<span>
</span>
<span>National Symbols represent pride and values of the country.</span>
Mother, the hat is very flattering you!
Not so long ago I read a book by the well-known French writer Jules Verne. The title of the book is "The Mysterious Island".
It is a mystery and adventure novel that was published in 1874. The plot of the book is incredibly interesting. In fact, it is a sequel to Verne's famous "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "In Search of the Castaways". The book tells us about the adventures of five Americans on an unknown island in the South Pacific. The action starts during the American Civil War when five northern prisoners of war decide to escape by hijacking a balloon. The novel tells us how these five people managed to survive on the island, producing fire, pottery, bricks, gunpowder, iron and even a simple electric telegraph... My favoutite character is Cyrus Smith, a brilliant engineer.
The book is full of mysteries which are explained in the end. There are a lot of humorous and sad episodes in the book. The saddest one is when the five men meet Captain Nemo who tells them his story and dies.
To sum it up I can say the book was so exciting that I couldn't put it down. If you like reading adventure novels, I advise you to read it.
Домашняя работа - Home work;
Упражнение - Exercise;
1. Evgeny Plushenko lived in a small town in the North near the railway in the house built by his father.
2. After he had been ill for three month with pneumonia, his family moved to Volgograd.
3. There he started attending figure skating classes at the age of four.
4. As he was the smallest in the group, he had to overcome a lot of difficulties.
5. Evgeny won his first competitions when he was only seven.
6. He was very talented but in 1993 the local ice rink was closed.
7. So Evgeny moved to Saint Petersburg where he trained under the quidance of Alexei Mishin.
8. At the age of fifteen Plushenko won the 1998 World Junior Championship and finished third in the similar competitions for the adults.
9. After than he won all the biggest competitions in figure skating except the Olympic games.
10. Finally after recovering from a serious injury, in 2006 he won the gold medal in the Olympic games in Turin.
