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Answer the questions:

Who were the Pilgrims?

Why did they leave their own country?

Was the journey easy?

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

A long time ago, some men and women, boys and girls, two dogs and a cat sailed on a ship across the sea.

They left their old country because they could not pray the way they wanted. The people were called Pilgrims. The ship was called the Mayflower.

The Mayflower was as big as two trucks. But it was not big enough. The Pilgrims and sailors crowded together to sleep. They crowded together to eat. The children had no room to run around. They had no toys. They had to leave most things behind.

The Pilgrim children hated the food on the ship. But they had to eat it. There was nothing else. Nothing but the same old salted beef or fish. Nothing but the hard, dry biscuits. A little bite of cheese. A little bit of butter.

After a while, the food turned bad. There was not enough water for drinking or washing.

The children didn’t have warm, cozy beds to sleep in. They slept on the hard, cold floor of the ship. They slept in the same clothes they wore every day. Their clothes got torn and dirty and smelly.

pray – молиться

truck – грузовик

sailor – матрос

crowd – толпиться, набиваться битком

after a while – через некоторое время

turn bad – испортиться

Are the statements true or false?

  1. A long time ago some people started their journey across the sea.
  2. The people were called New Age Travellers.
  3. The ship was very small.
  4. Children were happy on board the ship.
  5. There was little food on board the ship and it was very bad.

Choose the best answer (a, b or c) according to the text.

1. The Pilgrims left their own country because they ….

  1. could not pray the way they wanted
  2. wanted to find much gold
  3. wanted to travel around the world

2. The Mayflower was …

  1. very big
  2. very small
  3. quite big

3. The Pilgrim children …. the food on the ship.

  1. didn’t like
  2. liked
  3. cooked

4. There was … water on the ship.

  1. little
  2. much
  3. no

5. Children’s clothes were …

  1. new
  2. smart
  3. old

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

Day by day, things got worse.

Storms came. The wind blew hard. The waves tossed the ship about. The Mayflower rolled and creaked in the stormy sea. The rain soaked the ship. The rain poured on the Pilgrims. They were cold and wet.

Many of the Pilgrims got sick. Would this terrible voyage ever end? They prayed for the day they would see land.

They had sailed away in warm September. Now it was cold November. They had been on the Mayflower for two months and three days. The next day they saw land.

They were very happy. But they were scared, too. What kind of land was this? There were no houses. No stores. No people to meet them. Only an empty, white, sandy beach with trees and bushes behind it.

Oh, but it was good to be on land again. The Pilgrim children ran up and down the beach, feeling the sand and the land beneath their feet.

tossed – подбрасывали

soaked – намочил

poured – лился

got sick – заболели

They prayed for the day they would see land. – Они молились о дне, когда они снова увидят землю.

were scared – были напуганы

beneath their feet – под своими ногами

1. Answer the questions:

  1. Did the things get better or worse?
  2. What began in the sea?
  3. What was the storm like?
  4. What happened to the Pilgrims?
  5. What did the pilgrims do?
  6. What month was now?
  7. What did they see one day?
  8. What was the land like?
  9. How did the Pilgrims feel themselves?
  10. What did children do?

2. Translate the words and expressions and learn them.

  1. day by day
  2. get worse
  3. blow – blew – blown
  4. toss
  5. soak
  6. got sick
  7. pray for
  8. were scared
  9. beneath one’s feet

3. Decide if the sentences are true or false.

  1. Day by day, the journey got better.
  2. A heavy storm began.
  3. Many of the Pilgrims fell ill.
  4. It was a cold November when they saw the land.
  5. The Pilgrims saw many people on the shore, who met them with great enthusiasm.
  6. The children were happy to feel the land beneath their feet.

4. Fill in the gaps with the necessary words.

Day by 1 ____ things got 2 ___ . A heavy storm began. The wind 3___ hard. The waves 4 ___ the ship about. The rain 5 ___ the ship. Many of the Pilgrims got 6 ___ . They 7 ___ for the day they would see land. The next day they 8 ___ land.

They were very happy. But they were 9 ___, too. The Pilgrim children were happy to feel the sand and the land 10 ___ their feet.

5. Retell the text using the key words.

  • got worse
  • a heavy storm
  • got sick
  • prayed for
  • were happy but were also scared

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

Winter

Winter was coming. The Pilgrims had to find a safe place for all of them to live. Every day a group of Pilgrims searched the wild countryside. At last they came to a place with running brooks and rivers, and good land for planting. It was a good place to build their town. They named it Plymouth.

They wanted a street to go from the shore to the top of the hill. They wanted houses on both sides of the street. They would have to make everything themselves.

It would take a long, long time to finish building Plymouth. In the meantime, they would have to sleep on the Mayflower.

The first winter in Plymouth was terrible for the Pilgrims. They could not finish building their homes before the snow fell. They could not find enough food in the forests.

The Pilgrims worked as hard as they could. But they were hungry and cold and weak. That winter many of the Pilgrims got sick. Many of the Pilgrims died.

had to – должны

a safe place – безопасное место

searched – исследовали

at last – наконец

running brooks – бегущие ручьи

in the meantime – тем временем

terrible – ужасная

weak – слабые

died – умерли

1. Answer the questions.

  1. What was coming?
  2. What did the Pilgrims have to do?
  3. How did they name their first town?
  4. How did they want it to look like?
  5. What was the first winter in Plymouth like?
  6. Why was it terrible?
  7. What happened to many of the Pilgrims?

2. Chose the right answer.

1. What season was it?

  1. autumn
  2. winter
  3. spring

2. How did the Pilgrims name their town?

  1. Plymouth
  2. Washington
  3. New York

3. Who began to build the town?

  1. Builders from Europe
  2. Indians
  3. The Pilgrims themselves

4. What was the Pilgrim’s life during winter like?

  1. happy
  2. terrible
  3. neither good nor bad

5. What happened to the Pilgrims during the winter?

  1. Many of the pilgrims returned back to their country.
  2. Many of the Pilgrims got sick and died.
  3. Many of the Pilgrims went to another town.

3. Retell the text using the beginnings of the sentences below.

Winter was …

The pilgrims found …

They began to build …

They named …

The first winter was …

The Pilgrims had not enough …

Many of the Pilgrims … and …

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

Spring

At last the snow began to melt1. Spring was coming.

There was so much work to be done. The Pilgrims worked every day but Sunday. Sunday was the time to think about God. They prayed and sang and listened to long sermons2

Every day but Sunday, the Pilgrims worked very hard. They worked making houses. They made their houses from bark3 and branches4. They made the roofs from straw5 and vines6. Each house had only one room and a small space7 upstairs.

The house got cold when the wind blew in through the holes8 in the wall. The house got wet when the rain dripped down through the holes in the roof.

The only heat9 came from the fire10 in the fireplace. Sometimes sparks flew up the chimney and set the straw roof on fire11. Then everybody ran outside to put the fire out12.

The Pilgrims worked making furniture13 for the houses. They didn’t make much – just some stools and benches and beds. To save space, the children’s beds were pushed14 under the big bed during the day.

People used the benches for tables, or put their plates on their knees. There were no glasses. So the Pilgrims drank out of mugs made of leather or wood. Their plates and bowls were wooden, too. There were no forks. The Pilgrims used shells15 for spoons.

The only iron things in the house were the iron pots and pans. One big iron pot was used for boiling the stew, or making the candles, or making the soap.

The Pilgrims worked planting their gardens. Each family planted a small garden with seeds brought over on the Mayflower.

  1. melt - таять
  2. sermons - проповеди
  3. bark – кора дерева
  4. branches - ветки
  5. straw - солома
  6. vines - плющ
  7. space - место
  8. holes - дыры
  9. heat - жара
  10. fire - огонь
  11. set the straw roof on fire – поджигали соломенные крыши
  12. to put the fire out – тушить пожар
  13. furniture - мебель
  14. were pushed - задвигались
  15. shells – раковины

1. Answer the questions:

  1. What season was coming?
  2. What did the Pilgrims make?
  3. How many rooms were there in each house?
  4. What furniture did they make?
  5. What material did they use to make mugs, plates and spoons?

2. Decide if the sentences are true or false.

  1. Winter was coming.
  2. The Pilgrims worked very hard making houses.
  3. Each house had three rooms and a large space upstairs.
  4. The houses were cold and wet.
  5. The Pilgrims made a lot of beautiful furniture.

3. Retell the text:

  1. … was coming …
  2. … worked very hard …
  3. … made houses from …
  4. … had one room and a small place …
  5. … some stools, benches and beds.

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

The Pilgrims made a good friend who helped them. His name was Squanto. Squanto was one of the people who lived near Plymouth years before the white men came. He taught the Pilgrims everything about the land he knew so well.

He took the Pilgrims to the rivers and showed them where the fish swam, and the best ways to catch them. He took the Pilgrims to the forest and showed them where to find the deer and turkey, and how to hunt them. He showed the Pilgrims where the wild plants grew – the ones that were good to eat and ones that were good for making medicines. And he showed the Pilgrims the best way to plant corn.

Squanto lived with the Pilgrims for the rest of his life. The Pilgrim children loved him and followed him everywhere. He taught them stories and Indian words. He taught them how to make traps and how to skin animals. The children learned many things from Squanto.

There was no real school that first year in Plymouth. The children learned reading and writing from the Pilgrims who knew how.

made a friend - подружились

taught ..... everything – научил всему

to find the deer and the turkey- находить оленя и индейку

to plant corn – выращивать кукурузу

for the rest of his life – до конца своей жизни

to make traps – ставить капканы

to skin animals – снимать шкуру животного

1. Answer the questions:

  1. Who was a good friend for the Pilgrims?
  2. Where did Squanto live?
  3. What did he teach the Pilgrims?
  4. Did Squanto live with the Pilgrims?
  5. Why did the Pilgrim children love Squanto?
  6. Where there schools in Plymouth?
  7. Who taught the children reading and writing?

2. Are these sentences true or false?

  1. The Pilgrims made a good friend with an Indian man.
  2. Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to build houses.
  3. He taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn.
  4. Squanto lived near Plymouth for the rest of his life.
  5. The Pilgrim children learned many things from Squanto.
  6. The Pilgrims had a school for their children in Plymouth.

3. Fill in the gaps:

The Pilgrims made a good ....1...... with an Indian man. His ...2... was Squanto. He lived ....3... Plymouth long ..... 4.... the white men came. Squanto ....5... the Pilgrims how to fish and to hunt. He showed them ....6.... plant for ....7.... medicines. Pilgrim children ....8... Squanto and ....9... him everywhere. The children ...10.... many things from Squanto. There were no ..11... in Plymouth that year.

Retell the story using key words:

.... made a good friend...

... lived near Plymouth....

....taught the Pilgrims....

.....showed how to plant corn

....loved and followed....

.... taught .... to make traps and to skin animals

.... no real school....

.... learned reading and writing from.......

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

The children learned other things at Plymouth. They learned good manners. At mealtime, good manners meant eating standing up, and eating with their hats on, and not speaking unless a grown-up spoke to them first.

The Pilgrim children learned to work hard – just as hard as the grown-ups. They had to watch the cornfield and shoo away birds and animals. They had to make the big roasts and turkeys.

They sat near the hot fire and turned the stick that turned the roast. That job took most of the day.

They had other special jobs, too. They had to make mattresses for sleeping. They stuffed pine needles or rags or feathers into big bags. They walked miles to gather grasses for the roofs of the houses. They dug clams out of the mud and picked black mussels from the rocks in the water.

Every day they cooked and they served and they helped with the washing and the making of soap and the making of candles.

Everyone worked harder than they ever worked before. They worked from morning until night. But no one wanted to give up and go back. And when the Mayflower sailed back to England in April, there was not a single Pilgrim on board.

grown-up – взрослый

watch the cornfield – следить за кукурузным полем

shoo away – отпугивать

turn the stick – поворачивать прут

stuffed pine needles or rags or feather into bags – набивать сосновые иглы или листья деревьев или перья в мешки

dug clams out of the mud – выкапывали съедобные морские моллюски из грязи

mussel – мидия

give up – сдаваться

1. Answer the questions:

  1. What good manners did Pilgrims children learn?
  2. What jobs did Pilgrims children do?
  3. Were their jobs easy or hard?
  4. Why did they work hard?
  5. Did the Pilgrims sail back to England in spring?

2. Put the sentences in logical order:

  1. No one wanted to give up and go back.
  2. They made mattresses.
  3. The children learned good manners.
  4. The Pilgrims children work hard.
  5. They cooked and helped with making soap and candles.
  6. Not a single Pilgrim was on board when the Mayflower sailed back to England in April.
  7. They watched the cornfields and shooed away birds and animals.

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition:

The children learned good manners ...1.. Plymouth. They ate standing ..2.. with their hats ..3.. .

The Pilgrims children work ....4.... hard .....5..... the grown-ups. They watched the cornfield and shooed ...6... birds and animals. The children made mattresses ...7... sleeping. They stuffed pine needles or rags or feather ....8... big bags. They helped the grown –ups ...9.... the washing and making ...10... soap and candles. Everyone worked ....11... morning ...12.... night. Nobody wanted to give ....13... and go ....14.... .

4. Retell the story using key words:

..... learned good manners.....

..... worked as hard as the grown-ups.

...... watched the cornfield and shooed away ......

.....made mattresses for sleeping.

.... cooked and helped with ......

..... worked from morning till night.

...... wanted to give up or go back.

..... sailed back to England ....

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving

By Ann McGovern

THANKSGIVING

The first Thanksgiving in America lasted three whole days. . From the forests the Pilgrims got wild turkeys, geese, and ducks. The Indians got five deer. From the waters they caught lobsters, clams, oysters, and pounds of fish. From the gardens they gathered cucumbers, carrots and cabbages, turnips and radishes, onions and beets. Corn was cooked in many ways. There was popcorn, too! There were wild fruits for dessert. Thanksgiving was a time for eating and for sharing.

All of the Pilgrims took part. So did their Indian friends. Ninety Indians came. There were more Indians than Pilgrims.

The men and the boys played games and had jumping and running and racing contests. The women and girls spent most of their time cooking and serving.

The Pilgrims had so much to be thankful for. The long, hard, terrible year was over.

They gave thanks for good friends, new homes, and plenty of food. They gave thanks for the new life they had begun in Plymouth.

Thanksgiving – День Благодарения

oyster – устрица

time for eating and sharing – время для еды и угощения

contest – соревнование

to be thankful – быть благодарным

gave thanks - благодарили

1. Answer the questions:

  1. How long did the first Thanksgiving last?
  2. What did the Pilgrims get from the forests?
  3. What did the Indians get?
  4. What did the Pilgrims catch from the waters ?
  5. What did the Pilgrims gather from their gardens?
  6. Who came to the holiday?
  7. What did men and boys do at the holiday?
  8. What did women and girls do?
  9. What did the Pilgrims give thanks for?

2. Fill in the gaps

The first 1….. in America lasted three whole days. From the 2….. the Pilgrims got wild turkeys, geese, and ducks. From the 3…. they caught lobsters, clams, oysters, and pounds of fish. From the 4…… they gathered cucumbers, carrots and cabbages, turnips and radishes, onions and beets.

Ninety 5…… came. The men and the boys had jumping and running and racing 6…….

The Pilgrims gave thanks for the new 7…… they had begun in Plymouth.

3. Find the English equivalents in the text.

  1. продолжался целых три дня
  2. дикие фрукты и десерт
  3. соревнования по прыжкам и бегу
  4. много пищи
  5. ужасный год

4. Retell the story using the words:

lasted three days

got

caught

gathered

invited

took part

cooked and served

gave thanks for