Learn to read this tongue twister as fast as you can.
My dame has a lame tame crane,
My dame has a crane that is lame,
Let my dame’s tame crane
Feed and come home again.
dame − дама
lame tame crane – хромой ручной журавль
Read the text and think of why the girls could not say anything to Nicole’s mother.
The English Roses
Part Two
I’m sure, some of you know what it means to be green with envy [‘envi]. So, the English Roses were jealous of Binah. You see, the girls wanted to be friendly, and it was clear to them that Binah was lonely. But they could not be nice to her, because everybody around said:
“She is so beautiful!”
“She is a star pupil!”
“Binah is the best”.
WhenNicole and Amy, and Charlotte, and Grace heard those words about Binah, they always felt bad. This is what they said:
“How can anybody be so wonderful?”
“Nobody said that about us!”
“She has everything.”
“Let’s don’t talk to her.”
And so time went on, and the English Roses had fun together, while Binah stayed alone.
One night, when all the girls were having a sleepover party at Nicole’s house, her mother said, “I’d like to talk to you.”
“Don’t worry [‘wʌrɪ], Mum, we’re going to go to bed soon,” said Nicole. “We just want to finish our pillow [‘pɪləʊ] fight!”
“That’s not why I came in here,” her mother said. “I’d like to talk to you about Binah. She lives down the road, she goes to your school, she likes to do all the same things you like to do, but you never invite her to come and play with you or try to be friendly with her.”
There was a very long pause [pɔ:z].
(to be continued)
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