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В2.Answer the following questions.1. Where did Hans Brinker live and what was his father's job?Where did the poor old man live and what did he get from Hans?3. Which voice did Hans hear and from where it came?4.How did Hans discover the leak in the dyke?5.How did Hans save his country? |
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Answer» Answer: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (full title: Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates: A STORY of LIFE in Holland) is a novel by AMERICAN AUTHOR Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes PLACE in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates Dodge Stahl - Les Patins d argent page 10.jpg Hans Brinker tying on his sister Gretel's ice skates, in an illustration by Théophile Schuler from the 1876 French translation of the novel Author Mary Mapes Dodge Illustrator F. O. C. Darley and Thomas Nast Country United States Language English Genre Children's novel Publisher James O'Kane Publication date 1865 Pages 347 (original edition) The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater.[1] The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger. |
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