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Перевидите текст без переводчика пожалуйсата Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the USA. Like George Washington, he takes a special place in the list of American Presidents. Abe grew up in the Middle West. his first home was a small, one-room house in the woods. His family were pioneers who helped to fight Indians and push the borders of the United States farther west. The family lived in poverty. His parents moved from Kentucky to Indiana when Abe was 7, and this was his home for 14 years. Thomas Lincoln, Abes father, hoped to make a better living there. Soon the mother died. Abe and his sister were lonely until their father married again. Abes stepmother encouraged the boy to study. Although he had little chance to go to school, he liked to read. He taught himself by reading the books he could get, such as the Bible, Aesops "Fables" and "Robinson Crusoe". He often walked miles to borrow a book. Abe grew fast. He learned to do the hard work of the pioneer, such as cut trees, and take care of the crops. He usually won in tests of strength with other boys. Everyone liked him and everyone said he was a born story-teller. But no one could say that this shy young man with a quiet voice would become one of the greatest American presidents. When Abe Lincoln was twenty-one, the family moved to Illinois. From then on, Abe called Illinois his home. For a while he worked in a store. Later he joined the militia and fought in an Indian War. After the war he walked home with an educated young lawyer. This new friend gave advice Abe to study law. Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer and a politician. Many people brought their problems to him. They began to call him "honest Abe" and trusted him to do what was right and honest. He was also an excellent speaker. He was elected to the House of Representatives in US Congress. In 1861 he became 16th American President. In the same year the Civil War began, so Lincoln had to lead the country through the four terrible years of war. He wanted the northern and southern states to stay together and he hated slavery. In 1863 he signed the Emancipation Proclamation - the document that made all the slaves free. This was a great event in the history of the United States. In 1865 the North won the Civil War. Five days after the war ended, President Lincoln was shot in Fords Theatre, Washington.
Помогите перевести текст в косвенную речь на английском A merry group of friends was sitting on the terrace of a restaurant. The table was laid for four: two men and two women. The group of friends was eating fish and when dinner was finished one of the women said that very often diamonds and pearls were found inside fish. Everybody liked this topic, and they all remembered different stories about dinamonds and fish. An old man who was sitting in the corner of the terrace came up to the group of friends. He said that he had heard their conversation and wanted to tell them a real story about fish. Everybody agreed, so the old man continued: "When I was a young man, I worked for a large importing company in New York. At that time I was in love with a pretty girl, and she told me that she loved me too. About two months before we got married I had to go to England. I left my girlfriend in New York and promised to write to her. She said that shed wait for me. I had to stay in England longer than Id planned, but finally i was ready to go back to New York. Just before my trip home, I had bought a very expensive diamond ring. It was a present for my future wife. "On my way home to New York, I read in the morning paper that my girl was marrying another man. It made me so angry that I threw the ring into the sea." "A few days later when I was in a restaurant in New York, fish was served. While I was eating it, I felt something hard in my mouth. What do you think it was?" "The diamond ring!" cried the friends. "No," said the old gentleman, "it was a fish bone."
