Reading-Comrehension Tasks

Ass 5

Translate in writing

1. He almost wished he could have earache, too.
2. I heard Daddy say if Robertson Ay does what his doctor told him to he’ll sack him.
3. Then she went on dreamily, still gazing into the middle of the room, but without seeing anything.
4. When her child had gone to sleep at night she would go into a corner of the field and chew the cud and think her own quiet thoughts.
5. She felt that she could ask for nothing better than for all her days to be alike till she came to the end of them.
6. In between these dances she would curtsey and make sweeping bows and knock her head against the dandelions.
7. It was then that he noticed the Red Cow approaching.
8. She herself shot upwards through the sky, with the stars spinning around her like great golden plates, and presently, in blinding light, she felt the cold rays of the moon upon her.
9. She had grown so used to dancing and to the happy feeling the star had given her that she wanted to do a Sailor’s Hornpipe and to have the star her horn again.

Read chapter V “The Dancing Cow” Prepare good reading and translate the passage beginning with “She led a very busy life…”, on p. 43 and ending with “…against the dandelions”.

Vocabulary Tasks

I. Here are some phrases from the text. Explain the ir meaning in English using a dictionary of current English. Reproduce the context in which they are used. Then make up sentences of your own.

1. to give a quick glance p. 42

2. to speak politely of sb. p. 42

3. to hold one’s breath p. 42

4. to be bounded by sth. P. 42

5. to grow tired (p. 43), smaller (p.48), worried (p. 44)

6. to be distracted p. 44

7. to have an appointment with sb. p. 45

8. to make an effort p. 45

9. to be worth doing p. 47

10. to be anxious to do sth. P. 47

11. to burst into tears p. 49

II. Give English equivalents of some words and phrases from the text.

Лежать в постели с ушной болью, выдержать, происходить, скучный, увлекательный. Больное сердце, уволить с работы, необычная (удивительная) вещь, грустно, забавный, уставиться в пространство, процветающий, уважаемый, вести себя, вести деловую жизнь, давать уроки, учить манерам, воспитывать, хорошо воспитанный, внезапно начать танцевать, по всему полю, ходить на цыпочках, уставиться изумленно, великолепно одетый, никакого толка, спросить совета, перепрыгнуть через луну, соскользнуть с рога, прикрепить к рогу.

III. Search the text for the names of the flowers mentioned. Learn them.

IV. Make up situation using the words and phrase:

1. Important, prosperous, field, be bounded by, respectable, to behave like, a perfect lady, to lead a life, to give lessons, to teach deportment, adventure, to stalk her, suddenly, to begin to dance, a model cow, to grow tired, enough, to stop dancing.
2. To be distracted, to grow worried, to ask the King for advice, to stare with astonishment, to make giddy, to command, to make a great effort, no good, a fallen star.
3. To pull off, to make dance, to tug at the star, to look in the Encyclopedia, to jump over the moon, an occupation for a lady, to nod, to make up one’s mind, to blow the whistle, to give a huge tremendous jump, to slip down the horn, to land on the earth, to stop dancing.

Reading-Comrehension Tasks

I. Recall and retell:

1. what extraordinary thing Michael saw in the Lane;
2. what peculiar thing happened to the Red Cow one day;
3. what it felt like;
4. how the cow managed to stop dancing;
5. why she was walking down the Lane on that day.

II. Finish the sentences and see whether you remember the idea:

1. The Red Cow was walking very slowly, putting its head over every gate, as though_________.
2. That cow was a great friend of ___________.
3. She paid a visit to the King because ___________.
4. The King commanded her ____________.
5. Then he noticed __________.
6. The red Cow was able to stop dancing after __________.
7. After a little she began to feel uncomfortable and dissatisfied because ____________.
8. Mary Poppins’s mother advised the Red Cow to _____________.

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