Exercise 4. Look through the text and answer the question: Do you know why the White House is white? The story I was told is that in 1812 when England was at war with America, the British captured the city, and some of the buildings, including the Capitol and the house of the President, were set on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the brown stone walls of the President’s home were painted white — and it has been the “White House” ever since.

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The White House is white because its brown stone walls were painted white in 1814 to hide the marks left by the fire set by the British during the war with America.

Белый дом белый потому, что в 1814 году его коричневые каменные стены покрасили в белый цвет, чтобы скрыть следы пожара, устроенного британцами во время войны с Америкой.