3. The Plane Lands on a Rye Field 24 

Exercises 30 

Wednesday, April 12 (adapted from uRoad to the Stars” by Y, Gagarin; text to be read mthout the help of a dictionary) 34 

4. Big Ben (text to be translated in written form) 37 

Revision Lesson I 39 

List of New Words (Lessons 1—4) 41 

5. Exercises 42 

Laura Comes to See Ann (a dialogue) 49 

The Dog and Myself (after W. Dyer; text to be read without the help of a dictionary) 53 

All Through the Night (a song) 56 

6. Ballet Shoes. Part I 57 

Exercises 62 

Ballet Shoes. Part II (text to be read without the help of a dictionary) 67 

Bridges (a poem by Edith Segal) 68 

7. Racing in England (text to be translated orally) 69 

Revision Lesson II 71 

Peace and Friendship (text to be translated orally) — 

The More We Get Together (a song) 74 

To Further Success! (a poem by B. Z.) — 

List of New Words (Lessons 5—7) 75 

8. A Branch of Mistletoe (text to be translated in written form) 76 Exercises 77 

9. Exercises 81 

Dialogue 85 

Vadim’s Letter to Gopal 86 

10. The Cherry Tree. Part I (retold from Alfred Coppard) 89 

Exercises 94 

The Cherry Tree. Part II (text to be read without the help of a dictionary) 99 

11. Text to be translated in written form 102 

Revision Lesson III 103 

A Trip to Canada. Part I 105 

A Trip to Canada. Part II (text to be translated orally) 110 

List of New Words (Lessons 8—11) 113 

12. Bingo Comes to My Help. Part I (adapted from “Bingo, the Story 

of My Dog" by Ernest Seton-Thompson) 114 

Exercises 118 

Bingo Comes to My Help. Part II (text to be read without the help of a dictionary) 124 

13. At the Meeting of the School Sports Club 126 

Exercises 128 

14. A Present (by Boris Korotkov) 133 

Exercises 135 

15. Lenin in London (text to be translated orally) 139 

Lives of great men (a poem by H. W. Longfellow) 141 

Revision Lesson IV 142 

List of New Words (Lessons 12—15) 149 

ГРАММАТИКА 

1. The Past Continuous (Lesson 3) 150 

2. The Past Perfect (Lesson 6) 151 

3. The Future-in-the Past (Lesson 10) — 

4. The Sequence of Tenses (Lesson 12) 152 

5. Таблица «неправильных» глаголов, встречающихся в учебниках V—IX классов 153 

6. Таблица временных форм английского глагола 155 

Англо-русский словарь 156 

Фрагменты:

Answer the following questions. 

1. Do you do your morning exercises every day? 

2. Do you do your morning exercises in the open air? 

3. Do you first wash yourself and then do your morning exercises, or do you first do your morning exercises and then wash yourself? 

4. Do you think that morning exercises are good for the health? 

5. Do you enjoy good health? 

6. What sport do you like best? 

7. Do you go in for chess? 

8. Where do you do your training? 

9. Have you a good football team in your town (city)? 

10. What do you call it? 

11. Did the city’s team take part in the U.S.S.R. football championship? What place did it take? 

12. Do you know which team won the world football championship last year? 

13. Do you know the world record for the high jump and who set it? 

14. Do you know the world record for the long jump and who set it? 

VI. Look at the picture and tell the story. 

Hurrah! Our team has won! 

VII. Say in English: 

1. 90% наших ребят занимаются спортом. 

2. В нашей школе есть спортивный клуб. 

3. Зимой мы занимаемся лыжным спортом, а летом—плаванием. 

4. Команда школы № 5 — самая сильная волейбольная команда. 

5. Многие из наших ребят играют в шахматы. 

6. 30 ребят приняло участие в розыгрыше первенства школы по шахматам. 

7. Олег Власов — чемпион школы по шахматам. 

8. Вова Юдин хорошо прыгает. Я уверен, что он побьёт старый школьный рекорд по прыжкам. 

9. Городской бассейн для плавания недалеко от нашей школы. 

10. Наши пловцы ходят туда на тренировки. Вера Абрамова собирается улучшить свой рекорд по плаванию, и я уверен, что она сделает это.