A lot of parents often face the problem that their children refuse to eat healthy food, such as porridge or soup. The Miller family was no exception. The mother was constantly worried, as her daughter ate very badly. The family members wanted to teach the girl to finish her meals.
One day the girl began to play up as usual:
– Eat your own beetroot with meatballs, it's disgusting! I want chocolate!
The mother of the child was tired from work and tried to make a deal with her daughter:
– Once you have eaten your food, then you will get some chocolate and can go for a walk with your friend. If you don’t, then you will be punished: you will not get chocolate and will have to stay at home alone to play.
Without another word, her mother left the kitchen. The stubborn girl burst into tears, pushed the plate away, pouted and went silent. The grandmother was always very worried when her granddaughter cried, so she decided to calm the sad child down:
– Don't worry, honey! When I was a child, I also did not want to eat healthy food. My mother scolded me and even punished me, hitting me on the bottom or on the back of the neck and I had to stand in the corner.
Suddenly the girl wiped her tears and said compassionately:
– Ah, grandma, that's why you're wearing false teeth!
Vocabulary:
problem – проблема
to refuse – отказываться
food – еда
healthy – полезный
porridge – каша
soup – суп
exception – исключение
worried – обеспокоенный
constantly – постоянно
family member – домочадец, член семьи
to teach – приучать
as usual – как обычно
to play up – капризничать
beetroot – свёкла
meatball – котлета
disgusting – отвратительный
chocolate – шоколад
tired – уставший
to make a deal – договориться
to punish – наказывать
to leave – покидать, уходить
stubborn – упрямый
to burst into tears – расплакаться
to push away – отодвигать, отталкивать
plate – тарелка
to pout – дуться
to go silent – замолчать
granddaughter – внучка
to cry – плакать
sad – грустный, печальный
to calm down – успокаивать
to be worried – переживать
to scold – ругать
to hit someone on the bottom – ударять по попе
to hit someone on the back of the neck – давать подзатыльник
to stand in the corner – стоять в углу
to wipe tears – вытирать слёзы
compassionately – с сочувствием
to wear – носить
false teeth – вставная челюсть
Answer the questions:
1) What problem do many parents often have?
2) Why was the mother constantly worried?
3) What did the girl start doing one day?
4) What did she want to eat? What didn't she want to eat?
5) What did the mother offer the girl in exchange for eating her food?
6) How did the girl react to what her mom said?
7) What did the grandmother do after that and why?
8) How did grandmother reassure her granddaughter?
9) What did the grandmother's mother do when grandmother was a child and did not want to eat healthily?
10) What did the girl answer?
Express the same in English:
1) отказываться есть полезную пищу;
2) каша;
3) суп;
4) быть исключением;
5) постоянно беспокоиться;
6) домочадцы;
7) говорить с сочувствием;
8) доедать еду до конца;
9) однажды;
10) капризничать;
11) свёкла с котлетой;
12) отвратительный;
13) уставшая после работы мать ребёнка;