23. Speak about Shakespeare’s married life in Stratford before he left for London.
24. a) This is a list of some of Shakespeare’s great plays. Guess which of them are tragedies and which are comedies. Find out what these plays are called in Russian.
1593 “The Comedy of Errors”1 1595 “Romeo and Juliet”
1596 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
1597 “The Merchant2 of Venice”
1599 “Julius Caesar”
1600 “As You Like It”
1600 “Twelfth Night”
1603 “All’s Well That Ends Well”
1606 “King Lear”
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2 an error — îøèáêà a merchant — êóïåö
b) Have you heard about any of these plays or read them or seen them at the theatre? Tell your friends about them.
25. Shakespeare was born and spent a great part of his life in Stratford-upon-Avon. Look at the pictures of Stratford, use the information about the places you see in them and act as a guide. Let your friends be a group of tourists visiting Stratford. Work in small groups.
Mary Arden’s house, three miles northwest of Stratford. Here lived Shakespeare’s mother. This is a typical farm house of the period.
Shakespeare’s birthplace in Henley Street. John Shakespeare lived and kept his shop in this house. His eight children were born here. Two of them died young.
Anne Hathaway's cottage, a mile from Stratford, where she was born in 1556, and lived until she married William Shakespeare in 1582.
This is the schoolroom where Shakespeare was educated, as many people believe. It is still in use.
This is the Holy Trinity Church1 where Shakespeare was buried. Visitors coming to Stratford admire the beauty of the church and honour his memory. It’s interesting that he died on his birthday, 23 April, 1616.
This is the place where the house in which Shakespeare died used to be. It was a big house bought by William Shakespeare for his family when he was still in London. Here he spent the last years of his life. Unfortunately, the house was destroyed.
Another memorial to William Shakespeare is the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The present building was constructed in 1932. The first building was opened on Shakespeare’s birthday in 1879 and destroyed by fire in 1926.
The bronze statue of Shakespeare, presented to Stratford by Lord Ronald Sutterland Gower [ãäàèý] in 1888. Shakespeare’s figure is high above the ground and on the ground there are small figures of Shakespeare’s famous characters.
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25. Do ex. 7, ex. 8, ex. 9, ex. 13, ex. 14 in writing.
26. Use to where necessary.
— We’re going ... read one of Shakespeare’s plays in school. I think the teacher said “Hamlet” or “Omelette” — I’m not sure.
— She certainly wants you ... read “Hamlet”.
Let us ... visit Stratford on 23 April, that’s the day when Shakespeare was born.
— I expect you ... finish reading “Romeo and Juliet” by the end of January. — I don’t think I will be able ... finish the play so early.
— Don’t forget ... visit Anne Hathaway’s cottage when you come to Stratford. — I would love ..., but I’m not sure we’ll have time ... do it.
— I can’t read Shakespeare in the original. — Nobody expects you ... do it. But you should ... read at least some of his plays in Modern English.
27. Look at the words again and get ready to write a spelling quiz on them.
a glove-maker, a company, a teenager, a criminal, poetry, a twin, a deer, to please, pleased, stupid, a thief/thieves, to scream, wicked, wickedly, exact, exactly, to act, a law, a bank, to earn, a top, for a while
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28. a) Make sure you know this word:
to wave — ìàõàòü
b) Listen to the tape, Ø 41, and say “True”, “False” or “Don’t know”.
Kevin lived in a small village on the bank of a river.
Kevin’s uncle lived in the country.
Uncle Ronald’s full name was Mr Ronald Smith.
Kevin could write beautiful poetry.
Uncle Ronald didn’t know anybody in his village.
Uncle Ronald was a kind man and loved animals.
Uncle Ronald was friendly and waved to everybody they met during their drives.
29. Ask Kevin 5 questions about his stay in the country.
30. This is an outline of the story. Develop each of its items.
Kevin’s life in the city and what he felt about it.
Kevin’s stay with his uncle and the way he spent his time there.
Uncle Ronald’s idea of how to make everybody happy.