Abraham lincoln

O Captain! My Captain!

O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! Heart! Heart! Q the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells; Rise up - for you the flag is flung - for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths - for you the shores a-crowding, For you the call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! Dear father! This arm beneath your head!

It is some dream that on the deck,

You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer; his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won: Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman

Mark twain (1835-1910)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most people as Mark Twain, was born and spent his boyhood in a small town on the Mississippi River. When he grew up, he became a river pilot»

Later he went west and worked as a newspaper reporter. "While he was on this job he began to sign his articles «Mark. Twain». From then on Clemens used Mark Twain as his pen-name: Clemens worked on other newspaper, travelled, and gave lectures. Clemens spent his summers on his farm. There he wrote «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer», published in 1876. Tom in the story is really Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn is his close boyhood friend, Tom Blankenship. The book tells of the boys' exciting adventures.

Later Clemens wrote a sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn», «Tom Sawyer» and,«Huckleberry Finn» are among the most popular books ever published in the United States. Among Mark Twain's other books are «Joan of Arc», «Life on the Mississippi».

Vocabulary

Samuel Langhorne Clemens —Самюель Клеменс boyhood дитинство

the Mississippi River —

to grow up , . —рости

a river pilot —лоцман

from then on — з того часу

a pen-name —псевдонім

«The Adventures of Tom Sawyer»— «Пригоди Тома Сойера»

Huckleberry Finn _ Гекльбері Фінн

exciting _ захоплюючий

a sequel — продовження

«Joan of Arc» . _ «Жанна д'Арк»

Lesson 3-4

1.Canada. General Outlook. Famous People and Traditions.

• Reading and speaking.

Pre-reading task.

1). Get acquainted with the main information.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Official Name

Canada

Capital

Ottawa

LAND

Area

9,958,319 sq km

Highest Point

Mount Logan

5,951 m

CLIMATE

Average Temperatures

Winter	-11°C
Summer	21° C

POPULATION

Population

29,248,000

Language

2 Official Languages

English

French

Religions

45% Roman Catholicism

36% Protestantism

19% Other

Orthodoxy, Judaism, Islam

ECONOMY

Chief Economic Products

Agriculture

Wheat, barley, other cereals, potatoes, fruit, livestock, furs

Fishing

Cod, herring, salmon, redfish, scallops, flounder, crab, lobsters

Manufacturing

Transport equipment, food products, machinery, paper and paper products, chemical products, metals and metal products, petroleum products

Currency

Canadian dollar

GOVERNMENT

Head of State

British monarch represented by a governor-general

Head of Government

Prime minister

Appointed by the governor-general