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Unit 6.
The Pleasure of Reading

Miscelianeous

71. Listen to the poem, 35, and try to read it in the same manner.

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

(By R. Dahl)

As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent¹ meal,
He went and knocked at Grandma’s door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp² white teeth, the horrid grin,³
And Wolfie said, “May I come in?”
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,⁴
“He’s going to eat me up!” she cried.
And she was absolutely right.
He ate her up in one big bite.⁵
But Grandmamma was small and tough,⁶
And Wolfie wailed,⁷ “That’s not enough!”
“I haven’t yet begun to feel
That I have had a decent meal!”
He ran around the kitchen yelping⁸.

“I’ve got to have another helping!”¹
Then added with a frightful leer,² “
I’m therefore³ going to wait right here
Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood
Comes home from walking in the wood.”
He quickly put on Grandma’s clothes,
(Of course he hadn’t eaten those.)
He dressed himself in coat and hat.
He put on shoes and after that
He even brushed and curled⁴ his hair,
Then sat himself in Grandma’s chair.
In came the little girl in red.
She stopped. She started.⁵ And then she said,
“What great big ears you have, Grandma.”
“All the better to hear you with,” the Wolf replied.⁶
“What great big eyes you have, Grandma,”
Said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to see you with,” the Wolf replied.
He sat there watching' her and smiled.
He thought, I’m going to eat this child.
Compared with her old Grandmamma
She’s going to taste like caviare.
Then Little Red Riding Hood said, “But, Grandma,
What a lovely great big furry⁷ coat you have on.”
“That’s wrong!” cried Wolf. “Have you forgot
To tell me what BIG TEETH I’ve got?
Ah well, no matter what you say,⁸
I’m going to eat you anyway.”
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.⁹
She whips¹⁰ a pistol from her knickers.¹¹
She aims¹² it at the creature’s head
And bang, bang, bang,¹³ she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across¹⁴ Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak¹⁵ of red,
No silly hood¹⁶ upon her head.
She said, “Hello, and do please note¹⁷
My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.”

72. Guess which of these imaginary authors wrote which books

73. Listen to the song, 36, and sing it along.

Clementine

In a cavern,¹ in a canyon
Excavating for a mine²
Lived a miner forty-niner³
And his daughter Clementine.

      Chorus:

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You were lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry,⁴ Clementine.

Light she was and like a feather,
And her shoes were number nine.
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were⁵ for Clementine.

      Chorus

Drove she ducklings⁶ to the water
Every morning just at nine.
Hit her foot against a splinter,⁷
Fell into the foaming brine.⁸

      Chorus

Ruby⁹ lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles¹⁰ soft and fine.
But alas¹¹ I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.

      Chorus

74. Match the objects in the picture with their names.

75. For further information on the topic “The Pleasure of Reading” see the Internet sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library
http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk
http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_children's_literature_authors

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