5. Grandpa Durov's Wonderland

What's it about?

This text describes Grandpa Durov's Wonderland, an unusual theatre in Moscow where animals, not people, perform tricks. It mentions horses, ponies, chimps, elephants, bears, camels, hippos, and birds as performers.

Exercise 1: What can these animals do?

Looking at the pictures and the text, we can infer the following:

• Elephant: can stand on two legs.
• Chimp: can play the piano.
• Pigeon: can walk on the ball.
• Hippo: can sing.

Exercise 2: Answer the questions.

1. Where can you see animals in your city/town/village? You can see animals in zoos, circuses, or animal theatres.
2. Is there a zoo/circus/animal theatre there? This depends on your specific city/town/village.
3. What tricks can the animals do? The animals can do a lot of tricks, as shown in the pictures and mentioned in the text (e.g., standing on two legs, playing the piano, walking on a ball, singing).

Exercise 3: Visit the website

To complete this task, you would need to visit the website http://gotourl.ru/12193 and choose a show you'd like to see.