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CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT I. PRE-READING A. Background information Reenactment is a popular hobby all over the United States. In a reenactment, people dress in costumes from a particular time period and act out a historical event, often a battle. The Civil War (1861–1865) is the most popular era, but there are also many reenactments of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), when the American colonies broke free of British rule. This newspaper article is about a reenactment that takes place every year in South Carolina. B. Words to know before you read Match the words to their definitions. _____ 1. musket a. a guard _____ 2. backcountry b. a long gun that shot lead balls _____ 3. militia c. a ight _____ 4. trounce d. an army of regular citizens (not trained soldiers) _____ 5. battle e. an area far from the city _____ 6. skirmish f. defeat _____ 7. sentry g. a small battle C. Reading strategy Scan this story for names and numbers. Then answer the questions. 1. Where did the event take place? ___________ 2. What day? ___________ 3. What time? ___________ 68 | Better Reading English II. READ Read the text. Mark the words you don’t know, but don’t stop reading to look them up. Battle of Huck’s Defeat hasn’t lost authenticity Annual Brattonsville reenactment is riveting for spectators by Kathy Haight khaight@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2011 The sound of musket ire in a York County ield Saturday took visitors back to 1780—when the tide of the American Revolution began turning toward the Patriots. At the Brattonsville historic site, 18 men dressed as a backcountry militia trounced the Redcoats in the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Huck’s Defeat. “The British thought they had won the war when they captured Charleston,” said historian Michael Scoggins of York County’s Culture & Heritage Museums. “It was here in the backcountry that they found out different.” The skirmish was part of a weekend of events at Historic Brattonsville, a collection of homes, farm buildings and gardens about 35 miles southwest of Charlotte. The re-enactment of another battle is scheduled for 2 p.m. today. As Saturday’s action got under way, shots rang out from the woods near a house surrounded by British soldiers. A sentry in a red wool vest and canvas leggings fell dead in a ield near the house, while several hundred visitors wearing shorts and T-shirts looked on. Soon the ield was full of 18th-century smoke and muskets being recorded digitally by 21st-century cameras. “It feels like I’m going back in time,” said Dennis Marcone, 46, of Charlotte, who got hooked on history because that’s the subject his father taught. He likes watching re-enactments because they immerse him in the past as if he was really there. Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/07/10/2442705/battle-of-hucks- defeat-hasnt-lost.html#ixzz1SZPZUMBK III. COMPREHENSION CHECK Write the answer to the questions. 1. What is the name of the battle? 2. What is Historic Brattonsville? 3. How many men were dressed as American militia? The Early United States | 69 4. What was the British guard wearing? 5. What does “immerse him in the past” mean? IV. VOCABULARY BUILDING A. Idioms and two-word verbs Read the expressions and their definitions. Then answer the following Download 481.16 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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