Nancy Wilson was a teacher in Valley Road School, Sunderland from 1920 to 1929. Read her comments about it and complete them with a suitable past

лучшая. Школа трехэтажная. На первом этаже занимаются школьники начальных классов. В нашей школе есть большой спортивный зал. В нём проходят уроки физкультуры и разные спортивные соревнования. В актовом зале мы встречаем праздники. Все кабинеты у нас светлые и просторные. В кабинетах физики и химии есть лаборатории, где мы делаем опыты. В кабинете информатики стоят новые компьютеры. Ученики нашей школы часто побеждают в городских олимпиадах. В школе работают очень хорошие учителя. Каждый из них всегда интересно проводит урок. Нашего классного руководителя зовут Эльмира Малековна. Она преподаёт алгебру и геометрию. Благодаря ей наш класс самый дружный и образцовый. Мы часто всем классом на выходных ходим в кино, театры, музеи и на выставки. Когда начинаются каникулы, я скучаю по школе. Я очень люблю свою школу.

Школа – это главная ступень в нашей жизни. Она формирует характер, учит нас правильно относиться к окружающему миру. В школе мы находим первых настоящих друзей и первую любовь.

Школа - это то место, где мы переживаем первые радости побед и пытаемся скрывать горькие слёзы поражений. Школа учит нас преодолевать трудности и не останавливаться на достигнутом. В школе проходит множество мероприятий – интеллектуальных, спортивных и развлекательных. Именно такие мероприятия делают нас дружнее, сплочённее.

Мы всегда будем помнить беззаботные школьные годы, наш школьный дом, наших учителей и одноклассников, которые стали для нас родными людьми.

Вот глаголы-to get adout,to get across,to get ahead,to get along,to get at,to get away,to get back,to get by,to get out of smth,to get over smth,to get througt.

1)Liz was determined to...the truth.
2)We must...the simple fact that smoking is dangerouns for our health.
3)They've got a lot of work to... .
4)My parents don't earn a huge salary,but we... .
5)It's taken me ages to...the flu.
6)Tom and i have always...quite well.
7)My father... to his office just before lunchtime.
8)they've bought a new car which they are going to use for...

1. This novel became a classic of English literature.
2. It was terribly cold in the street,so we decided not to go out.
3. Den is a great football fan. He never misses any match.
4. Soon we shall leave the school.
5. Who took his book yesterday?
6. Our teacher knows several foreign languages.

to spend Christmas with his girlfriend and her
parents. Now, he hadn’t met her parents before,
so you imagine how really nervous he was.
Anyway, he was going to drive to their house in
Guilford from the north and the plan was that he
was going to arrive very late on the Christmas
Eve. So his girlfriend said that she would leave
the back door open so that he wouldn’t have to
ring the bell and wake up the people in the
house. Andrew promised to do as she had told
him.
Anyway, what happened was that he arrived at
the house at about two o’clock, two o’clock in
the morning. His girlfriend lived in number 31
Forest Avenue, but the street lights were off and
it was too dark to read the numbers on the front
door. Finally he managed to see number 29 on
the houses and worked out of that number 31
must be next to number 29. He stopped and went
round to the back of the house as it had been
arranged. To his disappointment the back door
was locked. He hesitated for a moment but
decided not to ring the bell. Luckily he noticed
that one of the windows was open. He was able
to climb through the window and open the back
door in order to get his things into the house.
After the drive he was very tired and hungry, so
he went to the kitchen and helped himself to
some food from the fridge. He took a can of beer
and went quietly upstairs, not wanting to wake
anyone up. And the first door he opened was the
guest room. So, naturally enough, he got
undressed and went to sleep.
The next morning, Christmas Day, he woke up
quite late as he had gone to bed so late the
previous day. He put on his dressing gown and
went down to say hello to his girlfriend, meet her
parents, have breakfast and give them all their
presents. Now, he opened the kitchen door and
stood there with his arms full of wrapped
presents calling out, “Merry Christmas, everyone!”
But there was no one in that room that he knew.
There was a man and a woman and two little
kids sitting at the kitchen table staring at him
with their mouths open wide in astonishment. It
turned out that he was at number 27 Forest
Avenue.
I. Mark the correct continuation of the sentences
(3 points)
1. According to the plan,
a) Andrew’s girlfriend was to leave a window
open
b) ) Andrew was to get in through the back door
c) Andrew’s girlfriend was to wait for him at the
back door
2. Andrew was able to get his things into the
house
a) through the window
b) through the back door
c) through the front door
3. Before going to sleep Andrew
a) ate all the food in the fridge
b) had some food in the kitchen
c) put his cans of beer into the fridge
II. Complete the sentences according to the text
(8 points)
1. Andrew arrived at the house at ______.
2. When Andrew found the back door was locked,
he hesitated for a moment but decided not to
______.
3. And _______ was the guest room.
4. He opened the kitchen door and ______ calling
out “Merry Christmas, everyone!”
III. Answer the questions (9 points)
1. Why did Andrew feel nervous before his visit to
his girlfriend’s house?
2. How did Andrew work out which house he
needed?
3. How did Andrew get inside the house?

was born in 1564 in Stradford-upon-Avon. He probably attended the local grammar school and got a classical education. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. Little is known of his life before 1592, when he appeared as a playwright in London. Soon he became an actor playing supporting roles like the ghost in "Hamlet". In 1599 Shakespeare became a part owner of the Globe Theatre in London.
Shakespeare's work as a playwright is subdivided into 3 periods. Written in the first period, Shakespeare's plays are mostly history plays like "Henry VI", and comedies with strong elements of farce. His masterpiece of this period is "Romeo and Juliet". In the second period Shakespeare wrote a number of comedies where he moved away from farce towards romance. In the third period, after 1600, appeared his major tragedies - "Hamlet", "Othello". They presented a clear opposition of order to chaos, good to evil. Shakespeare was a great poet and would be well known for his poetry alone. His major achievement as a poet is his sonnets, first published in 1609. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines, with a moral at the end. The sonnets are addressed to some "W.H.", and to mysterious "Dark Lady of Sonnets". The sonnets deal with the great themes of love, friendship, death, change and immortality. Shakespeare looks at his own poetry as a means of immortality. Shakespeare's sonnets are excellent. They are full of harmony and music; they praise love, friendship and beauty, though there is no sentimentality in them. Shakespeare's poetry is at the summit of human achievement. Many centuries have passed since his death in 1616, but Shakespeare is still considered to be the greatest of all playwrights and poets.
Перевод:Уильям Шекспир является величайшим драматургом из всех драматургов. Не так много известно о его жизни. Вероятно, он был сыном бизнесмена и родился в 1564 году в Страдфорд-на-Эйвоне. Онучился в местной гимназии и получил классическое образование. В 1582 году он женился на Энн Хэтэуэй и имел троих детей. Мало что известно о его жизни до 1592, он появился в качестве драматурга в Лондоне. Вскоре он стал актером, играющий роли второго плана, как призрак в "Гамлете". В 1599 Шекспир стал совладельцем Globe Theatre в Лондоне. Работа Шекспира как драматурга подразделяется на три периода. Написано в первом периоде, пьесы Шекспира в основном история пьесы, как "Генриха VI" и комедии с сильными элементами фарса ("Комедия ошибок"). Его шедевр этого периода является "Ромео и Джульетта". Во втором периоде Шекспир написал ряд комедий, где он отошел от фарса к романтике ("Как вам это понравится"). В третьем периоде, после 1600, появились его основные трагедии - "Гамлет", "Отелло". Они представили четкую оппозицию порядка к хаосу, хорошее ко злу. Шекспир был великим поэтом и будут известными только его поэзии. Его главным достижением как поэт является его сонеты, впервые опубликованный в 1609 году. Сонет это стихотворение, состоящее из 14 строк, с моралям в конце. Сонеты адресованы некоторых "В. Н." и к таинственному "Dark леди сонетов". Сонеты имели дело с великими темами любви, дружбы, смерти, изменения и бессмертия. Шекспир смотрит на свой страх и поэзии как средство бессмертия. Сонеты Шекспира превосходны. Они полны гармонии и музыки; они хвалят любовь, дружбу и красоту, хотя в них нет сентиментальности. Поэзия Шекспира на саммите человеческих достижений. Много веков прошло со дня его смерти в 1616 году, но Шекспир до сих пор считается величайшим из всех драматургов и поэтов.

Помогите ответить на вопросы : 1) what is Shakespeare famous for?
2) what is Shakespeare's major achievement as a poet?
3)how can you define a sonnet?
4) what themes do Shakespeare's sonnets deal with?

1) When I switched on the light I ... . (see a strange scene)
2) When the lecturer the room the students ... . (talk in loud voices and laugh)
3) He heard a strange noise when he ... . (come up to the house)
4) Nobody was listening to what he ... . (say)
5) When I entered the shop the shop-girl ... . (show a nice dress to an elderly LADY)
6) Mr. Brown was making a call when his secretary ... . (bring in the morning post)
7) When she was five her mother ... . (teach her English)
8) It was already lae and the people ... . (leave the party)
9) The ball was at its peak when John ... . (arrive)
10) The ship ran against a rock and ... ( sink) quickly.
11) It wasa cold and a strong wind ... . (blow from the North)
12) The patient was very ill and people ... . (talk in low voices)