Упр.1 Юнит 2 Step 5 ГДЗ Rainbow English 11 класс
1 Listen to the interview and decide which are the appropriate items to complete these statements. Arthur Conan Doyle 1) Benjamin Osborn is a person who writes about good and bad qualities of various pieces of literature.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Афанасьева, Михеева 11 класс, Дрофа:
1 Listen to the interview and decide which are the appropriate items to complete these statements.
Arthur Conan Doyle
1) Benjamin Osborn is a person who writes about good and bad qualities of various pieces of literature.
a) a famous English writer
b) a historian of literature
c) a person who writes about good and bad qualities of various pieces of literature
2) Arthur Conan Doyle’s father didn’t live a long life.
a) Arthur Conan Doyle
b) Arthur Conan Doyle’s parents
c) Arthur Conan Doyle’s father
3) Conan Doyle began his literary career when he was working as a doctor.
a) when he was working as a doctor
b) being a medical student
c) when he was travelling on board a ship to the Arctic
4) Conan Doyle published his first detective story in 1887.
a) 1787 b) 1887 c) 1878
5) Beginning with the year 1891 Conan Doyle travelled a lot and wrote stories and other works of literature.
a) didn’t have any medical practice and didn’t write detective stories either
b) spent all his time on writing works of literature
c) travelled a lot and wrote stories and other works of literature
6) Conan Doyle wrote different stories and novels.
a) only stories
b) different stories and novels
c) only detective stories and novels
7) “Holmes’s Last Case” was was not the last story about Sherlock Holmes written by Conan Doyle.
a) the last story about Sherlock Holmes
b) the last but one story about Sherlock Holmes
c) was not the last story about Sherlock Holmes
Текст аудирования:
— In our studio today we are welcoming an English literary critic Benjamin Osborn who has just finished his new book devoted to Arthur Conan Doyle, a famous British writer. Mr Osborn, let’s start with a bit of history. Please tell us about Conan Doyle’s life.
— Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. His father was an artist and an architect by profession, but he worked as a clerk in an office and died fairly young. The family had a lot of financial problems after his death.
— How did Arthur happen to become an author?
— Well, his mother was a very good storyteller. I think that was the beginning. Then he read a lot during his school years and he often told his friends long and interesting stories, getting sweets and cakes for that.
— Did he get any special university education in literature?
— Not exactly. After leaving school Conan Doyle became a student of the medical faculty at the University of Edinburgh. In his third year of studies he went to the Arctic as a ship doctor. After graduating from the university he sailed to Western Africa. Later he began his medical practice in a small English town Southsea and in 1887 he published his first detective story.
— Were Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson its main characters?
— Quite so. And very soon they became the most popular characters of his numerous stories while Baker Street in London became the well-known address.
— So Conan Doyle had his medical practice and wrote detective stories in his free time, didn’t he?
— At the beginning of his career he did. But then in 1891 he gave up his medical work and devoted all his time to his literary activity. He also travelled much. He visited Europe, the USA and Egypt.
— Did he write only detective stories?
— Besides detective stories Conan Doyle wrote historical novels and two fantastic stories “The Lost World” and “The Poisoned Belt”. They were quite successful.
— It’s a known fact that Conan Doyle was so tired of Sherlock Holmes that he decided to “kill him” in one of the stories. And indeed the famous detective was killed during his struggle with Professor Moriarty in the story “Holmes’s Last Case”. How did it happen that he appeared again in Conan Doyle’s books?
— The story “Holmes’s Last Case” was published in 1893. The writer hoped that after that he would be able to begin creating other books but his readers didn’t want to lose their favourite character and ten years later the famous detective appeared again.
— Which of the famous stories do you consider the best one?
— In my view it’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, though maybe not everyone will agree with me.