2. It is an extract from the novel Martin Eden written by Jack London.
1. I have learned that Martin Eden was a writer, he wrote a lot of works but publishers sent his manuscripts back.
2. He was very poor.
3. One morning the postman brought him an envelope.
4. There was no manuscript.
5. In the letter the editor of a magazine said that the story was good and they would pay the author five dollars.
6. It was very little for five thousand words.
7. Martin waited for about a month and then went to the editor to get his 5 dollars.
8. Its interesting to know how this story will finish.
Questions:
1. Who is the author of this text?
2. Did Martin Eden return to San Francisco?
3. Was Martin Eden rich or poor?
4. What is the title of Martins story?
5. After a few weeks the story was published, but the check didnt` arrive, wasnt it?
2. You were asked to write an essay about a famous writer from the English-speaking country. Talk about the most interesting periods of his life; inform about the place of this writer in the world literature.Give short information about his most famous works.
Charles Dickens
1. Charles Dickens is one of the greatest novelist in the English language.
2. He wrote about the real world of Victorian England and many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people.
3. His family lived in London.
4. His father was a clerk.
5. There were eight children in the family, so life was hard.
6. Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever.
7. When he was eleven his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too.
8. Charles went to work in a factory, where he washed bottles.
9. He worked ten hours a day and earned 6 shillings a week.
10. He wrote about it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
11. When he was sixteen, he started work for a newspaper.
12. He was one of the Morning Chronicles best journalists.
13. At that time he began to write novels.
14. Charles Dickens wrote about ordinary people, whose life he knew very well.
15. Dickens had ten children, but he didnt have a happy family life, his wife left him.
16. He never stopped writing and travelling, and he died in 1870.
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FLIGHT
For many centuries people watched birds and dreamed that they could fly. We cannot fly like birds: we don`t have enough strength in our arms to move wings up and down. We also really need the power of an engine to drive up forward. Many people died learning these lessons, before controlled flight became possible.
The first flying machine which could carry a human being was built in Spain in 875. Reports tell us that the inventor flew some distance, but the landing was hard: the man hurt his back badly and was never able to fly again.
It was possible that the news of his flight reached England, carried there by men returning from war in the Middle East. Whether this is true or not, in 1010 a man called Oliver jumped off a church roof in Mulmesbury. This time we know the distance of his flight - 125 steps.
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In the last years of the 15th century, the Italian Leonardo da Vinci studied the flight of birds and made a number of drawings of flying machines. His early machines tried to copy the movement of birds` wings, which he didnt fully understand. But less than 10 years before his death in 1519, he drew a machine with wings that didnt move. One of the machines was built and it did fly.
In 1536 inFrance, Denis Bolor returned to the idea of moving wings. He tried to fly using wings that were moved up and down. The idea didnt work and he fell to his death.
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1. The title of the text is FLIGHT.
2. It is taken from the Inventions That Changed the World.
3. It is a scientific article.
4. This text is about invention of flying machines.
5. For many centuries people watched birds and dreamed to fly.
6. We don`t have enough strength in our arms to fly.
7. The first flying machine carried a man was built in Spain in 875.
8. Leonardo da Vinci studied the flight of birds and made a lot of drawings of flying machines.
9. One of the machines was built and it did fly.
10. In 1536 in France, Denis Bolor tried to fly using wings that were moved up and down but the idea didnt` t work and he fell to his death.
11. I think this text is interesting.
Questions:
1. Who jumped off a church roof in Mulmesbury?
2. Did a lot of people dream to fly?
3. When did Leonardo da Vinci draw a machine with wings that didnt move?
4. Denis Bolor returned to the idea of moving wings, didnt he?
5. Was the first flying machine which carried a man built in Spain or in England?
2. You were asked to prepare a report about the system of education of any English-speaking country; what the age of schooling is;what types of schools there are;what subjects are taught there;what exams the pupils take.
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