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Picture - Rodney's Elephant, Philip - by Nigel A JAMES
Pets
Pets
are every child's dream. Children love them. The most
popular pets in England are dogs. In England, dogs are
man's best friend. In Switzerland everyone keeps tropical
fish, And, cats and rabbits are at the top of the
list in France!
Dogs sleep in kennels, rabbits live in hutches, and tropical fish are happy in aquariums.
Dogs sleep in kennels, rabbits live in hutches, and tropical fish are happy in aquariums.
But,
some people have very unusual pets. Rodney, who lives in
London has an elephant called Philip. No-one has
ever seen Philip because Philip sleeps all day long under
Rodney's bed! Have you got a pet under your bed?
Vocabulary
all
day long – den ganzen Tag
dream
– Traum
France
– Frankreich
hutch
- Stall
kennel –
Hundezwinger
no-one –
niemand
pet
– Haustier
prefer
– bevorzugen
popular
– beliebt
rabbit
– Kaninchen
sleep
– (to sleep/slept/slept) - schlafen
Switzerland
– die Schweiz
tropical
fish – Tropische Fisch
under
– unter
unusual
– ungewöhnlich
Questions
Why
do people like dogs?
Why
do girls prefer cats?
What
is your favourite pet?
What
is the number one pet in Switzerland?
Where
do Rodney and Philip live?
What
does Philip do all day long?
What
is the most popular pet in China?
Why
are hamsters the best pets of all?
