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THE SPANISH VILLAGE

I.a) Before reading the text «The Spanish Village» look through the following words:

a beach —пляж;

a bay—залив;

gradually—постепенно.

b)Read the adjectives and say how the forms of comparison were formed:

The most interesting, better, closer.

c)Read the sentences and name the underlined parts of speech:

1)You can see them examining and cleaning their boats.

2) I saw a cat, one afternoon, walking along the beach.

3) The cat passedby without even looking at it!

4) They were sitting on a log,waiting.

5) What were they waiting for?

d)Choose the right synonym to the underlined words:

l) you can see them examining and cleaning their boats (looking after, following, watching);

they are wonderful people (beautiful, remarkable, good-looking);

I saw a cat walking along the beach (bank, coast, pavement);

I thought it strange (unknown, odd, unusual);

a fisherman, who saw my surprise (astonishment, cry, excitement).

e) Answer the questions:

Do you know anything about Spain?

Is it a wonderful country?

Where is it situated?

Is it a big country?

Have you ever been to Spain?

THE SPANISH VILLAGE

About 30 miles south of France, on the Mediterranean, is the Spanish village of La Escala.

The population of that village are mostly fishermen, and during the morning you can see them examining and cleaning their boats. They are wonderful people.

But I think that of all the population of La Escala the most interesting are the cats. Cats, cats, and more cats! White ones, blackones, brown ones. And I'm sure they get more and better food that most of the cats in the country!

I saw a cat, one afternoon, walking along the beach; a dead fish was lying on the ground and the cat passed by without even looking at it! I thought it strange. Then a fisherman, who saw my surprise, told me to come back the next morning at six o'clock.

I was on the beach the next morning when it was still dark. The boats were not there. Then I saw them out in the day. Each boat carried about four big lights, which the fishermen used during the night to make the fish come closer.

Gradually the lights went out, the sky became light and the boats began to return. It was then that I saw two cats on the beach. They were sitting on a log, waiting. What were they waiting for? It was very interesting to me. I began to wait too.

The boats came to the beach and the fishermen put their boxes on the sand. The cats came to the boxes. They smelt the fish-boxes because they wanted to decide which fish to take. They never ate dead fish. Each cat took only one fish and carried it away.

II. Complete the sentences:

1.La Escala is:

a French village;

a Spanish village;

an Italian village.

2.How many miles south of France is La Escala?

3 miles;

13 miles;

30 miles.

3. Why did fishermen's boats carry big lights?

to make the fish come closer;

to let the cats know that the fishermen were coming back home;

because the fishermen worked at night.

4.The two cats waiting for the fishermen to return were sitting on

a stone;

a log;

a box.

5. Some of the cats smelt the fish-boxes because

they wanted to decide which fish to take;

they wanted to take more than one fish;

they did not want to eat.

III. Put these sentences in the right order:

a) Of all the population of La Escala the most interesting are the cats,

b) The fishermen of La Escala return from the sea in the morning,

c) The cats of La Escala do not eat dead fish,

d) The population of La Escala are mostly fishermen,

e) Each cat takes only one fish and carries it away,

f) The cats of the village come to the beach in the morning.

IV. Make up your own title of the text in the form of a question.

V. Speak about La Escala as if you were there.

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