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         1 Describe what is happening in the pictures.

            The Ant and

           the Grasshopper

It was a lovely summer day. The grasshopper             Soon, the weather became very cold and
was sitting in the sun, playing his violin. An          the ground was covered with thick snow and
ant walked by, grunting as he carried an                ice. The grasshopper tried to dig, but
enormous piece of corn on his back.                     he couldn't find any food.

"That corn looks really heavy;' said the                "Help me! I'm hungry;' said the grasshopper
grasshopper. "Come and play with me                     to the ant. "Please, can I share your food?"
instead:'
                                                        The ant had lots of food and was kind
The ant was tired and hot. He pointed at                and generous.
a pile of corn.
                                                        "I will help you this time;' said the ant, and
"I can't. This will be my food during winter;' he       he gave the grasshopper some corn.
said. "There will be less food then, so I must
prepare now:' The grasshopper laughed.                  "But next year, I will not help you. You
                                                        mustn't be lazy and you must prepare for
"Why worry about winter?" he said. "It's                winter!"
summer now and there's plenty of food:'

3 Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings and
    then check them in the Workbook 4 Dictionary.

       enormous prepare worry thick dig share generous lazy

4 Read again and complete the sentences.                2 The ant carried some heavy ___ _ __-
    1 The grasshopper played his vlolin                 4 That winter the ant was very _ _ _ __

    3 There is plenty of food in _ _ _ __

Unit 6 Words in context: The Ant and the Grasshopper Reading: a fable
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