Once a crow finds a large piece of cheese. She sits in a tree and wants to eat it, but suddenly she sees a fox.
The Fox comes up to the tree. He looks up and sees the Crow. He sees a piece of cheese also. The Fox wants
to get the cheese. He has a good plan in his mind.
He says: ‘How beautiful you are, Mrs Crow! You have such big eyes and beautiful nose. Your feathers
are nice too. What a pity you cannot sing to show your voice.’
The Crow opens her mouth and says, ‘But I can sing. Caw! Caw!’
When the Crow opens her mouth, the piece of cheese falls out. The Fox runs up to the cheese and eats it.
‘Thank you very much,’ he says. ‘The cheese is good. And you can sing well. What a pity you don’t think well.’ And the Fox runs away.

1 Прочитай текст “The Fox and the Crow”.
2 Повтори з следующие слова и выражения
a large piece of cheese — большой кусок сыра
to look up — смотреть вверх
also — также
beautiful — красивый
What a pity — Какая жалость
to sing — петь
to fall out — выпасть
to think — думать
in mind — в голове
feathers — перья
voice — голос
3 Подбери к английским словам и выражениям их русские эквиваленты.
1) a large piece of cheese
2) to look up
3) also
4) beautiful
5) What a pity
6) to sing
7) to fall out
to think
9) in mind
10)feathers
11) voice a) думать
b) Какая жалость
c) петь
d) выпасть
e) смотреть вверх
f) также
g) красивый
h) большой кусок сыра
i) голос
j) перья
k) в голове
4 Прослушай аудиозапись текста еще раз.
5 Выбери окончание предложения, выражающее основную идею текста.
The text is about
a) the Crow who has a piece of cheese and wants
to eat it.
b) the Fox who sees the Crow with a piece of
cheese and wants to get it.
c) the clever Fox and the stupid Crow.
6 Выбери правильные ответы на вопросы.
1) Why does the Crow sit in the tree?
a) Because she has a rest there.
b) Because she wants to eat there.
c) Because she is afraid of the Fox.
2) What does the Crow have in her mouth?
a) a large piece of butter
b) a large piece of cheese
c) a large piece of bread
3) Why does the Crow open her mouth?
a) Because she wants to sing for the Fox.
b) Because she wants to speak with the Fox.
c) Because she starts eating cheese.
7 Закончи предложения.
a) Once a crow sits in a _________.
b) She has a large piece of ___________in her mouth.
c) The Fox wants to ________________the cheese.
d) ‘What a pity you cannot ________________ . ‘ says the Fox.
e) When the Crow opens her mouth, the piece of cheese ________________ .
f) ‘What a pity you don’t ___________________ well,’ says the Fox..
8 Выполни тест на понимание прослушанного текста. Если утверждение верно,
то рядом с номером поставь знак «+», если нет, то знак «—».
a) Once a crow sits in a tree with a piece of bread.
b) The crow wants to have a rest in the tree.
c) The wolf sees the crow in the tree.
d) The Fox asks the Crow to sing.
e) The Crow opens her mouth and the piece of cheese falls down.
f) The Fox catches the piece of cheese and thanks the Crow.
g) The Crow sings well but she doesn’t think well.

Keys
3 1) h; 2) e; 3) f; 4) g; 5) b; 6) c; 7) d; a; 9) k; 10) j; 11) i.
5 c).
6 1) b; 2) b; 3) a.
7 a) tree; b) cheese; c) eat; d) sing; e) falls out; f) think.
8 a) – ; b) – ; c) – d) +; e) +; f) +; g) +•