Зачем им столько времен?

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).

I (be) cold with horror. When I (walk) into that reading room, I (be) a healthy, happy young man. When I (leave), I (be) an old sick man, close to death…

Answer the questions:

1. What are the friends talking about at the moment?

2. What does the narrator understand every time he reads about the illness?

3. Where did the narrator go when he had a little health problem?

4. What did he begin to do when he finished reading about his illness?

5. How did he feel when he entered the reading room? How did he feel when he left?

7. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain

Vocabulary: crack – трещина; pour – лить; blame – обвинять; war-whoop – боевой клич; hind legs – задние лапы.

Tenses to use: Present Simple, Past Simple.

Tom (be) worried. Becky Thatcher (stop) going to school. Something bad (happen) to her, he (think). He (not/do) anything for days, nothing (interest) him. Aunt Polly (try) some medicines, but they (not/help).

Once she (hear) of a new medicine, Pain-killer. She (buy) a lot of it and (be) happy to see that Tom (get) better. But Aunt Polly (not/know) that it (not/be) the medicine that (help) the boy. It (be) Tom himself. He (decide) that it (be) time to wake up. When Aunt Polly (give) him Pain-killer, he secretly (pour) it out into the crack in the floor.

One day Tom (be) ready to give the crack his medicine when Peter the cat (come) asking for some.

«Don’t ask for the thing you (not/know), Peter,» (say) Tom, «you really (want) it?»

Peter (show) that yes, yes, very much.

«Make sure.»

Peter (make) sure.

«If you don’t like it, you mustn’t blame me.»

Peter (agree).

Tom (take) a tea spoon and (give) the cat some Pain-killer.

Peter (jump) two metres in the air, then (shout) something like a war-whoop and (start) to run round the room, hitting the chairs and upsetting the flower pots. Then he (stand) on his hind legs and (dance), shouting something that (show) a real happiness.

The moment the cat (jump) out of the window carrying some flower pots with him Aunt Polly (come) into the room. She (stand) still with shock.

«You (give) anything to him?» she (ask).

«No, Auntie.»

But the old lady (see) something under the bed. She (take) it out. Tom (have) nothing to say – it (be) a tea spoon.

«Now, sir, what you (do) for this poor animal?»

«You (be) good to me, Auntie,» Tom (answer), «and I (want) to do something good to Peter, too.»

Answer the questions:

1. Why was Tom worried?

2. How did Aunt Polly try to help him?

3. Why did not Tom need any medicine? What did he do with it?

4. What happened when he gave some Pain-killer to the cat?

5. How did Aunt Polly find out what happened? What did Tom explain to her?

8. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain

Vocabulary: basin – таз; wipe – вытирать; towel – полотенце, take a breath – вдохнуть.

Tenses to use: Present Simple, Past Simple.

It (be) Saturday. The sun (rise) upon the peaceful village. Mary (give) Tom a basin with water and a piece of soap, and he (go) outside and (set) the basin on a little bench. He (put) the soap into the water, then (take) it out and (place) near the basin again. Next, he (pour) the water out on the ground, (go) to the kitchen and (begin) to wipe his face with the towel.

But Mary (take) the towel from him, saying,

«You mustn’t be so bad, Tom. Water (not/hurt) anyone!»

She (fill) the basin again. Tom (stand) over it for a minute, (take) in a big breath and (begin).

He (come) into the kitchen for the second time, his face covered with water and his eyes closed. When he (appear) from the towel, the result (not/be) good, because the clean territory (be) like a mask – his chin, neck and forehead (be) dark with dirt.