пересказ текста: A Christmas Carol (after Ch. Dickens) Have you ever heard about Christmas carols?1 They are religious songs sung at Christmas. At Christmas time groups of people sing carols, both indoors and outdoors. They usually collect money for homeless and poor people. Sometimes carol singers, especially children, go along the streets from house to house, singing in front of each house and asking for money. But there is a Christmas carol which is not a song or a hymn [himn], it is a story told more than a century and a half ago by one of the most wonderful storytellers in the world — Charles Dickens, the famous English writer. 1 a carol — рождественская песнь, гимн Part I Once upon a time old Ebenezer Scrooge was busy in his office. It was Chrismas Eve. The weather was cold and foggy. The door of Scrooge’s office was opened so that he could keep an eye on his clerk,1 Cratchit I'kraetfit], who was writing letters. Scrooge paid him less than a pound a week. That was not half enough for Cratchit’s large family. Scrooge did not like to spend his money, that is why the fire in his office was very small and Bob Cratchit’s hands were so cold that he could hardly write. Suddenly, a young and cheerful2 voice cried, “Merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” It was Scrooge’s nephew. “Humbug!”3 said Scrooge, using his favourite word. “Merry Christmas! You have no right to be merry.4 You are poor.” Scrooge was telling the truth: his nephew was poor but he was a happy man because he was married to a woman whom he loved. Scrooge could not understand that. He thought that love was even sillier than a Merry Christmas. Scrooge’s nephew wanted to invite his uncle to have Christmas dinner with him and his young wife but Scrooge did not want to hear about it and the young man left wishing his uncle and Cratchit a Merry Christmas again. Five minutes later Scrooge had two more visitors with papers in their hands. They were collecting money for poor people and told Scrooge that thous
Secondly, it is the global warming as well as the environmental pollution. Every day the climate of the planet is changing more and more, reserves of fresh water are depleted, the environment is being polluted. All this is the result of human's activities, and if we continue to do this, the death of humanity within a few generations is inevitable.
Poverty, famine and homelessness are the causes of death for many years. To date, the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition has reached 1 billion people. It creates a serious threat to the international security.
The last thing I would like to say is about endangered species of animals and plants. Their habitats are being destroyed. This is due to global warming, logging, fire, mining. To sum up, it is necessary to make conclusions about the global problems of extinction of organisms.
This folk tale is about grandfather and grandmother, who formed round creature Kolobok from dough. He runs away and meets different animals starting with hare and ending with fox. Kolobok managed to pass through animals because he sang to them. At the end of the tale he meets the fox and she eats Kolobok, because he is not careful. To my mind, the text teaches people to be always careful, even if everything around you is okay. You shouldn’t’t lose your mind because of success.
Объяснение:
Эта народная сказка о дедушке и бабушке, которые создали круглое существо Колобок из теста. Он убегает и встречает разных животных, начиная с зайца и заканчивая лисой. Колобку удалось пройти через животных, потому что он пел им. В конце рассказа он встречает лису, и она съедает Колобка, потому что он неосторожен. На мой взгляд, текст учит людей быть всегда осторожными, даже если все вокруг вас в порядке. Вы не должны забываться из-за успеха