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CONNECT 6 Unit 1 “Green Cities” Lesson 3

Definitions:

hang out Spend time with, relax together ًضقَ

local residents People who live in a neighborhood. هُُهحمنا ناكسنا

pass through Move between شثع شمَ

miss To want something, you can’t have ذقرفَ

railway line A road for trains ذَذح حكس طخ

THE SELFISH GIANT

Look at the picture. What season is it? Listen and read. Check your answer

In a village, there lives a giant who has a wonderful garden. In his garden
there are tall trees, beautiful flowers and soft, green grass. There are colorful
birds singing in the trees and bees on the plants. Every afternoon, on their way
home from school, the local children come to play in the giant’s garden. The
lovely garden always makes the children happy.
But the selfish giant doesn’t want to share his garden, so one day he builds a big wall
around it. Now the children never come there to play. The days pass and the garden is always
empty and silent. Slowly, the green grass turns brown. The leaves fall from the trees. Then
snow covers the garden and all the little birds and bees fly away.
Spring arrives in the village, but in the giant’s garden it is still winter. Everything is under
the snow. The giant doesn’t understand, usually his garden is beautiful in spring. What is
wrong? Then one morning he wakes up and hears a lovely sound. A little blue bird is singing in
a tree outside. Then the giant hears another sweet sound - children laughing.

He looks out of the window and sees that the children have come back through a hole in
the garden wall. Now they are sitting in the trees. The leaves on the trees are green again and
flowers are opening around them. The giant feels so happy to see his garden grow again.

But in one corner of the garden, it is still winter. The giant sees a tiny boy standing there.
He is too small to climb up into the tree. Suddenly the giant understands everything. “Now I
know why the spring didn’t come,” he says, “because I was selfish about my garden.” He goes
out and helps the little boy climb up into the tree. Suddenly, all the leaves on the tree open
and the birds fly up into its branches and start to sing.” When you ‘re not selfish, ”the giant
says,” good things happens.”

1. Why do you think it was winter for a long time in the giant’s garden?
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2. What do you think ‘selfish’ means in the last paragraph? Why?................................
3. How is the giant different at the end of the story?....................................................

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