Номер 1, страница 25 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Why didn't the country mouse stay in town with his cousin?

THE TOWN MOUSE

AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

New words:

town [taʊn] — 1) город; 2) городской

a cottage ['kɒtɪʤ] — коттедж

even ['i:vn] — даже

fresh [freʃ] — свежий

smart [sma:t] — щеголеватый, нарядный, модный

quiet ['kwaɪət] — тихий, спокойный

biscuit ['bɪskɪt] — печенье

to whisper ['wɪspə] — шептать

to feel (be) afraid [ə'freɪd] — бояться

a hole [həʊl] — дыра; зд. норка

safe [seɪf] — безопасный

Once upon a time, there was a little brown mouse. He lived in a small cottage in the country. He was very happy there. His cottage was very warm and comfortable, with lots of flowers in front of it and a few apple trees behind. He even had a bathroom and a toilet in the cottage, and there was a fireplace down-stairs. In his living room the brown country mouse ate good fresh food.

One day his cousin from town came to visit him. He was a smart grey mouse, who lived in a rather large town house. The country mouse was very glad to see his cousin. "It is so nice to see you," he said.

"Come in. Sit down. Let's have supper." The grey town mouse went into the living room and the brown country mouse to the kitchen to cook supper. Soon he brought in some bread, bacon and corn for supper and they drank fresh clean water. After supper they sat and talked.

"My friend," said the town mouse. "How can you live here? The country is so quiet. Your life is not interesting at all. And I'm sorry, but I don't like the food very much either. Come and stay with me!"

So the next morning the mice went to town, by car. The town mouse's house was beautiful. But he didn't use the key to open the front door. They got into the house by carefully going under the back door. They were very hungry, so the town mouse took his cousin to the dining room. There was a lot of food on the table. "Look at that!" said the town mouse. The mice jumped onto the armchair and then onto the table. They began to eat some fine French cheese, some very tasty cakes and biscuits. They drank lemonade [lɛmə'neɪd] and milk.

Suddenly they heard something in the hall of the flat. The door opened and a man walked in. He came to the table to get some fruit. "Be quiet!" whispered the town mouse.

The man took an apple and went out of the room. The town mouse began to eat again, but the country mouse could not eat a thing because he felt so afraid. Suddenly he saw a big cat near the sofa in the corner of the room. The cat was large. It was sleeping, but then it heard something. It opened its eyes and saw the mice. The country mouse began to cry, "Help! Help! A cat!" The cat looked up and jumped onto the table. It tried to catch the mice. The mice ran into a hole in the floor. The cat couldn't get in.

"Oh dear," said the country mouse. "Your food is good, but your life is not. I feel afraid in this beautiful house. I feel afraid upstairs and downstairs. I feel afraid in the living room and in the bedroom. I feel afraid on the sofa and on the floor."

The country mouse did not like the town at all. The next morning he said to his cousin, "Goodbye. I'm going back to the country. Life is quieter there, but it's safe."

1. Почему деревенская мышь не осталась в городе со своим двоюродным братом?

Ответ: The country mouse didn't stay in town because he felt very afraid of the cat and the man. He thought that life in the town house was not safe and preferred the quiet and safe life in the country.

Деревенская мышь не осталась в городе, потому что она очень испугалась кошки и человека. Она подумала, что жизнь в городском доме небезопасна, и предпочла тихую и безопасную жизнь в деревне.