Unit 4

Have you got any ______ time tonight?

Frank Truman is 8 years old. Like all small schoolchildren he is not a big fan of reading. His teachers say he doesn’t want to read in the classroom because he feels he can’t do it well.

But not on Wednesday! The reading lessons are different on that day. That’s when Dusty and Snooky come to school. Frank reads to them and they listen to him. They never say that he doesn’t read well. They are Frank’s reading companions and his biggest fans. And they are DOGS!

It started three years ago. Some teachers in New York saw that the children didn’t want to read at the lessons. It was so because when some pupil made mistakes his more clever classmates laughed at him. One teacher said, “If you are a bad reader, it’s difficult to read to children who can do it better than you.  It’s good to have a companion who doesn’t say that you can’t read well.” The teachers thought and decided that children could read to dogs.

Now every week in some schools in New York children read to dogs. Children say, “We like reading to dogs because we love these animals! They are cute and they don’t talk!” All pupils think it’s easier to read to dogs because dogs are very friendly listeners. They just sit and look at the young readers. They don’t say, “You are wrong!” – They just listen. Children start to feel very proud and want to try harder. They start to read faster and better.

Parents are also very happy about such reading lessons. Some families now keep dogs as pets and children can read to them at home.

Прочитайте текст и отметьте, являются ли утверждения после него верными или неверными. Если утверждение верное обведите TRUE. Если утверждение неверное, обведите FALSE.

1) Frank can’t read very well

2) Dusty and Snooky are teachers at school.

3) All pupils enjoy reading to their classmates.

4) Pupils asked teachers to bring dogs to school.

5) In American schools some children read to dogs.

6) It’s more difficult to read to a teacher than to a dog.

Выберите верный ответ

 I like ______. These cute little birds sing so well.

I ______ my goldfish in a fishbowl.

It’s bad if people ______ on the grass in big parks.

When people feel _______, they are sad.

Some people _______ postcards.

 How often do you go to the theatre? - ______ a month

Little Susan likes drawing _____ pencil.

My parents are real theatre ______. They are very fond of theatre

Допиши вопрос:What ______? – My hobby is swimming.

Where ______? – The children went to the museum.

You always come to school early, _____? – Yes, I do.