 371  УПРАЖНЕНИЕ В ЧТЕНИИ Прочтите первый абзац данного ниже текста, установите правильное чтение каждого слова. Соединенные дружками слова должны читаться слитно. Например a_claim [aldeim], of_land [av'lsend]. Прочтите и переведите текст: THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA (continued) I A_claim was a_piece ofjand a_few feet square. Each man was_allowed to_have only one. There he_might work as_long as_fe_wished. No_one dared to_work upon_another's claim. If he_tried to_do so, he_was brought before a_rough court ofminers and severely punished. Each miner had his own tent or cabin and had to do his own cooking, or sometimes two lived together. The only cooking implements were frying-pan and coffee-pot. In the early days there were few women or children at the mines. At the camps the only amusements provided (1) were drinking and gambling. It was a rough life. The men had to go armed to protect themselves. Fighting was common (2), and men were often killed. After the first year few of gold-diggers became rich. The gold that lay an the top of the ground or near the surface had been dug out, and the men had no machinery for deep digging. Many grew discouraged and turned to other work. When gold first discovered, the small towns in California were quickly emptied of people. But soon it was found that men could often make more money (3) in the towns that they could in the mines. The owns were made up mainly of canvas tents, which were used as hotels, and gambling houses. The streets were always deep in dust or mud. When these grew so bad that men were drowned by falling into pools of water, and horses sank out of sight (4) in the mud, the townspeople at last had to cover them with planks laid side by side (5). California drew up its own constitution and was admitted later to the Union as a state (6). The first great gold rush was soon over. После этого текста, рассказывающего об истории горнорудного дела в США, прочтите статью о современных условиях работы американских горняков. MINE INSPECTORS HOLD COMPANY GUILTY IN DEATH OF SIX WORKERS 371 |
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