British literature
Great Britain gave the world a lot of talented people. Many famous writers and poets were born and lived in Great Britain. One of the best known English playwrights was William Shakespeare. He draw ideas for his tragedies and comedies from the history of England and ancient Rome. Many experts consider Shakespeare the greatest writer and the greatest playwright in English language. William Shakespeare wrote 37plays which may divided into: comedies (such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”), tragedies (such as “Hamlet”, “Othello”, “King Lear”, “Macbeth”) and historical plays (such as “Richard II”, “Henry V”, “Julius Caesar”, “Antony and Cleopatra”).Robert Burns represents the generation of Romantic writers. In his poems he described with love and understanding the simple life he knew. Among his well-known poems are “Halloween”, “the Jolly Beggars”, “To a Mouse”.Lord George Gordon Byron. His free-spirited life style combined with his rare poetic gift makes him one of the most famous figures of the Romantic Era. His famous works such as “Stanzas to Augusta”, “The prisoner of Chillon”, “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, “Manfred” draw readers into the passion, humour and conviction of a poet whose life and work truly embodied the Romantic spirit.Sir Walter Scott wrote the first examples of a historical novel.Lewis Carroll became famous when he published “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.Questions:
1. Who is the best known English playwright?
2. What are the most famous plays by Shakespeare?
3. What does the most famous plays by Shakespeare?
4. What makes George Byron famous?
5. What are the best known works by Byron?
6. Who wrote historical novels?
7. What brought popularity to Lewis Carroll?
2) We (are/were) happy to see John.
3) Mary always (does) a lot of mistakes in her tests.
4) Jack (is) very talented, he ( writes) very interesting stories.
1) Я играл на гитаре, когда я был ребенком.
2) Мы (были) рады видеть Джона.
3 Мария всегда делает много ошибок в тестах.
4) Джек очень талантлив, он пишет очень интересные истории.
1) He goes to… school every day.
2) I like tea with… lemon.
3) My mother gets up… early in the… morning.
4) They met the delegation at… the station.
As long as I can remember myself I was always keen on tennis. I love this sport with its old noble traditions, though myself never dreamed of becoming anything more than an amateur.
I watch closely all tennis competitions and championships. There are a lot of them, but my favourite championship is Wimbledon because old tennis traditions remains there as they are. Some of the most well-known Wimbledon champions are: John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles. My dream is to get a chance to watch at least one of them playing.
And meantime I play tennis with my friends. It is also a great opportunity to socialize with people who have similar interest (as any sport I suppose).
Перевод
Нам всем нужны тренировки. Это так же верно для молодежи, как и для старших. Даже если вы не собираетесь выбирать спорт в качестве профессии. Это мое мнение, и оно мне кажется правильным.
Сколько я себя помню, мне всегда ужасно нравился теннис. Я люблю этот спорт с его старыми благородными традициями, хотя я никогда не мечтала быть чем-то больше любителя.
Я внимательно слежу за соревнованиями и чемпионатами по теннису. Их существует очень много, но мой любимый — Уимблдон, потому что в нем старые теннисные традиции сохраняются такими, какими были. Некоторые из самых известных победителей Уимблдона: Джон Маккенрой, Борис Беккер, Штеффи Граф, Моника Селеш. Моя мечта — увидеть хотя бы одного из них.