Текст книги "Забавные истории котенка Рэдди"

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Дорогие ребята!

Всего год или два назад вы узнали английский алфавит, потом прочитали первые английские слова, и вот наступил новый этап в овладении вами иностранным языком. Вы начинаете читать книги на английском! И это здорово!

Истории котёнка Рэдди написаны специально для вас. Главные герои книги – забавные котята: два брата и сестра. Я уверена, что вы полюбите умную, трогательную Пинки и доброго, озорного Рэдди. Может быть, не всем вам понравится Блэки. Но не забывайте, что он ещё совсем маленький котёнок, и у него вся жизнь впереди, чтобы стать мудрее и добрее.

Читайте и улыбайтесь! Проделав упражнения, предложенные после каждой главы, вы будете приятно удивлены, обнаружив, что стали чуть-чуть лучше говорить, чуть-чуть лучше разбираться в грамматике и научились отгадывать загадки на английском языке. Вы узнаете много новых слов и без труда запомните их, поскольку будете встречать их на протяжении всей книги то в одной, то в другой главе. И я точно знаю, что, прочитав эти истории, вы не остановитесь на достигнутом, а вооружившись новыми знаниями, возьмётесь за следующую, более трудную книгу и так далее.

Счастливого вам пути в прекрасный мир английского языка!

Перевод заданий к упражнениям

About you. – О тебе.

Answer the questions. – Ответь на вопросы.

Choose right. – Выбери правильно.

Circle the odd word. – Обведи не подходящее по смыслу слово.

Complete. – Дополни.

Fill in. – Вставь.

Match. – Подбери пару.

Match the opposites. – Соедини противоположные по смыслу слова.

Put the sentences in the correct order. – Расставь предложения в правильном порядке.

True or false? – Верно или неверно?

What is it? – Что это?

I. A Puzzle

Look! This is Pinky. She is white, but her ears and nose are pink. And that is Blackie. He has got a grey body and a black tail. They are very nice and they are my sister and brother. They are my friends, too. And this is me. I am Reddy. I am red, and red is my favorite color. We are kittens and we are little.

We have got a mother. But she is not with us now. She is with her sister. Mrs Paw visits and helps us. She is our mum's friend.

It is sunny today. We are in the garden now. Pinky is on the swing. She is swinging. Blackie is in an armchair. He is reading. And I am in a tree. I am watching the birds.

Pinky is very happy and she sings.

"Please, Pinky, don't sing!" says Blackie. "I can't read!"

"Don't read," says Pinky. "Listen to my song."

"But I want to read," says Blackie.

"And I want to sing!" says Pinky.

Pinky sings and Blackie is very angry. He takes his radio and turns it on.

Now Pinky is angry. She can't hear her song. She jumps down, comes up to Blackie and turns the radio off.

"Why are you doing that?" she asks. "Can you read when the radio is singing?"

Blackie looks at her and says:

"I can't read when the radio is singing. But you can sing when I am reading. That is not fair. But now I can't read and you can't sing. It is fair."

I, Reddy, don't like when my friends are not happy. I climb down the tree and go to them. I come up and say:

"Pinky, you can sing in the house. Then Blackie can't hear you and he can read. Or Blackie, you can read in the house. Then you can't hear Pinky and she can sing in the garden."

Blackie and Pinky are nice kittens.

"OK, I am going into the house," they say together.

Exercises

1 Answer the questions.

1. Who has got pink ears?

2. What colour is Blackie's tail?

3. What is Reddy's favorite color?

4. Is their mum with them now?

5. Where is she?

6. Who helps the kittens?

7. Where are the kittens?

8. What is Pinky doing?

9. What is Blackie doing?

2 Match.

3 True or false?

1. Pinky has got a book.

2. Pinky has got a radio.

3. Reddy does not like when his friends are not happy.

4. Blackie and Pinky are in the house.

4 What is it?

1. It can sing. You can listen to it. You can turn it off.

2. It is big or small. You can read it.

3. It is in the garden. You can sit on it and swing.

4. It is long or short. You can sing it.

5. It is tall or short. You can climb it up and down.

II. A Nice Day

We are in the house today. It is raining.

Pinky likes the cupboard. Now she is sleeping in the cupboard. Blackie likes the sofa. Now he is sitting on the sofa. I like the chair. Now I am playing with my tail under the chair.

"Can I play with you?" asks Blackie.

"But I am playing with my tail," I say. "I can't play with my tail and with you."

Blackie is sad. He wants to play and he plays with his tail.

Pinky wakes up. She comes out of the cupboard and looks at us.

"What are you doing?" she asks.

"We are playing with our tails," we answer.

"But it is not good. Can't you play together?" asks Pinky.

"How can we? Reddy is playing with his tail and I am playing with mine," says Blackie.

Pinky thinks and thinks and she says:

"You can play together. You, Blackie, can play with Reddy's tail. And you, Reddy, can play with Blackie's tail."

"You are very clever," Blackie and I say.

Pinky is very happy. Blackie and I are happy, too. Now we are all playing together. Pinky is playing with my tail, I am playing with Blackie's tail and Blackie is playing with Pinky's.

What a nice day!

Exercises

1 Answer the question.

1. Where are the kittens?

2. What is Pinky doing?

3. What is Blackie doing?

4. What is Reddy doing?

2 Match.

3 Fill in: am, is, are.

1. We _____ in the house today.

2. Blackie _____ sad.

3. I _____ playing with my tail.

4. You _____ clever.

5. Blackie and I _____ happy.

4 What is it?

1. There are cups and plates in it.

2. It has got four legs. You can sit on it.

3. It is big. You can sleep on it.

4. Animals have got it. It is long short.

III. An Apple Ball

It is autumn. It is September. It is Pinky's birthday today. She is eight months. She has got two presents: Blackie's present and my present. Blackie's present is a small red ball and my present is a box of chocolates. Mrs Paw visits us in the morning. She gives Pinky a big birthday cake and goes home because she has got a baby son there.

Pinky makes tea for us. We drink tea and eat chocolates together. Then we play with a small red ball. We play and play. Pinky catches the ball with her teeth. Oh no! There is a hole in the ball. We can't play with it now.

Pinky is very sad. She cries.

"I have not got any presents now," she says. "There are no chocolates and there is not a ball."

"Please, don't cry!" I say. "We can go and play in the garden. There are a lot of apples on the grass. We can play with the apples."

We go to the garden and we play with the apples. When there is a hole in the apple, we eat it up and play with another apple.

Pinky is happy now. She likes apples. They are red, you can play with them and you can eat them.

Exercises

1 Answer the questions.

1. What season is it?

2. Whose birthday is it?

3. What presents has Pinky got?

4. Has Mrs Paw got children?

5. What do the kittens drink?

6. Is there a hole in the ball?

2 What is it?

1. You can play with it but you can't eat it.

2. You can play with it and you can eat it.

3. You can drink it. It is hot. It is brown. You put sugar in it.

3 True or false?

1. It is Reddy's birthday.

2. Blackie gives Pinky a box of chocolates.

3. Pinky catches the ball with her teeth.

4. There are a lot of balls on the grass.

5. Pinky likes lemons.

4 Fill in: have got, has got, is, are, am.

1. The apple _____ red.

2. The ball _____ a hole.

3. The kittens _____ happy.

4. They _____ a box of chocolates.

5. The chocolates _____ nice.

6. I _____ happy.

7. I _____ a present.

IV. Snow

It is winter. It is cold and it is snowing. We are in the living room. We are looking at the snow through the window.

"Let's go and play in the snow," says Pinky.

"No, it is too cold," says Blackie. "We can put on our warm coats and boots," says Pinky.

"I can't run in my boots. They are too big," says Blackie and he looks at me.

"I can't run in my coat. It is too long," I say and I look at Blackie. It is so warm in the living room and so cold in the garden.

"I see," says Pinky. "Don't run. Stand and look at me. My clothes are nice. I can run in my boots and my coat."

"We can look at you through the window," say Blackie and I.

"OK," says Pinky. "Don't go. Sit down on the sofa and look at me through the window."

So Pinky puts on her warm clothes and boots and goes out. She runs in the snow and she makes a snowman. She jumps in the snow and dances in the snow. She makes a snowball and throws it at her snowman.

We are sitting on the sofa and looking at Pinky. Then I stand up, take my warm coat and boots and put them on.

"Blackie," I say. "Put on your warm clothes, and let's go out. It is fun in the snow."

"It is too cold," says Blackie. "I don't want."

So I go to Pinky. We run in the snow and we make two snowmen. We jump and dance in the snow. We make snow-balls and throw them at our snowmen. We are having fun!

Suddenly we see Blackie. He is standing in the garden.

"Look, my boots are not too big," he says. "I think, I can run. Let's play together."

Now we play together and we are very happy.

Exercises

1 Match.

2 Fill in: they, I, me, them, us, we.

1. _____ stand up and put on my clothes.

2. He looks at _____, and I look at him.

3. We make snowballs and throw _____ at the snowmen.

4. _____ are our friends. _____ like them.

5. We are happy. Look at _____!

3 Match.

4 Answer the questions.

1. What is the weather like today?

2. Where are the kittens?

3. What does Pinky put on?

4. What does she do in the snow?

5 Put the sentences in the correct order.

1. Blackie goes out.

2. Reddy puts on his warm clothes.

3. They play together.

4. Pinky runs in the snow.

5. They are in the living room.

V. A Film or Lunch?

It is very cold today. We are in the house. We are watching a film. It is about a mouse. Its name is Stuart Little. The film is very interesting. But, when I see a mouse, I am very hungry.

So I say:

"Let's watch another film!" "What film?" asks Blackie.

"Another film. Not about mice," I say.

"OK," says Blackie. He takes another film and we watch it. It is about a clown fish. Its name is Nemo. The film is very interesting. But, when I see a fish, I am hungry. So I say:

"Let's watch another film."

"What film?" asks Blackie.

"Another film. Not about fish," I say.

Blackie takes another film and we watch it. It is about a bird. Its name is Valiant. The film is very interesting. But, when I see a bird, I am hungry.

"Let's watch another film!" I say.

"Again?" cries Blackie. He is very angry.

"Oh Blackie," says Pinky. "I think, Reddy is very hungry. Let's have lunch. And then we can watch a film."

So we have lunch. Now I am not hungry and I can watch films about mice, fish or birds.

"Thank you, Pinky," I say. "You are so clever."

Exercises

1 Answer the questions.

1. What's the weather like today?

2. What are the kittens doing?

3. Are the films interesting?

4. Is Blackie angry?

5. What are the films about?

6. Is Reddy hungry?

7. Do they have lunch?

2 Match.

3 Complete.

1. Let's watch a f _____.

2. When I see a mouse, I am h _____.

3. Let's have l _____.

4 What is it?

1. It is big or small. It can sing and fly.

2. It is big or small. It can't talk but it can swim.

3. Cats catch it. It is small. It has got a long tail.

4. You can watch it. It is interesting.

VI. Well Done, Pinky!

It is Sunday today. It is our clean day. We tidy up our house on Sunday and we have a bath on Sunday.

Now Pinky is cleaning the kitchen and the bathroom. I am cleaning the dining room. Blackie is cleaning the bedroom. It is funny. We like it. When the house is clean, Pinky says:

"Now let's work in the garden. Let's water the flowers and the trees in the garden."

"Oh no!" we cry together with Blackie. "We can't work in the garden. We are tired."

"But think about the trees and the flowers!" says Pinky. "You drink milk and water every day, but they can't do it. They haven't got milk or water in the fridge. They are thirsty."

"How do you know?" we ask. "Do you talk to trees?"

"No, I don't," says Pinky, and she is very angry. "But I know! Look!"

Pinky takes a glass of water and waters the floor.

"Can you see the water?" she asks.

"Yes, we can," we answer.

"The floor is not thirsty. It is not drinking the water," says Pinky. "Now let's go to the garden."

Pinky takes another glass with water and we go to the garden.

We come up to a tree. Pinky waters the tree.

"Look!" says Pinky. "The tree is drinking! There is no water on the ground now."

We look at the ground. It is wet, but there is no water on the ground.

"The trees are thirsty!" says Pinky. "Now help me to water them."

"Pinky, you are very clever!" I say. "You can understand trees."

And we water all the trees and the flowers in the garden.

Mrs Paw always visits us on Sundays. She looks at the clean rooms and at the trees and flowers in the garden. She says: "Good kittens!"

Exercises

1 Answer the questions.

1. What day is it today?

2. What do they tidy up?

3. Do they like it?

4. Do they go to the garden?

5. Do they water the trees and the flowers?

6. Who visits the kittens on Sundays?

2 Match.

3 About you.

1. Do you tidy up your room?

2. Do you water the flowers?

3. Do you work in the garden?

4. Do you water the trees in your garden?

4 What is it?

1. It is beautiful. It is red, yellow, white, orange, pink or blue. You water it.

2. It is small or big. You have water in it.

3. Tables, sofas, chairs, bookcases, armchairs stand on it.

4. You can sleep in this room.

5. You can eat in this room.

6. You can cook in this room.

7. You can wash in this room.

VII. A Monster

It is sunny today. It is very hot. We are hot. We take a big towel, three cups, three plates, some milk, some meat, three apples and go to the lake.

The lake is big and the water in the lake is cold. We swim and play. Then we go out. Blackie does not go out. He is in the lake.

"Go out!" says Pinky. "The water is not warm. It is cold."

"I am not cold," says Blackie. "I like the water!"

"Pinky," I say. "Let's eat our breakfast."

"But we can't. Blackie is in the lake." "Yes, we can," I say. I take a piece of meat, eat it and say:

"Look, Blackie! I am eating our meat! It is very nice!"

Blackie looks at me and says:

"Eat the meat. I can fish here."

So Blackie is in the water. The water is cold. Pinky is not happy. She is sad. She looks at me and says:

"Reddy, what can we do?"

"Wait and see," I say.

Blackie is fishing now. He is not looking at me. I walk into the water and dive. Now I am under the water. I swim to Blackie under the water. Now I can see his legs. I open my mouth and bite him.

"Help!" cries Blackie. "There is a monster in the water."

Blackie runs out of the water.

"There is a monster in the lake!" he says to Pinky.

"A monster?!" cries Pinky.

"Yes, it has got red ears and very sharp teeth!"

Pinky looks at Blackie. She knows that monster but she says:

"Don't go into the water again! I know that monster. It is in one of my books. It is a terrible monster!"

"OK," says Blackie. He is afraid. He looks at Pinky and says:

"And where is Reddy?"

"Oh no!" cries Pinky. "He is in the water!"

"Oh no!" cries Blackie. "The monster can bite him!"

They look at the lake. I am swimming in the lake.

"Reddy, come out!" cry Pinky and Blackie. "There is a terrible monster in the water!" says Blackie.

"Is it big?" I ask.

"It is long and it has got red ears and very sharp teeth!"

"But I am not afraid of monsters. I have got sharp teeth, too," I say. "I am not going out. The water is warm now. Don't wait for me. Have breakfast."

"Oh!" says Pinky. "Again."

She looks at Blackie.

"What about a monster with a black tail?" she says.

Exercises

1 Answer the questions.

1. What's the weather like today?

2. Are the kittens hot?

3. What do they take?

4. Where do they go?

5. Is the water hot?

6. Who is the monster with red ears?

7. Who is the monster with a black tail?

2 Match.

3 True or false?

1. Blackie is sad.

2. Reddy bites Pinky.

3. Pinky is under the water.

4. There is a monster in the lake.

5. The lake is small.

6. Pinky is swimming in the lake.

7. Blackie is afraid of the monster.

4 Put the sentences in the correct order.

1. The kittens go the lake.

2. It is sunny today.

3. Reddy eats the meat.

4. Reddy bites Blackie.

5. Reddy dives into the water.

6. Blackie runs out of the water.

VIII. A Visitor

It is evening. We are in the house. We are on the sofa. It is very late, but we don't want to go to bed.

There is a big vase in our room. It is empty.

Suddenly we hear a noise in the vase. We jump down and run to the vase. Blackie climbs up the vase and looks in.

"What is there?" we ask.

"I can't see," says Blackie. "It is too dark in the vase."

Then we hear the noise again.

"There is a small animal in the vase!" says Pinky. "Let's help it!"

"How can we help it?" we ask.

"Take the umbrella and put it in the vase. Then the animal can climb up the umbrella and get out," says Pinky.

I take the umbrella and put it in the vase. We listen and look. Suddenly we see the small animal. It is climbing up the umbrella. It is… Oh, it is a mouse!

"Oh, help!" cries Pinky. Pinky is a kitten, but she is afraid of mice. She jumps upon a shelf and hides behind the books.

Now the mouse can see us. It looks at us and cries, "Oh, help!" and climbs down the umbrella back into the vase.

"There is a mouse in the vase!" cries Blackie. "It is big and fat and I am hungry!"

"Oh no!" cries Pinky on the shelf. "Don't eat it! Please, don't eat it!"

But Blackie doesn't listen to Pinky. He puts his paw into the vase. He wants to catch the mouse but he can't. Then Blackie says. "I can climb into the vase and catch the mouse."

Blackie climbs into the vase. We can only see his tail now.

"It is too dark here!" cries Blackie. "I can't see the mouse!" He is very angry.

Suddenly we can see the mouse. It climbs up Blackie's tail and out of the vase.

"Blackie!" I say. "The mouse is not in the vase!"

"Where is it?" cries Blackie.

The mouse climbs down the vase and runs into a hole in the floor.

"It is under the floor," says Pinky. "Blackie, climb out!"

"But I can't!" cries Blackie. "Help me!"

I look at Pinky, and she looks at me.

"Then jump out!" we say.

"I can't jump here!" says Blackie.

"What can we do?" I ask Pinky.

"Take the umbrella and put it in the vase," says Pinky. "Then this hungry animal can climb out."

I put the umbrella in the vase. Soon we can see Blackie's head, then his body and his tail.

"Thank you," he says.

"The mouse is in that small hole in the floor," says Pinky. "You can climb in and catch it."

Blackie looks at the small hole.

"No," he says. "The mouse is very small and thin, and I am not very hungry."

"Then let's go to bed. It is very late," says Pinky.

Exercises

1 True or false?

1. It is morning.

2. The kittens are in the garden.

3. They want to go to bed.

4. There is a big animal in the vase.

5. A mouse climbs up the umbrella.

6. Reddy is afraid of mice.

7. Blackie doesn't listen to Pinky.

8. Blackie climbs down the umbrella.

9. The mouse is behind the books.

2 What is it?

1. You can put flowers in it.

2. You take it with you, when it is raining.

3. It is small. Mice live there.

4. People put books on it.

3 Fill in: up, in, to, at, of.

1. It is climbing _____ the umbrella.

2. We put the umbrella _____ the vase.

3. The mouse looks _____ us.

4. Pinky is afraid _____ mice.

5. Blackie doesn't listen _____ Pinky.

6. We run _____ the vase.

7. We can hear a noise _____ the vase.

4 Answer the questions.

1. Where is the noise?

2. What do the kittens put in the vase?

3. What is there in the vase?

4. Where does Pinky hide?

5. Who is hungry?

6. Does the mouse climb out of the vase?

7. Where does the mouse hide?

IX. Ted

It is a happy day today. We are going to a party. It is Ted's birthday today. Ted is Mrs Paw's son. He is one year old today.

We take our present and go to the white house. Mrs Paw opens the door and we go in. Ted comes to us. He is a small grey kitten. He has got kind big green eyes and a short tail. We give him the present and sing "Happy birthday to you!" for him. Ted opens his present. It is a toy fish.

Then we have lunch. There is a lot of food. There are French fries and cheese, sandwiches and biscuits, fruit and ice cream.

"I like French fries," says Blackie. "I hope you don't like French fries?" he asks Ted.

Ted looks at Blackie. He thinks and thinks, then he says: "No, I don't. I like cheese and biscuits. You can eat the French fries. And I can eat some cheese and biscuits."

I am listening to them and I am very angry.

"I like French fries," I say suddenly.

"No, you don't like them," cries Blackie. He is angry. "I know. You like sandwiches and biscuits. You can eat them."

"No," I say, "today I like French fries."

I take a lot of French fries and say: "Ted, we can eat French fries together."

Ted is happy because he likes French fries. Blackie is angry because he likes French fries, too.

After lunch we play and watch TV. Now everyone is happy. Ted's birthday is great.