Ex.5. Look through the story again and give it a title. Prove your point of view.

Ex.6. Analyze the variants of your classmates.

Ex.7. Consult the key and say if your titles are close to the original or the same.

Ex.8. Why did the girl say “from Maine to California?”

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Ex.1. Read the stories [3] attentively to find out as much information as you can about Washington as

President;

Personality.

Prove your point of view, citing from the texts.

George Washington 1

1.

George Washington, the President of the United States of North America, had a friend who fought with him in the war and was in peacetime his daily companion. This friend was a pleasant man but had no talent for business.

When a high government post became vacant many people thought that Washington’s friend was sure to get it.

But another candidate for the office appeared. This was a political opponent of Washington, a man of great talent for business.

How great was everybody’s surprise when that other man got the post.

When people asked the president to explain this appointment, he said:

“My friend is welcome to my house and to my heart; but with all his good qualities, he is not a man of business; the other man is. My private feelings have nothing to do with the case. I am not George Washington, but President of the United States; as George Washington I am ready to do my friend any kindness which is in my power, but as President of the United States I can do nothing.”

The Secretary’s Watch1

2.

George Washington did not like people who was always late. One morning his secretary come late and saw that Washington is in his office already. The secretary said that his clock were wrong that morning. Washington replied quietly: “Yes, you must get other clock, and if that will not help you, I get other secretary.”

An Officer Who Learnt a Lesson

3.

In the American War of Independence, an officer and a group of soldiers were raising a heavy tree from the ground. They needed it for a battery. There were not enough soldiers for the work; but the officer didn't do anything; he only shouted orders. Suddenly another older officer, not in uniform, rode up on his horse.

"Hullo!" he cried to the officer of the group, "Why don't you help your men to lift that tree?"

"Can't you see that I am an officer?" was the reply.

"Oh, you are, are you?" said the older officer, who then came down from his horse and joined the men. He worked till drops of sweat covered his face. When they finished the job and put the tree in its place, the older man turned to the younger officer and bowed. "Good-bye, sir. Next time when you do not have enough men for this sort of work, invite the Commander-in-Chief. I will be happy to help you again."

It was Washington himself, the Commander-in-Chief of the army…

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