Lesson 19, страница 46 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

Two Ways to Count to Ten - страница 46.

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LESSON 19

Read the text and say why the Lion chose the Zebra to rule after him.

Two Ways to Count to Ten

to grow [grəʊ] — расти

a death [deθ] — смерть

a stick [stık] — палка

to drop [drɒp] — падать, ронять

The Lion was king of all the animals. But he was growing very old. He knew that before his death he would have to name someone to take his place. It was a real trouble and the king didn't know who could follow the right way.

King Lion thought to himself, “Who will I name to rule after my death? How will I choose the right animal? Shall I have a competition? A race? A championship?”

King Lion thought for a long time. Then he said to himself, “I will call all the animals together. I will ask each animal to throw my stick into the air. The animal who counts to ten before the stick falls will be King.”

The animals gathered and listened to the news. They had never trained throwing sticks, but the elephant shouted, “I can throw that stick the highest. I’m bigger than anyone. I will become King after the Lion.” Then the elephant threw the stick high into the air and began to count slowly, “One, two, three, ....” Before the elephant could say four, the stick dropped to the ground.

The giraffe tried and the monkey tried, the bear tried and the fox tried, but neither of the animals could count to ten while the stick was in the air. King Lion was very sad.

At that moment the Zebra cried, “Wait! Let me try! Maybe I can throw your stick the highest.”

The other animals laughed. They didn’t believe the Zebra would be able to do it. But the Lion said, “Let the Zebra try.” The Zebra was not very strong and she didn’t throw the stick very high, but before it could fall on the ground the wise Zebra counted, “Five! Ten!” And the stick was on the ground.

The Zebra turned to the Lion. He said, “I have done as you asked. You didn’t say how I should count — by fives, or by ones.”

The Lion laughed and said that the Zebra was the wisest animal and that he would be the next King.

Write five questions to the text and use them as a plan to retell it.

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