Lesson 14, страница 34 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

Rumpelstiltskin. Part II - страница 34.

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LESSON 14

Read the second part of the tale and say who helped the girl to spin the straw into gold and what he wanted for his help.

Rumpelstiltskin

Part II

NEW WORDS

to enter ['entə] — входить

a spinning wheel ['spınıη wi:l] — прялка

to offend [ə'fend] — обидеть, оскорбить

tiny ['taını] — крошечный

to sparkle ['spa:kl] — сверкать

a necklace ['neklıs] — ожерелье

a ring [rıη] — кольцо

firstborn ['fɜ:stbɔ:n] — родившийся первым (первенец)

The King entered the room, looked at the girl and said, “So you are the girl who spins straw into gold. I won't do you any harm, but you must spin straw into gold for me.”

The girl was very surprised. “I can't do it. It's impossible,” she said. “I can't spin straw into gold. Tell him, Father, tell him, please. I can't spin straw into gold.” But the father said, “Do the best you can, my child, do the best you can.”

So the King took the poor girl to a small dark room. A lot of straw was brought and then a spinning wheel. “I can't spin straw into gold,” repeated the girl. Then the King got angry. “Don't lie. I'm offended. You must try. If you can't you will die. You should respect your King.” With these words he left the room.

The girl sat down on the straw and began to cry. “What am I going to do? I can't spin straw into gold. Oh, someone, somewhere, help me, please. I can't spin straw into gold. I hardly have the power to do this.”

Suddenly the door opened, and a tiny little man danced in. He was dressed all in silver from head to toe. His silver stockings and silver shoes sparkled when he moved. He spoke to the girl in a friendly voice, “Hi! Don't cry!”

The girl looked at him and told him everything. The little man promised to help her but asked her to give him something for his help. The girl offered the tiny little man her necklace and then she fell asleep.

In the morning she saw that the room was full of gold. When the King came, he was very glad, “What a beautiful thing! You have done it for the King!” he said. “But you must do it again.”

And again a lot of straw was brought and the girl was left alone. “It's impossible, it's impossible,” she repeated.

“But it is possible,” said the tiny little man. He was just entering the room. He was dressed in silver as before. He helped the girl, and she gave him her ring for his help.

When the King came into the girl's room, he was even more glad. “You've done it again!” he said. “I've never seen such a thing in my life. This is the way to work for the King. Do it again, and I'll make you my wife. You will be the Queen.” The King left and the girl began to cry:

Come out, come out,
Wherever you are.
Whoever you are
I need you now.
Come back, come back,
Wherever you are.
I need you now.
Come back.

The tiny little man came again but for his help he asked the girl to give him her firstborn child. She didn't want to but had to agree. For the third time, the tiny man sat down and began to spin. The girl soon fell asleep. When she woke up, the King was standing near her, and the room was full of gold.

Soon the girl married the King and forgot all about her terrible promise. After a year the King and the Queen had a beautiful daughter. Then one day, when the Queen was in her room, the door opened, and the tiny little man came in. He said he wanted the Queen's child. The Queen began crying, “Oh, no. Not that! Take anything, but not my child!”

1. Read out the answers to the following questions.

1) Why was the girl surprised when the King asked her to spin straw into gold?

2) What did the father say to the girl?

3) How was the tiny little man dressed?

4) What did the girl give the tiny little man for his help when he came into the room for the first and for the second time?

5) What did he ask for when the girl asked him to help for the third time?

2. Say what you think the end of the fairy tale is.

Решение.