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№ 1

A VERY GOOD REASON

orchard

an oak tree

except

answer

pass

walk

tell

Two men are walking in the country one day. As they are passing a farm, they see a large orchard. There are many trees in it, and all the trees have apples, except one. They don’t know why this tree has no apples. While thyey are talking about it, they see a boy, it’s the farmer’s boy. “Let’s ask him” – says one of them. And he says to a boy. There are apples on all the trees, but there is no apple on that one. Why is it so? Can you tell us? We’ll give you some money, if you tell us. “Of course, I can”- the boy answered. Where is the money? - asked a boy. Well, there are no apples on that tree, because it is an oak tree - says the boy, and takes the money.

№ 2

TIT FOR TAT

tit for tat

to poise

weight

counter

count

to hand

carry

customer

a loaf of bread

baker

instead

never mind

wrong

A man went to the baker’s shop to buy some bread. The baker took a loaf of bread from the shelf and handed it to him. The man poised it in his hands and said: “It’s not the weight”. “Never mind”- said the baker, it will be easier to carry it. The man said nothing. He took four pens from his pocket and put them on the counter. “But that is wrong”- said the baker. You give me only four pens instead of five”. “Never mind” – said the customer, it will be easier to count.

№ 3

A FOX AND A GOAT

to look for

a goat

a fox

to bark

to be awfully thirsty

to fall into the well

to get to the water

again

outside

understand

deep

jump

On a hot summer day a fox looks for some water to drink. He was awfully thirsty. He even goes into a farm yard, but the dog sees him and begins to bark. And the fox runs away. At last he finds an old well in the field. When the fox comes up to it, he understands that he cannot get to the water. He tries again and again and at last he falls into the well. The water is not very deep and the fox is glad to drink it. But soon he sees that he cannot get out of the well. Next morning a goat comes up to the well. He sees the fox there and he asks: “Is the water good?” “Oh, yes”- says the fox, “come down my friend, it’s so good that I am drinking it all the time. The goat jumped down and the fox jumps on the goat’s back and in a moment he was outside the well.

№ 4

A LIFE FOR A LIFE

to live from hand to mouth

to owe

Richard Savidge

earn

to take care

lack of smth.

bill

appear

pay

grateful

ungrateful

hand

get well

to wait for

as a result

poor

agree

to prove

entitle

Richard Savidge, the English author, lived in London. At this time he was very poor. He wanted to earn a little money, so he wrote a story of his life. But people did not buy many copies of that book. And Savidge was living from hand to mouth. As a result of lack of food he became very ill. His friend sent for a doctor who took care of him. So, Savidge got well again after some time. The doctor sent him a bill for his visits. But poor Savidge had not any money and could not pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks he sent it again, asking for his money. At the and he appeared in Saviges’s house and said “You know you owe your life to me, why don’t you want to pay me?” “I agree” - said Savidge, ” that I owe you my life, and to prove that I am not ungrateful for your work, I will give you my life. With these words he handed to the doctor two books entitled “The life of Richard Savidge”.

№ 5

UNPLEASENT TRIP

enough

ticket

decide

to be hungry

waiter

to be sick

throw

bill

pay

buy

quickly

answer

cabin

meal

An English man who was in France on a shot visit wanted to go back to England. He had only enough money to pay for a ticket. As he knew that the trip would take only two days he decided that he could live without eating for two days. So, he bought a ticket and got on the ship. When dinner time came he was very hungry, but he said to himself that he was not hungry. In the evening he was even more hungry, but when the waiter came to ask him to have supper, he said he was sick and he went to sleep hungry. Next morning the English man felt half dead with hunger. “I shall eat” he said to himself. Even if they throw me into the water. So, when dinner time came, he went to the dining room and ate everything that was on the table before him. When dinner was over he quickly got up and went to his cabin. In the evening when the ship was not far from London he ate his supper and said to the waiter: “Bring me the bill for my meal”. But the waiter said: ”What bill?” “For the dinner and supper” - said the man. “But you’ve paid for your meal when you bought the ticket” - answered the waiter.