Lesson Thirty-Six (36) - English Text and Vocabulary

Text:

Lily and Jimmy are hungry. There is no bread on the table. There is no cheese in the cupboard. Jimmy's mother is not at home. Jimmy's sister Polly is at school. Mr. Dale is in the forest with Reni. The little puppy, Roombo, is hungry too.

There are many apples in the garden. But Jimmy cannot pick apples. They are too high in the apple-tree. Lily and Jimmy sit under the apple-tree and look at the apples. The apples are ripe, and round, and juicy.

The children are very hungry.

under the apple-tree

Dialogue:

'Can you bring a long, long stick, Jimmy?' asks Lily.

'Yes, I can, of course,' says Jimmy.

'Give me an apple, Jimmy,' says Lily.

'But I have no apples,' says Jimmy.

'Where are the apples?' asks little Lily.

'They are high in the tree,' says Jimmy.

'Give me one apple, Jimmy!' little Lily says again.

'How can I give you an apple?' asks Jimmy.

'Take a long, long stick, Jimmy,' says little Lily angrily. She is very angry with Jimmy.

'Why must I take a long, long stick, Lily?' poor little Jimmy asks again.

'You are a silly, silly boy, Jimmy,' says his clever little friend Lily.

Try to guess why little Lily says that Jim is very silly!

Vocabulary:

1. to pick ['pɪk] - срывать
2. an apple-tree [ən 'æpltri:] - яблоня
3. to look at ['luk æt] - смотреть на
4. ripe [raɪp] - спелый
5. round [raʊnd] - круглый
6. juicy ['dʒu:sı] - сочный
7. to ask [ask] - спрашивать
8. angrily ['æŋgrılı] - сердито
9. to be angry with ['æŋgrı] - сердиться на
10. silly ['sılı] - глупый
11. to try [traɪ] - пробовать, пытаться
12. to guess [ges] - отгадывать
13. that [ðæt] - что (союз)