Мир волшебных сказок. Сказки с упражнениями

МИР  ВОЛШЕБНЫХ  СКАЗОК
Адаптация, составление Марины Гацкевич
Задания и словарь Анастасии Лободы
БАЗОВЫЙ УРОВЕНЬ
PRE-INTERMEDIATE

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Мир волшебных сказок / адаптация, составление М. А. Гацкевич; задаМ 63
ния и словарь А. О. Лободы. — СПб. : КАРО, 2024. — 240 с. : ил. — (Reading 
with exercises).
ISBN 978-5-9925-1392-9. 
Всемирно известные сказки, иллюстрированные замечательными художниками, сопровождаются упражнениями, которые помогут юным ученикам 
с легкостью усвоить новую лексику, с интересом познавать увлекательный мир 
героев и полюбить язык, на котором они говорят.
Тексты сказок адаптированы Мариной Анатольевной Гацкевич, автором 
популярных учебников и пособий по английскому языку.
Книга предназначена для детей младшего и среднего школьного возраста. 
Предполагается совместная деятельность ребенка и взрослого. 
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Дорогие мальчики и девочки!
Книга, которую вы держите в руках, — сборник 
всемирно известных замечательных сказок. Тексты, 
адаптированные Мариной Анатольевной Гацкевич, 
автором популярных учебников и пособий по английскому языку, легко воспринимаются, просты 
и понятны.
Упражнения, которые сопровождают каждую 
сказку, помогут вам с лёгкостью усвоить современную лексику и грамматику, пополнить свой 
словарный запас. Книга и её герои открывают новые горизонты весёлых приключений, расширяют 
ваш кругозор, вы с большим интересом окунётесь 
в увлекательный мир английского языка, на котором говорят ваши новые сказочные друзья.

THE 
PRINCESS & 
THE 
PEA
Hans Christian Andersen

The Princess & The Pea
nce upon a time there was a prince who 
wanted to marry only a princess, but she 
should be a real princess. So he travelled 
around his kingdom and all over the world 
to find his real love.
His kingdom was rather big and there were a lot 
of nice princesses. But every time when he came to 
their palaces, he understood that they weren’t real 
princesses. It was very difficult to find her out, but his 
heart always said to him. There was always something 
wrong with them what shouldn’t be.
Years passed, some journeys were very long. 
Sometimes it took him weeks to reach some overseas 
kingdoms. 
So the prince returned home sad but he wasn’t 
going to give up. The young man believed that one 
day his dream would come true, and he would get 
married and live happily with his beloved princess 
ever after. Very often he saw this fantastic life
in his dreams.
One night a terrible storm happened there. There 
was very loud thunder and very bright lighting. The 
sky turned black, and the darkness came to the ground. 
The rain was streaming down in torrents.

The Princess & The Pea
Suddenly, the old king heard that somebody was 
knocking the city gate. Really, he was a very loving 
father and wanted very much his son to be happy. So 
he looked forward to seeing a real princess too. I don’t 
know why, but he believed that she should appear 
when the ground was shaking of thunder.
So he had a special feeling and hurried to the 
city gates. When the kind king opened the gate, he 
saw a very pretty girl. You can believe or not, but his 
heart said to him that the poor wet child was a real 
princess.
The water ran down from her hair and clothes. 
The cheerful king asked her immediately if she was 
a real princess. He was sure that the answer would be, 
“Yes”. Her answer sounded so nice that he was ready 
to listen to this voice all his life. So he took the girl to 
the palace where the queen was waiting for them. She 
wasn’t so trustful as her sensitive husband. Only facts 
could prove to her who was who.
But she said nothing and went to the quest bedroom. There she put off all the bedding and laid a small 
pea on the bottom. Then she took twenty mattresses 
and laid them on a small pea.

Hans Christian Andersen
On this the princess had to lie all night. In the 
morning she was asked how well she had slept. The 
princess was a very polite and shy girl and at first she 
looked confused. The king and queen were so kind to 
her, and she was very grateful to them. But the queen 
insisted and asked again how well the princess slept 
last night. So the girl didn’t have any choice and told 
everything. It turned out that she couldn’t sleep the 
whole night. Something very hard was lying in her bed. 
It was horrible! She complained that she was black and 
blue all over her body.
The queen was happy when she heard these words; 
only a real princess could feel a small pea through 
the twenty mattresses. Only a princess could be so 
sensitive!

The Princess & The Pea
It was that wonderful moment when the prince 
saw his future wife. To tell you the truth, he forgot 
about everything. It wasn’t important to him if she was 
a princess or not, he just fell in love at the first sight. 
At once the young man understood that his dream 
came true, and it was his real love for all his life.
Of course, the pea was put in the museum, and now 
you can see it there. People like to tell this story about 
twenty mattresses and a small pea, but we, of course, 
know the real truth.

Hans Christian Andersen
VOCABULARY
sensitive ['sensItIv] — 
чувствительный
ground [graUnd] — земля
prove [pru:v] — 
pea [pi:] — горошина
gate [geIt] — ворота 
heart [ha:t] — сердце
shake [SeIk] — дрожать 
overseas [,AUvA'si:z] — 
доказывать 
заморский
stream [stri:m] — литься
confused [kAn'fju:zd] — 
смущённый
hurry ['hEri] — торопиться 
give up ['gIv Ep] — сдаваться
sound [saUnd] — звучать 
thunder ['FEndA] — гром 
trustful ['trEstfUl] — 
доверчивый
torrent ['tOr(A)nt] — поток
insist [In'sIst] — настаивать 
knock [nOk] — стучать
complain [kAm'pleIn] — 
lightning ['laItnIN] — молния
жаловаться
EXERCISES
•	 Translate the following words and word combinations into English.
1	 давным-давно .
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2	 по всему миру .
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3	 достаточно большой .............................................................................
4	 каждый раз ................................................................................................
5	 у него уходили недели .
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6	 сбываться (о мечте) .
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7	 ждать с нетерпением ............................................................................ 
8	 всю свою жизнь .......................................................................................
9	 сначала ........................................................................................................
 
10	 оказалось .
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