Номер 1, страница 69 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Read the text and say where the birds got the colours they now have.

WHY DO THE BIRDS HAVE SO MANY COLOURS?

New words:

a village ['vilidʒ] — деревня

a raven ['reivn] — ворон

a grizzly ['grizli] bear — гималайский медведь, гризли

beforehand [bɪ'fɔːhænd] — заранее

to paint [peɪnt] — рисовать, раскрашивать

to change one’s mind — изменить мнение (точку зрения, решение)

Many, many years ago, all the birds lived together in one village that was situated in a forest. It was very nice to live in the country in those days. Spring was the most beautiful season in the village as all the trees were green. You could see a lot of red and yellow flowers, you could drink fresh water from the rivers and lakes.

But in those days birds and animals lived in different countries. It was difficult for the birds to go to the animals’ country because there was a war between Raven and Grizzly Bear.

One day the Raven called all the other birds and said, “Tomorrow we will fight Grizzly Bear. We’ll have to protect our country. I know that Grizzly Bear is preparing for the battle. But before he is ready, we shall have a great dinner and we shall have a War Dance. However, beforehand I will paint you all.” And so he painted them. He painted them black, green, blue, yellow and red. He painted the ducks brown and grey and he painted the geese grey and white and the chicken dark yellow.

But then the Raven suddenly changed his mind. He decided he didn’t want the help of the other birds. “I’ll fight Grizzly Bear myself. Go away,” he said. The birds went away and left the village. The water birds went away to the lakes and the sea. Many birds went to the mountains and began to live there, and some birds went to the forest of the animals’ country, but they never took off the paint that was on them.

1. Прочитайте текст и скажите, откуда птицы получили цвета, которые у них сейчас есть.

Ответ: The birds got their colours from the Raven, who painted them beforehand for a War Dance. / Птицы получили свои цвета от Ворона, который раскрасил их заранее для Военного Танца.