Tsilke O. K.

The adventures

of The Bear

Part II

Chapter I

You know that bears have a very interesting way of life. They sleep in winter and never have dinner or lunch. But in spring when nature awakens from its winter sleep bears get up early and are awfully hungry. They leave their dens and go for a walk in the green wood.

The bears put on their best clothes: Jeans, pullovers, jackets and hats. They wear up-to-date boots and  trainers. Young bears have races, climb trees and swim in the lake. They find the strongest, the fastest, the best bear of the year.

The old bears are sitting in the shade of a tree. They enjoy having lunch in the open air. Grandfathers read newspapers play chess and talk about the weather.

All animals are happy. Summer is coming. It is getting warmer. The days become longer and the nights become shorter.

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Tasks to Chapter VII

1. What is WWF?
2. What can we see in a national park?
3. Draw a happy dolphin.
4. What games can dolphins play?
5. Draw an illustration to the picture.

Read the story and make up your own story.

The magic fish forgot all her skills and she turned the dolphin into a crab. He had popped eyes and big brown claws. He didn’t mind muddy  water, because he was walking on the bottom and ate tiny things  grass and water bugs. There was much food in the water. The crab ate a lot. He ate in the morning and in the evening, he ate in the afternoon too. He grew and grew and grew and one day his back came out of the sea. It looked like a little brown island. Soon a palm-tree grew on it and a little monkey came to live there. She lived on bananas, swam in the sea and made acrobatic tricks all day long. One day… Oh, sorry it’s already another story…

Tasks to Chapter I

I.   True or false.

1) Bears never see wintertime.

2) It is summer now.

3) Little bears like sports and games.

4) The bears look fine.

5) They put on their best clothes.

6) Bears can’t swim.

7) Bears usually have lunch at a posh restaurant.

1. Think of two sentences true to the text;
2. Think of two sentences false to the text.

IV.   Complete the sentences:

 The bears put on…They wear up-to-date …

V.   Make up a story opposite this one:

A big giraffe lives in Africa. There is no winter in Africa. The days are the longest and the nights are the shortest in Africa. Big and little giraffes wear sunglasses, baseball caps and tops with shorts. Sometimes they put on sandals because the sand is very hot there. Giraffes like winter very much, but there is no cold, no snow and ice in Africa… Poor giraffes are so tall that they can touch the sky, feel the sun, and see the eagles under the stars. But they can’t hide from the hot weather.

Nature is so strange

In AF-RI-CA.

And the sun is a red orange in AF-RI-CA

And summer is all the year  round

And New Year and Fall are found nowhere

In AF-RI-CA! Sh-Shh-Shhh...

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Chapter II

That day the Bear, his name was Ted, got up early in the morning. He looked out of the window and saw a shiny sun, a blue sky. It was Saturday. The Bear did some exercises, took a shower, cleaned his teeth and had a light breakfast: some porridge, a glass of milk, a bar of chocolate. He was full of energy. He put on his shorts, a T-shirt, a pair of trainers, took his sunglasses and went out. At the gate he saw Mr. Fox, a postfox with a large bag full of  postcards, letters, newspapers, magazines.

-Good morning, Mr. Fox!

-Good morning, Teddy! I’ve got a postcard for you from China. It’s a large country in Asia. It’s a long way from here. Take it, please.

-Oh, It’s from my cousin Joe, he lives in China. He is a Panda and I have never seen him.

To see the world

To go East

My cousin Joe

Has sent me this.

Hello, Ted!

I invite you to China in July. I want to show you my country.

Love , Joe

On such a quiet summer day

In such a quiet place

When it is tiresome to speak, or sing,

Or dance.

When it is fun to hide your hands

And face

In sparkling water of the lake

Or in the ocean great,

And float down along the banks

And dream, and laugh and yawn,

And then look at the twinkling stars

And say to them “ Hello!”

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Chapter VII

In England there are more than 30 National parks. WWF-World Wildlife Fund helps to save the wild life on our planet.

Ted brought the bubble with the baiji dolphin to one place near his wood. A quiet, clean river flows slowly among green fields and soft valleys. He put the bubble into the water, closed his eyes and suddenly heard cheerful clicks around him He opened his eyes and saw a family of baiji dolphins diving in the blue water. They were smiling and looked very pleased. They didn’t understand what happened. They looked at the green  trees and they looked emerald through the clear water. It was really magic.

Everybody is happy. Sometimes the water in the river is unusually bright. In the morning you can see the Golden Fish splashing in the water with little dolphins.

Keep your eyes open and you will see a chain of colourful bubbles on the face of the river.

Keep your ears open and you will hear silver laughter of the happy creatures.

Task to chapter II

1. Write an X-card to your friend Kim to Australia.

2)      Find China on the map.

Say what you know about China and its people.

3)      Draw a picture of a Chinese boy or a girl.

4)      Draw a symbol of the Olympic Games in China.

5)      Put the sentences in the logical order:

a)  Ted got a letter.

b) He got up early.

c) He read a postcard.

d) He washed his hands and face.

e) He cleaned his teeth.

f) He met a  postfox.

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Chapter III

The bear was happy. Life was beautiful! But money? He had little money. He took his saving- box and broke it and there were a lot of coins on the floor: one, two, three, four, five, six…

“Oh, it will be enough!

I’ll go to China by plane”

Over the mountains,

Over the plains,

Over the rivers

Here fly the planes.

Ted packed a pair of jeans, socks, trainers, shorts, some T-shirts, a pair of sunglasses and a baseball cap. He kissed his mother and father, said “Good-bye” to his friend Grey and took a taxi to the airport. The taxi passed by green fields, high hills, gardens and forests. The day was warm and nice.

Soon the Bear was sitting in a comfortable seat of a modern airplane. He saw little towns, forests, parks. But he couldn’t see people: men, women and children, because the plane was high in the blue-blue sky. It was higher than the highest palm-tree, the highest skyscraper, the highest mountain. The bear was happy.

“The highest of all

I’m flying,

To catch the nearest stars

I’m trying!”

Tasks to Chapter VI

1. Make an illustration to the chapter.
2. What made the Fish magic?
3. Draw a colorful bubble for a tiny dolphin, please.
4. What things can melt? (iсe-cream, ice, snow, a heart, a soul, bread, a dream, a sound, an idea)
5. Why was Ted in a hurry?
6. Draw the river and the forest where Ted lived
7. Draw the route from China to Ted’s forest.
8. What else did Ted bring back home?

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Chapter VI

Ted thought for a moment. Something was in his head. But he couldn’t remember it clearly. Then suddenly an idea came to him. He closed his eyes and said:

“Golden Fish, Golden Fish!

Come and listen to my wish!”

When Ted opened his eyes he saw a soft white cloud and his friend , the Golden Fish, in it. The Fish had a magic wand in her fin. “I know your wish. You are very kind and noble.” She moved to the water and touched the baiji dolphin with her magic wand. Suddenly the dolphin turned into a tiny creature. The Fish put it into a colourful bubble and gave it to the Bears. The Fish said: “Ted, will you take it to your forest and put the bubble into the clean and quiet river. The bubble will melt and you will see what will happen.”

Dolphin, dolphin,

Can you see?

Some like ocean,

Some like sea.

“Thank you, Golden Fish! You helped me again! You are my biggest friend. Sorry, Joe. I have to fly back! I must help the dolphins. I can’t stay longer. Good-bye!”

Tasks to chapter III

I

Put necessary clothes into Ted’s bag.

(an overcoat, warm boots, a pair of jeans, socks, tights, a jacket, a pair of mittens and gloves, a scarf, a dress, shorts and tops, T-shirts, an umbrella)

II

1)  Did Ted take sandals?

2) How much does a ticket to China cost?

3) Where can you buy tickets to China and other countries?

4) Ted took sandals, Sunglasses, T-shirts, a baseball cap to China. What can you say about the weather in that faraway country?

5) What is the distance between China and Great Britain?

III

Read a story.

At night you can see the stars. The stars look very little, but in fact some are bigger than the Sun. Big things look little when they are far away. Airplanes look like toys when they are in the sky. But when they are on the Earth – they are very, very big.

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Chapter IV

Ted was very happy and he wanted to see his cousin. At the airport he saw a good-looking bear. He was neat and clean. He had a big, black and white head, muscular shoulders, strong paws and quick beady eyes. He was wearing a new shirt, shorts, a pair of socks. There were sandals on his feet. He had got a straw hat on his black and white head He had a camera in one paw and a mobile phone in the other. He looked trendy. Ted looked around. He saw little houses, small people in strange clothes. They were wearing traditional Chinese kimonos. Everybody spoke a strange language. It was musical and pleasant.

The Bear Panda came up to Ted.

1. Hi, You must be Teddy. My name is Joe. I’m glad to meet you.  
2. Hi cousin! Nice to meet you. You look great!
3. Let’s go! I’ll show you my city, Beijing1

It was a beautiful city.

Joe could speak English very well.

4. Do you like the city?
5. Yes, it is fantastic. Different plants grow in the parks. How many bikes I can see! They are fast and safe. I will buy a shiny green bike to my friend Grey!
6. I’ll show you the river Yangze.
7. A good idea!

Tasks to Chapter V

1. Draw an illustration to the chapter.
2. Describe the poor creature, please.
3. Describe the river Yangtze

1. Where is it situated?
2. Where does it flow?
3. How long is it?
4. What colour is it?
5. Is it clean and blue?
6. How do different fish and animals feel there?

4. Act out a dialogue between the dolphin and the bears.

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Chapter V

They went to the Yangtze river. Ted was going to swim, but the water was so muddy that he couldn’t see anything. There were a lot of motorboats with fishermen there and it was too noisy. He sat near the water thinking about the fish and animals that lived under water.  “Poor things.” Suddenly a big creature with a long nose swam up to his  paws. It was wearing dark glasses and gave tiny clicks.

8. Who is this?
9. It’s a baiji  dolphin.
10. What’s wrong with his eyes?
11. The water is so dirty that the dolphins can’t see anything.
12. What a pity! We must help the poor creatures! We must find a new home for them.
13. But what can we do?
14. I don’t know. But I can’t be happy when I know that dolphins are so unhappy.

The dolphin was swimming slowly up and down the riverbank. He looked at the two friends with his poor eyes. The brothers were terribly sorry.

The dolphin suddenly said: Help me! Save me! I’m very sick! Save my brothers and sisters, parents and friends!

Tasks to chapter IV

I

1. Draw a picture of a panda.
2. What transport is used in the streets of Beijing?
3. What did Joe hold in his hands? What language do Chinese people speak?
4. What language did the cousins speak?

II

True or false?

1. Ted saw a coala.
2. Joe looked up-to-date.
3. Joe was wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
4. Joe was having a ball in his hands. Everybody spoke Russian there.
5. The streets were full of cars, buses, motorbikes.
6. The cousins went to a posh restaurant.

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III

The story that has nothing to do with the text.

Two little butterflies flew to the country. They were born two hours ago. They were curious and happy. They were the happiest butterflies in the world. They were wearing new yellow-red-blue blouses and golden hats and sparkling lenses. They had three pairs of shiny red boots and looked terribly beautiful. The morning was calm. There were drops of dew on green grass. The sky was blue, some soft white clouds were sleeping there. There was no transport, people, men and women, children. The friends danced and sang a song.

When trees are green

And forests are green

And grass is green and long

It’s nice to dance in the forest

And listen to little birds’ song!

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