01.06 Завдання для 8-Г класу

 Hello dear pupils!

What do you know about Pocahontas?

-Why do people call her “a child of peace”?

Today you’ll get more information about Pocahontas.

Read the words with their translation

Settle(v)   оселитися

Tribe(n)   плем’я

Trusting(adj)  довірливий

Curious(adj)   допитливий

Gradually(adv.)   поступово

Capture(v)   захопити

Smallpox(n)    віспа

Powhatan  Похатан

Pocahontas   Покахонтас

John Rolfe  Джон Ролф

Read and translate the text. Then do post-reading tasks

POCAHONTAS (1595? -1617)

 In 1607, a group of white people came and settled in what is now the state of Virginia. This land belonged to an Indian tribe. Their leader became known to Europeans as Chief Powhatan.

Chief Powhatan had a young daughter named Pocahontas. Her name means "the playful one". She was trusting and curious about the white people. She often visited them, and soon the settlers knew tier well and liked her. She learned a few words of English, and Chief Powhatan and his people hoped that she would be able to help keep peace with the whites. Pocahontas carried messages between the settlers and the Indians.

As more and more whites came to the settlement of the Europeans, the Indians were getting angry:

The whites were gradually taking away the Indians' land. In anger, the Indians captured Captain John Smith, the leader of the white settlement. According to a story that was told later, 12-year-old Pocahontas saved Captain Smith's life by begging her father not to kill him. After this event, the English trusted her even more.

When she was about 17, Pocahontas fell in love with an Englishman named John Rolfe. She became a Christian and married Rolfe in 1614. Their marriage marked the beginning of a period of peace between the colonists and the Indians.

Later Pocahontas and Rolfe had a son. They visited England, where Pocahontas met the King and Queen. Unfortunately, just before the family was to return to the colonies, Pocahontas fell ill with smallpox. She died in 1617.

In spite of her short life, Pocahontas is remembered as a symbol of friendship between the whites and the American Indians.

I. Match the dates with the events

               1. In 1617              a) Pocahontas was born

               2. In 1607              b) Pocahontas died

               3. In 1595              c) a group of white people settled in what is now the state of Virginia

               4. In 1614              d) Pocahontas fell in love with John Rolfe

           5. In1612               e) Pocahontas became a Christian and married 

II. Decide if the sentences are correct or incorrect

1.    Chief Powhatan, the leader of an Indian tribe had a very little daughter named Pocahontas.

2.    Pocahontas was very curious and trusting about the white people.

3.    The English didn’t want to trust this girl thought the girl carried messages between the setters and the Indians.

4.    The Indian were getting angry because the whites were gradually taking away the Indians’ land.

5.    Pocahontas Fell in love with an American named John Rolfe and married him 1615.

6.    Pocahontas and Rolfe visited England where they met the King and the Queen.

7.    When they returned to the colonies, Pocahontas fell ill with smallpox and died.

III. Find the facts in the reading selection to prove the following ideas.

1.    Pocahontas was able to help to keep peace with the whites.

2.    The English trusted Pocahontas very much.

3.    Pocahontas is remembered as a symbol of friendship between the whites and the American Indians.

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