Mice and Lions

Vocabulary (make sure you know these words):

• rubbish ['rʌbɪʃ] - мусор, бытовые отходы;
• common ['kɒmən] - обычный.

Task 1. Listen to the text "Mice and Lions", and explain its title.

Task 2. Listen to the story once again and answer the following questions:

1. What subject did Tom Robinson teach at school?
2. Why did Tom decide to take his class to London Zoo?
3. Where did he meet his pupils?
4. Why did Tom want to show mammals to his pupils?
5. Where did Tom take his class? What animals were kept in the cages?
6. What was there near the cages?
7. Why didn’t Tom find his pupils near the lions’ cages?
8. What were his pupils looking at?
9. What was the little mouse looking for?
10. Why do you think the children were happy and more interested in the small common mouse than in the savanna lions?

Task 3. Imagine what the weather was like on the day when Tom Robinson took his class to London Zoo and describe it.

 

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