met
So, when Jo hn Cha pma n grew up, he sta rted to travel a bou t the man y wolves , fa xes, bea rs a nd ma de friends with them a ll. He wa s
never a fra id of a nima ls a nd even when it snowed he s lept out in th
open.
Buf one day he became very ill. He was in the forest as usu al
but couldn ' t get up as he wa s very ill. A mot her bea r a nd her cub
looked at him sa dly and went to the Indians. The Indians came after
the bears and saw Johnny Appleseed under the tree and knew right
aw ay tha t he wa s their frien d. They took him to their villa ge a nd
ga ve him their medicines a nd good food and they looked a fter him.
Then one s un ny mo rn ing J ohnny Appleseecl o pen ed his eyes and
s miled at his India n friends . "You hav e s aved me!" he sa id.
And then he left the village an d wen t a wa y to pla nt brown seeds
whe rever he could.
The yea rs passed and J ohnny Appleseed wa s now a n o ld ma n.
He had long white ha ir but his cheeks were rosy lrorn the fresh a ir
an d win d an d his black eyes we re a lwa ys kind.
Childre n often ca me to him to hea r the stories of his differen t
tr ips. Wherever he went the people o f this new la nd knew him as

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the ma n who ma de th eir 'coun try ide rich w it h beau tifu l tree a nd fe lt thirst ier tha n eve r. He knew there wa s the hippo potamus 's
whe re once there wa s noth ing bu t the brow n ea r th. po nd nea r by. However he knew that the wa ter in it was ve ry dirty,
but then he wa s very thirs ty! He decided to go to the pond a nd whe n
Sa y what you've learnt about Joh nny Appleseed . The following he got there he discove red tha t he couldn't d rink the wate r. It wa s
ma y hel p you: very dirty . "I ca n' t drink tha t," he s a id as he sat down on the bank
Ii red in Bos ton in Amer ica; of the pond cry ing.
loved the cc un t r ysi de: No w the hippo po ta mus wa s in th rn iddleo f the pond . S he sa w
decid ed to plant ap le see ds everyw her e; the monkey a nd heard him crying. S he heard the n on key ' s o rds
lrave lle d abo ut the coun try; a nd unde rs tood tha t he didn't like her bea utiful water. S he cou ldn't
peop le ca lled him Jo hnn y Ap plesee d: bel ieve her ea rs a nd thou g ht she didn't like this pro ud monkey.
51 pt in the ope n a ir: Neve rt heles s the hippopota mus ha d a kind heart a n d when s he
ma de friend with ani mal s ; sa w tha t the mon key was cr ying he swa m to the ba nk an d sa id,
got ill: " The re, there, do you want a drink, then?"
ma de the coun t ryside rich with bea uliful t rees.

Read th e text and sa y how the monkey got water on a hot summer
da y.

A Drink of Water

It was a very ha l day in the fores t. All the birds and a nima ls
wer e ti red of the ho t S Ull a nd we re a ll s leeping. Howeve r a s ma ll
brown monkey could not sleep beca use he was very thir st y indeed.
He looked for some wat er to dr ink but could n' t fin d it a nywhere,
as it had been hal and dry s umme r. I
At las l th e mon key s a w a big pot. Wa s there va te r in il? He
co u l d n' t see a ny wa ter, bu t then, it wa -ery da r k in ther e. The ~=--- <'2
monkey put his han d into the pot a nd his lo ng Iinve rs felt cold
water. Wha t s hould he do? Ima gine. the wate r wa s so ncar . and yet
so ha rd to reach. The monkey looked up quickly a nd sa v a lar ge, s miling face
The smal l bro wn monkey sal down on the slo ne nea r the pot which g reeted him. In fa ,t he rath er forgot his ma nne rs an d jus t
looked an d looked at the hippopota mus . Then he q uickly
reme mbere d himse lf and sa id, "Go od af te rn oon. Yes, I would ve ry
I a s it had been a ve ry hot and d ry summe r - T a K Ka K JleTO 6 bl Jl O Oll e H b xc a p x o e
much like a d rin k beca use I' m so hot a nd th irsty." .
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 "Then just you wa it for me. I'll get ou t of the pond a nd I'll h Ip The re were mo re a nd more s tones in the potan d soon the wa lor
you to look for the wa te r ," said the hippopota mus. was high a nd the monkey cou ld d rink the cold wa ter. "And when
When she got out the re wa s much less wa te r in the po nd. The the wa ter ge ts lo w a gai n." he sa id happ ily to himself , " I ca n a lwa ys
monkey looked a t the pond a nd sa w it too. put some more s tones in."
"Oh, plea se, get in aga in!" the mon key sa id. " But I wan t to help Isn 't he a cleve r monke y?
you," sa id the hippopota mus.
"And so you will," said the cleve r, s ma ll, brow n mo nkey. The
hippopota mus did not under s ta nd but was g la d to hea r the
monke y's answer. She wen t aga in into the pon d an d su re enoug h
Read out the sentences to illu strate the pictures.
the wate r rose a ga in in the pond .
"Hur ra h!" s houte d the monkey.
The n he reme mbe red his ma nne rs aga in a nd sa id quietl y, Read the tale and say if you like Pierre or not, and why.
"Tha nk you fo r your he lp. Tha nk you very much indeed," a nd ra n to
the tall , fa t pot as fast as he could .
Pierre
Bac k at the pot he quick ly gat hered big stones which we re nea r
the pot, the bigges t st ones he co uld find. Then he bega n to put the (B y Sara and S teph en Co rrin)
s tones into the pot, one by one. "S plas h!" wen t the first one ,
"S pla sh!" went the secon d. A tale in five Cha pte rs and a Prologue

Pro log ue When Pierre

go t a u t o f bed,
The re once wa s a boy, "Good morni ng.
na med Pie rre darlin g boy,
Who only would sa y, Yo u a re
" I do n't ca re!" my on ly joy. "
Read his st ory, Pie rre sai d ,
my fr iend, " I don 't ca re!"
For you' ll find tha t "Wha t wo uld Y O~l
at the end, like to eat ?"
An import ant " I don't ca re!"
mora l lies there. "Some love Iy
crea m or sw eet ?"
Cha pter I " I don' t ca re! "
One da y "P lease, don't ju mp
his mothe r sa id. on your chai r."
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 o r I' ll III a rch you "I don' t care ! "
I don't H is fathe r sai d,
up to be d !" carE!
Pier re said, Pierre is in ther e."
"I don' t ca re!"
Chapte r V
" You r head is w here
yo ur feet shou ld be." The y took the l ion
" I do n't care! " into to-wn.
" I f yo u keep sta nd ing The doctor shook him
upside do w n ­ up and down.
"I don't ca re !" And when the l ion
"We'll ne .e r eve r gave a r oar ­
get to tow n." " I don't car e!" Pi er re fel l ou t
" J don' t car !" " I do n't care!" " Is th at a l l upon th e foor .
"Or pour syrup So his pa ren Is you have to say ?" He ru bbed his eyes.
on your hai r ." le lt hi m til re o " I don't ca re !" A nd shoo k his head
" I don ' t ca re!" Th ey didn't t ake him " Then )'11 eat yo u, An d laughe d
"You are act ing anyw here. if I ma y. " because he w asn 't dead .
like a clow n." "I don' t care!" Hi s mo ther crie d
" I do n' t car !" So th e l ion and hel d him tight.
Chap ter If I
" A n d we have ate Pierr e. H is fa the r asked,
to go to tow n. " No w , as th e night " A re you all right?"
" I don ' t ca re!" bega n to fa II. Chapter IV Pie r r e sai d.
"Don 't you w an t A hun gry lio n A rr ivin g home " I'm feeling fine ,
t COllie, my dea r?" pa i d a cal l. at six o'clock please take me home,
"I don' t ca re ! " He look er Pierre Hi s pa rents had i t' s ha lf past ni ne."
"Wo u l d yo u ra lher r ig ht i n the eye a dreadf ul shock ! The l ion said :
sta y r igh t her ?" And aske d him : They found the l ion " Oh, i f you ca re
" I do n' t car!" " W ou ld yo u l ike to die?" sick in bed To get on me
So his mot her Pierre said , An d cr ied, I' l l t ak e you ther e."
left him the re. " I don 't care!' " P ier r e is su re ly dead ." Then everyo ne
" I an ea t you, They look ed a 1 the I ion look ed at Pier re
do n't you see?" a nd asked , w ho said ,
Cliapter /1 "I don't ca re!" " W here is Pierre ?" "Ye s, indeed I ca re!!"
H is fat her said : " A nd you wil l b The l ion answe r d. Th e l ion took them
"G et of f you r bead i n me."

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 IcarE! home to rest
And sta yed on
as a weeken d g uest.
The mora I of Pierre
is: CARE !

1. Find and read the sentences to illustrate the pictures.

2. Learn the part of the tale you I ike best by heart.
3. Act out the tale with your classmates.

Read the text and say why the animals wanted to know the name of
M rs Jemma' s tree.

The Ossopit Tree

One te rribly hot su mme r in the fore sts of Afr ica ther e wa s very
little food for the an ima ls to eat. There we re ve ry few pla nts a nd
there wa s ve ry litt le fr uit. The a nima ls were roam ing the woods,
but could find on ly few things to eat. They we re ve ry hung ry " You are the fast es t runner ," t hey said to the hare. "G o to
indeed . Je mma a nd as k her wha t the na me of the tree is. "
S udde nly they sa w a wonderf u l, looking tree. The re wa s a lot of The ha re ra n as fa st as he cou ld a nd soon he wa s in fron t of the
bri gh t fr uit on it. "My! What's tha t?" sa id the elep hant. "Ca n we la dy's house. "O h, Mr s Je mma," he sai d.' "W e ani ma ls are dying
ea t this fruit? I ha ve neve r seen such a tree. I don't know its name . of hun ger. If you could only tell us the na me of tha t wonde rf ul
Is its fr uit saf e?" Nobod y could hel p him. Nobody knew the na me of tree - your tree in the middle of the forest ! Then yo u will be able to
the tree. They reali zed that they simply had to know its na me . save us fro m sta rva tion."
Luckily, they knew whose tree it wa s. It was Jern rna 's tree. "G ladly I will do tha t," said Jemma . " It' s absolute ly safe to ea t
Jern ma was an ol d la dy who lived rathe r fa r away. So the a nima ls this fruit. Its name is OSSOPIT."
decided to send the hare to Jemma as he was the fastest of all the "Oh," sa id the ha re, "th a t' s a very difficu lt na me . r sh a ll forge t
ani ma ls . it by the time I get bac k." "No, it' s rea lly qui te easy ," said Jem ma .
" ~
" J us t think of opposite and then sort of say it backwards, like this : opposite. W he n you try to kee p it In your me mo ry : opposite - ­
opposite - OSSOPIT." O S SOP IT ."
"Oh, thanks very much," said the hare, and ran away .

W hile he was running he was saying: "opposite, ottipis, "R ig ht ," said the goat. "And thank you very much , I' m s u re ."
ossipii." So when he got back to the other a nima Is a II he cou ld say An d he went to the a n im a ls as fast as he could . An d al l the way
was, " We ll, Jemma did tell me the name, but I can't remember it he kep t saying: (( ottopis, opposii, possitto, otto ...)) ti ll he got back.
no w. It could be ossipit, or ottipis. Maybe it is ossupit. I only know "I know the name of the tree, " said the goat. "It 's ottipis, no, no ...
it has something to do with opposite. it's ossipit . O h, dear, I just can't get it right."
"Oh dear, oh dear,"all the animals said. "Let's send to Jemma " Who ca n we send this time? " the animals asked . Th ey didn't
so meo ne with a better memor y." want to bother old J e m m a aga in.
"I'll go," said the goat, " I ne ver forget anything ." " I s h a ll go! " s a id a young sparrow . ''I'll be back in no time."
Wh e n he came up to Jem ma's house he said: "Excuse me, Mrs "G ood mo rni ng , gen t le Jernrna ," he said . "Could you pl ea se tell
Jem ma . I ha ve to ask you the s a me question . What is the name of me the na me of t hat tree on ce more . Ha r e and goa t just co u ld no t
yo u r tree in the middle of the fore st? That s t up id hare couldn't ge t it r ig ht. " "G la dl y I will," said old Jcrnrna . " It' s OSS OP IT,
remember it at all. Will you tell me the name of the tree again? " OS S -O -PIT . It 's a little difficult but just think of opposite and th en
"Gladly I will ," s a id the old woman. " It 's O S S O P IT. Just think of sort of sa y it ba c k w a r ds : opposite - OSS OPIT. " "Thank you very
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much, ma da m," sa id the s parrow a nd flew o ff . While fl ying to his I'll take to rtois e there in no time." They a ll liked the idea ve r
friends he sa id to himse lf: " o pposit e , ossit up . ottupus , oiso ppit." muc h. So the zebra a nd the tortoi e went to Jernrna toge the r.
When he c' m to his hun g ry friends they sa id: "Te ll us , s pa r row!" "Good morn ing , Mad ' m Jernm a ." sa id the to rtoise. "I'm or ry.
" Yes," said the little bird. "I' m a bsolutely sure it' s " ossitu p, no... But if we don't ge t the name of you r tree, mos t of us 'ill be dea j
no... oitussip, no... no... oippis ui... ,oh dea r , I' m so r ry. r fo rgot. " tonight. Tha t' s why I've come on zeb ra 's back . He's fa ster than
I a m, you know ." '.

The an ima ls ju st didn't know what to do. J ust ima gine! They " Yes . I ra the r think he is," sm iled old Jernma . "We ll, the na me
we re itling ro und the wonderful tree, full of wonderful fru it. They of the tree is OSSOPIT . Jus t thin k of op po ite a nd then sort of sa y it
were hung ry but cou ldn' t eat the fruit. S ud denly up s poke the backwa rds, like th is : opposite - OS S-O-PIT."
tortoise . " I s ha ll go, " he sa id. "I know it will take a lot of time but "J us t a minute," s a id the tortoise. " I' ll re peat it th ree times
I will not fo rget the na me. My fa mily has got a very goo d before I go. " Then the tortoise s aid very, very slow ly: "ass-a-pit,
rep utation in the world for wonde rfuI memories." ass-a-pit, ass- a-pit." " Bravo!" s aid J emma , "you' ll never forget
" No," cried the an ima ls. "You are too slow. We sh a ll a ll be dead it now ."
by the time you get back." And s he wa s right.
"S hall I ta ke tortoise on my back a nd go to Jemma with him?" When the tortoise a nd the zebra c, me back the tortoise was su re
asked the zeb ra. "I'm very ba d at remembering things , but I' m fast wha t na me it was and said : "It 's OSS -O-PIT." "OSSOPIT,

Ill:.? I 'J
O S S OP IT , OSS OP IT," they all cried. "It's an O S S OP IT tree. It's VOCABU LARY
safe to eat."
They all began eating the fr uit. They were not hungry any more.
A a
They decided to make the tortoise their Chief Adviser. An d he still is
Chief Adviser to this very day.
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 CONTENT S

Les s on I . S a tchkin Pa tchkin. Part I . 4

Lesson 2. S a tchkin P at ch kin. P a rt II . 8

Less on 3. The Boy Who C ried "Wolf!" II

Les son 4. Ha mbu rge r Ha r ry . 14

Lesso n 5. Ala n's New Schoo l . 15

Les son 6. At the Hoya l Ba llet Sch ool 19

Les son 7. The Town Mouse an d the Countr y Mouse . 22

Les son 8. One Da rk Nigh t . 26

Lesson 9. The Spy Next Door 29

Lesson 10. Heid i. P art I . 32

Lesson I I. Heidi. P a rt II . . 35

Lesso n 12. The America n Yea r. Par t I 40

Lesson 13. The Ame rican Yea r. Pa rt II 44

Les son 14. A Lett er fro m New Yor k . 49

Lesson 15. Tom Th umb 52

Les son 16. Beat rix Potte r . 56

Les son 17. Why Do the Birds Ha ve So Ma ny Colo urs? 59

Les son 18 . The Real "Ug ly Duck ling" 61

Less on 19. How Mosco w Beg an 65

Lesson 20 . S1. P etersbu rg 70

Supplementary Material
Shoes for Ginger . 74

Who Is Afra id? . 77

I Kno w! I Know! . 79

Jacob le Tells the Tr uth 82

The Costu me P a rt y 83

The Two Gian ts . 86

J ohnny Apples eed 90

A D rink of Water 92

P ier re 95

The Os s opit Tree . 98

Vocabulary . 105

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