Мэри Поппинс

 
 
Трэверс П. Л.
Т80  
Мэри Поппинс: Книга для чтения на английском языке/ 
Адаптация, комментарии, упражнения и словарь Ю. Б. Голицынского. — 2-е изд. — СПб.: КАРО, 2011. — 128 с.: ил. 
(Серия «Reading with exercises»). 

 
 
 
ISBN 978-5-9925-0697-6.

Автор-составитель Ю. Б. Голицынский подготовил для учеников средней 
школы пособие по чтению на основе популярной книги о Мэри Поппинс писательницы П.Л. Трэверс. Видеть необычное в привычных вещах и не бояться любых перемен — вот те главные умения, которым учила Мэри Поппинс 
своих воспитанников. Образ молодой загадочной дамы — ее внешний облик 
и решительный характер, взаимоотношения с детьми — наверняка будет 
интересен школьникам, а упражнения на отработку лексических и грамматических трудностей позволят им закрепить знания, полученные на уроках. 
Книга снабжена комментариями и словарем. Текст произведения записан на компакт-диск, прослушивание которого поможет учащимся освоить 
произношение и научиться воспринимать английскую речь на слух.

УДК  373. 167.1 :802.0
ББК 81.2 Англ-922

УДК  373. 167.1 :802.0
ББК 81.2 Англ-922
 
Т80

Иллюстрации художника
О. В. Маркиной

© КАРО, 2011
Все права защищены
ISBN 978-5-9925-0697-6

В дополнение к книге можно приобрести 
тематический аудиоматериал на диске в формате МР3, 
подготовленный издательством

1. EAST WIND

This is a book about a family who lives at Number Seventeen in Cherry-Tree Lane1. The family consists of Mr. Banks, 
Mrs. Banks and their four children: Jane, who is the eldest, 
Michael2, who is the second, and the Twins John and Barbara3, who are the youngest. They have Mrs. Brill, who cooks 
for them, and Ellen, who lays the table4 for breakfast, lunch, 
dinner and supper.
They also had a nurse, who took care of the children, but 
she has just left the house.
“What shall I do without a nurse?” said Mrs. Banks.
“Write into the newspaper,” said Mr. Banks, “and say 
that you want a very good nurse for Jane and Michael and 
John and Barbara Banks. And then wait, and the nurses 
will come. Oh, I must go to the City. How cold it is today! 
The East Wind is blowing. I must put on two overcoats.” 
And Mr. Banks kissed his wife on the side of her nose, waved 
his hand5 to the children, and went to the City.
Mr. Banks went to the City every day except Sundays. In 
the City he sat on a large chair in front of a large desk and 
made money.
Mrs. Banks went into the drawing-room and wrote letters to the newspapers. In the letters she asked to send her 
a nurse at once6 because she was waiting. Upstairs, in the 
Nursery, Jane and Michael stood at the window and looked 
into the street. They were waiting for the nurse.
In the evening Jane and Michael stood at the window 
again. They were waiting for Mr. Banks to come from the 

1 Cherry-Tree Lane ['tSerI tri: leIn] — переулок Вишневых деревьев (Вишневый переулок)
2 Michael [maIkl] — Майкл
3 Barbara ['bC:brA] — Барбара
4 lays the table ['leIz GA'teIbl] — накрывает на стол
5 waved his hand ['weIvd hIz'hBnd] — помахал рукой
6 at once [At'wEns] — сейчас же

 
1. East Wind   •   5

City. The strong East Wind was blowing, and the trees were 
bending. It was already dark.
“There he is!1” said Michael.
“That is not Daddy,” said Jane. “It is somebody else.”
And really it was not Mr. Banks. It was a woman. She 
was holding her hat with one hand and was carrying a bag 
in the other. And then something curious happened. When 
the woman opened the gate of the garden, the East Wind 
caught her and carried her quickly to the door of the house.
“How funny!” said Michael.
“Let’s go and see who it is!” said Jane. The children went 
out of the Nursery to the landing. They looked down into the 
hall.
The door of the drawing-room opened, and their Mother 
came out with the visitor. The woman had very black hair, 
large feet and hands and small blue eyes.
“They are very good children,” said Mrs. Banks. The 
woman did not answer. She only sniffed.2
“The Nursery is upstairs,” said Mrs. Banks. She went upstairs, and the woman followed her. And at that time Jane 
and Michael saw another curious thing. The woman did not 
go upstairs. She slid up the banisters!3 Jane and Michael 
could slide down the banisters and often did it, but slide upstairs — no! They could not do that! They were looking at 
their new nurse with great surprise.
“Children,” said Mrs. Banks, “this is your new nurse, 
Mary Poppins. Jane, Michael, say how do you do!” Mrs. 
Banks turned to Mary Poppins. “And these are the Twins,” 
she said to her and pointed to the babies in their cots.
Mary Poppins looked at the babies, then looked at Jane 
and Michael. Then she sniffed loudly.

1 There he is! ['GLA hi:'Iz] — Вон он!
2 She only sniffed. [snIft] — Она только пренебрежительно 
хмыкнула (потянула носом).
3 She slid up the banisters! ['bBnIstAz] — Она проехала вверх 
по перилам!

•   Mary Poppins

“All right,” she said, “I’ll stay with you.”
Mrs. Banks left the Nursery. Mary Poppins was standing in the middle of the room. Jane and Michael went up 
to her.
“How did you come?” asked Jane. “Did the Wind blow you 
here?1”
“Yes, it did,” said Mary Poppins and took off her hat. Then 
she opened her bag. And again Jane and Michael were very 
surprised, because the bag was empty!
“Why2,” said Jane, “there is nothing in the bag!”
Mary Poppins looked at her. “Did you say ‘nothing’?”
And then she took out of the empty bag an apron and 
tied it round her waist3. Then she took out a piece of soap, a 
toothbrush, a bottle of scent, and a small folding armchair4.
“But I saw,” whispered Michael. “It was empty.”
Mary Poppins turned to the children.
“Now,” she said, “quick! Into bed!”
In a minute she undressed them and put them into bed.
Jane and Michael were sitting in their beds and watching 
how Mary Poppins was unpacking her bag.
She took out of the bag ten night-shirts, a pair of boots, a 
box of dominoes, two caps. Then she took out a folding bed 
with pillows and blankets and put it on the fl oor between 
John’s and Barbara’s cots.
“Mary Poppins,” said Michael, “will you never leave us?”
Mary Poppins looked at him.
“One more word from you,” she said, “and I’ll call the Policeman.”
“I only want to ask,” said Michael, “we hope you won’t go 
away soon?”

1 Did the Wind blow you here? — Вас принес сюда ветер?
2 Why — Ой
3 round her waist [weIst] — вокруг талии
4 a small folding armchair ['fAuldIN'C:mtSLA] — маленькое 
складное кресло

 
1. East Wind   •   7

Mary Poppins sniffed.
“I’ll stay till the Wind changes1,” she said. Then she turned 
off the light2 and got into bed.
And that is how Mary Poppins came to live at Number 
Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane.

EXERCISES

1. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

nurse [nA:s] 
surprise [sA'praIz]
nursery ['nA:sArI] 
turned [tA:nd]
care [kLA] 
loudly ['laudlI]
newspaper ['nju:speIpA] 
empty ['emptI]
blowing ['blAuIN] 
apron ['eIprAn]
overcoat ['AuvAkAut] 
tied [taId]
except [Ik'sept] 
piece [pi:s]
money ['mEnI] 
soap [sAup]
drawing-room ['drD:INrum] 
toothbrush ['tu:FbrES]
because [bI'kD:z] 
scent [sent]
upstairs ['Ep'stLAz] 
whispered ['wIspAd]
already [Dl'redI] 
minute ['mInIt]
else [els] 
undressed [En'drest]
holding ['hAuldIN] 
unpacking ['En'pBkIN]
carrying ['kBrIIN] 
night-shirts ['naItSA:ts]
curious ['kjuArIAs] 
pair [pLA]
happened [hBpnd] 
dominoes ['dDmInAuz]
caught [kD:t] 
folding ['fAuldIN]
landing ['lBndIN] 
pillows ['pIlAuz]
visitor ['vIzItA] 
blankets ['blBNkIts]
hair [hLA] 
between [bI'twi:n]
eyes [aIz] 
word [wA:d]

1 I’ll stay till the Wind changes ['tSeIndZIz] — Я поживу (у вас), 
пока не переменится ветер
2 turned off the light — выключила свет

•   Mary Poppins

answer ['C:nsA] 
policeman [pA'li:smAn]
sniffed [snIft] 
light [laIt]
followed ['fDlAud]

2. Agree or disagree.

1. The family consists of Mr. Banks, Mrs. Banks and their 
three children.
2. Mr. Banks went to the City every day except Sundays.
3. Mrs. Banks went into the drawing-room and read a 
book.
4. Upstairs in the Nursery, Jane and Michael stood at the 
window and looked into the street.
5. When the woman opened the gate of the garden, she 
quickly walked to the door of the house.
6. The children went out of the Nursery to the corridor.
7. The woman had blond hair, small feet and hands, and 
large blue eyes.
8. Mrs. Banks went upstairs, and the woman followed 
her.
9. Jane and Michael could slide up the banisters and  often 
did it.
10. She took out of the empty bag an apron and tied it 
round her waist.

3. Put the following sentences in the right  order.

1. Mary Poppins took many things out of the empty bag.
2. Then she turned off the light and got into bed.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Banks and their four children lived at 
Number Seventeen in Cherry-Tree Lane.
4. In the evening a strong East Wind was blowing, and 
the trees were bending.
5. “Children,” said Mrs. Banks, “this is your new Nurse, 
Mary Poppins.”
6. One day their nurse left the house.

 
1. East Wind   •   9

7. “I’ll stay till the Wind changes,” said Mary Poppins.
8. A woman came up to the gate of their house.
9. Mr. Banks went to the City every day except Sundays.
10. “Mary Poppins,” said Michael, “will you never leave 
us?”
11. When the woman opened the gate, the East Wind 
caught her and carried her quickly to the door of the 
house.
12. Mrs. Banks wrote letters to the newspapers, asking to 
send a nurse for the children.
13. The children went out of the Nursery to the landing 
and looked down into the hall.
14. The children remained at home with Mrs. Banks and 
the nurse.
15. Mrs. Banks went upstairs, and the woman followed 
her.

4. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

consists, lays, care, blowing, money, drawing-room, 
waiting, bending, curious, surprise, unpacking

1. And then something ________ happened.
2. Jane and Michael were sitting in their beds and watching how Mary Poppins was ________ her bag.
3. They also had a nurse, who took ________ of the children, but she has just left the house.
4. In the City he sat on a large chair in front of a large 
desk, and made ________ .
5. The family ________ of Mr. Banks, Mrs. Banks, and 
their four children.
6. They were ________ for Mr. Banks to come from the 
City.
7. They were looking at their new nurse with great 
________ .

•   Mary Poppins

8. They have Mrs. Brill, who cooks for them, and Ellen, 
who ________ the table for breakfast, lunch, dinner and 
supper.
9. Mrs. Banks went into the ________ and wrote letters to 
the newspapers.
10. The strong East Wind was blowing, and the trees were 
________ .
11. How cold it is today! The East Wind is ____.

5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or  adverbs where 
necessary.

1. This is a book ___ a family who lives ___ Number Seventeen in Cherry-Tree Lane.
2. The family consists ___ Mr. Banks, Mrs. Banks, and 
their four children.
3. They have Mrs. Brill, who cooks ___ them, and Ellen, 
who lays the table ___ breakfast, lunch, dinner and 
supper.
4. They also had a nurse, who took care ___ the children.
5. “What shall I do ___ a nurse?” said Mrs. Banks.
6. I must put ___ two overcoats.
7. Mr. Banks kissed his wife ___ the side ___ her nose, waved 
his hand ___ the children, and went ___ the City.
8. ___ the City Mr. Banks sat ___ a large chair ___ front 
___ a large desk, and made money.
9. Upstairs, ___ the Nursery, Jane and Michael stood ___ 
the window and looked ___ the street. They were waiting ___ the nurse.
10. She was holding her hat ___ one hand and was carrying a bag ___ the other.
11. They were looking ___ their new nurse ___ great surprise.
12. And then she took ___ ___ the empty bag an apron and 
tied it ___ her waist.
13. Then she turned ___ the light and got ___ bed.