tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JULES VERNE- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND- CHAPTER 32

JULES VERNE- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 32 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 32 When Pencroft had once got a plan in his head he had no peace till it was executed. Now he wished to visit Tabor Island and as a boat of a certain size was necessary for this voyage he determined to build one. What wood should he employ Elm or fir both of which abounded in the island They decided for the fir as being easy to work but which stands water as well as the elm. These details settled it was agreed that since the fine season would not return before six months Cyrus Harding and Pencroft should work alone at the boat. Gideon Spilett and Herbert were to continue to hunt and neither Neb nor Master Jup his assistant were to leave the domestic duties which had devolved upon them. Directly the trees were chosen they were felled stripped of their branches and sawn into planks as well as sawyers would have been able to do it. A week after in the recess between the Chimneys and the cliff a dockyard was prepared and a keel five-and-thirty feet long furnished with a stern-post at the stern and a stem at the bows lay along the sand. Cyrus Harding was not working in the dark at this new trade. He knew as much about ship-building as about nearly everything else and he had at first drawn the model of his ship on paper. Besides he was ably seconded by Pencroft who having worked for several years in a dockyard in Brooklyn knew the practical part of the trade. It was not until after careful calculation and deep thought that the timbers were laid on the keel. Pencroft as may be believed was all eagerness to carry out his new enterprise and would not leave his work for an instant. A single thing had the honor of drawing him but for one day only from his dockyard. This was the second wheat-harvest which was gathered in on the 15th of April. It was as much a success as the first and yielded the number of grains which had been predicted. Five bushels captain said Pencroft alter having scrupulously measured his treasure. Five bushels .