#Gulliver’s Travels
Part Eight: A Voyage to Laputa and Bahibarbi
I was at home for about ten days when a friend of mine came to see me. Captain Robinson owned a ship called the Hope-well, and he wanted me to sail with him. At first I did not want to go, but he offered me a lot of money, and in the end I agreed.
We sailed in the Hope-well to the East Indies. There was bad news when we arrived there. The goods which Captain Robinson wanted to buy were not ready.
'I'll have to stay here and wait,' Captain Robinson told me. 'But you don't have to stay here with me, Gulliver. Let's buy a smaller ship, and you can go to the islands near here and buy and sell goods.'
I agreed, and soon I was in command of a little ship of my own. Unfortunately this little ship was attacked by pirates. They came on board, and they stole everything, including the ship itself. They were very fierce, and I thought they were going to kill me. They changed their minds, though, and decided to put me into a canoe with enough food and water for four days.
I knew there were some islands in this part of the sea. I spent a few days going from one island to another. The islands were all small ones, and there were no people on them. There was also very little food. I began to think that I would die on one of these islands, and I was very unhappy.
One day I saw something very strange in the sky. It was afternoon, and the sun was very hot. Suddenly the sky became dark, and I could not see the sun
at all. I looked up, and saw a huge object in the sky. It seemed to be an island, and it was flying! I looked at it through my telescope, and I saw people on the island. I was very surprised to see a flying island with people on it, and I did not know what to do.
#Vocab
#in command of
#changed their minds
#canoe
#Gulliver
#partEight
#Listening
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#grammar #preposition
تفاوت بین:
🌺#On the street,
🌺#At the street,
🌺#In the street
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▶️On the street
👈برای خیابان "با اسم" بکار می رود .
🔹His house is located on Azadi street.
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▶️At the street
👈برای خیابان "با پلاک" بکار می رود .
🔹John's house is at 29 Azadi street.
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▶️In the street
👈برای خیابان "تنها" بکار می رود .
🔹Children shouldn't play in the street.
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فعلا قابلیت پخش رسانه در مرورگر فراهم نیست
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
🔮 #Difference_Between "#IN" or " #ON"
📕 Usually, you should use #in when you're taking about #a_small_vehicle or #a_personal_vehicle.
📕 Use #on when you're taking about #a_large_vehicle or #a_public_vehicle.
📕 An exception to this is when you are talking about a #bicycle or #motorcycle,
📕 For small vehicles like those use #on.
#grammar
#beginner #intermediate
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