I. Listen to this fairy-tale.
II. Transcribe and intone the second paragraph: “ In the beginning of years, when the world was so new-and-all,… he said “Humph!” Just “Humph!” and no more.”
III. Define these new words and word-combinations:
1. new-and-all; 6. to trot;
2. a Desert; 7. to plough;
3. a Howler; 8. like the rest of us;
4. howling; 9. double-time;
5. a saddle; 10. to make up for smth.
IV. Find the Russian equivalents and give the situations from the text:
1. to hold a palaver; 8. on account of;
2. a pow-wow; 9. Bubbles;
3. to chew; 10. to puff up;
4. Djinn in charge of all Deserts; 11. That’s made a purpose;
5. to be idle; 12. to hurt smb’s feelings;
6. he hasn’t done a stroke of work; 13. to catch up with smth.
7. reflection;
V. Find all the sentences in Direct Speech and make them in Indirect Speech in written form.
VI. Describe the Camel, his manner of life in the middle of a Howling Desert.
VII. Answer the following questions:
1. Who came to the Camel and what did they ask him about?
2. Who helped the Three and in what way?
VIII. Describe the meeting of the Djinn and the Camel. Dramatize this conversation.
IX. Translate the following proverbs into Russian and say which of them fully expresses the idea of the story.(Give your arguments).
1. The best fish swam near the bottom.
2. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
3. What we do willingly is easy.
4. It needs more skill than I can tell to play the second fiddle well.
5. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
6. With time and patience the leaf of mulberry bush becomes satin.
7. Idleness is the mother of all evil.
8. No song, no supper.
X. Retell the story one by one using the new words.