номер 1, страница 89 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Wetz, Pye

1. Look at the photo from a film adaptation of an American novel, then read the summary below. Why do Huckleberry Finn and Jim decide to go on a journey?

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by the American writer Mark Twain. It is set in the American Midwest in the 1830s. The story is told in the first person by Huckleberry Finn, a fourteen-year-old boy from a small town in Missouri in the USA. Huckleberry runs away from home because his father drinks a lot and treats him badly. He goes to hide on Jackson Island on the Mississippi River, where he meets the runaway slave Jim and they become friends. However, there are people looking for Jim, so the two decide to travel down the river and find a place where they will be safe.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

We got out the raft as fast as we could, put all our things ¹ ___ it, tied the canoe on behind, and moved off down the river. When it began to get light, we hid. When it was dark again, we travelled on. ² ___ the fifth night we passed St Louis, and we decided to go on down to Cairo in Illinois, sell the raft there and get a boat ³ ___ Ohio. There are no slaves ⁴ ___ Ohio.

We slept for most ⁵ ___ that day and we began our journey again when it was dark. After some time, we saw lights on the Illinois side of the river and Jim got very excited. He thought it was Cairo. Jim got the canoe ready and I went off in it to take a look ⁶ ___ those lights. But it wasn't Cairo.

After that, we went on down the river. It was very dark that night and it wasn't easy to see where we were going. Suddenly, a big steamboat came at us very fast, and the next minute it was right over us. Jim and I jumped ⁷ ___ the raft into the water. The boat hit the raft and went on up the river.

When I came ⁸ ___ of the water, I couldn't see Jim anywhere. I called out his name again and again, but there was no answer. 'He's dead!' I thought. Slowly, I swam ⁹ ___ the side of the river and got ¹⁰ ___ I saw that I was near a big old wooden house.

Suddenly a lot ¹¹ ___ very angry dogs jumped out ¹² ___ me. They made a terrible noise and someone called from the house, 'Who's there?'

'George Jackson,' I answered quickly. 'I've fallen ¹³ ___ a river boat.'

Well, the people who lived ¹⁴ ___ that house were very kind, and they took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal. I told them that my family were all dead, so they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted. It was a beautiful house and the food was good there, so I stayed.

Почему Гекльберри Финн и Джим решают отправиться в путешествие?

Ответ:

Huckleberry Finn runs away from home because his father treats him badly. Jim is a runaway slave, and people are looking for him. They both decide to go on a journey to find a place where they will be safe.

Гекльберри Финн убегает из дома, потому что его отец плохо с ним обращается. Джим — беглый раб, и его ищут. Они оба решают отправиться в путешествие, чтобы найти место, где они будут в безопасности.