Reading II back Book 2

Reading II back

A story about a frog Hello, everyone. My name is Freddy.

When Freddy was young, he was a little tadpole.

As time went by quickly, he soon became a frog.

One day, Freddy sat on the water lily leaf and slid his long, thin legs into the water.

Suddenly, he heard some music across the lake.…… Then what would happen?

Listen to the tape for the first time and answer the following question. What did Freddy find when he swam slowly towards the sound? He found three confident frogs sitting still on the leaf and playing the instruments.

Freddy the frog Freddy the frog dipped his long, thin legs into the water. Within a few short weeks he had changed from a small tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now. he smiled to himself. Then suddenly he heard a fine, deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night. Freddy looked up. “other frogs! I must try and find them,” he thought. “It’s so hard being a grown-up frog on my own.” script

He began to swim slowly towards the sound. Suddenly he knocked into a large lily pad. On it sat three confident frogs and they were playing instruments. Freddy climbed onto the leaf. “Can I sing with you?” he asked quietly. “Of course,” they said. He opened his mouth wide and began: Help! I need somebody, Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Help!

When I was young and so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. But now these days are gone, I’m not so self-assured. Now I find – I’ve changed my mind, I’ve opened up the doors.

(chorus) Help me if you can, I’m feeling down. And I do appreciate you being round. Help me get my feet back on the ground. Won’t you please, please help me!

Listen to the tape for the second time and do the true or false exercise. 1.Freddy had changed form a man to a frog. 2.He felt lonely in his lake till he met his friends on the lily leaf. 3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly. 4.Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs. 5.Freddy was very confident about his singing. 6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends. F T T F Freddy in the story remains a frog. He wanted to join in and make friends with the other frogs. Freddy was shy about his singing and asks them politely if he can join in. He joined in because he wanted the other frogs to be his friends. F F

We formed a band and soon we became famous and went to Britain to give performances. Then what would happen in Britain? We would succeed or fail?

Did Freddy and his band get a great success in Britain? Yes, they got a great success and became very popular in Britain.

Read the text in detail and answer the following questions. 1.What was Freddy’s most exciting experience in London? 2.What happened when the programme was over? 3.What problem was caused after they became stars? 4.Did Freddy and his band leave Britain at last?

Freddy formed a band went to Britain to give performance problems caused by being famous left Britain how the result why

Reading task Part 1: day / way / pay / away Chorus: spoon / moon / when / then Part 2: day / play throw / do dimmed / him Part 3: day / say while / smile keys / please Part 4: away / day mind / time flu / you

Part 1: when his son is growing up, his father is often away and very busy. But the son wants to copy his father. Part 2: at ten the father is too busy to play with his son, but the son still wants to copy his father. Part 3: home from college the son is too busy to talk to his father. Part 4: now the father is old and retired, he finds his son is too busy to see him. He now realizes that his son has grown up just like him. back