My Naughty Little Sister (5 page)

"Yes, he can. Do you want to see how he eats?"

"Yes, I do," said my little sister, and she ran to Mrs. Jones.

She saw the vacuum cleaner on the floor in the room. Mrs. Jones put bits of paper
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on the floor, and Charlie "ate" them all up. Then my little sister put bits of paper on the floor, too. They jumped into Charlie's "mouth". It was so funny.

Now my little sister was not afraid when the vacuum cleaner made much noise.

"Poor Charlie wants to eat," she said.

My little sister liked school, but she liked vacation more than
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school. On the first day of our vacation she said to Mother and Father:

"Please take me to different places every day of the vacation."

"Very well," said my father.

On Monday he took my sister to the Zoo. She saw all the animals there. She saw the big elephants and the funny monkeys, the brown bears and the white bears, the tigers and a big lion.

When my little sister came home from the Zoo, she talked only about the animals at the Zoo.

On Tuesday Mother, my sister and I went to the country. We went to a lake. It was very beautiful near the lake. There were many green trees and red and blue flowers there. We picked some flowers. Suddenly we saw a big white goose. My little sister was afraid of the goose. We came home very late. My little sister told our father about the country, about the lake and the flowers and the big white goose.

On Wednesday Mother took us to the sea. The day was fine. The sea was blue, and the sky was blue. We saw many little boats and two sail-boats. We picked up little stones in the water, and we played near the sea. When we were going home, my little sister slept in the train.

On Thursday Father took my little sister to the park. The park was a very good place to play in. Many children came to the park every day.

My sister played ball and had three rides on a roundabout
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. There was a big lake in the park.

A boy came with a dog to the lake. The boy threw
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a stick into the water, and the dog swam to it, took it into its mouth and brought it back to the boy.

My sister and my father watched the boy and the dog.

On Friday my mother took us to the theatre.

When we came home, my sister went to Mrs. Cocoa Jones and told her all about the theatre. Nancy wanted to go to her friend the shoe-mender and to tell him about the theatre, too, but my mother said it was too late.

On Saturday we all went to the circus. We liked to see the clowns. They were so funny. We also liked the monkeys. The monkeys had their dinner. They sat at little tables. They ate with little spoons. They drank milk from a bottle. We also saw a big elephant and a baby elephant.

On Sunday my little sister said in the morning:

"I am ill today."

The doctor came with his bag and gave my sister some medicine. He also gave her a little bottle of medicine for her doll.

"I don't play with my doll," said my little sister. "I am a big girl now, and I go to school."

"But now you have your vacation," said the doctor.

"Yes, I have my vacation. But on Monday I went to the Zoo, on Tuesday I went to the country, on Wednesday we went to the sea, on Thursday my father and I went to the park, on Friday I went to the theatre and on Saturday we all were in the circus. I wanted to go to different places every day."

"This is very bad," said the doctor. "You must stay at home now and play with your doll. You must get up early and play with your doll in the garden. You must give her breakfast and dinner in time and you must put your doll to bed early.

You must go to bed early, too."

So my sister did not go to different places every day. She stayed at home and played with her doll in the garden. But when her vacation was over and it was time
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to go to school, my mother put her doll into the box again.

"Don't put my doll into the box. I shall not take it to school, I am a big girl now," said Nancy.

I shall not tell you any stories about my naughty little sister. Now Nancy is a big girl, and she is not naughty.

END

Let's go fishing - пойдём ловить рыбу

You must look after her - Ты должна за ней присматривать

Get out of the water!-Выходи из воды!

She may catch cold-Она может простудиться

she ate it all up-она все съела

were dry [drai]-высохли

fell ill-заболела

I shall call the doctor-я вызову доктора

Не will make you well again-Он вылечит тебя

You will take it three times a day - Ты будешь принимать его (лекарство) три раза в день

took the medicine - принимала лекарство

was soon well again-вскоре поправилась

a bottle-tree-дерево в бутылке

wasn't she?- ... не так ли?

She wanted to see it grow [grou].-Она хотела увидеть, как он растёт.

He was very angry.-Он очень рассердился.

was afraid [a'freid] to break [breik] it,-разбить её.

Then go and look for her-Тогда пойди и поищи её

The wardrobe was open-Шкаф был открыт

Its pretty face was broken.-Её хорошенькое личико было разбито.

her feet got wet-у неё промокли ноги

she caught a bad cold-она сильно простудилась

We took a bus-Мы поехали на автобусе

The roundabout went round and round - карусель кружилась и кружилась

got into the seat-взобралась на сиденье

We have lost a little girl-Мы потеряли маленькую девочку

What does she look like?-Как она выглядит?

What has she on?-Что на ней надето?

How did you get home?-Как ты добралась домой?

How do you do?-Здравствуйте!

Nancy was sick [sik]-Нэнси была больна

go away - уходи

I am busy ['bizi] now.- Я сейчас занят.

Have you seen - Вы не видели?

No, we haven.- Нет.

В английском языке есть два одинаковых по написанию, но разных по значению слова: present-присутствующий, a present-подарок.

plasticine - пластилин

she fell asleep [a'sli:p] - она заснула

baby-tooth- здесь молочный зуб

got loose [lu:s]- зашатался

pull it out. - Я его (зуб) вытащу.

All right! - Хорошо!

the curtain went up - занавес поднялся

Humpty-Dumpty - Шалтай-Болтай (герой детских стишков; он очень неуклюж и постоянно падает)

don't you?-не так ли?

Дети в Англии начинают ходить в школу с пяти лет

to answer the telephone - отвечать по телефону

May I take your message -Что передать?

that is why - Вот почему

Oh, my poor back! - Ах, моя бедная спина!

bits of paper - кусочки бумаги

more than - больше чем

had three rides on a roundabout - три раза каталась на карусели

threw - бросил

it was time - пора