Номер 1, страница 101 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Read the text and say why people called Johnny Chap- man Johnny Appleseed.

Johnny Appleseed

After Sara and Stephen Corrin

Many years ago, when your grandfather's great-grandfather was still a child, there lived a boy in Boston in America called John Chapman. He loved the countryside, the flowers and the trees. He knew all about the animals and birds who lived in the for- ests. His favourite tree was the apple tree. He loved to climb apple trees and eat apples as he rested there.

Once, while he was eating an apple, he looked thoughtfully at the little brown seeds in it. "I shall plant these seeds," he said. "Soon the whole country- side will be full of apple trees."

So, when John Chapman grew up, he started to travel about the country with a large sack full of apple seeds on his back. He stopped every now and then and planted a seed. He often gave the seeds to the people he met and asked them to plant the seeds. He was so happy and friendly that he became famous. People gave him food, asked him to stay and rest in their houses and they called him Johnny Appleseed.

Soon he went far away from his home town and planted apple seeds wherever he went. He planted his seeds up and down the country in the brown earth in the autumn.

After the winter the spring came, and Johnny Appleseed went back to each place to see the little green plants coming up through the earth. Everywhere baby apple trees grew. In time they gave fruit and Johnny's eyes were full of happiness. He saw that the children in all these places enjoyed his wonderful apples.

Johnny Appleseed travelled a lot. While he was travelling, he always slept in the open air and cooked his own meals. He met many wolves, foxes, bears and made friends with them all. He was never afraid of animals and even when it snowed, he slept out in the open.

But one day he became very ill. He was in the forest as usual but couldn't get up as he was very ill. A mother bear and her cub looked at him sadly and went to the Indians. The Indians came after the bears and saw Johnny Appleseed under the tree and knew right away that he was their friend. They took him to their village and gave him their medicines and good food and they looked after him.

Then, one sunny morning, Johnny Appleseed opened his eyes and smiled at his Indian friends. "You have saved me!" he said.

And then he left the village and went away to plant brown seeds wherever he could.

The years passed, and Johnny Appleseed was now an old man. He had long white hair, but his cheeks were rosy from the fresh air and wind and his black eyes were always kind.

Children often came to him to hear the stories of his different trips. Wherever he went, the people of this new land knew him as the man who made their countryside rich with beautiful trees where once there was nothing but the brown earth.

1. Прочитайте текст и скажите, почему люди называли Джонни Чепмена Джонни Яблочное Зернышко.

Ответ:

People called John Chapman Johnny Appleseed because he traveled about the country carrying a large sack full of apple seeds and planted them wherever he went. He also gave these seeds to people and asked them to plant them, making the country rich with beautiful apple trees.

Люди называли Джона Чепмена Джонни Яблочное Зернышко, потому что он путешествовал по стране, нося большой мешок, полный яблочных семян, и сажал их везде, куда бы ни приходил. Он также давал эти семена людям и просил их сажать их, делая страну богатой красивыми яблонями.