history of England tonight, Mr, Miller” ty, 2” the teacher. “It’s raining now, Your so much this afternoon, yes. Ii is tiring to walk about town on 0 it will be nice to have a quiet evening , let us start at the beginning, as far back as e must go back about 2,000 years, to 1esar, the Roman general, sailed to England man soldiers. At that time the country was \d the people living in it were called Britons was not named England until several Rome in Italy, where the Romans came red. many of the nations of Europe at that ar 54 B.c, (before Christ) they had got ind France. In that el between England ai ss the Channel to Britai in with an army‘The Thity-Sixth (36th) Chapter 1 soldiers to fight the Britons. An army of Britons, general Cassivelaunus, was waiting for them, and attle was fought near the river Thames between the ies. The Roman soldiers were far too good for the but some time after the battle the Romans returned wwn country, About a hundred years later, however, a nat of Britain was conquered by the Romans. for about 350 years, Rome continued to send soldiers itain, and it was not long before the Britons and their erors became quite good friends.” Allan: “They brought “new ideas to Britain, coo, didn't they?” Mr. Miller Yes, Britain, as you know, is an island, that is, a piece of land ssyater on all sides, and the Britons, therefore bad lived Feealone and had not learned all the new ehings which had from the East. Buc now the Romans taught them many ea things. (They made eocdicalls through the country, d buile bridges across the rivers: Bue at last the Romans untry, Rome itself was in dificul ere called back.” hh ties, and I had to leave the 6 Bonsequencly the soldiers Hefights, he fought, he has fought. island quite = very difficulty = hae svhich is dificult 207Allan: “And then the Britons Could enjoy aly i thea Adan Romans had brought them, without ee fog for as soon as the Romans had lg le the Britons began to have difficulties With the p tribes who lived in the north, These to bs ri een the enemies of the Britons, butas long as the there, the Picts and the Scots had lived in Peace low they would not let them Tive in peace “sent armies down to fight with the Britons ‘towns and took their children away from, yuld not fight them alone, because they ating while the Romans were in Britain, y for them.” Wood: “Couldn't they get t word to three tribes living in jem to come and help them fight re the Jutes, the Saxons, and degsst tribe, and from thet nglish’. The English liked c they stayed there att%, %y ‘The Thi |. (36th) Chaprer var wit the Picts and the Scots was over.” Allan: “] can well : estand that. I would like to stay a little | eile: “Me too! Well for the next 70 years Angles and onger myself” sons continued to come to England, as Britain is now called, fom the Continent. ‘They conquered the greater part of the country from the gatons, whom they had come to help, and the Welsh, as the faglsh called the Britons or Celts, had to go to the mountains in Wales to be able to live in peace, The tribes that came from the Continent had at first several kings, but in 825 Egbert teaame king of all England. While he was king, the Vikings fiom Norway and Denmark began to come to England. For 200 years the English and the Vikings were at war with each other, and the Vikings came nearly every summer in their long sips, They set fire to the towns of the English and sailed back With their ships full of the fine things they bad taken from them.” Brown: “Did the Vikings ever conquer England?" Mz. Miller: “Yes, they did, and from 1016 until 1042 there "ete even Danish kings in England. In 1066 the Normans Tho were Vikings that had conquered the north of France and a Wat = fighting continent Affica is a continent, Burope isa continent. the greater part (of only two parts); the greatest part (of more than two parts) a8 mountains the Continent = the European continent = all che countries ‘of Europe together, ‘except England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. ship = big boat lliam, i Fi “amned to speak French, conquered England, and Wil 209Chapter Thiryy-Six (36) eee the Spanish= the people living in Spain Anglo-Saxon = the Tanguage spoken by the Angle and the Saxons 210 who was now called the Conqueror, was made king was the last time that an army from the European cond conquered Britain. Many other countries have mad against England; Spain sent a large number of ships ag ‘her, but neither the Spanish nor any other nations have conquered her after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. “In our time we can see how the different conqud of Britain have left their impression on the country, of people and its language. In the north and cast of Bngl there are many towns with Danish and Norwegian names example, Derby and Grimsby, and the people use many Danish and Norwegian words. In the English language| find many words which the English have borrowed ftom Normans, and just as the language is a mixture of French 4 ‘Anglo-Saxon, the people, too, mixed with their conques ‘And the mixture is a good one, I think. But the Welsh, ¥ went to the mountains in the west, did not mix so m4 with the different conquerors of Britain. The enemies CO! not cross the mountains and, therefore, had to leave them peace, so thar today we find people in Wales who are 444 different from the usual English people. They are darker thyihe very much to sing and to play, and they all feel tha the ys seWels, not English. But for several hundred yeas the dy y ree peoples the Welsh, the Scotch, and the English, have lived ia peace with each other in Great Britain, I should explain, towever that the Scotch do not like to be called Scotch. ‘They themselves always use the word ‘Scots” Allan: “It has been very interesting to learn all this, and ihas given us a greater understanding of the country we are visiting, It was a good thing that we stayed at home tonight.” Words none /nan/ Britain /"brit@n/ fisory —/*his.{e-i, "his.tri! Cele /kelt/ tiring, Ptarc, ‘tare.rm! Pict /pikt! beginning fbr’ gin.an/ Scot _/skart, skot/ Roman /'rou.men, ‘rev.men/ Scorch fska:t, skot// Rome —_froum, raom/ tribe trarb/ general /'dgen.or.ol/ enemy /'en.o.mil/ soldier J'soul.dga-, ‘soul.dg*t/ peace pis! Mame (verb). /neum/ set (set tation f'nexfon/ fire ‘fan, ato’! the Channel / tfeen21/ fight /fatt/ Chest facraist/ fought /fact, ot! ng fx'fourkranst, br'fokrast/ fighting fang Arta! battle beet, 'beet.21/ northern /'no:1.5en, ‘no: 0") amy Pasta, a: mid Dae at que Awan Saxon sek sam Titly Péifotelsi, aifatelsiy Angle ren gl Hon bien, ‘briten/ Welsh /welll ith (86th) Chapter the Scots an