Task 4. In your point of view how many logical parts there are in the story? What are they?

Task 5. Right now retell the story to your partner or to your teacher. We believe that these key-phrases will be of great help to you:

I. First Christmas night with a newborn baby.

to doze warmly upon smb’s lap; totally different (than); to rest quietly; to gurgle softly; to cradle smb. against one’s chest; to wonder (at); vulnerable; to remind smb.; to be completely helpless; for most of life; to seem that way; to be totally capable; a sort of magic man; in any given circumstance.

II. Recollection of a Christmas holiday with parents.

1) The problem with a Christmas turkey.

a thought; to send smb. back (to); in particular; to have no recollection (to); to recall; to weigh; to announce; the size of the turkey; more than half smb’s weight; an anomaly of nature; to be off; in search (of); a utensil; to be forced (into); to dodge both left and right; to avoid being trampled; upon obtaining one’s quarry; to lay out; to stand (over); a fork and spoon; to be oversized; to swear; the giant; "Jack and the Beanstalk"; to examine smth. from above; to extract; from smb’s vantage; to disappear below; the rim of the pot; to begin lifting; instead of; to come free; to rise wholesale (from); to lower again; to rest partway (upon); to relax one’s grip; to teeter forward; to slide (from); to react like lightning; to stab smth. back (into); to halt a free-fall;

2) Dad comes to help and… fails.

to point smth. threateningly at; to drop smth; to get smth. out; to blurt; instead of; to present smb. with smth.; to take the position; to shuffle one’s feet to gain proper footing; to prepare an attack; to lift the whole thing from; to puff under the exertion; to possess both strength and foresight; a secure resting place; to be defeated; to imagine; to be left with.

III. Dad works his magic.

to need smth. most; to work one’s magic; to ask; to direct smb.; to grasp smth. with both hands; to push one’s tools into; to take one long breath; to fall silent in anticipation; to breath words; to drift into the air; to wink at smb; to hold one’s breath; to rise slightly; to force back down; to strain harder; to crack free; to ascend into view; to bow like; a beaming smile; to patt smb. on the head.

IV. Awakening from the reverie.

to move away from the memory; to gaze at; to warm like a furnace; to perform feats of magic; to utter; an infant son.

Good of you! Enjoy the other/next story now!