A Careless Tongue
There lives a young girl who likes to tell stories about her neighbours. To
make people laugh she tries to make the stories funnier and funnier. Many good
people suffer because of these stories.
An old man who lives in the village wants to make her stop telling stories
about her neighbours. He has a good plan. He asks the girl to throw small stones on
her way home as far as she can in all sides. The girl is suiprised to hear it but it is
easy and she agrees to do it.
When the young girl comes back, the old man asks her to go along the same
road and pick up all the stones that she has thrown away. 'I can find some of the
stones, but I cannot find all of them,' says the girl. 'That's true,' says the old man.
'Those stones are like the stories that you tell about your neighbours. It is easy to
make up stories about your neighbours, but it is difficult to call them back, because
they go from mouth to mouth and become worse and worse.
Remember! First think, then speak.'
The young girl remembers it all her life.
1.Выбери окончание предложения, выражающее основную
идею текста.
The text is about
a) the young girl who likes to tell stories about her
neighbours.
b) the young girl who learns a good lesson.
c) the old man who asks the girl to throw the
stones as far as she can.
Допишите полностью предложение.
2 Выбери правильные ответы на во Запись сделайте ключами, например (1-а,2-с)
3. Напишите True (если выражения правдивые), False (если
выражения ложные)
1. The young girl likes to tell stories about her parents.
2. She tries to make stories funnier and funnier.
3. She tells the stories to make people cry.
4. Many good people are happy because of these stories.
5. The old man wants to make the girl stop telling stories
6. The old man wants to teach her a lesson.
7. The girl is surprised to hear what the old man asks her to do.
8. She doesn't want to help the old man because it is not easy.
9. She thinks it is difficult to pick up all the stones on the road.
10. The stories go from mouth to mouth and become worse and worse,
11. The young girl doesn't learn a good lesson.
Запись сделайте ключами, например (1- True, 2- False)
