Answer the questions. 1 What was Rip Van Winkle's job? 2 What are the Catskills? 3 Who else lived with Rip? 4 What was the name of Rip's dog? 5 Why did Rip's wife call her husband lazy? 6 Where did Rip meet the strange old man? 7 What was the man carrying? 8 What was the noise that sounded like thunder? 9 What was strange about the old men Rip saw in the Catskills? 10 Who did the men at the inn think Rip was at first when he returned?

Ответ:1. Rip Van Winkle's job was a farmer, but he was not very industrious, and his farm was often neglected.

2. The Catskills, also known as the Catskill Mountains, are a mountain range located in southeastern New York in the United States.

3. Rip lived with his wife, Dame Van Winkle, and their children.

4. The name of Rip's dog was Wolf.

5. Rip's wife called him lazy because he was not diligent in his work, often avoiding his responsibilities to go into the mountains and socialize with others.

6. Rip met the strange old man in the Kaatskill Mountains while he was wandering there.

7. The man was carrying a keg (barrel) on his back, and it turned out to be a keg of liquor.

8. The noise that sounded like thunder was actually the sound of Henry Hudson's men playing a game of ninepins (a form of bowling) in the mountains.

9. What was strange about the old men Rip saw in the Catskills was that they were oddly dressed, and their appearance seemed to belong to a different time. They also behaved mysteriously.

10. When Rip returned to the village after his long sleep, the men at the inn initially mistook him for a stranger because of his disheveled appearance and unfamiliar clothing.

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