Номер 1, страница 92 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Read the story and say why little Jacoble told old Jacob the truth about the hare.

Jacoble Tells the Truth

After Sara and Stephen Corrin

Old Jacob and little Jacoble had seven little sheep to take care of. One day they were walking home and the sun still shone brightly. The seven little sheep thought of the wonderful green grass, old Jacob was thinking of his house and little Jacoble ... he didn't know... what to think. Then he thought a wonderful idea and he cried, "Jacob, oh, Jacob! Do you know what I saw yesterday? I saw a green rabbit. It was flying in the air and it was so big, even bigger than an elephant!"

"Of course you saw that with your own eyes," said old Jacob. "Of course I did," said Jacoble who was very proud. "It's a good thing that you really saw that big, flying, green rabbit, because if you didn't," said old Jacob, "that old bridge we are going to walk over is a very strange one. As soon as anyone who hasn't told the truth comes on it, the bridge breaks in two underneath him." They continued walking. "Jacob," said little Jacoble a little later, "you know that big, green, flying rabbit I saw yesterday... Well, it wasn't really flying, and ... it wasn't quite as big as an elephant ... but it was very big, about the size of a horse, well, of a young horse!" "Big as a horse?"

asked Jacob as they got closer to the bridge and little Jacoble began not to feel so well. "Jacob, oh, Jacob," said Jacoble, "That big, green rabbit I saw yesterday, well, I had something in my eye and so I couldn't see that well. It wasn't a very big rabbit, but it was green. Yes, that's what it was all green!"

Old Jacob didn't say a word. He just walked over the bridge. But Jacoble didn't go after him because he was afraid and he knew why he was afraid. He stood at the bridge and said, "Oh, Jacob! You know that rabbit I saw yesterday. It wasn't green. No, no. It was just a little, brown rabbit." Then he was not afraid of anything anymore and he ran happily over the bridge.

1. Прочитайте рассказ и скажите, почему маленький Джейкобл рассказал старому Джейкобу правду о зайце.

Ответ:

Little Jacoble told old Jacob the truth about the hare because he was afraid that the bridge, which old Jacob said would break if someone who hadn't told the truth walked on it, would collapse. His fear of the bridge made him confess the real size and color of the rabbit he saw.

Маленький Джейкобл рассказал старому Джейкобу правду о зайце, потому что он боялся, что мост, который, по словам старого Джейкоба, сломается, если по нему пойдет тот, кто не сказал правды, рухнет. Его страх перед мостом заставил его признаться в истинном размере и цвете зайца, которого он видел.