Dear Mom, guess where I am writing this letter - I am sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon! We leave Santa Fe two nights ago and arrive here early yesterday morning. And let me tell you, the Grand Canyon is really GRAND! I have already taken a lot of photos so that you can see them, and soon I will take a few more, but in fact, Mom, you won’t believe how great it is! It extends 277 miles from end to end — at a depth of a mile, and in some places — at a mile — and there are so many incredible colors in the rock! Blues, reds, violets, oranges, greens, yellows, and so on. There is a funny story about how the Spaniards first discovered the canyon. When the Spanish explorer first came here in 1540, he sent two of his men to the canyon for research. He told them: "Go there and quickly inspect." Quick look around! No wonder they will never return. They just die there, as long as they have a "look around." You see, the Spaniards never imagined even something so big, so they cannot guess its real size. In any case, we are probably going to spend several days here, but we have not yet decided what we will do after this. See you in a couple of weeks. Love, Mike.
Task 1. 1. Originally there were ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. 2. After a meal Mr Harding asked for the bill for the dinner. 3. They voted against him because he hadn't supported them before. 4. The senator has declared his loyalty to the country. 5. The congressmen represent their states in the Congress. 6. The judges work in the Supreme Court as long as they live 7. Who is going to judge during the football competition? 8. Progressive people all over the world fight for peace Task 2. 1. My mother said she had voted for the president the previous year 2. Frank said that the Earth is bigger than the Moon. 3. The teacher said that Moscow was founded in 1147. 4. Pam said that her brother didn't like coffee. Task 3. 1. people's representatives 2. a hollow in a tree trunk 3. friends' support 4. to follow the rules 5. a school term
Dear Mom, guess where I am writing this letter - I am sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon! We leave Santa Fe two nights ago and arrive here early yesterday morning. And let me tell you, the Grand Canyon is really GRAND! I have already taken a lot of photos so that you can see them, and soon I will take a few more, but in fact, Mom, you won’t believe how great it is! It extends 277 miles from end to end — at a depth of a mile, and in some places — at a mile — and there are so many incredible colors in the rock! Blues, reds, violets, oranges, greens, yellows, and so on. There is a funny story about how the Spaniards first discovered the canyon. When the Spanish explorer first came here in 1540, he sent two of his men to the canyon for research. He told them: "Go there and quickly inspect." Quick look around! No wonder they will never return. They just die there, as long as they have a "look around." You see, the Spaniards never imagined even something so big, so they cannot guess its real size. In any case, we are probably going to spend several days here, but we have not yet decided what we will do after this. See you in a couple of weeks. Love, Mike.
2. After a meal Mr Harding asked for the bill for the dinner.
3. They voted against him because he hadn't supported them before.
4. The senator has declared his loyalty to the country.
5. The congressmen represent their states in the Congress.
6. The judges work in the Supreme Court as long as they live
7. Who is going to judge during the football competition?
8. Progressive people all over the world fight for peace
Task 2. 1. My mother said she had voted for the president the previous year
2. Frank said that the Earth is bigger than the Moon.
3. The teacher said that Moscow was founded in 1147.
4. Pam said that her brother didn't like coffee.
Task 3. 1. people's representatives
2. a hollow in a tree trunk
3. friends' support
4. to follow the rules
5. a school term