Упражнение 7.5 1. Прочитайте текст. 2. Выпишите все незнакомые слова из текста в словарь, выучите их. 3. Прочитайте текст снова. 4. Расскажите текст своими словами, опираясь на выученную грамматику.

Решение:

1. Прочитайте текст.

On a cold evening in December the girls are near the fire in the dining-room. Their mother is not at home yet, and the girls want to talk about the New Year and the presents they want to give to their mother. Margaret, or Meg, as (как) her sisters call her, is a very nice girl. She is sixteen years old. Meg teaches small children in the family of their friends. She gets some money for her work and helps her family. Meg wants to be a teacher.

Josephine, or Jo, is fifteen. She is tall and thin with long thick hair. Jo wants to write stories and be a writer. Now she works at the house of an old woman. She looks after the woman, helps her in the house, reads books to her and gets some money for her work.

Elizabeth, or Beth, is thirteen. She is a tall girl with brow

2. Выпишите все незнакомые слова из текста в словарь, выучите их.

(Слова для выписывания зависят от уровня учащихся. Примерный список: presents, Margaret, teaches, Josephine, writer, Elizabeth, dining-room, sister, mother, money, family, friends, woman, house, work, December, evening, fire, thin, thick, tall, twelve, thirteen, writer, teacher, etc.)

3. Прочитайте текст снова.

(Повторное чтение текста, возможно, вслух или с учителем.)

4. Расскажите текст своими словами, опираясь на выученную грамматику.

(Примерный пересказ, может варьироваться в зависимости от уровня владения языком.)

In December, on a cold evening, the girls are by the fire because their mother is not home. They are discussing the New Year and gifts for their mother. Margaret, or Meg, is sixteen and a kind girl. She tutors children from her friends' families and earns money, helping her family. Meg aspires to be a teacher.

Josephine, known as Jo, is fifteen, tall, with long, thick hair. Jo desires to be a writer. Currently, she works for an elderly woman, assisting her, reading to her, and receiving payment for her work.

Elizabeth, or Beth, is thirteen and tall with brown hair.