Hello. Today, I'd like to tell you about this book in the Oxford Bookworms Factfiles series, called California. It's divided into 9 chapters, but I'd like to talk to you about two of them:
Chapter 2: The gold rush; and chapter 6: Los Angeles.
Chapter 2 is about the middle of the 19th century, The gold rush in America. James Wilson saw something bright and yellow in a river in 1848. It was the start of the gold rush. By 1852, there were more than 100,000 prospectors in California. But by the middle of the 1850s, it was getting more and more difficult to find gold.
Chapter 6 is about famous places in California and California's outline. There are many famous places. For example, Olvera street, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Venica beach, and so on.
The other chapters are all interesting, so please check out this book if you get the chance. Thank you.
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Biff wanted to help Mum, so she picked up apples. The apples are bad. She put them in the box. Then a man with a horse and cart came down the street. "It's Harry Smith," said Chip. Everyone liked Harry Smith. He made people laugh. He sold things from his cart. Biff and Chip gave Harry's horse some apples. The horse ate the box of apples. Biff told Harry Smith about the horse. He laughed, and said "I didn't know she liked rotten apples." The children wanted a ride. They climbed on the cart.The horse began to run, and couldn't stop. It ran into a car park. The horse began to sway. It made a funny noise. "The rotten apples made the horse drunk," Harry said. Biff was sorry. But he didn't mind. People came to see the horse, they bought things from the cart. Harry sold everything. He gave the children a present.
A wood-cutter has two children. Their names are Hansel and Gretel. The family is poor and hungry. The children have a mean stepmother. She has a plan. She wants to leave the children in the forest. The family goes into the forest. Hansel drops pieces of bread. Their parents leave the children. Hansel and Gretel cannot find the pieces of bread, because birds come and eat the bread. Then they finds a house which is made of sweets. There is a witch in this house. She wants to eat children. But Gretel pushes her in the oven, the witch dies. Gretel saves Hansel. They walk for a long time. They see their house. Their father is very happy, and stepmother is gone. They are all very happy.