ENJOY READING

1. What types of stories can you think of and which of them do you enjoy
reading?
What do you think can you see on the pictures above? Do you like them?
HALLOWEN CELEBRATIONS
Halloween! t is a time for games! fun! fortunetelling and ghost stories. "t
Halloween on #1 $ctober! millions of people celebrate a very old festival.
%or centuries! people believed that Halloween was a night
when witches walked & or flew! & and ghosts and spirits
were on the loose. What makes Halloween so special? t is
its long and colourful history. %or all the fun and games! it is
part of the history of 'ritain! reland and northern %rance. t belongs to
(orth "merica too. Halloween is a fun now! t was the other way in the past
& very frightening.
(early everyone was very much afraid of witches. "t
Halloween people believed they were at their wicked worst!
and fires bla)ed across the countryside to frighten them and
other evil spirits away.
%ire! %ew centuries ago it meant warmth and light. "ll over the
world there were fire festivals and Halloween is one of them. " fire
protected the people from the powers of darkness. %armers used to
carry torches through their property to protect their houses from the bad and
cold winter months.
n old times young girls and boys could find what their
marriage prospects were at Halloween. " girl baked a cake
with a ring! a thimble and a coin in it. *he coin meant riches
for the finder+ the ring meant wedding is going to be soon+ but poor thimble
finder would never find a wife.
1. ,lease answer the following -uestions. .nderline the answers in the te/t.
1. When is Halloween celebrated?
0. Why was1is Halloween celebrated?
#. What countries were and are still celebrating Halloween?
2. Why do people were afraid of witches?
3. Why was fire important during the Halloween?
4. What did girls do to find their marriage prospects?
WORDS OF WISDOM
5ead the sentences. What do they mean?
*here are no dull subjects+ there are only dull
writers.
*he pen is mightier than the sword.
It was a sunny afternoon.
David and his friends were sailing along the coast, enjoying the warm
weather.
light !ree"e was !lowing across the !ay.
#hey all felt rela$ed.
Ric% and &ima" were hel'ing David sail the !oat as the others were
tal%ing
a!out their 'lans for the summer holidays.
Suddenly, the wind started !lowing strongly and the sea !ecame rough.
Waves !egan crashing against the !oat, ma%ing everyone lose their
!alance.
Dar% clouds covered the s%y.
(Where)s #yler*+ .....
David was trying to lower the sails when &ima" cried
It was a !itterly cold night.
&e was wearing clothes as !lac% as night, !ut his face was %ind and
calm.
In the 'ale yellow light she saw a stranger.
Sur'rised, she turned around.
Suddenly she felt a gentle ta' on her shoulder.
She was soa%ed to the s%in !ut this didn)t seem to !other her.
She had nowhere to go to, no one to stay with ... nothing,
She reached a street lam' and sto''ed there.
May was wal%ing along the em'ty road and tears were running down
her face.
It was raining heavily.
hmet -roo%es was at his wooden des%.
It was a!out midnight and everything was .uiet.
&e felt very tired after all this wor%, !ut now the /SO0 homewor% was
ready.
Suddenly he heard noise outside his room.
Someone was trying to get in.
hmet wasn)t sur'rised.
&e %new they were coming for him.
&e loo%ed at the door, then calmly
as%ed1 (Is that you*+
t was a sunny afternoon. David and is friends were .......... 6sail7 along the
coast! enjoying the warm weather. " light bree)e was ..............
6blow7 across the bay. *hey all felt rela/ed. 5ick and Hima) were
......... 6help7 David sail the boat as the others were .......... 6talk7
about their plans for the summer holidays. 8uddenly! the
wind ............ 6start7 blowing strongly and the sea .............
6become7 rough. Waves ............ 6begin7 crashing against the boat! making
everyone lose their balance. Dark clouds ............... 6cover7 the sky. David
was ................ 6try7 to lower the sails when 5ick cried 9Where:s
Hima)?; .....
t ......................... 6be7 a bitterly cold night. t ................... 6rain7 heavily.
<ay ................... 6walk7 along the empty road and tears .................... 6run7
down her face. 8he................... 6reach7 a street lamp and stopped there.
8he ................. 6have7 nowhere to go to no one to stay with ... nothing! 8he
was soaked to the skin but this ........................ 6not1seem7 to bother her.
8uddenly she ............ 6feel7 a gentle tap on her shoulder. 8urprised!
she ................... 6turn7 around. n the pale yellow light she .............. 6see7 a
stranger. He ..................... 6wear7 clothes as black as night! but his
face ..................... 6be7 kind and calm.
"hmet 'rookes ............. 6be7 at his wooden desk. t was about midnight and
everything ........... 6be7 -uiet. He ........... 6feel7 very tired after all this work!
but now the =8$> homework was ready. 8uddenly
he ............. 6hear7 noise outside his room.
8omeone ............. 6be7 trying to get in. "hmet wasn:t
surprised. He knew they were coming for him.
He ........... 6look7 at the door! then calmly .............. 6ask7 9s that you?;