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There once was a lady of Gloucester [ glÅst´] Whose parents thought they had ….

From the fridge came a sound And at last she was …

But the problem was how to defrost1 her.

Factfile. A limerick is a piece of … poetry which consists of … The rhyming lines are …

Grammar focus: Relative pronouns

В1. There was an Old Man of the North. 2. He fell into a bowl of broth. = There was an Old Man of the North who fell into a bowl of broth.

Who, whose, whom – for people. Also: I don’t like books whose characters are aggressive.

Which – for objects and ideas.

1 defrost – разморозить

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in the world literature. First of all, we should remember the names of our outstanding national writers Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas, … created new Belarusian literature and … names are at the top of the list of Belarusian writers.

Children and teenagers will be attracted by adventure and science fiction stories by Yanka Maur, … were written quite a

long time ago, but … have not lost their attractiveness for the

reader. Do you remember his “Palesse Robinsons”1 or “In the

Bykov’s stories and novels, … we know as theлauthorаof war prose, are simply unforgettable. And the fables,«… were created by K. Krapiva, are as clever as those by Aesop [ i:s´p]. This list

country of the Paradise Bird”2? We enjoy the poems … were

written by Adam Mitskevich and Maxim Bogdanovich. Vasil

1b. Is it necessary to study classical literature at school? Do you enjoy reading it? Who is your favourite author?

2a. Who wrote these books? Look through the texts and decide which author you would like to read about.

1 «Палескія Рабінзоны» (1929); 2 «У краіне райскай птушкі»

(1926)

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2b. Choose a text (A–D) to read about the writer. Make notes to tell your classmates about him / her:

Help box. when he / she was born; where he / she lived; his / her family and education; when and where he / she started writing; his / her famous books; what impressed (впечатлило) you about the author.

moved to London shortly after his marriage [ mQrIdZ] to start acting career. By 1592 he became a leading playwright. He worked in the theatre troupe which was so popular, that King James I gave it the right to perform at his court [kç:t], and it became known as ‘The King’s Men’.

about Nothing”, and many others. His plays made it the most important theatre company in the country. He also wrote poems and sonnets.

In 1610 he returned to his native town of Stratford-upon- Avon. His life was much quieter there. He was very successful and rich in his time. He had a big house and owned1 a lot of land

1 owned [´Und] владел

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and he part-owned two theatres in London, where his plays were regularly performed.

However this historical figure is still surrounded by mystery. Some critics doubt1 whether he wrote the plays at all. They argue that for a literary genius [ dZi:ni´s] his education and life

Portsmouth [ pç:tsm´T] and finally in London. Business was

1 doubt [daUt] сомневаются; 2 a doctor of medicine – ученая степень «доктор медицинских наук»

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ing wrote her first story, “Rabbit”, at the age of five or six. Later, she tried her hand at writing novels, but she had never finished writing any novel before she wrote the Harry Potter books. It was during the difficult time when she came back to Britain with a baby daughter after her unsuccessful marriage

children and adults alike and won numerous awards2. The Harry

Potter series includes seven books – one book for every year that

Harry spends at Hogwarts. In 2000, the 35-year-old author be-

came the highest-earning woman in« Britain. She received an

Rowling’s books have been translated into more than 60 languages, and more than 300 million copies have been sold around the world. The first four books have been made into films, and all four are among the top twenty highest-grossing films of all time. In February 2004, Forbes magazine named her as the first person ever to become a billionaire[«bIlj´ ne´] from writing books.

награды

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Literature became his main occupation. His first published work was a poem which appeared in 1951, and was later followed by three collections of verse. V. Korotkevich also wrote a number of novels, including “The Dark Castle Olshansky” and “The Wild Hunt of King Stakh” (“Дзікае паляванне караля Стаха”, 1964), as well as plays, essays, articles, screenplays for films,

Korotkevich with the firstшpart of “The Ears of Rye under Thy Sickle” («Каласы пад сярпом тваiм»). It was absolutely fasci-

nating! When I openedйthe book it was difficult to close it. I lost

track of time and cameэback to reality only when I had finished the book. I was always looking forward to reading books by V.

Korotkevich. It’sшlike today’s children look forward to reading another Harry Potter book.”

Korotkevich has a lot to offer. His literary works are full of

2c. In groups of four exchange the information about the authors. Have you read any books by these authors?

3. Write 10 – 15 sentences about your favourite author.

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Lesson 5. An interview with an author

1. Read the factfiles and speak about the Belarusian dramatist.

Factfile

childhood? 2. was / favourite / your / subject / at school / What? 3. education / What’s / your? 4. begin / did / you / writing / How / plays? 5. your / What / are / writers / favourite? 6. are / What / music / preferences / your / in? 7. What /

2c. Listen and check. Whose predictions are the most correct ones?

2d. Listen again and take down notes to answer the questions.

2e. Answer the questions in groups of three. Compare with the rest of the class.

3. Act out the interview with A. Kureichik in pairs.

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