I. Reading, страница 158, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

I. READING

1. Read the text and answer the question: Why didn't the animals like the Elephant's Child?

The Elephant's Child

After Rudyard Kipling

Long time ago the Elephant had no trunk (хобот / хобат). He had only a short and weak nose which couldn't pick up things. But there was one Elephant – an Elephant's Child who was very curious and asked a lot of questions. He lived in Africa. He asked ques- tions to all the African animals. "Why does your tail grow like that?" he asked the Ostrich. "Why are there spots on your skin?" he asked the Giraffe. "Why are your eyes red?" he asked the Hippo. The animals didn't know the answers, so they got very angry and spanked (шлепали / шлёпалі) the Elephant's Child. One fine morning he asked a new question, "What does the Crocodile eat for dinner?" Then everybody said, "Hush! Go to the Limpopo River and find out!" and spanked the Elephant's Child for a long time. The next morning the Ele- phant's Child took a hundred pounds of bananas and went to the Limpopo River. Soon he saw a Python-Rock-Snake and he asked him politely, "Excuse me, what does the Crocodile eat for dinner?" "What?!!" shouted the Python-Rock-Snake and spanked the Elephant's Child with his strong tail. The Elephant wasn't surprised, so he said goodbye very politely to the Python-Rock-Snake and went on to the great grey-green Limpopo River.

Soon he was at the river. In the river the Elephant's Child saw something which looked like a piece of wood. But it was the Crocodile! "Excuse me," said the Elephant's Child most politely, "can you tell me where I can find the Crocodile?" "Come here, Little One," said the Crocodile. "Why do you want to see me?" "Oh really? Will you please tell me what you eat for dinner?" "Come here, Little One, and I'll tell you," said the Crocodile.

Then the Elephant's Child put his head down close to the Crocodile's big mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose. "I think," said the Crocodile – and he said it between his teeth – "I think today I'll have the Elephant's Child for dinner!" The Elephant's Child didn't like it and he said, speaking through his nose, "Let me go! You're hurting me!" but the Crocodile didn't want to lose his dinner and didn't open his mouth. Then the Elephant's Child pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and his nose began to grow. Then the Python-Rock-Snake came to help the Elephant's Child. He took the Elephant's legs with his strong tail and they pulled, and pulled, and pulled. And his nose grew longer and longer.

2. How did the Python-Rock-Snake help the Elephant's Child? Find an extract (отрывок / урывак) and read it aloud.

3. What did the Elephant's Child look like? What was he like?

4. Why did the Elephant's Child go to the Limpopo River?

1. Почему животные не любили Слонёнка?

Ответ: The animals didn't like the Elephant's Child because he was very curious and asked a lot of questions the other animals couldn't answer, which made them angry.

Перевод: Животные не любили Слонёнка, потому что он был очень любопытным и задавал много вопросов, на которые другие животные не могли ответить, что их злило.

2. Как Питон-скальная змея помог Слонёнку? Найдите отрывок и прочитайте его вслух.

Ответ: "Then the Python-Rock-Snake came to help the Elephant's Child. He took the Elephant's legs with his strong tail and they pulled, and pulled, and pulled."

Перевод: "Затем Питон-скальная змея пришёл на помощь Слонёнку. Он обхватил ноги Слонёнка своим сильным хвостом, и они тянули, и тянули, и тянули."

3. Как выглядел Слонёнок? Какой он был?

Ответ: The Elephant's Child had a short and weak nose. He was very curious.

Перевод: У Слонёнка был короткий и слабый нос. Он был очень любопытным.

4. Почему Слонёнок пошёл к реке Лимпопо?

Ответ: The Elephant's Child went to the Limpopo River to find out what the Crocodile eats for dinner.

Перевод: Слонёнок пошёл к реке Лимпопо, чтобы узнать, что Крокодил ест на обед.