On Sunday, Sam gets up at 8 o'clock. He reads the newspaper in his bedroom. At 9:30 he has breakfast in the kitchenand then he telephones his mother in Scotland.
In the afternoon, at 1:00, Sam plays tennis with his sister and after that, they have lunch in a restaurant.
At 6:00, Sam swims for one hour and then he goes by bike to his brother´s house. They talk and listen to music.
Sam watches television in the evening and drinks a glass of warm milk. He goes to bed at 11:30.
1) What time does Sam get up on Sundays?
(a) At 9:30 a.m. (b) At 8
o'clock. (c) At 9 o'clock.
2) What does Sam read in his bedroom?
(a) A book. (b) The newspaper. (c) A
magazine.
3) Where does Sam have breakfast? (a)
In the kitchen.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In a restaurant.
4) Who does he telephone in the morning?
(a) His sister. (b) His
brother. (c) His mother.
5) Where does his mother live?
(a) In England. (b) In his brother's house. (c) In
Scotland.
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One day a hungry Fox
came across a rich and luscious grapevine. A bunch of ripe grapes
were hanging froma height a good way above the ground.
The Fox made
several attempts to jump up and pluck the grapes, but his
efforts were in vain.
Tired and hungry, he
walked off grumpily and murmured:
"I am sure
those grapes were nasty and sour. I'm glad I could not
reach them.
They were definitely
not worth eating."
It is easy to
belittle what you cannot obtain.
The Fox spoke badly of
the grapes only because he could not reach them and was forced to go
away hungry.
To lessen
his disappointment of not getting what he wanted, he comforted himself with the
idea that the grapes were sour.
Moral of the story:
That's just sour grapes.
Vocabulário:
1) luscious = saborosa
2) grapevine = videira
3) bunch = cacho
4) ripe = madura
5) height = altura
6) ground = chão
7) attempts = tentativas
8) pluck = arrancar
9) efforts = esforços
10) in vain = em vão
11) walked off = foi embora
12) grumpily = irritado, mal humorado
13) sour = azeda
14) belittle = menosprezar
15) lessen = diminuir
16) disappointment = decepção
EXERCISES
1) Escolha a alternativa correta:
a) The grapes looked
( ) sour and large.
( ) dried up.
( ) plump and juicy.
b) The fox did not eat the grapes because
( ) they were no good. ( ) they were too far up for him to reach. ( ) they were sour.
c) When the fox could not get any grapes he walked off grumpily. Grumpily means
( )bad humoredly. ( ) immediately ( ) happily
d) The fox then said that the grapes were ( ) big and juicy. ( ) nasty and sour. ( ) too far away. e) The fox would not eat them if ( ) someone gave him some. ( ) they were sour.
( ) he didn’t have any. f) The fox belittled the grapes. What does "belittle" mean?
( ) choose them ( ) like very much ( ) say they are terrible
g) What does “obtain” mean? ( ) despise ( ) disgust ( ) get
2) Marque Verdadeiro (True) ou Falso (False):
a) The Fox was walking in a vegetable garden.
b) The Fox was hungry.
c) The grapes were on a low branch.
d) He tried to pick up the grapes.
e) The Fox tried many times unsuccessfully.
f) He finally plucked the grapes.
g) The Fox got tired.
h) The Fox went away hungry and angry.
i) The grapes were sour.
j) The Fox was disappointed.
3) A moral da fábula "That's just sour grapes" significa:
( ) Quem desdenha quer comprar. ( ) As aparências enganam. ( ) Devagar se vai ao longe.
A young mouse returned to
his mother after going out of their hole for the very first time.
“Mother, I came across
two most wonderful animals. One was beautiful and gentle
with velvety fur and a fine wavy tail; the other was a
frightening monster with pieces of red skin on its head and
under its chin that moved with every step it took. Then it let out
a terrible sound just as I was going to talk to
the kind-looking one.”
“Oh, my son,” said the mother
mouse,” your monster was a harmless bird who was trying to warn you but
the other was a blood thirsty cat who would have eaten you up in a
minute.”
Exercises
Responda às perguntas de acordo com a fábula acima:
1) O jovem camundongo tinha saído de casa
(a) muitas vezes.
(b) pela primeira vez.
(c) para o almoço.
2) O rato disse que os dois animais que viu eram
(a) apavorantes.
(b) maravilhosos.
(c) engraçados.
3) O animal bonito e gentil com a cauda ondulada era um
(a) gato.
(b) outro rato.
(c) porco.
4) O jovem rato pensou que o gato era
(a) lindo e bom.
(b) apavorante.
(c) engraçado.
5) O animal que parecia um monstro com pele vermelha na cabeça era um
(a) gato.
(b) um monstro.
(c) galo.
6) O galo cantou alto quando o jovem camundongo tentou
(a) rir dele.
(b) comer um pouco de seu milho.
(c) falar com o animal de aparência gentil.
7) A mãe disse ao jovem camundongo que o galo era
(a) inofensivo e estava tentando avisá-lo do perigo.
(b) engraçado e que ele devia ignorá-lo.
(c) realmente um monstro terrível.
8) A moral desta história é
(a) não fale com pessoas bonitas.
(b) observe o que está dentro de uma pessoa, não apenas como ela se parece por fora.