what we can do for others. We will share our ideas and do it together!” Betsy says.

“This is wonderful!” Mary is excited.

“I want to be a member of the Christmas Team!” Archie says.

“We will have a lot of fun together!” Mikky smiles.

The big break between our lessons is over. We need to go back to our classes. But we are very happy that we have a Christmas team now. We can’t wait to do something good together!

New words

big break [bɪg breɪk] – большая перемена

school cafeteria [skuːl kæflˈtɪ(ə)rɪə] – школьная столовая

Dalmatian [dælˈmeɪʃ(j)ən] – Далматинец

gingerbread [ˈʤɪnʤəbred] – имбирный пряник

Husky [ˈhʌskɪ] – Хаски

paper bag [ˈpeɪpə bæg] – бумажный пакет

ribbon [ˈrɪbən] – лента

to give out [gɪv aʊt] – раздать

Spaniel [ˈspænɪəl] – Спаниель

Christmas carol [ˈkrɪsməs ˈkærəl] – колядка, рождественский гимн

Christmas card [ˈkrɪsməs kɑːd] – рождественская открытка

Exercises

Answer the questions

1. Are Rex and Betsy pupils?

2. What grade is Betsy in?

3. What grade is Rex in?

4. Do you know how to make gingerbread?

5. Do you love to sing Christmas carols?

6. Do you like to draw Christmas cards?

7. What else do you like to do during Christmas time?

True or false

1. Rex, Betsy and their friends are sitting in the school playground.

2. Mikky is a Spaniel.

3. Mary is a Dalmatian.

4. Mikky knows how to make gingerbread.

5. Rex, Betsy, Archie, Mikky and Mary are a Christmas Team now.

Chapter 3

In a Mall

Today is the first day of an American Christmas season. Today is Black Friday. Our family has a tradition to go to a big mall to shop. This time, members of our Christmas Team – Mikky, Mary and Archie go with us.

We arrive at the Mall on a big red bus.

“Mommy, can we go shopping ourselves with Betsy, Mikky, Archie and Mary, please? And you will go shopping with Daddy and Timmy.” I ask.

“Well…” our mother thinks.

“I want to go with you, Rex! I want to go with you!” Timmy starts to jump.

“Well,” our mother continues, “I think that you puppies are old enough. Yes, you can go on your own. Let’s meet here at the same place in three hours.”

“Thank you, Mommy!” I kiss my mom.

“You are the best Mommy in the world!” Betsy kisses our mom.

“And what about me?” Timmy starts to cry. “Can I go with them, Mommy?”

“Well, Timmy, if you go with me and Daddy we will buy you the tastiest ice cream in the world. But if you still want to go with puppies you can.” Mommy smiles.

Timmy stops to cry and starts to smile.

“You know, Mommy, I love you and Daddy very much. I will go with you!”

………………………………………………

“We are in a big mall on our own. This is so fun!” Betsy says.

“Yes! This is wonderful!” I say. “Our mommy and daddy think that we are old enough. They trust us!”

“Your parents are so kind!” Mary says. “You are so lucky!”

“We have three hours. Let’s decide what we need to buy.” Archie says.

“Well,” Mikky says, “We need to buy everything for the gingerbread and for the Christmas cards.”

“And also we need to buy some little presents for our family and friends.” Betsy says.

“Where can we buy everything for the gingerbread?” Mary asks.

“We can buy everything for the gingerbread in the supermarket in the grocery section.” I say.

“And where is the supermarket?” Mary asks.

“Well, it is usually on the first floor of the mall.”

“Let’s go and find out!” Archie says.

We walk straight and soon we see the entrance to the supermarket. We go inside.

“Wow this supermarket is so big!” Betsy says. “It is much bigger than the shop near our house!”

“I think this is the biggest supermarket in the world!” Mikky is excited.

“How can we find the grocery department here?” Mary asks.

“I think we need to go to the right.” I say.

We turn to the right and soon we see a lot of food on the shelves.

“This is the grocery department!” Mikky smiles.

“We are in the right place!” Archie smiles.

I am very glad too.

“Mikky, but what products do we need for gingerbread?”

“Well, here is the list of products.” Mikky pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket. “Let’s see. We need some flour, eggs, butter, brown sugar, ground ginger and ground cinnamon.”

“Ok, let’s buy all of these!” Archie says.

“I see flour on the shelf over there!” Betsy points to the left.

“And eggs are over there!” I point to the right.

“Butter and sugar are right here!” Archie points straight.

“And where is the ground ginger and ground cinnamon?” Mary asks.

We look to the left, but we don’t see it. We look to the right but we don’t see it. We look forward but we don’t see it, then we look backwards and finally we see ground ginger and ground cinnamon!

“Here it is!” We yell all together. We are very glad that we have all we need for gingerbread!

New words

tradition [trəˈdɪʃn] – традиция

to shop [ʃɒp] – делать покупки

ourselves [aʊəˈselvz] – сами

enough [ɪˈnʌf] – достаточно

on your own [ɒn jɔː əʊn] – сами (вы сами)

on our own [ɒn ˈaʊə əʊn] – сами (мы сами)

same [seɪm] – то же самое

to kiss [kɪs] – целовать

to trust [trʌst] – доверять

lucky [ˈlʌkɪ] – везучий, счастливчик

to decide [dɪˈsaɪd] – решать

grocery section [grəʊsərɪ sekʃn ] – гастрономический отдел

straight [streɪt] – прямо

entrance [ˈentrəns] – вход

ground ginger – молотый имбирь

ground cinnamon [graʊnd ˈsɪnəmən ] – молотая корица

forward [ˈfɔːwəd] – вперед

backwards [ˈbækwədz] – назад