Chapter 1
Summer
It
was another extremely hot nigth in the central african forest, but the
heat was least of rose sayes concerns. her brother samuel lay ill in his
bed, and she knew that he was close to death.
samuel prayed to god to bless the mission he an his sister had spent so many yars building
samuel
almost wept when he thought about the day the germans had attacked his
mission and the surrounding village, destroying year of hard work in
minutes.
The samuel fell asleep and rose went to her room.
Rose... samuel murmured when he saw his sister approach him.
I`m her, samuel, said rose.
rose... samuel gasped. the mission.. the germans destroyed our mission...
I know, samuel, I konow, whispered rose.
minutes later, samuel died, rose was devastated; she kneeled down at her brothers bedside and wept.
Now rose wass alone in the word and she had no idea what she would do next.
Samuel
had always dissapproved of alnutt because he never went to church, but
he was englsh and a friendly face and rose waved to him to come nearer.
You have a boat? said rose.
Yes miss, replied allnutt, the african queen, she's tied up nearby.
we should bury him. said allnutt. i'll do it, dont worry yourself, miss. and i can do the service, if you want.
Once allnut had helped rose into the boat, he removed a container of hot ashes from the furnace and filled it with fresh wood.
About a kilometre up the river, allnut asked rose to take hold of the tillar while he filled the furnace with fuel.
A short while later rose and allnutt found a suitable spot to drop anchor and the african queen stopped moving.
Chapter 2
Summer
Rose and
Allnut began to navigate, Allnutt wanted to remain hidden in the backwater
until the war was over and Rose wanted revenge against Germans. Then he
explained to Rose that was "The Queen Louisa", it is German steamship
that patrols the lake, but this can’t cross the lake into German Central
Africa. Rose had the idea of going
down the river Ulanga, but Allnutt knew the river have rapids, rocks and
cataracts, she wanted help the British, for this when she found the boxes of
blasting gelatin and cylinders with oxygen and hydrogen Rose wanted make a
torpedo. Allnutt knew it was very
dangerous to cross the river but continued with the idea of Rose. After they
found a good place to dine and relax.
Chapter 3
Summer
The next
morning it was raining and thundering caused the African Queen crash with rocks
and the boat was flooded. The pair had to pump the water out manually, Rose use
the hand pump, it was old and rusty, while Allnutt looking breakfast. Then
returned to navigate. Despite the obstacles rose was happy. But he told the truth about what he
thought of the plan, “you have to get this crazy idea out of your head, Rose…” they
went the other way, so she decided not to talk for a long time. Spend a lot of time, he was afraid, but he
couldn’t stand the silence any more, they decided go
down the river.
Chapter 4:
Summer
After the ship had moved
quickly to get to the top of Shona, when the same boat passed near the village,
African soldiers warned the German commander, milkings fire on the ship, was
both desesper ouch until it was shooting. The commander was very frustrated
because he missed the boat, but then felt calm knowing that the boat headed
toward the rapids full of rocks and very likely would sink the African Queen.
As the two strangers sail down Ulanga River like great map makers before them
and determined to sink the Louisa, Rose is impressed by Mr. Allnut's abilities
and admires his seamanship when they hit big white water and how he skillfully
navigates past the dangerous rocks. They ride into some really rough white
water that causes Rose to feel aroused by the thrill of the ride. Not
understanding the experience she compares it to a thrilling sermon delivered by
her brother when the holy ghost consumed him. The spiritual excitement
overcomes her as she describes her excitement to Mr. Allnut. Rose and Mr. Allnut
survive a second and more dangerous set of white water rapids, along with extra
dangers from African guerrillas shooting at them from the banks of the river
hoping to kill them and capture the African Queen
.
.
Chapter 5
Summer
ecstasy after having
saved Rose knew he had begun to feel something more for Allnut, soguieron one
part of the river that had a very beautiful landscape, the water was clear, the
river bank was covered with blue and amarilas florez was a very nice
atmosphere, when suddenly felt a loud bang, Allnut I check and realized that
one of the propellers of the boat was broken, now Allnut Rose was in despair
but I encourage you to resolve the problem, saying nice words and encouraging,
Allnut analyzed the situation and realized that the only way to solve the
problem was heat to melt the metal, complete with the whole arrangement would
take three days, and rose so enjoy this because tendira more time to talk with
Allnutt
Chapter 10
is the form how you find something that you lose.
Lifeboat
a little ship that you use for save your life whe a titanic broke.
Mechanic
a person that fix your car and other things
CHAPTER 6
Rose and Allnutt travelled quietly for some time, then, they crossing the Bora Delta. The delta was about fifty kilometers long and was filled with dense vegetation and thick, black mud.
About an hour it started to rain heavily, and they could do nothing but wait for it to stop. Then, the insects came. Swarms of flies and mosquitoes attacked the crew of the African Queen. They could not defend against attacks. The next morning, they awoke with headaches and red lumps all over their bodies, and had to crawl through thick mud. So, the following night, Rose and Allnutt decided to anchor the boat a few meters, to avoid another insect attack.
The channels of the Delta were narrow, muddy and filled with reeds and by the following afternoon, the African Queen had come to a complete standstill. They used the boat-hook, with this element Allnutt move the boat just a few meters forward, because the work was exhausting and the insects returned.
In the night Rose heard the sound of raindrops on the stern. The water level in the channel would rise and by morning, the boat would be above the mud and reeds… then, the boat wouldn´t move. Allnutt revised the propeller and he cut the weeds away from the propeller. But Allnutt was covered in fat, black leeches; Rose remembered that the best way to removes it was to pour salt over them.
Vocabulary.
GATHER:
Is a group of people or things.
NEEDLE:
Is a very fine, slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.
TASTY: Adjective.
The food having a pleasant. Distinct flavour
CHAPTER 7
Rose and Allnutt entered another channel of the delta. This channel was filled with mangroves. They used two boat-hooks to move the boat forward; they began to make steady progress.
They encountered numerous obstacles in the swamp, including twisted tree roots, thick branches and even some snakes. Then, Rose and Allnutt began to show signs of malaria. The symptoms were high fever, terrible thirst and muscle pain, which slowed down their progress.
After days of suffering in the swamp, the pair looked terrible. But they reach the clear waters of the lake. The pair washed their clothes and cleaned the boat.
Then, they were excited and nervous when found the Queen Louisa.
Vocabulary.
Mangroves: Noun
A tree or shrub which grows in muddy, chiefly tropical, coastal swamps and has tangled roots that grows above ground and form dense thickets.
SWAMP: Noun
An area of waterlogged ground; a bog or marsh.
DECK:
A floor of a ship, especially the upper, open level.
Chapter 8:Allnut and Rose were relieved because the Queen Louisa reached not to notice, however Rose worried because he believed it showed that the ship would not return and could not do his revenge, Allnut reassured her and I assure you that the boat vovleria, then she thought to have the torpedoes ready to attack at the next opportunity, Allnut knew that making torpedoes will take days, but also knew it was time to return to the boat, Allnutt was concerned about the protection of Rose , and proposed to depart from the plan and let it take place, but Rose as always opposed the idea of separation of Allnutt.
The next morning I put Allnut cylinders in the side of the ship, then began to place the explosive gel, a rose these explosives will parceian yellow candles, separated Allnut tuevieran torpedoes for a good distance between them, to mud, mud that rose from the river was wrong, they were made after the torpedoes, we fol long wait time, tiempor that was worse than any rainy day or mosquito attack, a week pass when Rose saw black smoke in the distance, was the Quenn Louisa, their idea was to surprise the boat hidden behind the mangroves, hitting unseen, as they prepared to shoot, suddenly began falling thunder, and rain began
Vocabulary chapter 8
Patrol:
to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
Blast: air forced into a furnace by a blower to increase threat of combustion.
Torpedoes:
a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosivesand often equipped with a homing device, launched from asubmarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels orother submarines.
Trigger:
a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed bythe finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
Chapter 9
When the boat drifted Rose and Allnutt were captured by the crew of Queen Louisa on a nearby island and were brought to the captain and thought he might be a spy Allnut, but noted that this was too ill, also was concerned Allnut because I knew it was in the Queen Louisa, the captain began questioning and asked their nationality, when understood him ele Allnutt said it was English, but had no intention of telling his plans to destroy the Queen Louisa, was also Allnut sabai not worried because none of Rose and did not know what would happen to their future, when suddenly came another prisoner was Rose and habai ssido found on another island nearby, Rose was found with a buoy that had the name of African Queen, the captain immediately recalled that captain Von Hanneken had sent information on a boat with the same name where habiaa one missionary and a British mechanic that was lost in the river Ulanga, the captain assumed his do prisoners had left the boat and had nbajado THROUGH the river in a boat that was probably destroyed by the storm, the captain began to ask questions of Rose as she watched Allnut, the captain was clear that they were not spies and was admired by the adventures that this couple had passed, the captain do not know what to do with the couple, he felt it was the king
Vocabulary Chapter 9:
Crew:
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work orworking together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
Life buoy:
Any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a personfallen into the
Water.
Sighed:
To let out one's breathed audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
Chapter 10
The lieutenant commander was pacing
up and down on the deck board pf matilda british ship, he had been searching
the ship African queen for weeks but this had been impossible.
at one point he saw something in the
distance, was the ship and exclaimed "that's finally, The African
Queen"
Lieutenant Commander with a lifeboat
aboard the African Queen, 15 minutes after returning with two people was the
mechanic and sister missionary.
Lieutenant Commander wanted them to
give him information about the strategy of the Germans but they knew nothing
about it and got a room alone.
Lieutenant Commander african queen
wanted to attack the next day and next to it, another British ship attacked the
african queen forcing him to retire.
delighted by his victory Lieutenant
Commander was willing to negotiate to do with Allnut and Rose. he wanted to
send to south africa Allnut with weapons and return to England immediately
rose.
Rose was furious she did not want to
spend a separate day Allnut, she touched his shoulder and whisper that wanted
to marry him.
He said it was the best idea she'd
had and lived as husband and wife at the end of their adventure.
Furious
when you can´t control your emotions and you feeling very bad.
when you can´t control your emotions and you feeling very bad.
Search
a little ship that you use for save your life whe a titanic broke.
British
a beautiful contry that you have meet.
Weapons
with this you can kill a person, is one of the worse invents.
Mechanic
a person that fix your car and other things
Strategy
ideas that a group of soilders have to attack.
Opinion about the book
We think that the book is very great because is a adventure history is very interesting and this book wasn´t bored... we think that the book is very well written, the editing is good and events are well described, on the other hand the level of English is necessary for our learning.
Opinion about the book
We think that the book is very great because is a adventure history is very interesting and this book wasn´t bored... we think that the book is very well written, the editing is good and events are well described, on the other hand the level of English is necessary for our learning.
