Vocabulary

A turtle – черепаха

To scrub - скрести, мыть со щеткой и мылом

To run one’s hands under water – поболтать руками под струей воды

To rub - тереть

To rinse - полоскать

Advertising business – рекламное дело, рекламный бизнес

A commercial – рекламный ролик, реклама

Fudge – молочный ирис, ириска

It’s none of my business – это не мое дело

To be in one’s way – мешать, путаться под ногами, стоять поперек дороги

To mess up - портить

To throw oneself on the floor – бросаться на пол

To scream - визжать

To kick – лягаться, пинаться

To bang – бить, колотить, тузить

To suck - сосать

To make a slurping noise – чмолкать, причмокивать

To trade in smth for smth – выменивать что-либо на что-либо

To walk smb (a dog) – выгуливать кого-либо (собаку)

On the edge of – на краю

Wishful thinking – принятие желаемого за действительное,

напрасные мечты, желания

To burn up – разозлить, рассердить

Super-duper – замечательный, потрясающий, колоссальный, то, что надо

To set up a table – накрывать на стол

To take a bite – откусить кусочек

To grin at smb – ухмыляться, широко улыбаться, скалить зубы

To hurt one’s feelings – обижать кого-либо, ранить чувства

To swallow - глотать

A chunk – большой кусок

To shove into one’s mouth – запихивать в рот

To beam – просиять, сиять, улыбаться лучезарной улыбкой

To fool - дурачить

Garbage - мусор

To yell at smb – орать, кричать, вопить

To manage by oneself – управляться/справляться самому

To stack – составлять в стопки, складывать в кучу

To be supposed to do smth – должен сделать

Exercises

I. Answer the questions:

1. How old is Peter? 2. What way does the mother want him to wash his hands? 3. Why isn’t Peter’s father his biggest problem? 4. Who is his biggest problem? Why? 5. How old is Peter’s brother? 6. What is Farley’s nickname? 7. Why does Peter feel sorry for Fudge? 8. Why doesn’t he say a word about his brother’s nickname? 9. How does Fudge behave when he gets mad? 10. Why does Peter like his brother when he is sleeping? 11. What would have solved all Peter’s problems? 12. What would Peter do if he had a spaniel? 13. What would he allow the dog to do? 14. Why does the way people treat Fudge burn up Peter? 15. When is Fudge supposed to know that there’s nothing special about him? 16. What is Peter’s greatest wish? 17. What makes Peter feels like a fourth grade nothing? 18. Who is Aunt Linda? Where does she live? 19. Why did Peter and Fudge’s mother decide to fly to Boston to see Aunt Linda? 20. How long did she intend to stay in Boston? 21. Who was supposed to take care of the boys? 22. What did the boys’ father decide to do on Saturday evening? 23. Why did Peter consider the idea strange? 24. What dish was the father going to cook? 25. How did Peter like the omelet? 26. Why didn’t he show his father that the omelet was awful? 27. Why did Peter expect Fudge to choke on the omelet? 28. What made him believe that Fudge liked the omelet? 29. Why did Peter think that Fudge couldn’t know much about omelets? 30. What did the father do after he had tasted his super-duper dish? 31. What was Fudge’s reaction to his father’s throwing omelet into the garbage? 32. What did the father promise to do instead of omelet? 33. What was he going to show the mother when she returned home? 34. Did he know where the mother kept peanut butter? 35. What did the father do after supper? 36. Did he was the dishes? 37. What did the father ask the boys about on their way to the airport? 38. Why didn’t their mother even mention the dirty dishes in the sink?