Если у Вас появилось желание посмотреть фильм ужасов на английском языке - познакомьтесь с мультфильмом по мотивам произведения Эдгара По (Edgar Poe) Tell Tale Heart
Эту старинную русскую народную сказку (притчу) я нашла на сайте австралийской школы, с одним из классов которой переписываются мои учащиеся 6 и 7 классов на английском языке.
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The Wideness of God’s Mercy
An old Russian folktale tells of a woman whose evil temper was legendary. No one in her village could remember when she had last said a kind word or done a good deed. She lived alone, shunned hospitality, hated strangers, and did not suffer fools gladly. It made no difference who you were – the village priest, an orphaned child, a pious pilgrim – this woman had no favourites.
It's Ira, from Russia. How are you? I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. They are good friends too. They live in the house. They eat cats' food and bones. I teach them to speak Russian, but they can't say words. My dog Bobik can give me his paw. My cat Musya is like Maggie - fluffy, black and white. She can play but she can't catch mice. My pets want to be your friends. Bye. Ira
Good Afternoon, Dear Charlie, Mum Valya, and All Your Schoolmates,
Maggie here, and just taking a bit of a nap following all the work I am responsible to do. Sometimes I just wish Papa Ted would just let me be a kitty, but you know how it can be…take care of this, eat that, get out of Gus’ bed---The things I do to keep him happy! I really appreciate your letter—and what a letter it is. I will write a longer one soon, but this is just to let you know Dad did show it and read it to me. Boy, you sure can write well—a great command of language. I just like to talk a lot,, and Papa Ted answers me, we take short walks together, and I love to sit and rest in his lap. When I do this Gus is so envious.
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My Mum has been busy and keeps saying I have been lazy. Here we are now, both of us, she is typing and I am thinking and washing myself. Thinking is my hobby, and I can read my Mum's thoughts and she always knows what is on my mind.
For you to know my story, let me tell about how it all began.
I was a tiny kitten when I was taken from my biological mother and brought to a strange home many thousand kilometres from my home in Kamchatka. The people there were celebrating New Year's Day. I decided to climb a shiny tree, and broke strange fruit growing on it. Then I heard a fair-haired woman say how silly of grown up sons to give such awful kittens with sharp teeth and crooked tails
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Dear Students, 
