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READING

Pony Express ¹

In 1870 there were no railways west of the Missouri River, North America. Very few people lived there. Mountains, deserts and great canyons (каньон, ущелье) made the country almost impassable (непроходимый). Many wild animals made it their home. How could people who lived there send letters to other parts of the country? The Pony Express made it possible. This was a post service the agents of which went on horseback in relays². The agents were brave men, cool in moments of danger. They rode at full speed, regardless of (невзирая на) cold or heat or danger. When а tired man on his tired horse reached the station, he gave his mail-packet (почтовый мешок) to the next agent, and the fresh man on his fresh horse went on without a moment's delay (задержка).

Примечания

¹ Pony Express —Пони-экспресс. Значение этого названия вы узнаете из рассказа.

² went on horseback in relays —ехали верхом на лошадях посменно. Сравните on horseback верхом с horse лошадь и back спина. Relay в технических текстах значит реле.

Two Short Poems ['pəʊɪmz]

Два коротких стихотворения

by Ogden Nash

The Fly (муха)

God in his wisdom (мудрость) made the fly.

And then forgot to tell us why.

The Kitten (котенок)

The trouble with a kitten is THAT

Eventually it becomes (становится) a CAT.

Quotations

Men are what their mothers made them.

R.W. Emerson (USA, 1803-1882)

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary-makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, tastes of long generations (поколения) of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground.

Walt Whitman (USA, 1810-1892)