The famous people of great britain

In the history of Great Britain there are a lot of famous names. The name of James Aldridge is one of them. He is a well-known English writer and public figure: James Aldridge is the son of a journalist. He was born in 1918 in Australia. When he was seventeen he became a journalist. He went to Great Britain and worked for a newspaper there.

During the Second World War he took an active part in the struggle against fascism. He was a war correspondent in many parts of the world.

In 1944 he came to our country. James Aidridge was with the Soviet Army in Berlin in May 1945, and he wrote articles about what he saw in the fascist concentration camps.

But James Aldridge is not only, a journalist, he is also a writer. He has written many novels and short stories. For his novel "The Diplomat" he was awarded the golden medal of the World Peace Council in 1953.

Michael Faraday was born in London in a poor family. When he was 14 he got some work in a bookseller's shop. There he read much. Later he became an assistant in a laboratory of one of the great scientists. Soon M. Faraday became interested in electricity and understood that electricity could be made by a machine. This was the beginning of all great machines that make our electricity today.

2. Ответьте на вопросы:

Is James Aldridge a well-known English writer?

When did he become a journalist?

Did he take an active part in the struggle against fascism?

Is James Aldridge a journalist or a writer?

What was Michael Faraday?

3.Составьте вопросы четырех типов к каждому предложению:

a) She invited a lot of guests for her party.

b) He was doing his homework when his friend rang up.

c) We shall send her a telegram tomorrow.

d) They like to read books.

e) It is raining and we can’t go for a walk.

4. Образуйте множественное число существительных:

bag tie lady test day man army match cage foot

5. Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степени прилагательных:

A red apple a large square an easy question dear friends
a bad joke dry leaves a brave man a strong foot

6. Выберете и вставьте глагол в нужном времени:

She (did, was doing) her apartment the whole day on Saturday.

The cat (drinks, drank) all the milk which I (gave, have given) it.

They (will reach, will have reached) the station by 6 o’clock.

We (spend, spent) two weeks in Great Britain

ВАРИАНТ № 9

1. Переведите текст на русский язык.

MICHAEL LERMONTOV

Born in Moscow in a noble family, the poet spent his youth at Tarkhany, his grandmother's estate in the province of Penza. In 1830 Lermontov entered Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it in 1834 and was given a commission in the Hussar Regiment of the Emperial Guard.

In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem on Pushkin's death in which Lermontov put the blame for it on the ruling circles of Russia under Nicolus I. In 1841 Lermontov was sent into exile to the Caucasus for the second time. As a result of intrigues by the officers he was provoked into a personal quarrel with an old schoolfellow, which led to the duel. On July 15, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not twenty seven.

Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published in 1835 was his tale verse Hadji Abrek. But Lermontov became famous for his poem on the death of Pushkin. Whether Lermontov chose to write poetry, prose or drama, the stamp of his genius was always to be found on it.

Lermontov's poems "The Demon", "Mtsyri" and the "Lay of the Merchant Kalashnikov", his innumerable lyrics, his novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature. Lermontov was tremendously influenced in his writings by the ideas of the Decembrists. Lermontov's poems are the profession of faith of an independent and free man.

As a poet and a thinker Lermontov exerted an immense influence on all the literature that followed.

2. Ответьте на вопросы:

a. Lermontov spent his youth at Tarkhany, didn’t he?

b. What family did Lermontov come from?

c. Where did he study?

d. Why was Lermontov sent into to the Caucasus?

e. What are Lermontov's masterpieces?

3. Составьте четырех типов вопросы к каждому предложению:

a. The postman brings us newspapers in the morning.

b. He came home at 5 o’clock.

c. They will not see him till Sunday.

d. She goes to the theater every month.

e. We lived in Tula before.

4. Образуйте множественное число существительных:

foot carpet corner toy dish pocket pupil lorry wife car mouse

5. Поставьте прилагательные в сравнительную и превосходную степени:

blue eyes a large room a short skirt a red blouse fat meat a nice girl a thin boy a dirty street

6. Выберете и вставьте глагол в нужном времени:

There (was, were) three men in the hall.

He (tells, told) me that he (received, had received) a telegram from her.

Lena (sat, was sitting) in the armchair (knitted, was knitting) a scarf.

He (sees, will see) Ann when he (came, comes) to her.

ВАРИАНТ № 10

1. Переведите текст на русский язык:

CHARLES DICKENS

One of the favourite writers is Charles Dickens. He was bom near Portsmouth on February 7, 1812. He was the second of eight children. His father was a clerk.

In 1823 facing financial ruin, the family moved to London, where Charles began to work in a blacking warehouse for six shillings a week. At that time his father was arrested for debt. After three months in prison John Dickens was released by having himself declared an Insolvent Debtor. Charles was sent to school at the age of twelve, where he did well, and at the age of fifteen began work in the office of a legal firm.

After learning short hand he became a freelance reporter. His career was prospering with his reporting of debates in the House of Commons for the "Morning Chronicle". Charles Dickens wrote a lot of novels: "The Pickwick Papers", "Oliver Twist", "Nickolas Nickleby” and many others. Charles Dickens wrote about ordinary people, whose life he knew very well. Dickens worked very hard. His health began to fail in mid-1860s. He suffered a stroke at his home at Gad's Hill, near Rochester, Kent on June 1870 and died the next day.

2. Ответьте на вопросы:

a. Charles Dickens was the second of eight children in his family, wasn’t he?

b. Did Charles begin to work in a blacking warehouse for six or ten shillings a week?

c. What happened to Dickens’ father?

d. Did Charles do well at school?

e. Was his career prospering with his reporting of debates in the House of Commons for the "Morning Chronicle"?

3. Составьте вопросы четырех типов к каждому предложению:

a. He went to the South last summer.

b. She is working in the library.

c. These boys like reading travel stories.

d. You will have a test tomorrow.

e. Ann will be preparing her home task at 4 o’clock.