Vocabulary:

1. To enlighten- просвещать- ағарту, білім беру

2. brightness- яркость, блеск- ақылдылық

3. a nickname- прозвище, кличка- жалған есім

4. to enable- давать возможность- мүмкіншілік беру

5. to encounter- встречаться, сталкиваться- соқтығысу, кездесу

6. a heritage- наследство, наследие- мұра

7. a patrimony- отцовское наследие- атадан мұра болып қалған жер

8. contribution- вклад- көмек, жәрдем

9. an echo- эхо- жаңғырық

10. an exposure- выставка, экспозиция- көрме, ашу

11. to steep- погружаться, погрузиться- ойға салыну

12. an inspiration- вдохновение-шабыт

13. spiritual- духовный, религиозный- рухани, діни

14. a predecessor- предшественник- негізін салушы

15. to depict- изображать- бейнелеу

Exercise 1. Fill in the blank with the following words:

( rich, expresses, born, nickname, was, movement, enter, economic changes)

1. Abay was … on what is today the city of Karaul, in Abay District, East Kazakhstan Province.

2. His parents named him Ibrahim, but because of his brightness, he soon was given the … "Abay" (meaning "careful").

3. The heritage he left his nation is … in songs and poems, translations and prose.

4. Abay's main contribution to Kazakh culture and folklore lies in his poetry, which … great nationalism and grew out of Kazakh folk culture.

5. During Abay's lifetime, however, a number of important socio-political and socio-economic changes occurred.

6. The leaders of the Alash Orda … saw him as their inspiration and spiritual predecessor.

7. Kazakhs revere Abay as one of the first folk heroes to … into the national consciousness of his people.

8. Among Abay's students … his nephew, a historian, philosopher, and poet Shakarim Qudayberdiuli.

Exercise 2. True or false. Correct the false sentences.

1. Abay (Ibrahim) Qunanbayuli was born in 1846 and died in 1907.

2. Abay was born on what is today the city of Karaul, in Abay District, South Kazakhstan Province.

3. He translated the works of Schiller, Goethe, and Byron into Kazakh language.

4. Contemporary Kazakh images of Abay generally depict him in full traditional dress holding a kobyz (the Kazakh national instrument).

5. Abay (Ibrahim) Qunanbayuli was a great Kazakh writer, composer and philosopher.

6. Before him, most Kazakh poetry was oral, echoing the nomadic habits of the people of the Kazakh steppes.

7. Statues of him have been erected in many cities of Kazakhstan, as well as in Moscow.

Exercise 3. Find the synonyms for the following words:

brightness, a heritage, city, study, important, possibility, different, contemporary, the rest, a consciousness.

Exercise 4. Find the antonyms for the following words:

to give, careful, to attend, oral, important, possibility, traditional, main, many, known.

Exercise 5. Match the two parts of the sentences:

1. Abay (Ibrahim) Qunanbayuli (August 10, 1845 - July 6, 1904)

2. His translations of the poetry written by Russian writers and poets

3. Abay's main contribution to Kazakh culture and folklore lies in his poetry

4. Abay Qunanbayuli steeped himself in the cultural

5. Kazakhs revere Abay as one of the first folk heroes

6. Almaty State University is named after Abay, so is one of the main avenues in the city of Almaty.

7. The leaders of the Alash Orda movement saw him

8. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures

1. is one of the main avenues in the city of Almaty.

2. was a great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher.

3. which expresses great nationalism and grew out of Kazakh folk culture.

4. as their inspiration and spiritual predecessor.

5. such as Pushkin, Lermontov, and Krylov became the national patrimony of Kazakhstan.

6. on the basis of enlightened Islam.

7. and philosophical history of these newly-opened geographies.

8. to enter into the national consciousness of his people.

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions:

1. Who was Abay Qunanbayuli?

2. When and where Abay Qunanbayuli born?

3. Why was he given the nickname “ Abay”

4. What school did he attend in his youth?

5. Whose writings did he encounter in Semipalatinsk?

6. Whose works did Abay Qunanbayuli translate into Kazakh?

7. Who saw him as their inspiration and spiritual predecessor?

8. Do Kazakhs revere Abay as one of the first folk heroes to enter into the national consciousness of his people?

9. Who was Shakarim Qudayberdiuli to Abay?

10. What film was made by Kazakhfilm in 1995?