The Best English Fairy Tales / Лучшие английские сказки

The Best English Fairy Tales / Лучшие английские сказки

Дарья Вадимовна Положенцева

Карманное чтение на английском языке

Постигать английский язык можно не только заучивая бесконечные правила и выполняя упражнения, но и погружаясь в волшебный мир сказок, где на каждом шагу вас поджидают приключения.

Р’ данную РєРЅРёРіСѓ вошли такие произведения, как: «Дом РІ озере», «Три дурака», «Колодец конца света» Рё РґСЂ. Р?здание предназначено для продолжающих изучать английский язык (уровень 2 – Pre-intermediate).

Лучшие английские сказки. PreIntermediate

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The Ugly Duckling[1 - The Ugly Duckling – Гадкий утенок]

H.

C. Andersen

It was so beautiful in the country, it was summer. The fields were golden and the grass was green. There were thick forests and a lot of lakes. Yes, it was indeed lovely out there in the country.

There stood an old house with a pond around it. A duck sat on her nest. She was hatching her ducklings. She was bored. The other ducks swam in the pond and no one came to see her.

But at last the eggs began to crack, one after another.

“Peep, peep!” said the little ducklings.

“Quack, quack!” said the duck. Quick as quick can be they all went out to look at the green world. Their mother let them look, because green is good for the eyes.

“How big the world is,” said all the young ducks.

“Do you think this is the whole world?” their mother asked. “No, it is bigger, to the other side of the garden and right on into the field. I hope you are all hatched[2 - I hope you are all hatched – Надеюсь, вы все вылупились.

],” she said and she got up. “No, not quite all. The biggest egg still lies here. How much longer is this going to take? I am really tired of it all,” she said. She sat back on her nest.

“Well, how does it go?” asked an old duck. She came to visit her friend.

“It takes a long time with this egg,” said the duck on the nest. “It won’t crack, but look at the others.