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учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (5, 6 класс)

THE MONEY IN THE POT OF BUTTER

(an African tale)

A man had to go on a long journey. He hid his money in a pot and put some butter over it. So nobody could see what was there under the butter in the pot.

Then he took the pot to his neighbour and said: "Please keep this pot of butter for me till I come back." He did not say anything about the money in the pot.

A month passed, two months passed, but the traveller did not come back. His neighbour thought: "I'm afraid the butter in that pot has become rancid."

He took the butter out of the pot and saw money there. He took the money for himself and put many small stones into the pot in place of the money.

When the traveller came back, he asked his neighbour for the pot. He carried it home and took out all the butter. He wanted to take the money, but he found only many small stones under the butter.

He was very angry. Then one of his friends came to see him.

"You look angry, my friend! What's the matter?" asked his friend.

"Oh, I am a silly man!" And he told his friend the story about the pot of butter, the money and the small stones.

"Well, I can show you how to get your money back. Let us go to the forest."

The two friends went to the forest, caught a monkey there and brought it home.

"Now go to your neighbour and say, 'Please let your son come with me to the market. He can help me to carry food from the market.' "

The man did so. The neighbour sent his son to the man. But they did not go to the market. The man went home with the neighbour's son and locked the boy in his house.

The friend said, "Now go to your neighbour with the monkey and say: 'Here is your son.' "

The man did so. The neighbour was very angry.

"Take the monkey away and bring back my son!" he said.

"Why, this is your son! If money can turn into small stones then a boy can turn into a monkey."

The neighbour understood everything. He brought the money, and the man let the boy go back to his father.

The man thanked his clever friend very much. He wanted to give him a part of the money, but his friend did not take it.

"We are friends, aren't we?" he said. "And friends always help each other, but never take money for that."

THE MONEY IN THE POT OF BUTTER

(an African tale)

A man had to go on a long journey. He hid his money in a pot and put some butter over it. So nobody could see what was there under the butter in the pot.

Then he took the pot to his neighbour and said: "Please keep this pot of butter for me till I come back." He did not say anything about the money in the pot.

A month passed, two months passed, but the traveller did not come back. His neighbour thought: "I'm afraid the butter in that pot has become rancid."

He took the butter out of the pot and saw money there. He took the money for himself and put many small stones into the pot in place of the money.

When the traveller came back, he asked his neighbour for the pot. He carried it home and took out all the butter. He wanted to take the money, but he found only many small stones under the butter.

He was very angry. Then one of his friends came to see him.

"You look angry, my friend! What's the matter?" asked his friend.

"Oh, I am a silly man!" And he told his friend the story about the pot of butter, the money and the small stones.

"Well, I can show you how to get your money back. Let us go to the forest."

The two friends went to the forest, caught a monkey there and brought it home.

"Now go to your neighbour and say, 'Please let your son come with me to the market. He can help me to carry food from the market.' "

The man did so. The neighbour sent his son to the man. But they did not go to the market. The man went home with the neighbour's son and locked the boy in his house.

The friend said, "Now go to your neighbour with the monkey and say: 'Here is your son.' "

The man did so. The neighbour was very angry.

"Take the monkey away and bring back my son!" he said.

"Why, this is your son! If money can turn into small stones then a boy can turn into a monkey."

The neighbour understood everything. He brought the money, and the man let the boy go back to his father.

The man thanked his clever friend very much. He wanted to give him a part of the money, but his friend did not take it.

"We are friends, aren't we?" he said. "And friends always help each other, but never take money for that."

The Money in the Pot of Butter

A. Answer the questions:

1 Where does the story happen?

2 When does the story happen?

3 Who is the main character of the story?

4 What problem does the man have in the beginning of the story?

5 How does he solve the problem?

6 Why does the neighbour take the butter out of the pot?

7 What does he do with the money?

8 What problem arises for the traveller when he comes back?

9 How does he feel?

10 Whom does he tell about the problem?

11 What idea does the friend have?

12 What does the man say when he gives the monkey to his

            neighbour?

13 Does the neighbour understand  everything? What does he do?

14 Whom does the man want to thank? Why?

15 Why doesn’t the friend take the money?

16 What is the main idea of the story?

17 What do you think of the main characters?

B. Correct the sentences.

1. A man had to go on a short journey.

2. He hid his money in a pot and put some cream over it.

3. He took the pot to his brother and asked him to keep it.

4. The neighbour thought the cream had become sour.

5. He found the butter and took it for himself.

6. The man came back and took the money.

7. But he found small sweets under the butter.

8. The man told his neighbour about the problem.

9. The two friends caught a crocodile.

10. Then they took the neighbour’s daughter.

11. The man went to his neighbour with the pot.

12. He said that the girl had turned into it.

13. The neighbour returned the cream.

14. The man thanked his crocodile.

С. Complete the sentences.

1. A man had to go …………

2. He ………… in a pot and put ………… over it.

3. He took the pot ………… and asked him to keep it.

4. The neighbour thought ………… had become …………

5. He found the money and …………

6. The man came back and …………

7. But he found ………… the butter.

8. The man ………… about the problem.

9. The two friends caught …………

10. Then they took …………

11. The man went to his neighbour …………

12. He said ………… had turned into it.

13. The neighbour …………

14. The man …………

D. Put the sentences in the right order. First do it without looking into the text, then check using the text.

The man came back and took the pot.

The neighbour returned the money.

He hid his money in a pot and put some butter over it.

The two friends caught a monkey.

The neighbour thought the butter had become rancid.

He took the pot to his neighbour and asked to keep it.

He said that the boy had turned into it.

A man had to go on a long journey.

Then they took the neighbour’s son.

The man thanked his friend.

But he found small stones under the butter.

The man went to his neighbour with the monkey.

He found the money and took it to himself.

The man told his friend about the problem.

E. Choose and write down some key words from each sentence to help you retell the story. Retell the story in pairs.

THE LION'S DINNER

There was one place in the savannas which the animals liked very much. There was good water and green grass there. But a strong lion lived there. He killed two or three animals every day. One day the animals came to the Lion, and one of them began to speak:

"Oh, dear Lion, it is not good for you to run and hunt all day long in the savannas. We'll send you one animal for your dinner every day."

"All right," the Lion said, "but you must begin to send me my dinner now: I am hungry. I must have my dinner every day! If you don't send an animal to me every day, I shall kill as many of you as I want!"

"Don't kill us, dear Lion. We shall send you an animal every day."

They cast lots, and that day it was an antelope who became the Lion's dinner. And every day they sent one animal to the Lion.

But the animals were not happy. Each of them thought: "Oh, tomorrow my turn will come!"

One day it was a Hare's turn to be the Lion's dinner. The Hare's family was unhappy. "Don't be afraid!" the Hare said to them and smiled. "The Lion will not eat me up!"

The Hare ran to the river, jumped into the water and then began to roll in the mud. He came to the Lion very dirty.

The Lion saw him and became angry.

"I don't want that dirty animal for my dinner!" he cried.

"Oh, dear Lion, I am not your dinner. I had to bring you a big hare. But on my way I met another lion, and he took the hare for himself."

"Is there another lion in the savannas?" asked the Lion.

"Yes, there is. He is big and strong. I think he is stronger than you are."

The Lion became angrier than before and said to the Hare, "Show me that lion!"

"All right!" said the Hare. "Let us go to him."

And they went to a big well. The Hare looked into the well and said, "Look, he is there, and the Hare is with him."

The Lion looked into the well. He saw himself and the Hare in the water. He jumped into the well to catch them and — never came back!

The animals were happy, they jumped and danced and thanked the clever Hare.

THE LION'S DINNER

There was one place in the savannas which the animals liked very much. There was good water and green grass there. But a strong lion lived there. He killed two or three animals every day. One day the animals came to the Lion, and one of them began to speak:

"Oh, dear Lion, it is not good for you to run and hunt all day long in the savannas. We'll send you one animal for your dinner every day."

"All right," the Lion said, "but you must begin to send me my dinner now: I am hungry. I must have my dinner every day! If you don't send an animal to me every day, I shall kill as many of you as I want!"

"Don't kill us, dear Lion. We shall send you an animal every day."

They cast lots, and that day it was an antelope who became the Lion's dinner. And every day they sent one animal to the Lion.

But the animals were not happy. Each of them thought: "Oh, tomorrow my turn will come!"

One day it was a Hare's turn to be the Lion's dinner. The Hare's family was unhappy. "Don't be afraid!" the Hare said to them and smiled. "The Lion will not eat me up!"

The Hare ran to the river, jumped into the water and then began to roll in the mud. He came to the Lion very dirty.

The Lion saw him and became angry.

"I don't want that dirty animal for my dinner!" he cried.

"Oh, dear Lion, I am not your dinner. I had to bring you a big hare. But on my way I met another lion, and he took the hare for himself."

"Is there another lion in the savannas?" asked the Lion.

"Yes, there is. He is big and strong. I think he is stronger than you are."

The Lion became angrier than before and said to the Hare, "Show me that lion!"

"All right!" said the Hare. "Let us go to him."

And they went to a big well. The Hare looked into the well and said, "Look, he is there, and the Hare is with him."

The Lion looked into the well. He saw himself and the Hare in the water. He jumped into the well to catch them and — never came back!

The animals were happy, they jumped and danced and thanked the clever Hare.

THE LION'S DINNER

A. Answer the questions.

1. Where did the story happen?

2. Who were the characters in the story?

3. Which of them were the main characters?

4. Who was the negative character?

5. What problem did the animals have?

6. How did they try to solve the problem?

7. Was it a very good way to solve the problem? Why?

8. Who had an idea how to solve the problem?

9. How did he solve the problem?

B. Correct the wrong sentences.                                       

1. A strong Lion lived in the jungle.

2. He killed two or three animals every week.

3. One day the people asked the Lion not to hunt animals.

4. They promised to send him three animals for his dinner every day.

5. They cast lots and every day they sent one animal to the Hare.

6. One day it was a Hare's turn to be the Lion's friend.

7. The Hare ran to the river, jumped into the water and then began to swim.

8. He came to the Lion very clean.

9. The Lion saw the Hare and ate him.

10. The Hare told the Lion about another strong tiger who had taken his dinner.

11. The Lion became quieter than before.

12. He wanted to see the lion, so they went to a big house.

13. The Lion looked into the well and saw a big fish in the water.  

14. He thought it was the other tiger and his friend.

15. He jumped into the well to catch them and came back very angry.

16. The animals were happy; they sang songs and thanked the clever Lion.

C. Finish the sentences.

1. A strong Lion lived ……

2. He killed two or three animals ……

3. One day the animals asked the Lion ……

4. They promised to send him an animal ……

5. They cast lots and every day ……

6. One day it was a Hare's turn to be ……

7. The Hare ran to the river, jumped into the water and then began ……

8. He came to the Lion ……

9. The Lion saw him and ……

10. The Hare told the Lion about another strong lion who ……

11. The Lion became angrier …….

12. He wanted to see the lion, so they went ……

13. The Lion looked into the well and saw ……

14. He thought it was the other ……

15. He jumped into the well to catch them and ……

16. The animals were happy, they ……

D. Put the sentences in the right order. First do it without looking into the text, then check using the text.

He came to the Lion very dirty.

He thought it was the other lion and his dinner.

He killed two or three animals every day.

He jumped into the well to catch them and never came back.

They promised to send him an animal for his dinner every day.

The Lion became angrier than before.

A strong Lion lived in the savannas.

He wanted to see the lion, so they went to a big well.

The Hare ran to the river, jumped into the water, and then began to roll in the mud.

The animals were happy, they jumped and danced and thanked the clever Hare.

They cast lots and every day they sent one animal to the Lion.

The Hare told the Lion about another strong lion who had taken his dinner.

One day the animals asked the Lion not to hunt them.

The Lion saw him and became angry.

One day it was a Hare's turn to be the Lion's dinner.

The Lion looked into the well and saw himself and the Hare in the water.

E. Choose and write down some key words from each sentence to help you retell the story. Retell the story in pairs.

THE TWO STRANGERS

This story happened in Africa long ago. Two strangers came to a village in the evening. They came to the chief of that village and said:

"May we stay for the night in your village?"

"Oh, yes," said the chief. "There is a house for strangers in our village. You may sleep there, and there is supper for you to eat. But you must know this: there is an old custom in our village — strangers may sleep in our house for strangers, but they must not snore. We kill the man who snores."

The strangers went to the house. They had a good supper there, and then went to sleep. They slept well. One hour passed, two hours passed, and one of them began to snore.

The other man heard the snoring. He thought: "The people will hear the snoring and kill him."

The stranger wanted to save the man. He thought a little and then began to sing. He sang very well.

The people did not hear the snoring, they listened to the song. Then they began to dance. Some of them sang songs together with the stranger and danced to the music. Men, women and even the chief sang and danced. All night one stranger snored, the other stranger sang, and all the people sang and danced.

In the morning the strangers came to the chief to say goodbye and to thank him for everything. The chief said goodbye to them and gave them a small bag of money.

"I give this money to both of you. We had a good time with you: we danced and sang well. Thank you very much."

The strangers left the village, but on the road they began to quarrel.

"How shall we divide the money?" said one of them. "I must have the bigger part. Why did you sing last night? Because I snored! So I must have the bigger part of the money."

And the other man said, "Yes, that's so. But the people could kill you, because you snored. My songs saved your life. You must only thank me and give me the bigger part of the money."

They quarrelled and quarrelled and could not decide anything.

Can you?

THE TWO STRANGERS

This story happened in Africa long ago. Two strangers came to a village in the evening. They came to the chief of that village and said:

"May we stay for the night in your village?"

"Oh, yes," said the chief. "There is a house for strangers in our village. You may sleep there, and there is supper for you to eat. But you must know this: there is an old custom in our village — strangers may sleep in our house for strangers, but they must not snore. We kill the man who snores."

The strangers went to the house. They had a good supper there, and then went to sleep. They slept well. One hour passed, two hours passed, and one of them began to snore.

The other man heard the snoring. He thought: "The people will hear the snoring and kill him."

The stranger wanted to save the man. He thought a little and then began to sing. He sang very well.

The people did not hear the snoring, they listened to the song. Then they began to dance. Some of them sang songs together with the stranger and danced to the music. Men, women and even the chief sang and danced. All night one stranger snored, the other stranger sang, and all the people sang and danced.

In the morning the strangers came to the chief to say goodbye and to thank him for everything. The chief said goodbye to them and gave them a small bag of money.

"I give this money to both of you. We had a good time with you: we danced and sang well. Thank you very much."

The strangers left the village, but on the road they began to quarrel.

"How shall we divide the money?" said one of them. "I must have the bigger part. Why did you sing last night? Because I snored! So I must have the bigger part of the money."

And the other man said, "Yes, that's so. But the people could kill you, because you snored. My songs saved your life. You must only thank me and give me the bigger part of the money."

They quarrelled and quarrelled and could not decide anything.

Can you?

THE TWO STRANGERS

A. Answer the questions. 

1. Where did the story happen?

2. Who were the main characters in the story?

3. Where did the strangers come in the evening?

4. What did they want to do?

5. Who did they ask permission to stay in the village?

6. Where did the chief invite them to stay?

7. What did the chief tell them about?

8. What happened at night?

9. What did the other man begin to do? Why?

10. What did the people do all that night?

11. Where did the strangers go in the morning?
12. What did the chief give them? Why?

13. What did the men begin to do when they left the village?

14. What did each of them think?

15. What do you think?

B. Correct the sentences.

1. The story happened long ago in America.

2. Two strangers came to a town early in the morning.

3. They came to the chief and asked permission to stay for a month in the village.

4. The chief invited them to stay in his own house.

5. He told them about an old custom: they killed strangers who sang songs at night.

6. The strangers went to the house and went to sleep at once.

7. At night both strangers began to snore.

8. The other stranger began to play the guitar.

9. The people of the village heard the song and ran away.

10. In the morning the strangers came to the chief to pay him some money.

11. The chief said goodbye to them and gave them a large bag of money.

12. When the strangers left the village, they divided the money and each took a half.

C. Finish the sentences.

1. The story happened ……………..

2. Two strangers came to a ……………..

3. They asked permission to …………………

4. The chief invited them to …………...

5. The chief told them about an old ………………..

6. They killed the strangers who ………………..

7. The strangers went to the house and ……………………….

8. Then they went ………………….

9. At night one of them began ……………………...

10. The other stranger ………………………..

11. The people of the village ………………………….

12. In the morning the strangers came to …………………...

13. The chief said goodbye to them and ……………………...

14. When the strangers left the village, they ………………………

15. They couldn't decide who should get ………………..

D. Close exercises A-C. Put the sentences in the right order.

In the morning the strangers came to the chief to thank him for everything.

The chief told them about an old custom.

They couldn't decide who should get the bigger part of the money.

Two strangers came to a village in the evening.

The people of the village listened to the songs, sang and danced.

At night one of them began to snore.

The story happened in Africa long ago.

They killed the strangers who snored at night.

They asked the chief's permission to stay for the night.

When the strangers left the village, they began to quarrel.

The strangers went to the house and had a good supper.

The chief said goodbye to them and gave them a small bag of money.

The other stranger began to sing songs.

The chief invited them to the house for strangers.

E. Choose and write down some key words from each sentence to help you retell the story.