номер 1, страница 27 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Эванс, Дули

A biography

1. a) Complete the text with these phrases/dates. 🎧Listen and check.

• 19 • the age of 52 • 1836 • on 14th April
• the next day • to this day • 1809

Check these words

president farmhouse
lawyer honesty
courage elect
guide civil war
shoot statue admire

Abraham Lincoln was an American president. He was born in a farmhouse in Kentucky on 12th February, 1)............
When he was a child, Abraham loved reading and learning new things. When Abraham was 2)............ he left the farm. He worked during the day and studied in his free time. In 3)............ he became a lawyer and was soon famous for his honesty and courage. At 4)............ he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America.
While he was president, he guided his country through the American Civil War and stopped slavery. As he promised, "... this nation... shall have a new birth of freedom; - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 5)............ 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot him while he was at a theatre. He died 6)............
Abraham Lincoln was more than just a great leader and a great speaker. He wanted to make life better for everyone. His statue sits in the Lincoln Memorial and, 7)............ people visit it to admire 'Honest Abe".

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b) 6.2.7.1 List the events in chronological order and tell your partner about Abraham Lincoln.

а) Заполните текст, используя эти фразы/даты. Прослушайте и проверьте.

b) Расположите события в хронологическом порядке и расскажите вашему партнеру об Аврааме Линкольне.

Ответ:

a)

1) 1809

(1809)

2) 19

(19)

3) 1836

(1836)

4) the age of 52

(в возрасте 52 лет)

5) on 14th April

(14 апреля)

6) the next day

(на следующий день)

7) to this day

(по сей день)

b)

Here are the events in chronological order:

(Вот события в хронологическом порядке:)

Abraham Lincoln was born on a farmhouse in Kentucky on 12th February, 1809.

(Авраам Линкольн родился на ферме в Кентукки 12 февраля 1809 года.)

When he was 19, he left the farm.

(Когда ему было 19 лет, он покинул ферму.)

In 1836, he became a lawyer.

(В 1836 году он стал юристом.)

At the age of 52, he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America.

(В возрасте 52 лет он был избран 16-м президентом Соединенных Штатов Америки.)

While he was president, he guided his country through the American Civil War and stopped slavery.

(Будучи президентом, он провел свою страну через Гражданскую войну в США и покончил с рабством.)

On 14th April, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot him at a theatre.

(14 апреля 1865 года Джон Уилкс Бут выстрелил в него в театре.)

He died the next day.

(Он умер на следующий день.)

To this day, people visit his statue in the Lincoln Memorial to admire 'Honest Abe'.

(По сей день люди посещают его статую в Мемориале Линкольна, чтобы полюбоваться на «Честного Эйба».)