Номер 1, страница 87 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Read the text and say why Maria laughed at George.

Who Is Afraid?

One day George’s family was visiting the children’s zoo. As the family was walking along the street, George said, “Let’s hurry! I would like to see the bears and the elephants. It’s fun to watch them.”
“And I would like to go to the Baby Animal Farm,” said his sister Maria. “The lambs are so nice, and you can get very close to them.”
George laughed, “Girls always like baby animals. But boys like big ones because boys aren’t afraid of anything.”

Their father bought the children a bag of nuts to feed the animals. “Here, children,” the father said. “Now remember the rules when you feed the animals. Be careful not to go too close to the cages because you might get hurt.”
“We won’t forget,” said George. He took the bag from his father and gave Maria some of the nuts. Then the family walked over to see the bears.
What fun it was to watch the bears! They were boxing each other and they looked funny! George gave them some nuts, but Maria didn’t. She saw how big the bears were and was afraid to go near them.
“Come on, Maria,” said George. “Feed the bears. They won’t hurt you. Why are girls afraid of every-thing?” And their mum said, “Let’s go and feed the elephants, they must be hungry.”
On the way to the elephants their daddy bought each of them a balloon. Maria smiled and she forgot all about being afraid.

For a while the family watched the elephants. Then Maria went to give them some nuts. However, just as she did, an elephant made a loud noise and Maria was afraid. She ran back to her mother. How George laughed! George gave his nuts to the elephants and then his father said, “Now let’s try to find the Baby Animal Farm.” “Yes, let’s,” smiled Maria.
Just then the mother heard the pop, pop, pop of popcorn nearby and she said, “Oh, let’s buy some pop-corn before we start.” And so the father bought four big boxes.

Then the family walked along eating popcorn and looked at everything along the way. Soon they found the Baby Animal Farm. As they watched the animals, a lady came over to Maria. She was a lady who worked at the zoo and she said, “The lambs are going to have some milk. Would you like me to teach you how to feed them?” “Oh, yes!” cried Maria.
Maria followed the woman through the gate and when she got into the farm yard, Maria stopped and called, “George! Come and get my popcorn and my bal-loon. I’ll need two hands to feed the lambs.”

George went and took Maria’s things. As he turned to leave, some popcorn fell out of the box. A small lamb saw the popcorn on the ground and started af-ter George.
Maria gave a little cry, “Look out!”
George saw the lamb coming after him. As he start-ed to run, he let the balloons go. Up went George’s balloon and it landed high in a tree! Up went Maria’s balloon, and it landed even higher!
George ran faster. Suddenly he fell and the pop-corn flew all over the ground. George caught his breath and looked back. There was the lamb quiet-ly eating the popcorn. Maria laughed and said, “Boys aren’t afraid of big animals. They are only afraid of little baby lambs.”

1. Прочитай текст и скажи, кто был объектом смеха Марии, когда она смеялась над Джорджем.

Ответ:

Maria laughed at George. She did so when he ran away from a small lamb and fell, after which she commented, "Boys aren't afraid of big animals. They are only afraid of little baby lambs."

Мария смеялась над Джорджем. Она смеялась, когда он убегал от маленького ягненка и упал, после чего она прокомментировала: "Мальчики не боятся больших животных. Они боятся только маленьких ягнят."