lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014

Chapter 7

Hawk-eye, the Mohicans, Heyward and Munro were following the tracks searching Cora and Alice. Suddenly, they saw an Indian figure. Hawk-eye approached to this figure and he discovered that the indian figure was in fact Gamut. The Hurons didn´t kill him because they thought he was crazy.
Gamut told the Mohicans that the girls were not in danger. Cora was with a trib past the mountain.
Heyward had a plan. He painted his face so he would pretend to be a crazy french actor ( a Gamut´s friend) in order to enter  the village.
Finally, Heyward and Gamut got into the village. While they were there, they discovered that Uncas
and another Huron were prisioners of this tribe. This tribe killed the Huron but they didn´t kill Uncas.

Vocabulary:

Feather
Noun
Pluma
This comes from the tail of a bird
She had a feather in the hair
Beaver
Noun
Castor
A brown animal with big front teeth and a flat tail that lives in lakes
The place was built by beavers
Beyond
Preposition
Más allá (de)
To point on the other side
We were beyond the problem
To trip
Verb
 Tropezarse
To fall because something is in front of your feet
On having been walking, I tripped over a stone
Wise
Adjective
Sabio
Clever, intelligent
He seems to me a really wise person

domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014

Chapter 6

The Fort William Henry was now a black smoking ruin. The battlefield was  busy of lifeless bodies. The French army had destroyed the british place.
Uncas, Chingachgook, Munro, Hawk-eye and Heyward were searching for Cora and Alice when they realised that the girls were in Magua´s hands.
At night, there were shots on the battlefield.
Next morning,  the Mohicans, Heyward, Munro and Hawk-eye decides to look for the girls and they got into the canoe. They found a fire above the trees but early, they were attacked by Hurons.
Finally, they arrived at the forest and the Hurons lost their trail.

Vocabulary:


Leather
Noun
Cuero, piel
Made of animal skin
My jacket is made of leather
Northwards
Adverb
Hacia el norte
Towards the north
We went northwards
Battlefield
Noun
Campo de batalla
The place were a battle is fought
The battlefield was busy of lifeless bodies
Supper
Noun
Cena
An evening meal
We had a great supper!
Crawl
Verb
Andar a gatas, arrastrarse
To move on the ground on your hands and knees
They crawl for the forest
Briefly
Adverb
Brevemente
For a short time
I explain the lesson to her briefly
Paddle
Verb
Remar
To move a canoe trough the water with a long flat piece of wood
They paddle to coming to the island
 
Land
Verb
Aterrizar, caer
To come down to earth after a flight
They have to land for lack of fuel

jueves, 6 de marzo de 2014

Chapter 5

The fort was surrounded by the French.
Heyward saw from a slope that Hawk-eye was a prisioner of the French.
Heyward was in love with Alice. Munro felt they couldn´t resist in the Fort longer without the help of General Webb.
The French army and its General Montcalm offered Munro help. Munro accepted and all the british people left the Fort.
However, while they were crossing the forest, the british people were attacked by the Hurons. The French army did nothing to stop it.
During the fight, Magua took girls (Cora and Alice) and ran away with them.

Vocabulary:

Siege
Noun
Sitio, cerco policial
When an army surrounds a building and waits for the people inside to stop fighting
The French siege went on for five days.
Side
Noun
Lado
A position, opinion, etc, held in opposition to another in a dispute
He was of side of the French
Coward
Adjective
Cobarde
An easily frightened person
She was a really coward woman
Freely
Adverb
Libremente
Able to act at will; not under restraint.
We act freely, without any type of influence.

miércoles, 5 de marzo de 2014

Chapter 4

General Munro

Nobody knew who had shot the Indian but quickly, the Hurons realised that Hawk-eye ,Chingachgook and Uncas were there. The Mohicans fought against  the Hurons who had Cora and the rest.
The Hurons died and Chingachgook tried to kill Magua but he ran away.
Now the Mohicans and the girls were safe. The Mohicans took the girls to a house in the forest to rest.
Next day, they all went to Fort William Henry. The General Munro (the girls´ father) recognised the girls. Cora and Alice went into Fort William Henry.

Vocabulary:



Slope

Noun

Pendiente, cuesta

The side of a hill

They raised the slope

Roll

Verb

Rodar

To move by turning over and over

They rolled about the hill

Spring

Noun

Manantial

A place where water comes up from the ground

The water was going out of the spring

Hill

Noun

Colina, cerro

An area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it

We contemplate the beautiful hill

Fog

Noun

Niebla

Low, thick cloud that makes it difficult to see

I don´t like to drive with fog