Summary

On a winter morning Jack and Jill (play) outside. First Jack (try) to skate on the pond, but he (fall) on the ice. Then they (go) to the hill and (learn) to ski with their ski teacher. They (put) their skis on and (go) down the hill. Jack (do) everything very well. Jill (can) not ski very well. She (fall) in the snow and (break) a ski. The teacher (help) her. Jack (take) his skis off. Jack and Jill (come) home. They (see) a snowman in front of their house. But it (be) not a snowman. It (be) Pooh!

first – сначала

try – пытаться, пробовать

p ond – пруд

then – потом

put on – одеть, надеть. Put your skates on! (Put on your skates!)

take off – снять. Take your skis off! (Take off your skis!)

Proverb: First think, then speak.

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Macdonald's band

Helen: Hello, children. Welcome to Playtime. What's the time?

Parrot: It's Playtime. It's Playtime.

Helen: Be quiet! Ah, it's quarter past one. Jack and Jill are late. I wonder what's happened.

Ah, there they are.

Jill: Leave me alone! Ugh, a toy spider. I hate spiders…

Helen: Ugh, here's another spider! How nasty! I hate spiders too.

Jack: Hey, look!

Come and listen to Old MacDonald's band.

Jill: An animal band?

Helen: Old MacDonald's band. How funny!

Old MacDonald is a farmer. He lives on a farm and he's got a lot of animals. But his animals are very, very clever.

Jack: Hurry up, Jill! I want to go to the farm and listen to the band.

Jill: So do I. Are you coming with us, Tom?

Tom: No, I can't. I'm sorry. I've got to go home. It's my mother's birthday today. But tell me all about the band tomorrow.

Jack: OK. See you tomorrow.

Jill: Bye, Tom!

Helen: Come on everybody. Let's go and see Mister MacDonald and his band. I'm sure you will have lots of fun.

Words:

band – оркестр, группа; quiet – тихий, спокойный; quarter – четверть; past – после; wonder ['wʌndə] – удивление, чудо; wonder – удивляться, хотеть знать, интересно, I wonder where they are – мне интересно, где они; spider – паук; hate – ненавидеть; another – другой; nasty ['nɑ:stɪ] – противный, гадкий; a lot of animals - уйма животных; farm – ферма; farmer – фермер; clever – ловкий, умный; I've got to go home – мне надо идти домой; tomorrow – завтра; I'm (not) sure – я (не) уверен, Are you sure of it? – Ты в этом уверен?

Exercise 1. Ask questions about the text and answer them.

1. What, this text, is, the title, of? 2. What, is, time, it? 3. Do, come, Jack and Jill, on time? 4. What, happened, them, has, to? 5. What, Helen and Jill, afraid, of, are? 6. Is, afraid, Jack, plastic spiders, too, of? 6. Where, Jack and Jill, going, are? 7. Who, MacDonald, is? 8. Has, got, MacDonald, animals, many? 9. Are, clever, on, the animals, the farm? 10. Is, a band, on, there, the farm? 11. Why, Tom, cannot, to, go, the farm, Jack and Jill, with?

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Exercise 2. What time is it?

8.55 – It's 5 (minutes) to 9. It's 5 till 9. (It's eight fiftyfive.)

9.45 – It's quarter to 10. (In the United States they say: It's a quarter to 10).

11.05 – It's five (minutes) past eleven. It's eleven o five. (о – от 1 до 9 включительно).

11.15 – It's quarter past eleven. (It's eleven fifteen).

11.30 – It's half past eleven.

В 10 часов – At ten o'clock (in the morning). At ten a.m.

В 13 часов – At one o'clock in the afternoon. At one p.m.

В 18 часов – At six o'clock in the evening. At six p.m.

В 22 часа – At ten at night. At ten p.m.

a.m. = ante meridiem (до полудня, т.е. с 0 час. до 12 час. дня).

p.m. = post meridiem (после полудня, т.е. после 12 до 24 час.).

Exercise 3. Ask questions to the following sentences:

1. Jack often plays jokes (шутки) on Jill and Helen. 2. Jill and Helen don’t like Jack's jokes. 3. Jack and Jill want to go to MacDonald's farm. 4. MacDonald has got a lot of animals. 5. His animals are very clever. 6. Jack and Jill want to see MacDonald's band.