Read the story How We Kept Mother’s Day Stephen Leacock Choose the best answer to the questions Why did the family decide to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day? A. Mother had done much for a family for years. B. They wanted to have a celebration. C. They wanted to stay at home from
William Shakespeare, the World's Greatest Writer The name of William Shakespeare is known very well. He was one of the world's greatest writers. He was born in 1564 in Statford-on-Avon, a small English town. His parents did not guess that their son was going to be such an important figure in English poetry and drama
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Read the text and do the exercises. Taras Shevchenko (1814-61) is an outstanding Ukrainian poet, artist and thinker. His first collection of verse, Kobzar (1840), marked a new stage in the development of Ukrainian literature. His poems Kateryna, Haidamaky, drama Nazar Stodolya (1841 –43), collection of verse Three Summers (1843-45), also The Women Servant, Heretic
National Bard of Ukraine and noted artist Taras Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814 in the village of Moryntsi, Kyiv gubernia in the family of serfs. Born a serf, Shevchenko was orphaned in his early teens and grew up in the poverty and misery. He was taught to read by the village precentor and
Слушать песню Kobzar The mighty Dnieper roars and bellows, The wind in anger howls and raves, Down to the ground it bends the willows And mountain-high lifts up the waves. The pale-faced moon picked out this moment To peek out from behind a cloud, Like a canoe upon the ocean It first tips up
Read the text and find out three periods in Shevchenko’s life. Give the title to each period. Taras Shevchenko, the son of serfs, was born on the estate of Baron Vasyl’ Engelhardt on 9 March, 1814. The place of his birth was the village of Moryntsi, some 200 kilometres to the south of Kyiv, an
