ТЕКСТ 4
Ever since it was the musical theme in the film “The Sting”, there are few people who have not tapped their feet to the bit piano tune, 'The Entertainer” - the most famous composition of the American musician, Scott Joplin.
Scott was born in Texas in 1868, in a poor but musical black family, his father, who was a freed slave, played the violin, and his mother played the banjo and sang. Scott played the violin and bugle but his favourite instrument was his neighbour's piano. His father worked extra hours to buy him an old grand piano, and soon Scott was playing by ear negro tunes, blues, and spirituals. Music flowed naturally from his fingers, and he quickly became the talk of the town.
Scott didn’t learn to read music until he was 11, when an old German music teacher spotted his talent and gave him free, formal piano lessons. He learned to play the works of such composers as Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as his improvised music. Thus when he started to write music, his tunes were a wonderful mixture of classical European and African beat. This unique style was known as Ragtime, and was played everywhere in the USA in the early 1900s by both black and white musicians.
In 1882, when Scott was 14, his mother died and he left home to seek his fortune in St. Louis. In the 1880s, St. Louis was noisy and bustling with life. The waterfront of the Mississippi River was full of gangsters, gamblers, and sailors. The sound of music was everywhere - black, white and mixed. The hot steamy nights were filled with blues, working songs, banjos, and honky tonk pianos. Scott was soon playing Ragtime piano in cheap bars on the waterfront. This was a rough, tough area of the city where arguments over girls, whisky, and money were settled with fists and guns. Scott grew up very fast and his musical talent continued to develop. All in all, he wrote about 50 piano rags.
Scott Joplin died in 1917. Today he is the undisputed King of Ragtime, thanks to his natural ability, his unusual musical education, and the popularity of the film, The Sting.
ЗАДАНИЕ 1
The American musician, Scott Joplin became the talk of Texas because ...
1) music flowed naturally from his fingers
2) a music teacher spotted Scott's talent
3) he was very famous there
4) his musical talent continued to develop
ЗАДАНИЕ 2
Прочитайте текст еще раз и установите правильную последовательность событий.
1) A music teacher spotted Scott’s talent and gave him piano lessons.
2) The American musician, Scott Joplin wrote about 50 piano rags.
3) Scott’s father bought him an old grand piano.
4) Scott started playing Ragtime piano in cheap bars on the waterfront of the Mississippi River.
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three onions (3 луковицы);
three turnips (3 репы);
one carrot (одна морковь);
four potatoes (четыре картофелины);
100 g butter (100 грамм сливочного масла);
150 g ham (150 грамм ветчины);
a bunch of parsley (один пучок петрушки);
a spoonful of flour (1 ложка муки);
2 litres of broth (2 литра бульона);
0.5 litre of boiling milk (0.5 литра кипяченого молока);
a pinch of salt and sugar (щепотка соли и сахара).
Preparation (Приготовление):First peel and cut into very small pieces three onions, three turnips, one carrot and four potatoes. (Сначала очистите и порежьте кубиками лук, репу, морковь и картофель).
Next put them into a pan with 100 g of butter, 150 g of ham and a bunch of parsley. (На сливочном масле обжариваете лук, репу, картофель и ветчину).
Pass them ten minutes over a sharp fire, then add a spoonful of flour and mix well. (Тушите 10 минут на среднем огне, добавляете ложку муки и все тщательно перемешиваете).
After that add 2 litres of broth and 0.5 litre of boiling milk; boil up; keeping it stirred; skim it. ( В мясной бульон добавляете молоко, варите, периодически помешивая и снимая пенку).
Then add a litlle salt and sugar and run it trough a sieve into another pan. (Затем добавляете немного сахара и соли и пропускаете через сито в другую кастрюлю).
Finally boil again. (В конце смешиваете все ингредиенты и доводите до кипения). Serve with fried bread and parsley (Суп подается с гренками и петрушкой).