Номер 1, страница 94 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Do you like parties? Have you ever been to any parties? If you want to know some facts about Shirley’s party, read the text and say why Shirley was angry.

The Costume Party

After W. B. Park

It was the night of the party. Shirley, the cat, wanted to see all her friends at the party. “They are all going to have costumes on,” she thought. “What will they be like?”

Soon the ducks came wearing pirates’ [paɪərəts] costumes. The sheep came dressed like a magician, and the pig was wearing the costume of a chef. Shirley’s best friend the fox was dressed like a ballet dancer and the dogs were wearing clown costumes. Shirley was happy. “Let’s play some games!” she cried.

Just then the doorbell rang. Shirley opened the door and saw a huge bear. “Ohhh!” said all the guests, but Shirley saw that the bear had a big zip down his front.

“Don’t be afraid!” she said to her friends. “It’s only a costume. Who could be inside?”

No one could guess. Shirley looked at the bear. “Come in!” she said. “What a good costume!” and the bear just smiled.

First they played hide-and-seek. The bear was it¹ and in no time he found everyone as he was very quick.

“Simon says”² was the next game. “Touch the sky!” said Shirley. “You didn’t say ‘Simon says’,” said the bear.

However, her other friends moved their arms up. So the bear won again.

Leapfrog was fun, but soon it was the bear’s turn to jump. He was so heavy! Then the dog said, “I don’t want to play it anymore.”

They tried hopscotch, but the bear was bigger than everyone and it was easy for him to win and he did.

Next came the game the pig liked the best. It was the pie eating contest. The pig was usually the winner. He could eat so much, but this time the bear ate ten pies and the pig ate only five pies. The bear wanted more and the pig got angry. “It’s my game!” he cried.

Shirley had to do something as the bear was ruining her party. “Time to take off our masks!” she cried. Everyone quickly took their masks off. Who was inside the bear costume then? They all watched him. “Oh, no!” the guests cried. “It really is a bear!”

They all ran away, but Shirley couldn’t run away as it was her home and she was very angry. “You have ruined my party,” she said to the bear.

“I’m sorry,” said the bear, “I’ve never been to a party before and I’m new here so I don’t have any friends.”

Shirley felt bad. “Well,” she said, “I think you can stay, but you have to be good. Then all my friends will come back.”

“I’ll try,” said the bear and all the guests came back and the bear was good. He said “Please” and “Thank you” and he almost always remembered to have his turn. Everyone began to like the bear. They gave him first prize for the best costume!

When the party was over, everyone was happy except the pig. He was busy practising for next year’s pie eating contest.

1. Вам нравятся вечеринки? Вы когда-нибудь были на вечеринках? Если вы хотите узнать некоторые факты о вечеринке Ширли, прочитайте текст и скажите, почему Ширли была сердита.

Ответ:

Yes, I like parties, they are usually fun. Yes, I have been to several birthday parties.

Да, мне нравятся вечеринки, они обычно веселые. Да, я был на нескольких днях рождения.

Shirley was angry because the bear that came to her costume party was a real bear, not someone in a costume. The bear scared all her guests away, which ruined her party.

Ширли была сердита, потому что медведь, пришедший на ее костюмированную вечеринку, оказался настоящим медведем, а не кем-то в костюме. Медведь распугал всех ее гостей, что испортило ее вечеринку.