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And she said, “Flowers are red, young man, green leaves are green. And there’s no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen”.

But the little boy said, “There are so many colours in the rainbow, so many colours in the morning sun,

So many colours in the flowers, and I see every one”.

So the teacher said, “You’re a naughty boy! There are ways that things should be,

And you’ll paint flowers the way they are, so repeat after me”.

And she said, “Flowers are red, young man, green leaves are green,

And there’s no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen”.

But the little boy said, “There are so many colours in the rainbow,

So many colours in the morning sun,

So many colours in the flowers, and I see every one”.

Then the teacher put him in the corner. She said, “It’s for your own good,

And you don’t come out till you get it right and you’re responding like you should”.

Finally he got lonely, frightened thoughts filled his head.

So he went to the teacher and this is what he said:

Flowers are red, green leaves are green,

There’s no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen”.

Time went by like it always does, and they moved to another town.

The little boy went to another school, and this is what he found.

He found the teacher there was smiling. She said, “Painting should be fun.

There so many colours in the flowers, so let’s paint every one”.

But the little boy painted flowers in neat rows of green and red,

And when the teachers asked him why, this is what he said:

“Flowers are red, green leaves are green,

There’s no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen”.

Ex. 19. Read the following sayings about teacher’s profession and choose those you like best. Give your reasons. Teacher

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. You can teach a lesson for a day but if you teach curiosity, you teach for a lifetime. It’s too bad that the people who really know how to run the country are busy teaching school. When truth stands in your way, you are headed in the wrong direction. When teaching the love of truth, never lose the truth of love. Teacher’s task: take a lot of live wires and see that they are well-grounded. Nothing improves a child’s hearing more than praise.

Family matters

Ye.V.Sorotokina

Friendship. Dating. Love. Engagement. Marriage. Divorce.

Ex. 1. a) Find the pair to each word:

(bride)groom closest friend spouse best buddy

friend husband married married

bachelor ex spinster acquaintance

wife widow bride

widower pal spouse fiancé ex-girlfriend

fiancée chum single (unmarried)

b) Put the pairs in the order of relationship development.

Friendship

Friends are an important part of our daily lives. During our time at university we will spend a lot of time making new friends, keeping old friends and in some cases, losing friends. In fact new courses, jobs, holidays and new situations will mean we are forever meeting and making new friends.

Ex. 2.Choose your top three qualifications from the list to give your idea of a

friend:

What is a friend

I think a friend is someone …

Who will stick up for you in awkward situations
Who always does what you want to do
You can tell things you wouldn’t tell anyone else
Who will take “no” for an answer and won’t try to make you change your mind
Who shares all their possessions with you
Who is about your age and lives near you
You can rely on not to let you down
You find attractive and exciting
Who will point out your mistakes if you behave badly
Who has the same likes and dislikes as you
Who is fun to be with and treats life as if it is a joke
Who treats you like a sister or a brother

Ex. 3.Choose and say what you want your pal to do and what you don’t want

him/her to do.

I want my pal to … /I don’t want my pal to …

to have the same likes and dislikes;
to agree with everything I say;
to be reliable;
to do what I want to do;
to help in troubles;
to understand;
to support my crazy ideas;
just to have free time and relax;
to gossip;
to help in the case of emergency only;
to behave like an idiot;
to let me down;
to share things;
to deceive (обманывать);
to betray (предавать);
to pry his/her nose in my business.

Friends can bring good times and bad times. At some stage in any relationship there will be conflict, however short lived (кратковременный) and/or trivial [trivil] (пустячный, мелкий).

Ex. 4. a) Make a list of problem areas you may encounter with friends.

b) Think about the last time you had a problem with friends.

c) How did you react?

d) How did you solve the conflict?

Ex. 5. Read the text and say what problem the friends faced.

Before you start, learn the following words:

rival	[raivl]	соперник
to allow	[lau]	позволять
quiet	[kwait]	тихий
(to) murmur	[m:m]	шептать, шепот
to breathe/breath	[bri: ]/[bre]	дышать/дыхание
to frown	[fraun]	хмуриться
(to) pause	[p:z]	останавливаться, пауза (перерыв)
blow		удар
to adore	[d:]	обожать
honour	[n]	честь
to affect smb/smth	[fekt]	влиять на
to defeat	[difi:]	наносить поражение
to compete	[kmpi:t]	состязаться, соревноваться
oar	[:]	весло
scholar	[sk:l]	ученик, ученый
for smb’s sake (for the sake of …)		ради кого-либо

Translate into Russian, paying attention to the difference in translation between Participle I and Participle II. Add some more examples of your own:

The scholarship founded by Sir John Marshall; upturned boat; boiled eggs; hidden by the growing darkness; unexpected blow; breathing heavily.

The Scholarship from “Green Years” by a.J. Cronin

… Robert Shannon will be able to continue his studies only if he gets the scholarship founded by Sir John Marshall, but his best friend Gavin becomes his rival.

It was the first day of the Easter Holidays. I was going fishing with Gavin. The last pleasure I allowed myself before beginning to prepare for the Marshall.

We met early in the morning. Gavin was waiting for me. Impossible to describe the silent joy of our meeting… We walked side by side through the quiet village to the lake.

“No fishing until evening, I’m afraid,” Gavin murmured. “No wind and the day is too bright.”

Until the sun went down, Gavin and I sat on an upturned boat, outside his father’s fishing hut. We spoke very little. At seven o’clock, after Mrs. Glen, the woman of the cottage, had given us some tea and boiled eggs and milk, we pushed the boat into the water. I took the oars. When we were far from the shore, Gavin spoke, hidden by the growing darkness.

“I understand you are sitting the Marshall, Robie?”

I was greatly surprised. “Yes… How did you know?”

“Mrs. Keith told my sister, “Gavin paused, breathing heavily. “I am trying for it too.”

I looked at him in silence. I was shocked and confused.

“But Gavin… You don’t need the money!”

Gavin frowned. “You’ll be surprised.” He spoke slowly. “My father has had trouble in the business”. He paused. “He has done so much for me… now then he is worried, I would like to do something for him.”

I was silent. I knew that Gavin adored his father; and I had heard whispers that all was not well with the Mayor’s business. Yet his words came as an unexpected blow.

“All the cleverest boys in the country are competing,” he continued. “One more won’t make much difference. Besides there’s the honour of the town. It is twelve years since a Levenford boy took the scholarship.” He drew a deep breath. One of us must win it”.

“You may be the one, Gavin,” I said in a low voice; I knew he was a fine scholar.

Gavin replied slowly. “I would like to win for my father’s sake. But I think you have a better chance.” He paused. “If you win, will you go on to be a doctor?”

Gavin was the only person on earth to whom I could tell the truth. I said: “I wish with all my heart to be a medical biologist, you know, a doctor who does research.” There was a long pause.

“Yes,” Gavin said thoughtfully. “It’s bad that we have to fight each other over the scholarship. But, it will not affect our friendship, of course”.

Yet I felt a sudden sadness in my heart. I thought:

“Gavin and I… One of us must be defeated”.

Answer the following questions:

1. What did Robert and Gavin talk about in the boat? 2. Why was Robert shocked and confused? 3. Why did Robie need the scholarship? 4. What was he going to be? 5. Why did Gavin decide to compete? 6. Will the competition affect their friendship? Will they still remain pals? 7. What can destroy friendship from your point of view?