МИНИСТЕРСТВО НА ОБРАЗОВАНИЕТО И НАУКАТА

REGIONAL OLYMPIAD IN ENGLISH – 2021

Group Three – 10th grade
ЛИСТ ЗА УЧИТЕЛЯ

Part One
DICTATION

I must depend on hearsay, / on old photographs, / on stories told, / and on memories / which
are hazy / and mixed with fable / in trying to tell you / about the Hamiltons. // They were not
eminent people, / and there are few records concerning them / except for the usual papers on
birth, / marriage, / land ownership, / and death. //
Young Samuel Hamilton / came from the north of Ireland / thirty years before / the turn of
the twentieth century. // He was the son of small farmers, / who had lived on one landhold /and
in one stone house / for many hundreds of years. // The Hamiltons managed to be / remarkably
well educated; / and, as is so often true / of every Irishman, / they boasted of having descended /
from the ancient kings of Ireland. //
Why Samuel left his ancestors’land / I do not know. // He was never a political man, / so it is
not likely / that a charge of rebellion / drove him out, / and he was conscientious and honest, /
which eliminates persecution by the police. // There was a whisper – / not even a rumor / but
rather a feeling – / it was love that made him flee / his native country, / and I always preferred to
think / it was a passionate / and successful love. //
He came to California / full of inventions and energy. // In the dusty business of ranching /
he seemed always spotlessly clean. // He was a good blacksmith / and carpenter, / and he could
improvise anything / with bits of wood and metal. // Men from all over the district / brought him
tools to mend. // Besides, / they loved to hear Samuel talk / of his experiences and adventures, /
of poetry and philosophy: / they called him a comical genius / and admired his fascinating
stories. // With his clever hands / and original ideas / Samuel should have been rich, / but he
never had any talent / for making money. // And so the Hamiltons stayed poor. //

(Adapted from East of Eden by John Steinbeck)

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Преди първия прочит на диктовката на дъската се изписват собствените имена:
Hamilton и Samuel. Прави се също уговорка, че числата се изписват с букви.
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