4. Why does the owner of the circus understand Nadya’s father?
5. When does the elephant come to the girl’s house? What do they do together?
6. Where does the girl go to sleep that evening?
7. What does she ask to tell Tommy the next morning?
2. «The Wizard of Oz» by Frank Baum
Vocabulary: scarecrow – пугало, to be surprised – удивляться, to be tired – уставать, brains – мозги, straw – солома, lighted match – горящая спичка.
Tenses to use: Present Simple
Dorothy (be) on the way to the Emerald City. She (be) tired. She (sit) near the field. In the middle of the field she (see) a scarecrow. It (look) nice and funny.
«Good afternoon», she (hear) suddenly.
«Can you speak?» Dorothy (be) surprised because scarecrows (not/speak) in Kansas.
«Not very well», (answer) the Scarecrow. «Who you (be)?»
«I (be) Dorothy. I (want) to go back home, but I (not/know) the way. I (want) to ask the Wizard of Oz for help.»
«Where the Emerald City (be) and who the Wizard (be)? I don’t know anything because I (have) only straw in my head. I (want) to have brains very much. You (think) the Wizard can help me?»
Dorothy (be) very sorry for the Scarecrow.
«Please, come with me», she (say).
Dorothy (help) the Scarecrow with his first steps and now they (be) on their way to the Emerald City. The Scarecrow (carry) Dorothy’s basket.
«I (be) never tired», he (say). «I (not/eat), (drink) or (sleep). There (be) only one thing I (be) afraid of».
«What it (be)?» asked Dorothy.
«It (be) a lighted match», (answer) the Scarecrow.
Answer the questions:
1. Where does Dorothy go? What does she want to do?
2. Why does she sit near the field? What does she see in the middle of the field?
3. What does the Scarecrow want and why?
4. Why does the Scarecrow carry Dorothy’s basket?
3. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain
Vocabulary: dark – темный, easy – легкий, turn – зд. превращаться, pipe – трубка.
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous*
It (be) summer. There (be) no school. Tom (not/want) to think about Muff Potter, but it (not/be) easy. He (see) his face in the dark and can’t sleep.
One summer day Tom and Joe (be) by the Mississippi River. They (watch) the boats and (talk). They (talk) about Jackson Island. They (want) to go and live there.
The next morning they (be) on the island. Tom, Huck and Joe (swim), (play), (fish) by the river.
In the evening Huck (take) his pipe and (begin) to smoke.
«Can we smoke, too?» (ask) Tom, «I (want) to learn.»
