Стр.37 Unit 4 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 8 класс, Вентана-Граф:

LISTENING

1 Work in pairs and answer the questions.

Who is your favourite poet?

How much do you know about him/her?

Who are the most famous poets in your country’s literature? Do you like their poetry? Why?/Why not?

2 Read the extract from Coleridge’s biography. Why do you think he didn’t finish his famous poem?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of England’s greatest poets. He was born in 1772, studied at Cambridge University, but he gave up before the end of his studies. Together with his friend Wordsworth, Coleridge became one of the most important romantic poets in England. One of Coleridge’s most famous poems was Kubla Khan – a fantastic vision of an exotic palace. While he was writing the poem, somebody K

3 T037 Listen to the story. Was your prediction in Exercise 2 correct?

Текст аудирования:

Narrator: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of Englandtasks greatest poets. He was also very unlucky ...

In the summer of 1797, Coleridge was travelling alone around southwest England. One evening, he decided to spend the night in a lonely farmhouse ... He wasn’t feeling very well and took some strong medicine ... He sat in a chair by the fire and read a book. After a few minutes he fell asleep ... While he was sleeping, he had an amazing poetic vision — he saw a wonderful, exotic palace with beautiful gardens... When he woke up, he found that he could still remember his fantastic dream. Coleridge took a pen and some paper and began to write... Some people think that the first lines of this poem Kubla Khan — are some of the most beautiful in the English language.

Coleridge: In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan/A stately pleasure-dome decree ...

Narrator: While he was writing, somebody knocked at the door.

Coleridge: Who can that be?

A man: Good morning, Mr Coleridge!

Narrator: It was a man from Porlock, a town nearby. Nobody knows what the man wanted, but it was nothing very important.

The man: I was saying to my wife ... it was a cold evening, very cold. I was worried about my potatoes, so I went out into the garden ...

Narrator: The poet stood at his front door for almost an hour. As he was listening to this talkative stranger, Coleridge began to forget his dream ... He felt very irritated. Finally, when he returned to his pen and paper, the poet found that he could remember almost nothing. One of the great masterpieces of English poetry was lost forever.

4 T037 In pairs, put parts a-h of the story in the correct order. Compare your answers with another pair. Then listen again and check.

a As he was listening to the stranger at the door, Coleridge began to forget his dream.

b Coleridge decided to spend the night in a lonely farmhouse.

c He didn’t finish his poem.

d He had an amazing dream while he was sleeping.

e He wasn’t feeling well and took some medicine at bedtime.

f He read a book and fell asleep.

g A stranger knocked at the door.

h He began to write a poem about his dream.

5 T037 How much can you remember? In pairs, choose the correct answer. Listen again and check.

1 The story happened in the eighteenth century.

2 Coleridge was travelling on his own.

3 Coleridge took some medicine and read a book by the fire.

4 Coleridge had a fantastic dream about a palace.

5 Coleridge talked to the stranger at the front door.

6 After he listened to the man for an hour, Coleridge felt very irritated.

7 When the man from Porlock left, Coleridge remembered very little from his dream.

6 In pairs, tell the story about Coleridge. Use your answers to Exercises 4 and 5 and Speak Out on page 36 to help you.