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Ксения Кудряшева

My Culture. – Моя культура.

   Many years ago people lived next to animals. Some animals were kind to them, others weren't. So people told stories about animals and their magic powers. They believed that animals can turn into people and people can turn into animals.
   People didn't want to make animals angry and they tried to call them by their names and created different nicknames for them. Can you remember some nicknames Russian people use for different animals – wolves, bears, hares?

Перевод:

   Много лет назад люди жили рядом с животными. Одни животные были добры к ним, другие – нет. Поэтому люди рассказывали истории о животных и их волшебной силе. Они верили, что животные могут превращаться в людей, а люди – в животных.
   Люди не хотели злить животных и старались называть их по именам, придумывали им разные прозвища. Вспомните, как русские люди называют разных животных – волков, медведей, зайцев?

Before you read. – Перед тем как прочитать.

Номер 1.

You are going to read stories about bears and reindeers. What do you think is right according to the stories? – Вам предстоит прочитать истории о медведях и оленях. Как вы думаете, что правильно в этих историях?

1. A long time ago all people were bears.
2. When people die, they turn into bears.
3. A long time ago reindeer had wings.

Перевод:

1. Давным-давно все люди были медведями.
2. Когда люди умирают, они превращаются в медведей.
3. Давным-давно у северных оленей были крылья.

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Номер 2.

Now read and check. – Сейчас прочитай и проверь.

Bear.

   The Karelians tell many different stories about bears.
   Some people said that the bear was a man who was very unkind and did many bad things, so the gods turned him into an animal.
   Other stories say that some people can turn into bears when they want. Many years ago there were three sisters. When winter came, the sisters went into the woods and turned into three bears. All winter long they lived happily in the woods. When spring came three hunters came into the woods. They saw the bears and killed two of them. The third bear ran and fell on her bearskin and turned back into a young girl. One foot didn't land on the bear skin and the poor girl lived with one bear's foot since that day.
   There is also a story that long time ago all people were bears. Why did people think that? Bears can walk on two legs and dance just like people, bears like berries and honey just like people.

Reindeer.

   The Sami, people who live in northwest Russia, say that reindeer gave people life.
   Here is one of the stories about the reindeer.
   Many years ago there was a reindeer. During the day he hunted in the woods. At night he turned into a handsome young man. He married a girl and they had children. And so he lived - reindeer during the day and man at night. His wife didn't like that. One night she took the reindeer skin and threw it into the fire. Then the young man turned into a reindeer, ran into the woods and never came back.

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