Q: CHAPTER VIII

IN THE SWAMP

"There she is!"

"She seems to be all right!"

"Shall we go on board?"

Such were the cries from the Rovers and their friends as they came in sight of the _Dora_. The view of the houseboat filled them all with pleasure.

"Wait!" said Harold Bird. "Don't show yourselves!"

Dick at least understood and held the others back.

"Keep out of sight--we want to investigate first," he said, in a low tone. "There is no use in our running our heads into the lion's mouth."

"Mine cracious, vos der a lion aroundt here?" demanded Hans, turning pale.

"Maybe you'll find a lion if you don't keep quiet," answered Sam, with a snicker.

After that but little was said. Gradually they drew so close that they could see from one end of the _Dora_ to the other. Not a person was in sight.

"Really does look as if the craft was deserted," was Harold Bird's comment. "Perhaps they got scared when they saw what a crowd was following them."

"I move two of us go on board and the rest stay here," said Tom. "Then, if there is trouble, the crowd to stay behind can come to the rescue."

"That's a good scheme," answered his elder brother. "Supposing Sam and I go? You can lead the rescuing party, if it becomes necessary."

This was also agreed to, and a minute later Dick and Sam, with their pistols in hand, crawled from the bushes and made for the side of the houseboat. A gangplank was out and they saw the footprints of several men and also two horses.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who are they looking for?
2. Who thinks they should stay hidden?
3. What does Dick say they should do first?
4. Is there anyone on the boat?
5. Why does Bird think the people left?
6. How did they feel when they first saw the boat?
7. What does Hans think might actually be close?
8. Can they see the whole boat?
9. How many are going on the boat?
10. who's idea is that?
11. What might they run into?
12. Who will help in case of trouble?
13. Who agrees with Tom?
14. Does everyone agree?
15. Who goes to the boat?
16. Who suggested which two would go?
17. Who does he think should lead the crowd/
18. Do they take anything to the boat?
19. Do they notice anyone?
20. Who?
A: 1. Dora
2. Harold Bird
3. investigate
4. no
5. they got scared
6. good
7. a lion
8. yes
9. two
10. Tom's
11. trouble
12. the crowd that stayed behind
13. his elder brother.
14. yes
15. Dick and Sam
16. Dick
17. Tom
18. pistols
19. yes
20. several men
Q: Is there anything the latest cell phone can't do? It can record movies, surf the net, and download the newest MP3 songs, but don't let those fancy features fool you.

After all, chances are that phones have a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. GPS lets phone companies determine the location of your phone at all times. If you are hurt and call 911, rescuers can find you by using your phone's GPS.

But emergency officials aren't the only people interested in knowing where you are. Several new companies are using cell phones with GPS to monitor teen drivers for _ parents.

The programs vary, but most of them allow parents to use the Internet to monitor their kids' locations, driving habits and speed. Some programs even let parents set speed and location limits so that they are alerted if their kids drive too fast or go beyond a predetermined boundary.

Supporters of monitoring say that the programs also help if a teen is kidnapped or lost. Andrea Gutierrez uses a driving program to help her daughter get home. "I give her directions by looking at an online map, which shows me where she is".

Jean Nichols, 17, says that parents are forgetting one very important thing: trust. "I don't like the idea of someone using a device that keeps tabs on me."

Others say the information could be misused. "If everyone can find out exactly where your 17-year-old girl is at all times, it will present a potentially dangerous problem," Hohn Lawford told the Ottawa Citizen.

Alana Watenpuhl, 19, says that teens can easily outsmart the programs. "Teens can always leave their cell phones somewhere and then go out with their friends. It's not likely that the chips are attached to their bodies," she told reporters. "But who knows?" she added. "That might be what's coming next."

Answer the following questions:
1. What do programs use to see where people are?
2. What does that stand for?
3. Where can you find this?
4. Are parents using this now?
5. For what?
6. Is Andrea Gutierrez a mother?
7. What does she help her daughter do?
8. How does she locate her?
9. What does Alana Watenpuhl think of the programs?
10. By who?
11. would this be hard for them?
12. What's one simple thing they can do?
13. When?
14. What does she wonder might be next?
15. Is Jean Nichols fond of the programs?
16. What does he think is being violated?
17. How old is he?
18. What kind of restrictions can be set on kids by their parents?
19. What kind of speed would cause an alert to be sent?
20. What kind of boundaries can be broken?
A: 1. GPS
2. Global Positioning System
3. cell phones
4. yes
5. tmonitor kid's location and driving habits
6. yrs
7. get home
8. an online map
9. they can be outsmarted
10. teens
11. no
12. leave their phones somewhere
13. when they go out
14. Imicrochips on their bodies
15. no
16. trust
17. 17
18. speed and location
19. high speed
20. location
Q: Angola , officially the Republic of Angola ( ; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Umbundu: "Repubilika ya Ngola"), is a country in Southern Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa and is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to west. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Although its territory has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Era, what is now the modern country of Angola was influenced by Portuguese colonisation, which began with, and was for centuries limited to, coastal settlements and trading posts established beginning in the 16th century. In the 19th century, European settlers slowly and hesitantly began to establish themselves in the interior. As a Portuguese colony, Angola did not encompass its present borders until the early 20th century, following resistance by groups such as the Cuamato, the Kwanyama and the Mbunda. Independence was achieved in 1975 under a Marxist-Leninist one party state, backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba after a protracted anti-colonial struggle. However, the country soon descended into an even lengthier civil war that lasted until 2002. It has since become a relatively stable unitary presidential republic.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the 7th largest African country?
2. what is the official name?
3. what's another name?
4. does it go by anything else?
5. what?
6. what else?
7. is that all?
8. what else?
9. is it in Northern Africa?
10. who does it share its southern border with?
11. what about the western border?
12. what border does it share with Zambia?
13. and to the North?
14. which city is the biggest?
15. which one shares a border with Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic?
16. which is the capital?
17. which is the capital?
18. what was the country influenced by?
A:
1. Angola
2. the Republic of Angola
3. Kikongo
4. yes
5. , Kimbundu
6. Umbundu
7. no
8. Repubilika ya Ngola
9. no
10. Namibia
11. the Atlantic Ocean
12. the east
13. Congo
14. Luanda
15. Cabinda
16. Luanda
17. Luanda
18. Portuguese colonisation