Far away in a small country, there lived two artists - a stoat and a
lion. They WERE both good painters, but each of them THOUGHT that he
COULD PAINT better. One day the lion SAID to the stoat , " I'LL HAVE
BEEN PAINTING pictures for 10 years nex month. MEET me in the market
square in a month at noon. Each of US WILL BRING a painting and the
public WILL BE the judge." The stoat AGREED.
On the day of the
contest the whole town CAME to the market place. The two paintings WERE
HUNG on a wall, each WAS COVERED by a curtain.
" I'LL SHOW my painting first
," CRIED the lion, and he DREW back the curtain. The crowd BEGAN TO
CLAP. Suddenly some birds FLEW down to the painting and TRIED to peck
at the grapes in the picture.
" I'VE WON, " ROARED the lion. "My
painting LOOKS so real that it FOOLED the birds! And what IS behind
that curtain of yours ? "
The stoat SMILED . "There IS no curtain. It's my painting of a velvet curtain. The grapes in your picture HAVE FOOLED the birds <span>and my picture HAVE FOOLED you"
</span>."
A
1 on 2
after 3 in 4 at 5 in 6 in 7 at 8 at 9 at
B
1) Nora
usually went for a walk at one o’clock in the afternoon
2) Nora
went for a walk after classes
3) Nora
laughed at the running boy because he looked funny
4) Allan
ran because he was trying to stop two boys from fighting
<span>5) Nora
usually went for a walk in the afternoon in summer</span>
Russia is wonderful and very large. It takes more than 9 hours to the East from Moscow. Yesterday Sonyatook me to the Red Square and the Kremlin. The churches in the Kremlin look great and unusual. Sonya showed me Tverskaya Street with its modern shops, supermarkets, hotels. We had lunch in a small café near the History Museum. I wrote and sent you a postcard with a picture of the Bolshoi Theatre. In the evening I went to the airport and now I'm in Vladivostok, an important city on the Pacific Ocean. My business trip is a success and I enjoy staying here very much.
National museum - a place where there is a present and the past. When you take place on his halls you feel how the spirit of left times fills you. Here it is possible to make notes, hours to examine surprising exhibits, and it is possible to dream simply.