Учебно-методическое пособие по домашнему чтению по английскому языку. Баланина Б.Д. - 12 стр.

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Unit 3

Pre-reading tasks:

I. Pronounce the following words correctly and give the

transcription:. giant, blossom, spring, autumn, outside, wonderful,

knock, playground, downstairs, through.

II. Read the text and pay attention to the active vocabulary given after

the text:

The Selfish Giant

(after O.Wilde)

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children

went to play in the Giant's garden.

It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass and beautiful

flowers and trees. The birds sat in the trees and sang so sweetly that the

children stopped their games and listened to them.

"How happy we are here!" they cried to each other.

One day the Giant came home and saw the children in the garden.

"What are you doing here?" he cried in an angry voice, and the

children ran away.

"My own garden is my own garden," said the Giant, "and I will

allow nobody to play in it."

So he built a high wall round the garden. He was a very selfish

Giant.

Now the children could not play in the garden. They tried to play

on the road, but the road was f u l l of hard stones, and they did not like

it. They walked round the high wall when their lessons were over, and

talked about the beautiful garden inside.

"How happy we were there," they said to each other.

Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little

flowers and little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still

Winter. The birds did not want to sing in it as there were no children, and

the trees forgot to blossom.