sábado, 15 de marzo de 2014
The Last of the Mohicans - Impressions.
In my opinion this is a fantastic book because you don´t get bored reading it. The story is so good and the characters are quite interesting, yo know their personality and their aspirations. The story is situated in a war time that helps to the reader to situate. I think the best thing of this book is that you don´t expect a lot of thing and the story changes a lot. The end is incredible, you don´t expect that it will end like this EVERYBODY DIES! I like action books and in the end everybody dies so I like a lot. Finally, I recommend this book to read and it helps you to learn a lot of english beause sometimes is easy to read and understand and sometimes is quite hard.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 10: To The Happy Hunting Ground.
Uncas told to the Delaware´s chief that he was a Mohican. He was brought out of the prison and it was taken to Tamenund. Tamenund had doubts about Uncas. They said that he wasn´t from Delaware. Tamenund knows that the only person who retained the ancient blood of the turtle was Chingachgook and his soon. The Delaware´s prepare for a battle against Hurons. Magua is with Coras in a cave and finaly Magua killed Cora. Later Uncas fughted against Magua and Magua killed him. Magua was killedby a shoot from Hawk-eye. The Hurons have been destroyed. At the end Delaware´s tribe and British made a funeral of Cora and Uncas who was The Last Of The Mohicans.
Vocabulary:
- Drag - Arrastrar. My mother sais to me that I musn´t drag the things.
- Ledge - Cornisa. There´s an enormous ledge on that cliff.
- Stab - Puñalada. He stab the policeman.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 9: Magua, Huron Chief.
The Hurons went to Delawares Village because they think Heyward, Hawk.eye and the other mohicans were there. When they arrived to the village, they met with an important chief of the tribe. She said that Hawk-eye and all that people are there so Magua and Hurons confirm that. Cora said to the Delaware´s chief that there is an old prisioner, this prisioner was Uncas. Magua has a conversation with Cora about why she didn´t want to be his wife.
Vocabulary:
- Council - Consejo. There is a council this afternoon and I must go.
- Sharp - Afilado. This knife isn´t sharp.
- Lodge - Refugio. There aren´t any lodge near!The night is coming!
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 8: A Bear To The Rescue.
The hut wasn´t with light and Heywars went out and met Gamut. They saw Magua who wanted to kill a Mohican. Heyward could go to the cave and there met Hawk-eye who was with the colthes of the medicine man. Heyward find Alice but suddenly, Magua came into that room. Fortunately Hwaj.eye came into that room too and they tie Magua. Gamut will sacrifice because he will be with the Hurons. The Mohican and Heyward changed their clothes and they were ready for the battle. The mohicans and Heyward are near to do his objetive. Heyward can get marry with Alice and Mohicans live in peace without the Hurons.
Vocabulary:
- Tie - Atar. They have to tie in pairs and run.
- Gag - Amordazar. They gagged the security guard.
- Ankle - Tobillo. I hurt my ankle, it looks very bad.
- Exchange - Intercambiar. When i was young I exchange my chromes with my friends.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 7: Into the Huron Camp.
Heyward and the Mohicans followed the tracks of Cora, Alice, Gamut and Magua. Finally they find an Indian, that was Gamut but with painting. He told how was Cora and Alice and where are they. Alice and Cora where in an Indian tribe called Delaware. They arrived to the camp of that tribe. At the end, a wise woman drove a knife into the Huron´s heart because he was a coward, and he had to die.
Vocabulary:
- Cloak - Capa. I don´t have a cloak.
- Beaver - Castor. There are a lot of beavers in this area.
- Reed - Junco. Pandas eat reeds.
- Fill - Llenar. I can´t fill it more!
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 6: Tracks From The Battelfield.
After a terrible massacre, they go to the battelground. There was a lot of died people on the ground. They found the earring of Alice, the scarf of Coraand the tracks of Magua and Gamut. At night one Huron try to attack them but he couldn´t. Next morning they went to find them by cannoe, the fought with some hurons whn the were in the cannoe in the forest. Then the battle in the lake started and some Hurons died cause of Hawk-eye shot hem with his rifle. After that the left the cannoe and start walking into the forest.
Vocabulary:
- Crawl - Gatear. Babies crawl because they don´t know how to walk.
- Briefly - Brevemente. His explanation was briefly.
- Paddle - Remar. I can´t paddle, I am exhausted!
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 5: The Siege of Fort William Henry.
In this chapter Heyward arrived Fort William Henry and there, he met General. General Munro and he speak that he love Alice. There´s a short peace between France and Britain in the war. That day arrived a letter from General Webb that they have to leave the Fort because it is difficult to defend it. Heyward refuse to leave and decide to fight but finally he left with all people. When they were leaving the fort come Hurons appears and Magua takes Alice and he ran away into the forest followed by Cora and Gamut.
Vocabulary:
- Truce - Tregua. There was a truce between the countries.
- Coward - Cobarde. He is a coward.
- Unafraid - Sin temor- We were in a forest in the night but he was unafraid.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 4: Safe Again
There is another fight between Hurons and Mohicans. The Mohicans killed two people and Magua escaped seriously injured. Heyward, the ladies and the Mohicans rested on a campament thet they built years ago. There was ghost of dead Mohicans that were killed by Hurons years ago in a fight.They woke up and saw twenty Hurons looking for them, but they rest in silence and Hurons couldn´t saw them. Some people suddenly shouted to that house but they stopped they was Alice´s father and their soldiers.
The history of the book become again more calmed. Heyward is safe but the Mohicans could have some problems with the army because the army could considerate them their enemies.
Vocabulary:
- Untie - Desatar. I can´t untie my shoes.
- Lift - Levantar. If you want to ask a cuestion you have to lift your arm.
- Slope - Cuesta o ladera. Behind that mountain there is a big slope.
domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 3: Magua´s Plans.
Gamut came out of the cave, holding his aching head. Then Heyward took some branches and put them one on top of the other to hide the passage that joined the larger and smaller parts on the cave. Taking Hawk-eye´s gun and his last few bullets in his hand, he turned with a grim face to watch the narrow cave entrance. Then the Hurons were at the entrance of the cave. Heyward, Gamut and the two Munro sisters kept silent and joped that the Hurons wouldn´t discover their secret hiding place behind the branches. Then Magua appears theres was a shot and all the Hurons came again in to the cave. Heyward, Gamut and the ladies were marched to the river bank where there is a canoe.They got out on the other bank. Soon the Huron chief arrived on Heyward´s horse, followed by th rest od the Hurons and the other horses.After that they were figthing with the Hurons. Magua threw his tomahawk angrily at the three just beyond Cora stood, ad the Indian at his side pulled out his knife. But before he could use it on Cora, Heyward ran between them and wrestled him to the ground. The suddenly there was a rifle shot, and the Huron fell dead at Heyward´s side.
Vocabulary:
- Bank - Orilla. This is the bank of the river.
- Grim - Severo. My professor y very grim.
- Passage - Paso. We can´t pass by this passage.
- Weak - Débil. He isn´t a weak person.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 2: Behind The Waterfall.
Hawk-eye run after Magua, Heyward also began to chase him, but sonn he met the white scout, together with Uncas, walking back to the forest. Heyward ask Hawk-eye if he found Magua and Hawk-eye answered he that he shot Magua at least. Hawk-eye and his two Indian friends talked together in low voices in Mohican. At last Hawk-eye turned to heyward and Hawk-eye said to he that he will help the two young ladies to escape to safety and he would do it free he didn´t want money but they must promise two things: first is to be quiet in the forest, and the second is thath they never to tell another person the way to the hiding place. They were agree and they continued. Hawk-eye had a problem with the horses and finally he took the three olf horses and killed the young horse of Gamut. Then Hawk-eye make a canoe to Alice and Cora sat it.
After some time they were in front of a high rock wall with caves in it. Down this wan a noisy waterfall. In this narrow valley the Mohicans lefts their horses and go into the canoe. After that, the Mohicans and the white scout disappeared into a cave in the rock and the others followed. Soon a fire was burning and the smeel of cooking meat filled the air. After supper, Gamut and the ladies sang. Suddenly they heard a ghostly cry from outside the cave. The men went outside into the night to listen. Hawk-eye said that the men should watch while the young laides sleep for a while. The they heard a noise and Hawk-eye shot and killed one of the Huron gunmen. After that four more Hurons appeared and climbed down from the top of the waterfall. Hawk-eye killed the first. Uncas help Heyward and killed another. A few minutes later, Hawk-eye and Uncas dropped into the river and swam off, leaving the ladies, Heyward and the sleeping Gamut in the cave. Hawk-eye and Uncas went to Fort William Henry talk with they for help.
Vocabulary:
- Edge - Borde. We are in the edge of the world!
- Canoe - Canoa. Canoes are very expensive.
- Current - Corriente. The currents kill people every summer in the seas.
- Tracks - Pistas. I have a CD with 20 tracks.
- Scout - Explorador. He is a very goo scout.
The Last of the Mohicans - Chapter 1: The Indian Guide.
There was a war between two armies (Great Britain and France). The French were interested in winning the land which was a few miles to the Hudson River, and the British wanted to keep it.
The story begins in the third year of this war. One day an Indian arrived at Fort Edward (a British fort). He brought a message from General Munro, the Scottish officer commanding. In the message, they were asking for reinforcements to help their. General Webb, the commander of Fort Edward, had 5000 soldiers and he send 1500. Early the ext morning the soldiers marched to Fort William Henry. Another small group of people was also getting ready to travel this fort the same day. There were hourses waiting outside General Webb´s house, and a small crowd of people weres stood watching them. In this crowd was a very strange person. He was tall and thin. While he watched three figuries left General Webb´s house. A young officer was followed by two women. The officer climbed onto his own horse and the three rode off, following the Indian. Then the women start talking about the Indian. At that point the Indian runner stopped and pointed to a narrow that disappeared into the forest. They left the wide road anf entered the forest following the Indian guide. They hera something crashing through the forest beehind them, getting closer. They turned and waited until at last they could see whatt was making all the noise. The strange man appearedm riding a young hourse towards them. He want to travel with they. All four riders truned and followed their Indian guide trhough the trees.
At a river´s edge, two men were talking. One was Indian, the pther was a white men with clothes made from animal skins. They were talking about the old times and the Indian said that when he die his son, Uncas, will be the last of the Mohicans. Then the Indian guide and the another Indian were talking with the four riders and they know at the end that they were lost. Suddenly there was a noise of a breaking branch and, like a frigtened animal, Magua (the Indian person) ran off into the forest. Uncas jumped from the bushes and chased him, and Hawk-eye (the other Indian) lifted his rifle to his shoulder and shot after him, but Maguas had already disappeared into the trees.
Vocabulary:
- Tribe- Tribu. There aren´t so much tribes in the world.
- Path - Camino. We were in the wrong path.
- Reinforcements - Refuerzos. The general sent reinforcements to win the war.
- Fierce - Feroz. The wolf is a fierce animal.
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