1. Choose one idiom that best describes the idea of the story. Retell the story using as many of the idioms as possible.


    DANIEL Ayala, ten years old, is walking down the street on a hot summer day. It is 92 degrees. Daniel passes a parked car. He hears dogs barking, and he looks inside the car. Two puppies are in the car. The puppies look hot and thirsty. Daniel is worried about the puppies. "Maybe the puppies will die," he thinks. Daniel tries to open the car doors, but they are locked. Daniel looks around. There are no people on the street. Nobody can help him. Daniel runs home and gets his squirt gun. It is a big squirt gun —a "Super Soaker." It holds a lot of water. Daniel fills his squirt gun with cool water. Then he runs back to the car. The car windows are open a little. Daniel squirts water at the puppies. He squirts water on their faces and into their mouths. For one hour, Daniel stands next to the car. Every five minutes, he squirts water at the puppies. Finally, help comes. A police officer breaks a car window and opens a door. Daniel picks up the puppies. They are OK — thanks to Daniel and his Super Soaker.
    1.   rats desert a sinking ship (крысы бегут с тонущего корабля)
    2.   everything comes to him who knows how to wait (кто ждет, тот дождется)
    3.   strike while the iron is hot (куй железо, пока горячо)
    4.   (a) tower of strength (надежная опора)
    5.   false alarm (ложная тревога)
    6.   curiosity killed the cat (любопытной Варваре нос оторвали)
    7.   between Scylla [`sila] and Charybdis [ka`ribdis] (между Сциллой и Харибдой)
    8.   just in case (на всякий случай)

  2. Retell the story using the words below. Find the odd-man-out.

    Questions:

    1. Why do you think the car window was left open ajar?
    2. Do you think it's lawful to break a car's window?
    3. How much does 92 degrees Fahrenheit equal in Celsius? ([°C] = ([°F] − 32) × 5⁄9 or [°F] = [°C] × 9⁄5 + 32)
    1.   to be ajar = to be on (upon) the (a) jar
    2.   to dash
    3.   to open smth a crack (coll.)
    4.   scorching
    5.   scorcher (coll.)
    6.   Fahrenheit
    7.   Celsius
    8.   locked inside
    9.   to have /to take/ pity on /upon/ smb.
    10.   suffocation
    11.   to do one's best to do smth
    12.   tap water
    13.   pour in(to)