The Cat and Venus
A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venus to change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to her request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride. While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. The Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, started up from the couch and pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much disappointed and again caused her to return to her former shape.
"Nature exceeds nurture.”
Кошка влюбилась в красивого молодого человека, и попросила Венеру превратить себя в женщину. Венера согласилась и обернула ее красивой девушкой, и молодой человек увидел ее, полюбил ее и взял ее домой, как свою будущую невесту. Но Венера захотела узнать, изменила ли кошка ее привычки жизни с изменением ее формы. И богиня бросила мышь на середину комнаты. Кошка, совсем забыв о своем нынешнем состоянии, вскочила с дивана, поймала мышь и съела ее. Венера была сильно разочарована и снова вернула ее прежний облик.
"Природа побеждает воспитание”.
The Cat and Venus (adaptive variant)
A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and asked Venus (Венера) to turn her into a woman. Venus agreed and transformed her into a beautiful young girl, so theyoung man saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride (невесту). But Venus wished to discover if the Cat had changed (изменилали)her habits of life with the changing of her shape.And the goddess (богиня)threw a mouse in the middle of the room. The Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, jumped up from the sofa, caught the mouse and ate it. Venus was much disappointed (разочарована) and again turnedon her to her former shape.
"Nature exceeds nurture.”
What is the main idea of the fable?
"Nature exceeds nurture.”
Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false)
A catasked Venus to turn her into a woman T
Venus fell in love with a handsome young man F
The young man took cat home as his bride T
The beautiful girl ate the mouse T
Venus turned the girl into the dog F
Underline the correct item
A cat fall/fell in love with a handsome young man
Venus transform/transformed her into a beautiful young girl
Theyoung man saw her and loved her/she
The Cat changed/didn’t changeher habits
The/A Cat caught the mouse and ate it
The goddessthrew a mouse/mice
The/A Cat caught the mouse and ate it
Fill the correct word
caught disappointed into transformed
habits goddess handsome shape
A cat fell in love with a ……………………………….. young man
The cat asked Venus to turn her …………………………………. a woman
Venus ……………………………………………the cat into a beautiful young girl
But……………………………………….. wished to discover if the Cat had changed her………………………………. of life with the changing of her shape
The cat ………………………………………. the mouse and ate it
Venus was much ………………………………………. and turned on the cat to her former……………………………………………...
Read the text again and answer the questions
Why did the cat ask Venus to turn her into the girl?
Because she fell in love with the young man
Did the handsome young man love the cat?
Yes, he did
Did the cat and the young man get married?
No, they didn’t
Why did the beautiful girl eat the mouse?
She was the cat
What is the main idea of the text?
Nature exceeds nurture
Find the mistake in the sentence. Underline it.
A cat falls in love with a handsome young man, and asked Venus to turn her into a woman.
Venus agreed and transformed her into a beautiful old girl.
Theyoung man saw she and loved her.
ButtheVenus wished to discover if the Cat had changed her habits.
And the goddess threw a mouse in the middle up the room.
The Cat jumpedup from the sofa,caught the mouse and atethem.
Venus was much disappointed and again turned on her to his former shape.
Put the verb into the right form
A cat falls/fell in love with a handsome young man, and asked Venus to turn her into a woman.
Venus agreed/ agrees and transforms/transformed her into a beautiful young girl.
The young mansees/sawher and loved her.
But Venus wished todiscover/to discovered if the Cat had changed her habits.
And the goddess threw/throw a mouse in the middle up the room.
The Cat jumped up from the sofa, catches/caught the mouse and ate them.
Venus was much disappointed and again turns/turned on her to his former shape.
(для более сильных учеников можно предложить самостоятельно поставить глагол в нужной форме)
A cat (to fall) ……………………………………………. in love with a handsome young man, and asked Venus to turn her into a woman.
Venus (to agree)……………………………………………. and(to transform) ……………………………………………. her into a beautiful young girl.
The young man(to see)……………………………………………. her and loved her.
But Venus wished to (to discover)……………………………………………. if the Cat had changed her habits.
And the goddess (to throw) ……………………………………………. a mouse in the middle up the room.
The Cat jumped up from the sofa, (to catch)……………………………………………. the mouse and ate them.
Venus was much disappointed and again (to turn)…………………………………………… on her to his former shape.
Circle the odd one out
Venus – the goddess – the young man
the cat – the sofa - the mouse
eat – jumped - caught
in the middle – up – her
she – it – them
Put the words into the correct order to make sentences
Fell/in/love/A/cat/with/young/a/handsome/man
A cat fell in love with a handsome young man
into/ Venus/ transformed/a/her/beautiful/girl/young
Venus transformed her into a beautiful young girl
man/The/loved/man/her
The young man loved her
cat/The/jumped/from/the/sofa/up
The cat jumped up from the sofa
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