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3.1 MINI STORY
And now’s time for our mini story. As you listen to the mini 
story, it’s important that you pay attention that you do not sit down 
and sleep on the coach. But it’s important thing that you stand 
up and you have good posture that you smile, that you breathe 

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deeply and pay attention to the story. As I read the story, I will be 
asking some questions. And you don’t need to translate from your 
language to English. But it’s important thing just to listen and to 
answer quickly from the story. So, are you ready? Let’s start!
There was a beautiful cat. 
 
 
Was there a cat?
Yes, there was a cat. 
Was there a dog?
No, there was not a dog.
What was there?
There was a cat.
She was green. Her name was Lily.
What color was Lily? 
Lily the cat was green.
What was her name? 
Her name was Lily.
Was 
she 
grey? 
No, she was not grey. 
Was she a white cat? 
No, she was not a white cat. She was green. She was a strange 
cat. She was odd.
Was she strange?
Yeah, she was odd.
She lived in Chicago. 
Did she live in San Diego?
No, she didn’t live in San Diego.
Where did she live? 
She lived in Chicago. 
She was American.
Was she Uzbek?
No, she was not Uzbek.
Was 
she 
American?

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Yes, she was American.
She was a pupil at school. She had a problem.
Она была ученицей в школе.
Was she a doctor?
No, she was not a doctor.
Was she a taxi driver? 
No, she was not a taxi driver. 
Was she a pupil?
Yes, she was a pupil at school. 
She did not have lots of friends.
Did she have a problem?
Yes, she had a prolem. 
Who had a problem? 
Lily the cat had a problem.
Did she have a serious problem?
Yes, of course she had a very serious problem. 
What was her problem?
Her problem was she was very shy and embarrassed.
Was 
she 
shy?
Yes, she was shy and embarrassed.
Was she a sociable cat?
No, she was not sociable.
Who was not sociable? 
Lily the cat was not sociable. 
She couldn’t speak in front of people.
She got red in front of people.
Could she speak in front of people? 
No, she could not speak in front of people.
Why couldn’t she speak in front of people?
Because she got red when she spoke in front of people.
Who got red in front of people?
Lily the cat got red in front of people. 
One day Lily was asked to a party. 

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Who was asked to a party?
Lily was asked to a party.
Was she asked to a hospital? 
No, she wasn’t asked to a hospital. She was invited to a party.
Then she decided to go to the party. 
Who decided to go to the party?
Lily the cat decided to go to the party. 
Did she reject to go to the party?
No, she didn’t. She decided to go to the party.
Нет, она не отказалась пойти на вечеринку.
But she faced another problem. She did not know what to wear. 
She had a lot of beautiful clothes. But Lily was too shy to wear 
any of them.
Who faced another problem? 
Lily faced another problem. 
Did lily come across one more problem?
Yes, she came across one more problem.
What was the problem?
She did not know what to wear.
Who did not know what to wear? 
Lily the cat did not know what to wear.
Did she have a lot of clothes? 
Yeah, of course she had a lot of clothes.
Did she have few clothes?
No, she did not have few clothes.
How many clothes did she have?
She had a lot of elegant clothes.
Why didn’t she want to wear them? 
Because she was too shy to wear them.
At last she ended up with her pink dress. It was pretty cute.
She felt comfortable in it.
What did she end up with in the end? 
She ended up with her pink dress.

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Did she choose a black dress. 
No, she did not choose a black dress. 
Who did not choose a black dress? 
Lily did not choose a black dress. 
Was it pretty ugly?
No, it was not ugly at all.
How was the dress? 
It was pretty cute.
Did Lily feel uncomfortable in it?
No, she did not feel uncomfortable in it.
Did she feel comfortable in it? 
Yes, she felt comfortable in it. 
Lily arrived at the ball. There were thousands of cats there. 
They were in different clothes. She stepped on the red carpet. 
Everybody stared at her. She felt under pressure.
Who arrived at the ball?
Lily arrived at the ball. 
Did she arrive at the ball?
Yes, she arrived at the ball.
Were there few cats? 
No there were not few cats. 
How many cats were there? 
There were thousands of cats. 
Were they dressed in the same clothes?
Они были в одинаковых платьях?
No, they were not dressed in the same clothes.
Нет, они не были в одинаковых платьях.
How were they dressed?
Как
они
были
одеты
?
They were dressed in different clothes.
Они были одеты в разные платья.
Who stepped on the red carpet?
Lily stepped on the red carpet. 

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Did she step on the black carpet?
No, she did not step on the black carpet.
Who stared at Lily? 
Everybody stared at Lily.
Why did everybody stare at her?
Because she was looking pretty cool.
Who was looking pretty cool? 
Lily was looking pretty cool. 
How did she feel?
She felt under pressure.
Who felt under pressure?
Lily the cat felt under pressure.