Vocabulary: agree – соглашаться, scratch – чесать, hurry – торопиться, as if – как будто, shout – зд. вопль.
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous
I (like) cats. This (be) the only thing I can’t agree with my dog, Montmorency. He (not/like) them. When I (meet) a cat, I (say) hello to it and (scratch) it between the ears. The cats (like) this and there (be) love and peace. When Montmorency (meet) a cat, everybody (know) about it and a lot of bad words (be) used.
At the moment we (go) from the river. We (see) a cat. It (walk) along the road. It (not/look) at us. Montmorency (give) a shout of real happiness and (start) to run after it. The cat (not/hurry). It (not/understand) that its life (be) in danger. It (look) at Montmorency as if it (say), «Yes? You (want) me?»
Montmorency (stop) suddenly. The cat (sit) in the middle of the road and (watch) him. They (not/speak) of course, but I imagine what they (say).
The Cat: «I (can) (do) anything for you?»
Montmorency: «No… no, thanks.»
The Cat: «You (be) sure that you (not/want) anything now?»
Montmorency: «No, thank you… no… very kind of you… Good morning.
The Cat: Good morning.
Then the cat (stand) up and (walk) away. Montmorency (walk) behind me, unhappy and afraid.
Answer the questions:
1. What does the narrator (автор) do when he sees a cat? What happens when Montmorency meets a cat?
2. Where are the narrator and Montmorency going now?
3. What does Montmorency start to do?
4. Is the cat afraid of Montmorancy? What does it do?
6. What do the cat and the dog do when their «talk» is over?
6. «Three Men in a Boat» by Jerome K. Jerome
Vocabulary: health – здоровье, illness (disease) – болезнь, sick – больной, to be cold with horror – похолодеть от ужаса
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple
At the moment we (sit) in the room – me, George and Harris. We (talk) about our bad health.
I (know) that I (have) a bad heart. One day I (read) something in a magazine about the symptoms of a bad heart and I (understand) that I (have) all of them.
You see, every time I (read) about an illness, I (understand) that I (have) it.
Some time ago I (have) a little health problem and I (go) to the library to read about it. After some time I (turn) over the page and (begin) to read about another illness. I (not/remember) the name, but I (know) it (be) something terrible. I (read) about half of the page – and then I (know) that I (have) that disease too. Then I (begin) to turn more pages. I (have) all the diseases! I (go) back to the beginning of the book. I (start) with the letter «A» and (read) from «A» to «Z». I (find) that there (be) only one disease I (not/have).
