tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND- CHAPTER 45

JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 45 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 45 The night passed without incident. The colonists were on the qui vive and did not leave their post at the Chimneys. The pirates on their side did not appear to have made any attempt to land. Since the last shots fired at Ayrton not a report not even a sound had betrayed the presence of the brig in the neighborhood of the island. It might have been fancied that she had weighed anchor thinking that she had to deal with her match and had left the coast. But it was no such thing and when day began to dawn the settlers could see a confused mass through the morning mist. It was the Speedy. These my friends said the engineer are the arrangements which appear to me best to make before the fog completely clears away. It hides us from the eyes of the pirates and we can act without attracting their attention. The most important thing is that the convicts should believe that the inhabitants of the island are numerous and consequently capable of resisting them. I therefore propose that we divide into three parties. The first of which shall be posted at the Chimneys the second at the mouth of the Mercy. As to the third I think it would be best to place it on the islet so as to prevent or at all events delay any attempt at landing. We have the use of two rifles and four muskets. Each of us will be armed and as we are amply provided with powder and shot we need not spare our fire. We have nothing to fear from the muskets nor even from the guns of the brig. What can they do against these rocks And as we shall not fire from the windows of Granite House the pirates will not think of causing irreparable damage by throwing shell against it. What is to be feared is the necessity of meeting hand-to-hand since the convicts have numbers on their side. We must therefore try to prevent them from landing but without discovering ourselves. Therefore do not economize the ammunition. Fire often but with a sure aim. We have each eight or ten enemies to