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LESSON 1

THE SKI RACE

After Alf Proysen

Part I

1. Complete the text with the words from the box.

Wordlist

Unbearable – невыносимый

Mrs. Pepperpot is a funny (1) old woman who at some moments becomes as small as a pepperpot. She never knows when it can happen but she feels when she is going to be her normal size again. Mrs. Pepperpot is married. Her husband, Mr. Pepperpot, is a sportsman. He has been going in for sports (2) many years and is good (3) winter and summer sports. The Pepperpots live in Norway. They are fond (4) growing vegetables in their (5) and travelling all over the world.

Last summer they spent a month on the coast of the Mediterranean. Though the heat was really unbearable Mr. Pepperpot spent many hours a day in the (6). He liked the sunlight and did not believe that it can do humans any harm or badly (7) their health or even (8) it. He swam a lot too.

Mrs. Pepperpot suffered a little from the changes in the climate. She was used to warm summer afternoons and cool evenings of her native country where you always breathe (9) fresh air and feel active. But she enjoyed her holiday. The Pepperpots (10) out a lot and Mr. Pepperpot even slept (11).

When they came home it was autumn in Norway. The days became shorter. The weather got (12). It started raining. It often snowed. Soon (13) winter began.

1. Complete the text with the correct preposition.

Wordlist

Parka –курткаскапюшоном

He slung his skis over his shoulders – перекинуллыжичерезплечо

Wax- натирать мазью

Caughtsight - заметила

Winter had always had a great influence 1. _ Mr. Pepperpot. He was fond 2._ taking part 3._ different winter sports competitions. Thus as usual, he decided to go in 4._ the local ski race. He had been a pret­ty good skier when he was young, so he said 5._ Mrs. Pepperpot, "I don't see why I should­n't have a go this year; I feel much better than I have 6._ many years."

"That's right, husband, you do that," said Mrs. Pepperpot, "and if you win the cup, you'll get your favourite cake when you come home."

So Mr. Pepperpot put his name 7._ and on the day of the race he put on his white parkaand red cap and got 8._. He slung his skis over his shoulders and said he would wax them when he got 9. _ the starting point.

"Best of luck!" said Mrs. Pepperpot and her husband went 10._. It was not before he had turned the corner by the main road that Mrs. Pepperpot caught sight of his can of wax which he had left 11. _ the chair.

"Oh, my!" exclaimed Mrs. Pepperpot. "Now I shall have to go after him or his skis won't go forward and there'll be no cup 12. _ this house today. The day will be ruined 13. _ Mr. Pepperpot." So, Mrs. Pepperpot ran up the road as fast as she could with the can of wax.

III. Complete the part of the text with the correct form of the verb.

When she got near the starting point there 1 (be) a huge crowd there. She 2 (try) to find her husband, but everyone seemed to be wearing white parkas and red caps. At last she 3 (see) a pair of sticks stuck in the snow with a red cap on them. She 4 (can) see the letters P.P. on the cap. "That must be his cap," thought Mrs. Pepperpot. "Those are his initials, Peter Pepperpot. I'll just put the wax in the cap, and then he'll find it when he 5 (come) back."

Nobody 6 (know) what influenced Mrs. Pepperpot but she suddenly 7 (get) very small and it was she who fell into the cap. "No harm done," thought Mrs. Pepperpot. "When Peter 8 (come), he 9 (see) me in his cap. Then he can put me down somewhere out of the way of the race. And as soon as I 10 (grow)large again I can go home."

1. What do you think?

What will happen to Mrs. Pepperpot and her husband later?

Ключи к уроку.

Lesson 1

Список литературы

Английский язык: книга для чтения к учебнику для VI класса школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, лицеев и гимназий / составители О.В. Афанасьева др. – 8-е изд. – М. : Просвещение