Сергей Матвеев - Самые лучшие английские сказки

So that was another big silly.

Then the gentleman came to a village. Outside the village there was a pond, and round the pond was a crowd of people. And they had rakes, and brooms, and pitchforks, and they were piercing the water of the pond. The gentleman asked what was the matter. “Don’t you see, [62]” they say, “Moon fell down into the pond, and we can’t catch it!” So the gentleman laughed, and told them to look up into the sky, and that it was only the shadow in the water. But they didn’t listen to him, and abused him.

And he saw more and more sillies, even more than three. So the gentleman came back home again and married the farmer’s daughter. And if they didn’t live happily, that’s nothing to do with you or me. [63]

1. Выберите правильный вариант:

1. The farmer’s daughter was smart.

2. The farmer’s daughter was not clever.

3. The farmer’s daughter was very kind.

4. The farmer’s daughter was not tidy.

2. What is a mallet?

1. a hammer with a large wooden head

2. a cutting tool with a metal edge

3. a heavy iron bar

4. tool with a pair of jaws

3. What is an inn?

1. a farm in which the farmer gives animals some food

2. a place where one can buy meals

3. a small hotel

4. an institution for the medical care

4. Why was the woman trying to get her cow to go up a ladder?

1. She wanted to teach it how to fly.

2. She wanted to test her ladder.

3. She wanted to give the cow some good grass.

4. The cow asked her itself.

5. What did the gentleman teach the strange man?

1. He taught him a nice song.

2. He showed him how to travel.

3. He did not teach him anything.

4. He showed him how to put the trousers on.

6. Why did the girl begin to cry?

1. She was angry.

2. She fell down.

3. She was sorry for her future son.

4. She did not want to marry.

7. Выберите нужный предлог:

outside – at – into – over

1. The beer was running all _____________ the floor.

2. Look _____________ that horrid mallet.

3. _____________ the village there was a pond, and round the pond was a crowd of people.

4. I usually spend an hour to get _____________ my trousers every morning.

8. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. How many persons are mentioned in the story?

2. What have you learned about them?

3. What do you like and what don’t you like in them?

4. What would you do if you were the main character of the story?

5. What is the end of the story?

6. How can you explain the title of the story?

7. Retell the story.

9. Заполните таблицу:

1. The farmer’s daughter was not clever.

2. a hammer with a large wooden head

3. a small hotel

4. She wanted to give the cow some good grass.

5. He showed him how to put the trousers on.

6. She was sorry for her future son.

7.

1. The beer was running all overthe floor.

2. Look atthat horrid mallet.

3. Outsidethe village there was a pond, and round the pond was a crowd of people.

4. I usually spend an hour to get intomy trousers every morning.

9.

An old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a sixpence. “What,” said she, “shall I do with this little sixpence? I will go to market, and buy a little pig.”

While she was coming home, she came to a stile: but the pig did not want to go over the stile.

She went a little further, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog, “Dog! bite the pig; the pig doesn’t go over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the dog refused.

She went a little further, and she met a stick. So she said, “Stick! stick! beat the dog! The dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the stick refused.

She went a little further, and she met a fire. So she said, “Fire! fire! burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the fire refused.

She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said, “Water, water! quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the water refused.

She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, “Ox! ox! drink the water; the water doesn’t quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the ox refused.

She went a little further, and she met a butcher. So she said, “Butcher! butcher! kill the ox; the ox doesn’t drink the water; the water doesn’t quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the butcher refused.

She went a little further, and she met a rope. So she said, “Rope! rope! hang the butcher; the butcher doesn’t kill the ox; the ox doesn’t drink the water; the water doesn’t quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the rope refused.

She went a little further, and she met a rat. So she said, “Rat! rat! gnaw rope; rope doesn’t hang the butcher; the butcher doesn’t kill the ox; the ox doesn’t drink the water; the water doesn’t quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the rat refused.

She went a little further, and she met a cat. So she said, “Cat! cat! kill the rat; the rat doesn’t gnaw the rope; the rope doesn’t hang the butcher; the butcher doesn’t kill the ox; the ox doesn’t drink the water; the water doesn’t quench the fire; the fire doesn’t burn the stick; the stick doesn’t beat the dog; the dog doesn’t bite the pig; the pig doesn’t get over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight.” But the cat said to her, “If you go to that cow, and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill the rat.”

So the old woman went away to the cow.

But the cow said to her, “If you go to that haystack, and fetch me some hay, I’ll give you the milk.”

So the old woman went away to the haystack and she brought the hay to the cow.

When the cow ate the hay, it gave the old woman the milk; and she went with it in a saucer to the cat.

When the cat lapped up [64]the milk, the cat began to kill the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile, and so the old woman got home that night.

1. Выберите правильный вариант:

1. The old woman wanted to get home.

2. The old woman wanted to get some milk.

3. The old woman wanted to quench the fire.

4. The old woman wanted to beat the dog.

2. What animals are mentioned in this fairy tale?

1. pig – dog – stick – ox – cat

2. pig – stick – butcher – rope – cat

3. dog – water – ox – butcher – cat

4. pig – dog – ox – rat – cat

3. Выберите нужный глагол:

When the cat _____________ up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat.

1. ate

2. lapped

3. lap

4. drinks

4. Выберите нужный предлог:

While she was coming home, she came to a stile: but the pig did not want to go _________ the stile.

1. in

2. of

3. on

4. over

5. Заполните таблицу:

1. The old woman wanted to get home.

2. pig – dog – ox – rat – cat

3. When the cat lappedup the milk, the cat began to kill the rat.

4. While she was coming home, she came to a stile: but the pig did not want to go overthe stile.

5.

There was once upon a time a poor widow who had a son named Jack, and a cow named Milky-white. Every morning the cow gave the milk which they carried to the market and sold. But one morning Milky-white gave no milk and they didn’t know what to do.

“What shall we do, what shall we do?” said the widow.

“Oh, mother, I’ll go and get work somewhere,” said Jack.

“We tried that before, and nobody took you,” said his mother. “We must sell Milky-white.”

“All right, mother,” says Jack. “I’ll sell Milky-white, and then we’ll see what we can do.”

So he took the cow’s halter in his hand and went to the market. While he was going, he met an old man who said to him: “Good morning, Jack.”

“Good morning to you,” said Jack, and wondered how he knew his name.

“Jack, where are you going?” said the man.

“I’m going to the market to sell our cow there.”

“Oh, I have five beans,” said the man, “and let’s change: [65]your cow for these beans.”

“You swindler,” says Jack, “it won’t go! [66]“

“Ah! you don’t know what these beans are,” said the man. “If you plant them over-night, by morning they grow right up to the sky. [67]”

“Really?” says Jack. “I don’t believe you.”

“Yes, that is so, and if this is not true you can have your cow back.”

“Good,” says Jack, and gives him over Milky-white’s and takes the beans.

Jack came home happily.

“So what, [68]Jack?” said his mother. “I see you don’t have Milky-white, so you sold her. How much did you get for her?”

“You’ll never guess, mother,” says Jack.

“Oh no! Good boy! Five pounds, ten, fifteen… Or twenty?”

“No, just look: five magical beans.”

“What!” says Jack’s mother. “My son is a fool, such a dolt! Oh my dear Milky-white! Take that! [69]Take that! Take that! And your precious beans will go out of the window.”