Mark TWAIN (1835-1910) is the pseudonym of Samuel Longhorne Clemens, one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century. His famous the book "the adventures of Tom Sawyer" is popular with millions of readers. Book full of adventures of Tom and his friends. Tom Sawyer is a boy who lives with his younger brother sid and Polly in St. Petersburg, a city on the Mississippi river. • That day Tom Sawyer feel gloomy. They called him lonely. No one cared about him. He believed that no one loved him. Tom was crying. He looked back at the house, their school, and again cried. He thought about how unfriendly, how cold the world was. Just at that moment he was faced with Joe Harper his old friend. Joe's eyes were red. He looked miserable, his mother punished him to drink the cream The guys talked about their common problems and decided to flee the city. Near the town on the great Mississippi river was a raft. They could travel on water for long island is called the island of Jackson. No one could find the boys. An hour later, Huck Finn, a tramp, also joined them. Plan for the guys to warm the food out of the house to meet at midnight near a raft to escape from the city to live a happy life on the island as pirates.The night was dark and still. A great river like the ocean. At midnight, Tom was in a secret place with a piece of ham. A minute later the three friends found each other in the dark and was on a raft. At two o'clock the young pirates came to the island and maiden voyage ended.
Tired but happy, they lit a fire and fried some bacon. How romantic it was: water, stars, bacon, freedom, friends... "Not great?", Joe said. "This is wonderful!" Tom said. "What are you guys talking about?" "They'll just die here!" "For me it's just life," said Tom. "You don't get up early, do not wash, do not go to school. You just relax and enjoy". Suddenly said Huck, " what do pirates do?"
Tom replied, "Oh, they just have the time to take the bully ships, to get money and hide them in a terrible place." "What dreadful place?" "Somewhere on the island. Where there are a lot of ghosts." Gradually their conversation died, the boys fell asleep. That night they dreamed of adventure, travel, first impressions of a new life.
1. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. 2. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the 17th century. On the 6th of September in 1620 a group of people left England for the New World. They sailed from Plymouth, on boqard the ship "Mayflower." They wnated to start a new life and have no problems with the church. They landed in the Northeast of america. There were 74 men and 28 women. They set up a colony and called that part of a country New England.The first colonies in North America were founded on the eastern coast. The English founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. The first colony was called Jamestown, situated in today’s Virginia. The colony was named after the English king, James I. The first colonists hoped to find gold in the New World and to get rich quickly. But the settlers had many problems during the first winters and hardly managed to survive. 3. Yes, there were. 4. The English King who lived in England was the king of New England and other colonies. The colonists in America didn't like that They wanted to be free from England. 5. They were farmers, they worked hard. 6. New York, San Fransisco, Boston, Los Angeles. 7. There are 100 cents in a dollar. Other american coins are: a dime, pennies, nickels, quarters. There are 5 pennies in a nickel. There 2 nickels in a dime. There are four quarters in a dollar. There are ten dimes in a dollar. 8.The name of the town is San Fransisco. Jeans were very strong trousers made of denim. В учебнике еще три вопроса:) вот на всякий случай ответы на них: 8. blue, red and white. 50 stars mean 50 states of the USA. 13 stripes mean first 13 colonies. People often called the american flag - the stars and stripes. Yes, it did. The arrows mean strength. You can see an eagle on the back of a dollar bill. 9. The Independence day. 10. Yes, it is, DC stand for District Columbia. People say "Washigton DC" not to confuse this city with the name of a state Washington in the northwest f the country.
the book "the adventures of Tom Sawyer" is popular with millions of readers. Book full of adventures of Tom and his friends. Tom Sawyer is a boy who lives with his younger brother sid and Polly in St. Petersburg, a city on the Mississippi river.
• That day Tom Sawyer feel gloomy. They called him lonely. No one cared about him. He believed that no one loved him. Tom was crying. He looked back at the house, their school, and again cried. He thought about how unfriendly, how cold the world was. Just at that moment he was faced with Joe Harper his old friend. Joe's eyes were red. He looked miserable, his mother punished him to drink the cream
The guys talked about their common problems and decided to flee the city. Near the town on the great Mississippi river was a raft. They could travel on water for long island is called the island of Jackson. No one could find the boys.
An hour later, Huck Finn, a tramp, also joined them. Plan for the guys to warm the food out of the house to meet at midnight near a raft to escape from the city to live a happy life on the island as pirates.The night was dark and still. A great river like the ocean. At midnight, Tom was in a secret place with a piece of ham. A minute later the three friends found each other in the dark and was on a raft. At two o'clock the young pirates came to the island and maiden voyage ended.
Tired but happy, they lit a fire and fried some bacon.
How romantic it was: water, stars, bacon, freedom, friends...
"Not great?", Joe said.
"This is wonderful!" Tom said. "What are you guys talking about?"
"They'll just die here!"
"For me it's just life," said Tom. "You don't get up early, do not wash, do not go to school. You just relax and enjoy".
Suddenly said Huck, " what do pirates do?"
Tom replied, "Oh, they just have the time to take the bully ships, to get money and hide them in a terrible place."
"What dreadful place?"
"Somewhere on the island. Where there are a lot of ghosts."
Gradually their conversation died, the boys fell asleep. That night they dreamed of adventure, travel, first impressions of a new life.
2. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the 17th century. On the 6th of September in 1620 a group of people left England for the New World. They sailed from Plymouth, on boqard the ship "Mayflower." They wnated to start a new life and have no problems with the church. They landed in the Northeast of america. There were 74 men and 28 women. They set up a colony and called that part of a country New England.The first colonies in North America were founded on the eastern coast. The English founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. The first colony was called Jamestown, situated in today’s Virginia. The colony was named after the English king, James I. The first colonists hoped to find gold in the New World and to get rich quickly. But the settlers had many problems during the first winters and hardly managed to survive.
3. Yes, there were.
4. The English King who lived in England was the king of New England and other colonies. The colonists in America didn't like that They wanted to be free from England.
5. They were farmers, they worked hard.
6. New York, San Fransisco, Boston, Los Angeles.
7. There are 100 cents in a dollar. Other american coins are: a dime, pennies, nickels, quarters. There are 5 pennies in a nickel. There 2 nickels in a dime. There are four quarters in a dollar. There are ten dimes in a dollar.
8.The name of the town is San Fransisco. Jeans were very strong
trousers made of denim.
В учебнике еще три вопроса:) вот на всякий случай ответы на них:
8. blue, red and white. 50 stars mean 50 states of the USA. 13 stripes mean first 13 colonies. People often called the american flag - the stars and stripes.
Yes, it did. The arrows mean strength. You can see an eagle on the back of a dollar bill.
9. The Independence day.
10. Yes, it is, DC stand for District Columbia. People say "Washigton DC" not to confuse this city with the name of a state Washington in the northwest f the country.