Елизавета Хейнонен - The Book of Riddles. Лексические задачки

tamerукротитель; used to tameраньше дрессировали; that’s rightсовершенно верно; switch toпереключиться на; a while agoнекоторое время тому назад; shortsightedблизорукий ◊ I have become shortsighted, you know.Я, видите-ли, стал близоруким

Johnny fell ill, and his mother called the famous doctor Pill.

“Are you really the famous doctor Pill?” the seven-year-old boy asked. “The one who spent several years in Africa treating wild animal?”

“The very same,” answered the doctor.

“Were you not eaten by cannibals?”

“No. Like they say, the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I’m still alive and kicking.”

fall(fell, fallen) illзаболеть; famousзнаменитый; pillпилюля; treatлечить; wildдикий; the very sameон самый; like they sayкак говорится; rumourслух, слухи; exaggerateпреувеличивать ◊ the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggeratedслухи о моей смерти сильно преувеличены; stillвсё ещё; alive and kickingжив и здоров

“Can you prove it?”

The doctor smiled.

“Prove what? That I’m alive?”

“No. That you’re really the famous doctor Pill.”

“Sure. Here. I hope this photo will convince you.”

The doctor took a photo out of his wallet and gave it to the boy.

Here is that photo:

proveдоказывать; smileулыбаться; Here.Вот, держи ( говорят, протягивая какой-либо предмет собеседнику ); hopeнадеяться; convinceубедить, убеждать; walletбумажник

Johnny looked at the photo and said, “You’re a liar!”

“But Johnny,” his mother cut in. “How can you talk to the doctor like that?”

“But don’t you see that he is lying?” Johnny asked. “This photo is a fake! He has never been to Africa, and I can prove it!”

liarлжец; cut inвмешаться в разговор; How can you talk to the doctor like that?Как ты разговариваешь с доктором!?; don ’ t you seeнеужели ты не видишь; lieлгать; fakeподделка; clueключ (к разгадке)

What made Johnny think that the doctor was lying? If you don’t know, this rebus may give you a clue.

After the summer holidays, the teacher asked her class to write an essay on how and where the children had spent their vacation. Johnny worked on his essay for almost an hour, yet he wasn’t sure how the teacher would take it.

essayсочинение; after the summer holidaysпосле летних каникул; spend(spent, spent) проводить; vacationканикулы; almostпочти; hourчас; yetтем не менее; be sureбыть уверенным; how the teacher would take itкак учительница это воспримет

And indeed, when the teacher opened his exercise book, she frowned, because she saw something she never expected to see. This is what she saw:

But the next moment she smiled and said to herself, “This little rascal is really very talented. I hope he liked his stay in—”

In what country? Where did Johnny spend his summer holidays?

indeedв самом деле; frownхмуриться, нахмуриться; expectожидать; the next momentв следующее мгновение; smileулыбаться; said to herselfсказала сама себе; rascalнегодник, шельмец, плут; talentedталантливый; hopeнадеяться; his stay inего пребывание в

Arrange these three pictures in the right order.

arrange здесь: расположить; orderпорядок ◊ in the right orderв правильном порядке

One day, the Ant decided to throw a party. The Grasshopper, the Bee and the Ladybug came, even the Dragonfly showed up.

antмуравей; throw a partyустроить вечеринку; decideрешить, принять решение; grasshopperкузнечик; beeпчела; ladybugбожья коровка; dragonflyстрекоза; show upпоявиться

The host asked the guests to wipe their feet, and they did so without complaining. Only one guest didn’t like it. Guess who.

hostхозяин; guestгость; wipeвытереть, вытирать; and they did soи они так и сделали; complainжаловаться ◊ without complainingбез жалоб, безропотно; guessдогадаться, угадать

One day, the animals decided to have a masked ball.

The Wolf soon got tired of dancing. He approached a group of animals, and suggested a game of cards. Several animals agreed to keep him company.

masked ballбал-маскарад; decideрешить, принять решение; soonвскоре; g е t tired of dancingустать танцевать; approachподойти, приблизиться; suggestпредлагать; a game of cardsпартия в карты; severalнесколько; agreeсоглашаться; keep him companyсоставить ему компанию