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The Sleeping Beauty - Английский текст сказки Once upon a time there was a King and a Queen who had all the luxury as that money could buy. But their most treasure possession of all was their beautiful baby daughter. In fact they were so proud of her that they invited all the fairies in the kingdom to her christening. It wasn’t every day that the fairies had a chance to get to such a grand occasion, so they made a most of it and made up the beautiful party dresses especially for it.The christening was such a happy and colourful occasion. The little Princess slept quietly in her cradle and didn’t make a sound. “I’ve never seen such a beautiful little baby,” said the queen of the fairies. When the Queen and the King heard this, it made their hearts swell with pride. “Thank you all so much for coming here,” said the King and then he led them all to the great banqueting hall for a fabulous feast in honour of his little Princess. The fairies have just picked up their nice forks and they were about to start eating when they heard a terrible high pitched wailing sound coming from the end of the hall: “Stop!” They looked towards the grand staircase and saw an ugly old fairy storming down the stairs. She had a long pointed nose and was wearing an enormous black satin cloak. “Stop!” The old fairy looked straight at the Queen and said: “How can you have a party without inviting me? I am the oldest and the wisest fairy in the land!” The poor Queen was rather frightened of her but didn’t know what to say. “Leave it to me,” the King whispered. “Oh, look! I am terribly sorry with offended you but you are welcome to join in this celebrations,” he said in his kindest sweetest voice. “All right, I’ll stay if you insist, “ said the ugly fairy. But she still was not happy. “I’ll get my own back on my pair for forgetting to invite me!” she muttered to herself. The wicked old fairy certainly took advantage of the King’s hospitality. She powered up her plate that they could hardly see her face behind a tall mount of food on it. The banquet lasted a long time because all the guests had to wait for the old fairy to finish eating. At last, when she did her final mouthful, everybody left the table and came up to stare gifts for the Princess.

Great beauty, a kind heart and a wonderful singing voice — were just a few of the gifts given to the lovely Princess. When it came the old fairy’s turn, she lent over the cradle and said: “You will prick your hand with a spindle and die of the wound.”

All the other fairies gasped at these terrible words. Then Christine, who was the youngest fairy, stepped forward:

“I can’t change the awful spell but I can alter it. You will indeed prick your finger but you will not die. Instead, you will fall into a deep sleep that will last for a hundred years until a handsome prince awakens you.

That night when all the guests had left, the King ordered that all the spinning wheels with the spindles in his Kingdom should be burnt. So his servants went on collecting all the spindle wheels in the land and burnt on a big bomb firing in the palace garden. All his subjects were sad to see spindle wheels going up in smoke but they didn’t complain. They knew this had to be done for the sake of the little Princess.

“I feel so much happier now when all the spindles left our kingdom,” said the King to his wife.

“You are very wise to be so careful,” said the Queen. “But what about our poor subjects? Many of them rely on their spinning means to only living.”

“Don’t worry! I’ve given a bag of gold to everybody who had burnt his spinning wheel,” said the King.

And these kind words made the Queen very happy.  Many happy years passed. And the Princess grew up to be all the King and the Queen had hoped for: beautiful, clever and very kind. But one day the King and the Queen went on a royal tour and left the Princess to look after the palace. She felt very lonely without her mother and father. So she wandered around the palace looking for somebody to talk to. The only person she could find was an old woman who lived at the top of the palace.

The old woman was very glad to see her as she was feeling very lonely too.

“Do come into, here!” said the old woman. “I’ve just baked a cake. Please, take a slice and let me make you a cup of tea to go with it.”

“That will be lonely!” said the Princess.

And when the old woman within the kitchen making the tea, the Princess noticed a spinning wheel in the corner of the room.

“What a strange machine?” asked the Princess.

“It’s a spinning wheel,” said the old woman in reply. “I’ll just put this thread down and now show you how it works.

The old woman hadn’t heard about the King’s ban all these years ago and she didn’t think of making any harm in showing the Princess how to spin. So the old woman sat down at the wheel and started spinning. The Princess watched her with eager eyes.

“I’d love to do it myself,” she said.

But no sooner had she started spinning when she pricked her hand on a needle and fainted.

“Help! Help! The Princess has fainted!” cried the old woman.

Servants came running from all corners of the palace. One servant threw a bucket of water over her while another held a jag of smelling salt under her nose. But nobody could make the Princess wake up.

“Fetch the royal doctor!” shouted the head servant.

And one of the young servants ran to tell him about the sleeping Princess. When the doctor arrived, he tried all sorts of things to wake her up. He even put an ear trumpet to her ear and shouted into it. But she still wouldn’t wake up.

Later that day the Queen and the King came back from their royal tour. They were very shocked when they found their beautiful daughter in the old woman’s room in such a deep sleep that she couldn’t wake up.

“You are a stupid old woman,” cried the King. “Didn’t you know that all spinning wheels were banned in my kingdom many years ago? You deserved to go to prison for this.”

The poor old woman couldn’t understand what she had done wrong.

“I’ve lived alone and haven’t seen your servants for many years, Your Majesty. And no one told me about a wicked spell,” was her reply.

“Don’t be too hard to the old woman,” said the Queen. “She is not to be blamed for our poor daughter’s fate.”

“Yes, you are right,” said the King. “It’s not her fault! Come and let’s take our daughter down and make her as comfortable as we can.”

The good fairy Christine who had been at the christening soon found out about the Princess and she rushed over to the King and Queen’s palace in a golden chariot. She was a very clever fairy because she realized that if the Princess woke up in a hundred years time and found herself alone she would be very frightened. So the fairy waved a magic wand and put all the servants in the palace, and the King and the Queen, to sleep as well.

In just a few minutes a large number of thorny bushes and trees within intertwining branches grew up around the palace and it became impossible for anyone to get through.

A hundred years have passed while the ingested castle slept.

Then one day a handsome young Prince rode by. He noticed the towers of the palace sticking out above the bushes and being a curious lad, he got off his horse and stabbed a better look.

The young Prince saw a man riding by on a horse and shouted out to him:

“Do you know who lives in these towers over there?”

“You’ll find witches and ghosts living there,” replied the man and he rode off.

The Prince didn’t take his answer very seriously, so he decided to ask a farmer who was walking by the same question. The farmer told him:

“Many years ago a beautiful young princess lived here with the King and Queen, and as it is said that she was put under the spell that would make her sleep for a hundred years. I was told that she would only wake up when the most handsome prince in the land would kiss her. When he heard this, the Prince was so fascinated by this story that he rushed straight over through to the tangle woods and tried to cut his way through with his sward as he thought. But there was no need for him to do this because every time he moved forward, the trees made a pass to let him pass through. When he entered the palace courtyard, he was amazed by what he saw. All the servants were asleep, some had even fallen asleep standing up.

The Prince called out: “Hello? Anybody there?”

But there was no reply. All the palace was absolutely quiet except for the occasional sound of snoring.

He walked past all the servants thinking he might wake them up, but none of them did. He even tickled the couple of them but there was no response.

Next he came up to the palace guard: they were all lying up in front of the grand staircase with muskets on their shoulders, but even they were fast asleep. Even though the Prince was a little nervous if just walking past, so he went very close to the ear of the sergeant in charge and shouted as loud as he could: “Wake up!” But the sergeant just snored a little louder. So the Prince carried on up the marble staircase. He kept on walking until he came to the grandest room in the palace. In the middle of this room was a magnificent four-poster bed with all the curtains drone back.

Lying on the bed was the most beautiful girl that the Prince had ever seen. She was dressed in a magnificent gown, but like everyone else in the palace she was fast asleep.

The Prince realized that this must be the Princess and she had been sleeping for a hundred years.

“Hello,” he whispered. “I am the Prince who has come to break your spell.”

And he kneeled the bed and kissed the Princess very gently. This was the very

moment at which the wicked fairy spell was broken, and the Princess awoke. As she saw the Prince nearly at her bedside, she looked straight into his deep blue eyes and said:

“I’ve waited for a long time for you, my Prince.”

The Prince was charmed by these words and he quickly told the Princess that he had loved her as soon as he first saw her. At the very same moment as the Princess had been woken up, everyone else in the palace had also been woken up from a deep sleep: the King and the Queen, all the servants, the palace guard and courtiers started busily about their business. They were all delighted because they saw their beautiful young Princess had woken from her hundred years’ sleep. And it was clear that she was very happy with the handsome Prince. But those of them who were not in love were very hungry indeed.

So a huge celebration banquet was prepared, and they all sat down in the grand hall to a hearty meal including the happy young Prince and Princess.

While they were eating this grand meal, all the thorny bushes and trees with intertwining branches that had surrounded the palace for a hundred years disappeared.

The Prince took the beautiful Princess home to his palace and introduced her to his parents, the king and the queen. They were very happy that the two were deeply in love. And the very next day the handsome Prince and the beautiful Princess were married at a grand ceremony. After the wedding ceremony everybody waved good-bye to the Prince and Princess as they set off to the far away land for their honeymoon.

Grammar Practice

Review the grammar material on the following items:

1.Present and Past Simple

2.Present and Past Perfect

3.Passive Voice

4.Gerund

Vocabulary Practice

Pre-Reading Exercises

Study the vocabulary and clear up difficulties using a dictionary if necessary:

to be proud of

to make a sound

to make a dress

to make one’s heart swell with pride

a fabulous feast in honour of somebody

to look at somebody

to be frightened of something or somebody

to get one’s back on somebody for something

to take advantage of something

to pick one’s hand with a spindle

to change a spell

to do something for the sake of somebody

to rely on somebody

to hope for something

to look after somebody

to faint

to deserve

to be hard to somebody

to be blamed for one’s fate

to wave a magic wand

trees with intertwining branches

to stick out

to be fascinated by something

to tickle

to snore

to be charmed by

a hearty meal

a subject

a fairy

a spinning wheel

Reading Practice

Speaking Practice

After-Reading Exercises

Vocabulary Practice

Find the English equivalents of the Russian ones looking through the text

наполнить сердце гордостью

сказочный пир в честь кого-нибудь

наполнить тарелку

снять заклятие

быть уверенным

надеяться на что-то / кого-то

делать что-то ради спасения кого-то

быть очарованным

храпеть

быть суровым

заслуживать чего-либо

деревья с переплетенными ветвями

уколоть руку веретеном

прялка

быть напуганным

щедрое угощение

ждать кого-нибудь

медовый месяц

изменить заклятие

потерять сознание

Translate the following English phrases into Russian

to invite to Christening

to make one’s heart swell with pride

to make most of something

to change a spell

to break a spell

to do something for the sake of somebody

to rely on something

to take advantage of something

to wave a magic wand

to be fascinated by something

to be charmed by

to stick out

to prick one’s hand with a spindle

to be hard to somebody

to be blamed for something

a honeymoon

intertwining branches

a hearty meal

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions

1.The King and Queen were proud of their beautiful baby daughter, weren’t they?

2.Whom did the King and Queen invite to their daughter’s christening?

3.The christening was a happy and colourful occasion, wasn’t it?

4.Did the King lead the fairies to the great banqueting hall for a fabulous feast in honour of his little Princess?

5.What did they all hear when they were about to start eating?

6.The King and Queen forgot to invite the wicked old fairy, didn’t they?

7.What was the wicked old fairy’s gift for the Princess?

8.How did the youngest Fairy alter the horrible spell?

9.The King ordered to burn all the spinning wheels in the kingdom.

10.What did the Princess notice in the corner of the old woman’s room one day?

11.What happened to the Princess when she started spinning?

12.Who made everybody in the palace sleep for a hundred years?

13.Who awoke the Princess from her long sleeping?

14.Where did the Prince and Princess go after the wedding ceremony?

Choose the proper alternative to complete the following sentences according to the text:

1.The King and Queen were very happy and proud of their beloved __________.

a)treasures

b)baby daughter

c)kingdom

2.The fairies had a chance to get to such a grand ______, so they made most of it.

a)occasion

b)palace

c)feast

3.The Queen was frightened of __________.

a)the King

b)the wicked old fairy

c)Christine

4.As soon as the Princess started ____________ she fainted.

a)spinning

b)reading a magic book

c)writing a letter to Christine

5.The ____________ waved a magic wand and put everybody in the palace to sleep.

a)Princess

b)Christine

c)wicked old fairy

6. The ingested castle had slept until ___________ broke the spell.

a)a good fairy

b)a farmer

c)a young and handsome Prince

Agree or disagree with the following statements according to the text. Correct the wrong ones:

1.The King and Queen loved their beautiful daughter most of all their treasures.

2.The Christening was a very happy and colourful occasion.

3.All the fairies of the kingdom were invited to the fabulous feast.

4.Nobody could alter the horrible spell.

5.When a girl the Princess could see a lot of spinning wheels around her.

6.The Princess could spin very well.

7.Three hundred years has passed when the Princess fell into a long sleep.

8.After the wedding ceremony the Princess slept again.

Language Focus

Translate the following sentences into English

1.Гости были напуганы приходом старой злобной ведьмы.

2.Родители делали все возможное ради спасения своей дочери.

3.Добрая фея взмахнула волшебной палочкой и заклятие было снято.

4.Не будьте слишком суровы к своим детям.

5.Как только девушка дотронулась до прялки, она уколола палец и потеряла сознание.

6.Все были приглашены на сказочный пир в честь свадебного торжества.

7.Вокруг дворца росли высокие деревья с переплетенными ветвями.

8.Гости были очарованы красотой девушки.

9.Его сердце было переполнено гордостью за свою красавицу жену.

10.После свадебной церемонии они отправились в путешествие.

Listening Comprehension

Listen to a passage from the tape and do the following:

1.Describe a scene.

2.Act out a play in characters.

Oral Practice

Discuss or debate the following:

1.A danger foreseen is half avoided.

2.What must be, must be.

3.No flying from fate.

4.You can’t please everyone.

5.Love makes the world go round.

6.Of two evils choose the less one.

Reading Practice

Johnny-Cake Текст сказки на английском языке

Once upon a time there was a little boy called Leo who lived in a big farmhouse with his mother and father. His mother spent all her days baking, and people would come far and wide to buy her delicious bread and cakes.

One morning Leo’s mother made a very special cake. It was called a Johnny-Cake, and she put it into the oven to bake.

“Now you be a good boy and watch the cake while we work in the garden,” said Leo’s mother.

Leo did what as he was told and sat patiently by the oven. So Leo’s mother and father went out into the garden. His father hauled the potatoes and his mother picked them up and put them into a huge basket. They sang as they worked because they were happy people. And they were looking forward to eating a delicious cake that was being baked for them also.

But while his father and mother were working, Leo didn’t watch the cake all the time. In fact, he forgot about the cake for a few minutes and started playing with his pet dog.

“You boy, come here, come here!”

Then all of a sudden he heard a noise. Little Leo’s bumped round his chair and saw that the outer door was open and Johnny-Cake had jumped out.

“Come back, Johnny-Cake!” shouted Leo.

But in a flash Johnny-Cake had rolled right across the kitchen floor and then quickly made his way towards the front door and out of the house. Leo sped to the front door as fast as he could and tried to close it before the Cake could escape, but he wasn't’ quick enough. Johnny-Cake had already rolled out of the door and down the path. Leo raced after him with his little pet-dog following behind.

“Come back, you, Cake!”

As he was running, he noticed his mother and father in the garden and shouted out to them: “Johnny-Cake has escaped from the oven!” Stop him, somebody!”

And when his father and mother saw what was happening, they left the work and joined the chase. So the great cake chase whizzed on.

“Come back, Johnny-Cake!” they all cried.

But Johnny-Cake wasn’t let them catch him. He didn’t want to end up in little slices on the plate.

“If you don’t stop rolling, we won’t have anything to eat for our tea!” Leo’s father shouted to the Cake.

But, of course, these words made Johnny-Cake roll faster than ever. And then Mr Cake felt so sure that they wouldn’t catch him that he chuckled as he rolled: “Ha! Ha! Ha!”

“Stop that cake!”

Past all the houses in the village, they ran but Johnny-Cake rolled too fast for all of them and it soon rolled so far that he was out of sight.

“Let’s stop and catch our breath!” said Leo’s father.

The all three agreed that they could run no more. So they gave up the chase and sat down on a village green to rest for a while.

“Oh, I can’t go further!

“Oh, I am too. I am completely out of breath!”

“Oh, what a funny cake!”

And still Johnny-Cake kept rolling. Soon he came upon two men who were digging a well. And when they saw him, one of them said:

“Where are you going, Johnny-Cake?”

“I am not going anywhere in particular. Ha! Ha! Ha!” said Johnny-Cake. “But I am a match for any man who wants to chase me. I’ve already outran an old man, an old woman and a little boy…” he cried out chickly to the men. “Come on! Catch me if you can! Ha! Ha! Ha!”

“Do you think if a dough little cake can outrun us?” said one of the diggers.

And they both threw down their picks and gave chase.

“Come on! Come on! Chase me!”

And the chuckling Cake rolled on the tremendous space. And after the two well diggers ran about a mile they were both completely out of breath and had to stop at the nearest inn for a jug of ale.

“It’s impossible … well, well, well. This is a thirsty work.”

On rolled Johnny-Cake, and soon came across two men who were digging a ditch.

“Where are you going, Johnny-Cake?” said the man.

“I might be going to the end of the earth,” said Johnny-Cake. “But if you want to find out you can catch me first. I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy and two well diggers. Come on! Catch me of you can! Ha! Ha! Ha!”

So the ditch diggers took up Johnny-Cake’s invitation, put down their spades and gave chase. But Johnny-Cake soon rolled out far into the distance, and they ran so fast and were so exhausted that they knew that they would never catch up with him. So pushing and panting they sat down on the nearest tree stump and had a rest.

“Not to catch this one. It’s too fast for me!”

But Johnny-Cake didn’t need a rest. On and on he rolled. He felt that he could roll forever.

“Ha! Ha! Ha!”

Soon he rolled into the forest and there he met a bear. The bear was surprised to see a cake travelling at some speed and he called out to him: “Where are you going, Johnny-Cake?”

“I may be travelling to the moon. But if you want to find out, you’ll have to catch me first. I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, and two ditch diggers and… I can outrun you, too! Come on! Catch me if you can! Ha! Ha! Ha!” was Johnny-Cake’s reply.

“You are no match for a bear like me!” said the bear.

So the bear started running after Johnny-Cake. But it was a big bear, and he was so fat that he could hardly run, and Johnny-Cake was so far ahead that the bear might just as well of giving up as the men.

The bear wouldn’t give up chasing him because his idea of tasty cake for his tea was too much to resist, so he kept on running. But Johnny-Cake rolled on such a pace that the bear was soon lagging far behind.

“Oh, no one bear can go more enough! Poor idea!”

Johnny-Cake kept on to him: “Come on! You can catch me!” he said. “Just run a bit faster!”

But the poor bear was too exhausted to even reply. The bear ran as far as he possibly could but eventually he had to give up the chase. So he stretched himself out and went to sleep on the roadside. He couldn’t run any more. Johnny-Cake had bitten him.

But Johnny-Cake certainly wasn’t bitten yet. He rolled through the woods still keeping up the same fast pace which he had when the chase had begun.

Eventually Johnny-Cake came across a fierce-looking wolf.

“Where are you going, Johnny-Cake?” said the wolf.

“I could be going to the sun,” said Johnny-Cake. “But if you really want to find out, you’ll have to catch me first! I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers and a bear. And I can outrun you, too! Come on! Catch me if you can! Ha! Ha! Ha!”

“You think you can outrun me? You, honestly think a wolf like me won’t be able to catch you?” said the wolf. “Well, we’ll soon see about that!”

So the hungry wolf chased after Johnny-Cake who kept rolling so fast that the wolf with his half of hearts knew that he would never overtake him. In the end the wolf gave up and laid down on the roadside for the rest.

“So, who cares? I wasn’t hungry at all.”

And still Johnny-Cake got on rolling. Soon he came across a sneaky-looking fox who was sitting by a fence. The fox cried out: “Where are you going, Johnny-Cake?”

This was Johnny-Cake’s reply: “My own business. If you want to find it out you’ll have to catch me first. I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers, a bear and a wolf! Ha! Ha! Ha! I can outrun you, too! Come on! Catch me if you can!”

The fox was the crafty old fox and he looked at Johnny-Cake and said: I am a little deaf, Johnny-Cake and can’t quite hear you. Come a little closer and repeat what you’ve just said.”

At last Johnny-Cake stopped rolling and he went a little closer to the fox and shouted out at the top of his voice:

“I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers, a bear and a wolf! I can outrun you, too! Come on! Catch me if you can! Ha! Ha! Ha!”

After although the crafty fox had heard Johnny-Cake’s tones perfectly well, he pretended that he hadn’t.

“I still can’t quite hear you,” said the fox to the Cake. “Can you come just a little closer?”

Johnny-Cake rolled closer and looking straight at the fox he screamed:

“I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers, a bear and a wolf! I can outrun you, too! Come on! Catch me if you can!”

Just as Johnny-Cake had finished shouting out this, the fox snapped up the Cake in his sharp teeth. And that was the end of Johnny-Cake.

Grammar Practice

Review the grammar material on the following items:

1.Present Simple, Past Simple

2.Present Perfect and Past perfect

3.Gerund

Vocabulary Practice

Pre-Reading Exercises

Study the vocabulary and clear up difficulties using a dictionary if necessary:

from far and wide

to make a special cake

to put something into the oven to bake

to haul potatoes

to make one’s way

to speed

to be on

to end up in slices

to catch somebody

to catch one’s breath

a chase

to be out of sight/breath

to race after somebody

to join the chase

to give up something

to dig a well (a ditch)

to be a match for somebody

to outrun somebody

to find something out

puffing and panting

to keep on doing something

at a tremendous pace

to lag behind

to be exhausted

to stretch out

to beat somebody

with half a heart

a sneaky-looking fox

to be crafty

to scream

to snap up something in one’s teeth

to overtake somebody

Speaking Practice

After-Reading Exercises

Vocabulary Practice

Find the English equivalents of the Russian ones looking through the text

приготовить особый пирог

отовсюду

поставить пирог в духовку для выпечки

выкапывать картофель

мчаться, нестись

поймать кого-либо

погоня

исчезнуть из вида

бросить что-то делать, отказаться от участия в чем-либо

копать колодец, канаву

перегнать кого-либо

выяснить что-либо

пыхтя и задыхаясь

задыхаться

на огромной скорости

отставать

выбиться из сил

победить кого-нибудь

быть соперником кому-то

вытянуться

лукавый, хитрый

подлый

неохотно

догнать кого-нибудь

подхватить

отдышаться

Translate the following English phrases into Russian

from far and wide

to make one’s way

to roll out of the door and down the path

in a flash

to race after somebody

to be out of sight

to catch one’s breath

to chuckle

to give up chasing

to be a match for somebody

at a tremendous pace

to outrun somebody

to overtake somebody

to get on rolling

to snap up something in one’s teeth

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions

1.Where did Leo live with his father and mother?

2.What did Leo’s mother make?

3.Leo didn’t watch the cake all the time, did he?

4.How did Johnny-Cake make his way out of the house?

5.Who took part in the cake chase?

6.Johnny-Cake rolled so far that he soon was out of sight, didn’t he?

7.What did Johnny-Cake cry out to the well diggers?

8.Did Johnny-Cake manage to outrun two ditch diggers?

9.Was Johnny-Cake bitten by the Bear?

10.Johnny-Cake came across a sneaky-looking fox, didn’t he?

11.What did he cry out to the Fox?

12.What was the end of Johnny-Cake?

Choose the proper alternative to complete the following sentences according to the text:

1.One morning Leo’s mother made ___________.

a)a delicious bread

b)a special cake

c)very tasty buns

2.___________ sang as they worked because they were happy people.

a)Leo’s mother and father

b)The two well diggers

c)The two ditch diggers

3.Johnny-Cake didn’t want to end up in ____________.

a)little slices on the plate

b)in the Bear’s mouth

c)in the Wolf’s stomach

4.So puffing and panting _______sat down on the nearest tree stump and had a rest.

a)the well diggers

b)the two ditch diggers

c)Leo and his parents

5. Soon he rolled into the __________ and there he met a bear.

a)village

b)forest

c)farm house

6.So _________ started running after Johnny-Cake, but he was so fat that he could hardly run.

a)the Wolf

b)the Bear

c)the Fox

7.Eventually Johnny-Cake ____________ a fierce-looking wolf.

a)outran

b)came across

c)caught

8.Soon Johnny-Cake came across a sneaky-looking fox sitting _____________.

a)by an inn

b)on the stump

c)by a fence

9.The Fox said: “I am a little _______, Johnny-Cake, and can’t quite ______ you.”

a)blind / see

b)deaf / hear

c)tired / help

10.The _________ snapped up the cake in his sharp teeth.

a)Bear

b)Wolf

c)Fox

Agree or disagree with the following statements according to the text. Correct the wrong ones:

1.Leo’s mother never spent all her days baking.

2.One day Leo’s father made a special cake.

3.Little Leo watched the cake all the time.

4.Johnny-Cake wanted to end up in little slices on the plate.

5.Soon Johnny-Cake was out of sight and Leo and his parents were out of breath.

6.Johnny-Cake rolled down at a low pace and the two well diggers caught him in a flash.

7.The two ditch diggers didn’t need a rest, but Johnny-Cake was completely exhausted.

8.Johnny-Cake wasn’t a match for the Bear.

9.Johnny-Cake kept rolling so fast that the Wolf was sure that he would never overtake him.

10.Johnny-Cake had a happy end.

Language Focus

Translate the following sentences into English

1.Отовсюду приходили люди, чтобы попробовать такие вкусные пироги.

2.Мать Лео поставила особый пирог в духовку для выпечки.

3.Мальчик увидел, что дверца духовки открыта, а Колобок катится вдоль дорожки прочь от дома.

4.Все бросились вдогонку за ним.

5.Он бежал с такой огромной скоростью, что вскоре исчез из виду.

6.Им пришлось остановиться и отдышаться, так как они выбились из сил.

7.Пыхтя и задыхаясь, они уселись на лужайку, чтобы немного отдохнуть.

8.Никто не мог соперничать с ним.

9.Неохотно они признались, что проиграли и отказались догонять его.

10.Лукавый и хитрый лис схватил Колобка и был таков.

Listening Comprehension

Listen to a passage from the tape and do the following:

1.Describe a scene.

2.Act out a play in characters.

Oral Practice

Discuss or debate the following

1.Out of the flying pan into the fire.

2.Every man has a fool in his sleeve.

3.No flying from fate.

4.What’s lost is lost.

5.Saying and doing are two different things.

6.Self-praise is no recommendation.

7.A fool’s tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.

On 3 little pigsce there were three little pigs who grew up and left their mother to find homes for themselves.

The thirst pig set out and before long he met a man with the bundle of straw. "Please man" said the pig, "Will you let me have that bundle of straw to build my house." "Yes, here, take it." Said the kind man.

The little pig was very pleased and at once built himself the house of straw. He had hardly moved in when the wolf came walking by and seeing the new house knocked on the door. "Little pig, little pig" he said "Open up the door and let me in." Now the little pig's mother had warned him about strangers so he said "No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'll not let you in." "Now I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." Cried the wolf.

But the little pig went on saying "No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'll not let you in." So the old wolf huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down and the little pig run fast as he could back to his mother's house.

The second little pig said goodbye to his mother and set out. Before long he met a man with the bundle of sticks. "Please man" he said, "Will you let me have that bundle of sticks to build my house." "Yes, you can have it, here it is." Said the kind man.  

So the second little pig was very pleased and used the sticks to build himself the house. He had hardly moved in when the wolf came walking by and knocked at the door. "Little pig, little pig" he said "Open up your door and let me in." Now the second little pig remembered what his mother had told him so he too said "No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'll not let you in." "Now I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." Cried the wolf. But the little pig went on saying "No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'll not let you in."

So again the old wolf huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed this time it was much harder work but finally down came the house and the second little pig had to run as fast as he could back to his mother's house.

Then last of all the third little pig set out and met a man with load of bricks. "Please man" he said, "Will you let me have that load of bricks to build my house." "Yes, here they are, all for you." Said the kind man.

The third little pig was very pleased and built himself the brick house. Again the wolf came along and again he said. "Little pig, little pig open your door and let me in." But like his brothers the third little pig said "No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin, I'll not let you in." "Now I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." Cried the wolf.

And when the third little pig wouldn't open the door he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed then he tried again but the brick house was so strong that he could not blow it down.

This made the wolf so angry that he jumped onto the roof of the little brick house and roared down the chimney. "I'm coming down to eat you up." The little pig had put a pot of boiling water on the fire and now he took off the lid, down the chimney tumbled the wolf and splash, he fell right into the pot.

Quickly the little pig bang down the cover and boiled up the old wolf for his dinner. And so, the clever little pig lived happily ever after.

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