Ознакомление с американскими писателями (сообщения по теме, подготовленные заранее). Jack London (1876-1916) Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco, California. His family was very poor, so Jack had to leave school to такв топву. In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead, he found ideas for his stories there. He is best known for his book, The Call of the Wild, the story of the adventures of a dog in the frozen north. His wrrtings were very popular and he became rich and famous before the age of 30. Mark Twain (1835-1910) His real name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens, but he is better known by his professional name, Mark Twain. Mark Twain was born in Missouri in 1835. He never finished elementary school. He got his education mainly from his observations of people and events on the western bank of the Mississippi River. In 1871, he married and moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where he wrote his two masterpieces, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Because of his sense of humor and wit and the style with which he wrote about frontier life of the common people in the American West, many people feel that Twain's books marked the beginning of modern American literature. Команды готовят друг другу вопросы по прочитанному. Прослушивание текста о Марке Твене. ТЕКСТ ДЛЯ АУДИРОВАНИЯ Mark Twain , a famous American writer, was a very interesting person. He had many hobbies and one of his hobbies was to find out about the person , looking at his or her handwriting. He was very proud of his hobby, because it gave him an opportunity to meet different people and to find out more information about them. One day an old lady, one of his friends, decided to play a joke on mark Twain. He came and said: “Mr. Twain, here’s the copy- book of a boy. Could you tell me something of his character, please?” “Oh, yes, of course, madam” - answered Mark Twain. He looked through the copy-book and said: “Oh, what can I say… The boy is very sly, selfish and a liar. I can add that he is a lazy fellow.” The old lady began to laugh . “What is wrong?” - asked M. Twain. “On, my dear , it was your own copy-book when you were a boy” – answered the old lady. Задания: Разыграть диалог между М. Твеном и его знакомой. Пересказать рассказ от лица Твена (его знакомой). Divide the sentences into words: HisrealnamewasSamuelLanghornClemensbutheisbetterknownbyhisprofessionalnameMarkTwain. MarkTwainwasborninMissouriin1835.Heneverfinishedelementaryschool.HegothiseducationmainlyfromhisobservationofpeopleandeventsonthewesternbankoftheMississippiRiver.In1871hemerriedandmovedtoHartfordConnecticutwherehewrotehistwomasterpiesesTheAdventuresofTomSawyerandTheAdventuresofHucklberryFinn.BecauseofhissenseofhumorandthestylewithwhichhewroteaboutfrontierlifeofthecommonpeopleintheAmericanWest,manypeoplefeelthatTwain’sbooksmarkedthebeginningofmodernAmericanliterature. Complete the sentences, using these words: A) can B) must C) American D)was E) popular F) should 1.Emily Dickinson was an writer. 2. you pass me the book by Shakespeare? 3. You visit the library every month. 4.All of the students know famous Americans. 5. his real name Samuel Langhorn Clemens. |