Красная Шапочка / Little Red Riding Hood
Адаптация текста, составление упражнений и комментариев А. А. Пахомовой.
Иллюстрации К. С. Савченко
Once upon a time, there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was fond of her, and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day her mother made some cakes and said to her, “Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing because she has been very ill. Take her a cake and this little pot of butter.”
Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.
As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, “I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.”
“Does she live far off?” said the wolf.
“Oh, I say,” answered Little Red Riding Hood, “it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.”
“Well,” said the wolf, “and I’ll go and see her too. I’ll go this way and you go that, and we shall see who will be there first.”
The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers. It was not long before the wolf arrived at the old woman’s house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap.
“Who’s there?”
“Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood,” replied the wolf, counterfeiting her voice; “who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you by mother.”
The good grandmother, who was in bed because she was ill, cried out, “Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up. “
The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it had been more than three days since he had eaten. He then shut the door and got into the grandmother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap.
“Who’s there?”
Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid, but believing her grandmother had a cold and was hoarse, answered, “It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you.”
The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, “Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.”
Little Red Riding Hood pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.
The wolf said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes, “Put the cake and the little pot of butter upon the stool and come get into bed with me.”
Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed. She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes and said to her, “Grandmother, what big arms you have!”
“All the better to hug you with, my dear.”
“Grandmother, what big legs you have!”
“All the better to run with, my child.”
“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”
“All the better to hear with, my child.”
“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”
“All the better to see with, my child.”
“Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!”
“All the better to eat you up with.”
And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood and ate her all up.
Упражнения
1. Расположите события по порядку:
a) “Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing because she has been very ill. Take her a cake and this little pot of butter.”
b) “Grandmother, what big arms you have!”
c) “Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.”
d) Once upon a time, there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen.
e) As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf.
f) The wolf arrived at the old woman’s house and ate her up.
g) The wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood and ate her all up.
h) He then shut the door and got into the grandmother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood.
i) “It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you.”
j) “All the better to hug you with, my dear.”
2. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. Who was fond of Little Red Riding Hood?
2. What was Little Red Riding Hood carrying?
3. Why didn’t the wolf eat her in the forest?
4. Where did her grandmother live?
5. What did the wolf decide to do?
6. Who came first to the grandmother?
7. What did the wolf do after he ate the old woman?
8. What did he say to Little Red Riding Hood?
9. What happened to Little Red Riding Hood in the end?
3. Какие утверждения верны?
1. Little Red Riding Hood went to her grandmother, who lived in another village.
2. She carried a cake and a little pot of honey.
3. The poor child knew that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf.
4. The grandmother lived beyond the mill, at the first house in the village.
5. The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.
6. Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid.
7. The wolf hid himself in the wardrobe.
8. The wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood and ate her all up.
4. Поставьте глаголы в Present Indefinite, где нужно:
1. One day her mother made some cakes.
2. A wolf had a very great mind to eat her up.
3. The wolf ran as fast as he could.
4. He knocked at the door.
5. The good grandmother was in bed because she was ill.
6. The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.
7. Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed.
8. The wolf ate up the girl.
5. Узнайте слова:
6. Заполните пропуски словами из рамки:
1. This good woman had a little red riding _____________ made for her.
2. Little Red Riding Hood ____________ immediately to go to her grandmother.
3. The poor child did not know that it was ____________ to stay and talk to a wolf.
4. It is ____________ that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.
5. The little girl took a ____________ way.
6. He _______ the door and got into the grandmother’s bed.
7. Her grandmother had a _______ and was ____________.
8. The wolf said to her, hiding himself under the _____________.
7. Соотнесите английские слова с переводом:
8. Выберите правильный вариант ответа:
1) Little Red Riding Hood should visit her grandmother because she…
a) had got a birthday party.
b) was ill.
c) haven’t seen her granddaughter for a long time.
d) didn’t have any food.
2) The wolf came to the grandmother’s house…
a) first.
b) second.
c) He got lost.
d) He didn’t go to the grandmother’s house.
3) The wolf hid himself…
a) under the table.
b) under the bedclothes.
c) on the roof.
d) He didn’t hide.
4) Why did everybody call the girl Little Red Riding Hood?
a) She wanted to have a little red riding hood.
b) Her mother had a little red riding hood made for her, that suited the girl extremely well.
c) She had a little red dress.
d) She liked the red colour.
5) The wolf dared not to eat the girl in the forest…
a) because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest.
b) because he was afraid of her.
c) because he wasn’t hungry.
d) because he didn’t like the girl.
9. Заполните таблицу глаголами в форме прошедшего и будущего времени:
