Номер 5, страница 45 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Афанасьева, Михеева

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How to Put a Bell on the Cat?

All the mice who live under the kitchen floor meet to decide what they can do about the Cat who lives in the kitchen where there is a lot of bread, butter, milk and cheese. The cat is very quiet ['kwaɪət]. It comes into the kitchen silently ['saɪləntli], and the mice can't always run away.

The mice don't know what to do about it. A young mouse stands up and says she has a very good plan. She says her plan will help them all to understand when the cat comes into the kitchen. She says they must hear when the cat comes in, then they can run away. The mouse says they must get a small bell and put it around [ə'raʊnd] the cat's neck [nek]. Then when the cat comes near, they will hear the bell. All the mice are happy. They say that the plan is very good. The clever young mouse is happy too.

Suddenly an old mouse stands up and says that the plan is not bad indeed, but she wants to know who is going to put the bell on the Cat. No mouse wants to do it. The old mouse says, “It's easy ['i:zi] to make plans but not all of them work.”

The mice think again and the little grey mouse says, “We can sing a sweet song together. The Cat will sleep to our song and we'll put the bell around his neck.”

The big mouse with a long tail says, “We can write a letter to the Cat where we'll say that now all cats have beautiful bells round their necks. The Cat will like this idea [aɪ'dɪə] and put the bell around his neck.”

The fat mouse with a short tail says, “We know that the Cat loves cream. We'll have some cream in our hole [həʊl]. The Cat'll come and put its head [hed] into the narrow hole. Then we can put the bell around his neck.”

Do you like the mice's plans? Do you think they can work?

тихий

беззвучно

вокруг

шея

лёгкий, простой

идея

нора

голова

Вам нравятся планы мышей? Как вы думаете, они смогут сработать?

Ответ: Я думаю, что главная идея надеть колокольчик на кошку хороша, потому что это помогло бы мышам знать, когда кошка приближается. Но большинство их планов о том, как это сделать, не кажутся очень реалистичными или безопасными. Например, написать письмо кошке или спеть песню, скорее всего, не сработает. План приманить кошку сливками в узкую нору кажется самым хитрым, но это все равно очень сложная и опасная задача для мыши.

I think the main idea of putting a bell on the cat is good because it would help the mice know when the cat is coming. But most of their plans for how to do it don't seem very realistic or safe. For example, writing a letter to the cat or singing a song probably won't work. The plan to lure the cat with cream into a narrow hole seems the most clever, but it still sounds like a very tricky and dangerous job for a mouse.