Lesson 2

　　Poetry royal weaving tragedy finally

　　Ask a favour of sb.

　　Change/turn…into…

　　Lend a helping hand to sb.

　　Pretend to do sth.

　　1. But the boy， pretending to sleep， understood every word.

　　2. There were almost as many tales in Denmark as there were people to tell them.

　　3. The genius of Andersen is that he put so much of everyday life into the wonder of his fairy tales.

　　4. One cold day the boy had stood looking at the white patterns formed on the window by the frost.