tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND- CHAPTER 56

JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 56 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 56 Three years had passed away since the escape of the prisoners from Richmond and how often during those three years had they spoken of their country always present in their thoughts They had no doubt that the civil war was at an end and to them it appeared impossible that the just cause of the North had not triumphed. But what had been the incidents of this terrible war How much blood had it not cost How many of their friends must have fallen in the struggle They often spoke of these things without as yet being able to foresee the day when they would be permitted once more to see their country. To return thither were it but for a few days to renew the social link with the inhabited world to establish a communication between their native land and their island then to pass the longest perhaps the best portion of their existence in this colony founded by them and which would then be dependent on their country was this a dream impossible to realize There were only two ways of accomplishing it--either a ship must appear off Lincoln Island or the colonists must themselves build a vessel strong enough to sail to the nearest land. Unless said Pencroft our good genius himself provides us with the means of returning to our country. And really had any one told Pencroft and Neb that a ship of 300 tons was waiting for them in Shark Gulf or at Port Balloon they would not even have made a gesture of surprise. In their state of mind nothing appeared improbable. But Cyrus Harding less confident advised them to confine themselves to fact and more especially so with regard to the building of a vessel--a really urgent work since it was for the purpose of depositing as soon as possible at Tabor Island a document indicating Ayrton s new residence. As the Bonadventure no longer existed six months at least would be required for the construction of a new vessel. Now winter was approaching and the voyage would not be made before the following .