Exersice 2 ( ). What is the literary genre of the following stories? Adventure, mystery, science fiction, biography, drama, fairy tale, history, humorous story, legend, comedy. A well-known superstition says that if the ravens who live in the Tower of London fly away, the crown will fall, and even England itself. Since the 19th century there have been some captive ravens at the tower. Mom: What did you do at school today? Sam: We played a guessing game. Mom: But I thought you were having a math exam. Sam: That’s right! 3.One year ago I went on a holiday with my aunt and uncle. My aunt doesn’t like camping, so we had to promise that if we went camping this year, we could stay in a hotel the next one. While my uncle was setting up a tent, my aunt and I went walking. The wind became stronger and stronger, but suddenly we saw three deer drinking water from a crystal clear pond. That was amazing! John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. He was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. The “Titanic” movie tells the dramatic story of the ship with Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet as the main actors. Young Jack and Rose, being so different, fall in love, but the ship sinks and the passengers die. This book is about the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, and the possibility that the heir to his fortune might have been murdered. Before the novel begins, Sir Charles Baskerville had died suddenly, perhaps the victim of a ghostly hound believed to haunt his family because of an age-old curse. Two boys find a newspaper advertisement looking for a homebuilt spaceship. They quickly build one out of tin and scrap wood, and bring it to the advertiser. He makes a few modifications, gives them special fuel, and tells them they must visit the mushroom planet, an undiscovered, invisible moon of Earth’s. A shoemaker and his wife have m
I think the best place to begin literary exploration is St. Petersburg. It is the place where the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin lived. He was a poet who wrote many poems which is known all over the world. One of his famous is "Yevgeni Onegin".
Many of his fist poems were set in Tzarskoe Selo, the place where young Pushkin studied. He died in 1837.
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In many places of St. Petersburg you can follow his story.
III. Знамеитые британские писатели
1. Что вы знаете?
Каких британских писателей и поэтов вы знаете?
The great British writers and pots are Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Lewis Carroll, Thackeray, Burns, Byron.
3. Вот еще несколько имен хорошо известных британских пи сателей.
1) Вы знаете, кто есть кто?
Somerset W. Maugham is the best-loved short story writer.
Alexander Pope is a well-known poet
Percy Bysshe Shelly is a favourite English poet.
Robert Louis Stevenson is the most famous English novelist.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a remarkable playwriter.
Lewis Carroll is an outstanding children's writer.
Roald Dahl is a modern children's writer.
Abraham Stoker is a well-known fantasy writer.
William Makepeace Thackeray is a notable English novelist.
Peter Benchley Whitby is a modern screenwriter.