lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014

CHAPTER 1: The Indian Guide.


SUMMARY

The history happens in North America. It begins when the General Webb receives a letter (he is in Fort Edward) proceeding from General Munro (he is in Fort William Henry). He asks for reinforcements to be able to fight against the French General, Montcalm.

Webb sends part of his army. Simultaneously, they go out of Fort Edward, Cora and Alicia accompanied of the Major Duncan Heyward, they go to house of the General Monroe. They are escorted by Magua, an Indian who knows a sure way to go, but Cora doesn’t trust him.

For the way they meet a man, David Gamut, and Heyward allows him to accompany them to Fort Edward.
But when they think that are safe in this path they meet suddenly three Indians in the river. They are Chingachgook, Uncas his son, the last Mohican, and Hawk-Eye a white man but accepted by the Indians.
Magua belongs to an enemy tribe of the Mohicans and immediately Chingachgook and Hawk-Eyes are thrown on him and get shot, but they can’t get him and he escapes.

VOCABULARY

  • Nearby: cercano (adverb) “They live in a nearby village”.
  • Fierce: fuerte, feroz  (adjective) “Your dog is overly fierce”.
  • Sail: navegar (verb) “I want sail in a navy ship”.
  • Brought (bring): llevar, traer (verb) “Don’t forget to bring a cap”.
  • Reinforcements: refuerzos (noun) “They need very fast reinforcements”.
  • Wide: ancho (adjective) “The street is wide, it can pass two cars at once”
  • Among: entre (preposition) “They are always arguing among themselves”.
  • Whom: ¿A quién? (pronoun) “Whom did they invite?”.
  • Path: camino (noun) “This path is wrong, we should have gone for the left”.
  • Bushes: arbusto (noun) “In my garden there were many bushes”.
  • Branch: rama (noun) “This tree hasn’t got branch, all are in the ground”
  • Shall, two possibilities:
o   Marca de futuro = will (verb) “I shall tell her tomorrow”.
o   Sugerencia (verb) “Shall we take our swimwear?”.

domingo, 2 de febrero de 2014

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper.

  












James Fenimore Cooper 

James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey. He grew up in a prosperous family in the colony of Cooperstown, founded by his father. He began his writing career after a wager with his wife and published his first book, Precaution, anonymously in 1820. His later series, The Leatherstocking Tales (which includes The Last of the Mohicans) introduced the character Natty Bumppo. His books were hugely popular and have become American classics. He also wrote popular sea novels, notably The Pilot (1823), and a history of the U.S. Navy (1839). Though internationally celebrated, he was troubled by lawsuits and political conflicts in his later years, and his popularity and income declined. Cooper died in 1851.