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It could be said that Sam Brannan truly believed that the Lord helps those who help themselves. After all, it was Brannan who -- when confronted with the fact that he was pocketing tithes earned through Mormon gold mining operations and meant for the church in Utah -- replied, "I'll give up the Lord's money when he (Brigham Young) sends me a receipt signed by the Lord."
A bigamist, alcoholic, public relations genius and real estate swindler, Brannan was California's first millionaire.
He landed in San Francisco in 1846 with 200 other Mormons, seeking sanctuary from religious persecution. After opening a newspaper, Brannan moved to New Helvetia, where he opened a store at John Sutter's Fort. When gold was discovered, Brannan owned the only store between San Francisco and the gold fields -- a fact he capitalized on by buying up all the picks, shovels and pans he could find, and then running up and down the streets of San Francisco, shouting "Gold! Gold on the American River!" He paid 20 cents each for the pans, then sold them for $15 apiece. In nine weeks, he made $36,000.
In the summer of 1848, with Sutter away from the fort, Brannan convinced Sutter's son to lay out a new town on the banks of the Sacramento River. Later, he persuaded the Sutters to give him 200 lots in the new town, called Sacramento City, in order to keep his store there. By the mid-1850s, Brannan was rich, dabbling in banks, railroads and telegraphs as well as land.
But a fondness for the bottle led to some disastrous business decisions, and an expensive divorce bankrupted him. By the time of his death, in San Diego County in 1889, Brannan was reduced to sleeping in the back rooms of saloons. California's first millionaire was a forgotten failure.
Find the proper word according to this definition «political, racial or religious .arriving
Find the synonym to the word «benefit”.advantage
Find the synonym to the word «successful” according to the text wealthy
Find the synonym to the word «supply”.provide
Find the synonym to the word «tiny” small
How did Sam Brannan die?An unnoticed death
How much money did Sam Brannan earned in just nine weeks?$ 36000
In what period did Sam Brannan live? Time of gold rush
In what year gold was discovered?B) 1848
In what уеаr Sam Brannan arrived in California?1846
What did Sam Brannan own when gold was found?Store
What goods did he sell in his store?C) Picks, shovels and pans
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What intention did he have?C) To buy all the picks, shovels and pans he could find
Who is the main character of this text?B) Sam Brannan
Who is the main character of this text?Sam Brannan
With whom did Sam Brannan arrive in San Francisco? With John Sutter
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According to the text. Find the antonym to the word to survive.to die
Find the synonym for the word «delicious”A) tasty
Find the synonym for the word «to go down” (plane)to crash
Find the word that is NOT the synonym to the word «to involve.to break
How long has she been doing her job?B) about 11 years
Is Lara involved with anyone at the moment?D) She isn’t seeing anyone
What does it mean «to be in shape”to look good
What does Lara consider is the reason of her success? A) She has never let anything stand in her way
What does Lara do in her spare time?A) cleaning her guns
What is the Lara Croft’s weigh?A) 57.2 kilos
What sort of car does she drive?D) old Land Rover
What was Lara’s first adventure?' A) getting to civilization when her plane went down
What’s Lara’s dream? to ski down Everest with Brian Blessed
Why is she looking so good?C) She needs to keep in shape for her job
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How is the course titled?C) Dawn of Opportunity
How much experience do you need for taking part at the sessions?D) 3 years
The aim of the programme is to give young people help in...B) setting up their own business
The price of the course is ...A) $200
The problem raised in the article is directed to,..young businessmen
To take part at the seminar you must have...E) business idea that you want to develop
What is meant by «toolkit”? A) basic skills to set up business
What will Vimmi Singh do at the seminars?' D) conduct the workshops
When will the course take place?in October and November
Who organized this seminar?C) commercial institute
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China, Russia Win Top Results in Physics Olympiad in Iran
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
More than three hundred secondary school students competed in the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad last month in Iran. They came from seventy-three countries, including the United States.
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Students from China had the top results: four gold medals and one silver. Russia was second with three gold, one silver and one honorable mention.
Next came the United States and South Korea. Each team brought home two gold medals and three silver medals. And the teams from Iran and Japan had two gold, two silver and one bronze medal each.
The ten-day Olympiad took place in the ancient city of Isfahan. There were written examinations and laboratory experiments as well as discussion meetings.
And there was news of the death in Isfahan of the president of the International Physics Olympiad. Waldemar Gorzkowski was sixty-seven years old. The Iranian Students News Agency said he died of a heart attack. He led the Olympiad for many years.
The physics competition is one of the International Science Olympiads held around the world.
The American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics choose members of the United States team. Physics teachers across the country nominate students and committees choose about two hundred of them. The students take additional tests to choose the twenty-four members of the team.
In May the members attend the United States Physics Team Training Camp at the University of Maryland. They go through nine days of intensive studying, testing and problem solving. At the end of the camp, five members of the team are chosen to travel to the Olympiad.
The five this year were Kenan Diab of Ohio, Rui Hu of Delaware, Jenny Kwan from California, Jason LaRue of Florida and Haofei Wei from Oklahoma. All five won medals.
The first International Physics Olympiad took place in Warsaw, Poland, in nineteen sixty-seven. Until the early nineteen eighties it was held only in the former communist countries of eastern Europe. The United States organized a team for the first time in nineteen eighty-six.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. To learn about the American education system, go to voaspecialenglish.com where you can find transcripts and archives of our reports. I'm Steve Ember.
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How many countries did in the Olympiad participate?seventy-three
How many days did the Olympiad last? ten
How many students did in the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad compete?More than three hundred
How old was the president of the International Physics Olympiad?sixty-seven years old
What countries took the third place?the United States and South Korea
What students did in the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad compete?secondary school students
What was the name of the city where the Olympiad took place? Isfahan
When did the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad take place?last month
Where did the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad take place?in Iran
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'Green' Schools Grow Around US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
In Alexandria, Virginia, the two thousand students at T.C. Williams High School started classes last month in a new building. It was built as a "green" school based on requirements from the United States Green Building Council.
The council is a nonprofit organization made up of building industry leaders. It has a rating system for buildings called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED.
In two thousand one, there were four schools asking for LEED certification. Now there are four hundred, including T.C. Williams. So far, fifty-eight schools have been recognized for meeting the requirements.
These include protecting natural areas and limiting the amount of chemicals in building materials. They also include better lighting and improved indoor air quality.
Buildings are also rated on how well they use energy and water, and on things like the use of recycling programs.
At T.C. Williams, one example of green design can be seen in the many windows that let in natural light. Students say the sunny rooms help them stay awake during class.
A rooftop garden is designed to provide stormwater control and help keep the building cool in the sun. And an underground tank can store one million seven hundred thousand liters of rainwater for air conditioning and other systems.
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The new building cost about ninety million dollars to build. It stands next to the old T.C. Williams building, which officials say will slowly be taken apart and recycled.
T.C. Williams High School is still waiting for the final part of the LEED certification process. Schools receive points for the number of requirements they meet. Buildings are rated silver, gold or platinum.
Around the country, concerns about limited budgets for public schools sometimes lead to objections to investing in green schools. But the Green Building Council points to a report by Capital E, a Washington, D.C., company that serves the clean energy industry.
Capital E examined the cost of thirty green schools in the United States. It says the average cost was only two percent higher compared to a traditional school. And it says this extra cost is small compared to the savings over time from lower energy and water costs and healthier students.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Dana Demange. To learn more about American schools, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Jim Tedder.
And an underground tank can store ... liters of rainwater.one million seven hundred thousand
And an underground tank can store one million seven hundred thousand liters of rainwater for ... .air conditioning and other systems
And an underground tank can store one million seven hundred thousand liters rainwater
Capital E examined the cost of... green schools in the United States. 30
It was built as a "..school based on requirements from the United States Green Building Council. green
Students say the ... rooms help them stay awake during class. sunny
The average cost was only ... percent higher compared to a traditional school.2
The council is a ... .nonprofit organization made up of building business leaders
The new building cost about... million dollars to build. 90
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For Blind Foreign Students, Some Aid Available in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A listener in Nigeria has a question about financial aid for blind and visually impaired college students in America. S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife wants to know if visually impaired foreign students can get a full scholarship as an undergraduate.
Financial aid programs in the United States, especially at the undergraduate level, do often require American citizenship. At the same time, scholarships often pay only part of the cost of an education. The National Federation of the Blind advises students to contact any school they wish to attend to ask about financial aid.
The federation is the country's largest group for the blind. Each year it awards scholarships that do not have any citizenship requirements. Students must be legally blind. And foreign students cannot apply until a college in the United States has already accepted them.
The application deadline was March thirty-first for thirty scholarships offered for this fall. Most are three thousand dollars. The highest is twelve thousand dollars.
The United States has an estimated one million blind adults. The federation says there are no special colleges or universities for the blind. But schools do offer special services and technology to help students with disabilities.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. More information about the scholarships from the National Federation of the Blind can be found at its Web site: n-f-b dot o-r-g (nfb.org). This was week number thirty-six in our series for students interested in coming to the United States for higher education. If you missed any of our reports, you can find our Foreign Student Series online at voaspecialenglish.com. And if you have a question, send it to special@voanews.com. Please include your name and country. I'm Steve Ember.
... it awards scholarships that do not have any citizenship requirements.Each year
The federation says there are no ... for the blind.special colleges or universities
The federation says there are no special colleges or universities for ...the blind
What does S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife want to know?S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife wants to know if visually impaired foreign students can get a full scholarship as an undergraduate.
What is the Web site of the National Federation of the Blind?nfo.org
Who is the author of this VOA Special English Education Report?Nancy Steinbach
And if you have a question, send it to ... .special@voanews.com .
At what web site can Foreign Student Series be found?voaspecialenglish.com
Students must be legally ....blind
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