Номер 1, страница 144 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс (starlight) учебник Баранова, Дули

Writing bank 4 - номер 1, страница 144.

Условие.

Your English teacher has asked you to write a short biography about your favourite author. Collect information, then write your composition (100-120 words).

Biographies

Biographies are written accounts of the series of events in a person's life. They usually consist of:

• an introduction in which we give information about the person, that is: date & place of birth, what he is famous for

• a main body in which we write family information, early years, studies and later years (achievements, accomplishments, effects on society, etc.) in separate paragraphs

• a conclusion in which we write our comments and/or feelings about the person. We can also include date and place of death if the person is no longer alive. It is important to present the events of the person's life in chronological order. We mainly use past tenses to write biographies.

Useful Language

Giving biographical details

• ... was born/died in (place) in (year/date, etc.)

• ... was a famous painter/artist/scientist, etc.

Early years family

• ... came from a poor family

• ... family was highly respected

• ... parents worked hard to provide their children with ...

• As a child, ... attended ... (school) ...

• At the age of ...

• As a young child, ... was forced to work ...

• ... spent most of his/her childhood in ...

Later years

• ... joined the Army ...

• ... studied (subject) in (university)

• ... worked as a ... to pay for his/her studies

• ... it was then that ... (met/decided to join/ left for/applied for/wrote, etc.)

• ... when ... was (age), ... met ... and (got married/ worked on, etc.) ... years later ... (had first exhibition, had first child, lost job and ..., got a Nobel for ..., got world recognition, etc.) Some of ... most famous (novels, paintings, etc.) are ...

Comments

• ... actions will always remind people of ...

• ... was one of the most famous ... in the world.

• ... will always remember him/her as ... (the most expressive artist, intellectual person, influential leader, etc.) of all ages

biographical details

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous British authors in the world. He was born in Portsmouth England in 1812.

early years

Charles was the second of eight children. His family was very poor so at the age of 12 he went to work at a blacking warehouse. As a young boy he enjoyed reading and going to the theatre which helped him develop his imagination. Dickens was able to leave the factory he worked in and continued his studies at the Wellington House Academy. He taught himself shorthand and started work as a journalist at the age of sixteen. He continued to read at the library and also participated in theatre performances as an actor or stage manager.

later years achievements

Dickens published a lot of articles and sketches in magazines. Within a few years he was considered one of the most successful authors of his time. In 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth. Dickens published his novels such as Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby in monthly installments. He also travelled to the USA and Europe. His travels changed his style of writing. David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations reflect this change.

comments

Dickens's health got worse in the 1860s. He died on June 9,1870. He is one of the most widely read novelists and his characters remain the most popular.

Practice

1 Use the timeline below and the notes to write a short biography of the person. What tenses will you use?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Born: November 11, 1821 – Moscow Died: February 8, 1881 – Saint Petersburg)

Famous novels: Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

1837: Dostoyevsky enters the Army Engineering College

1844: resigns from army – starts writing seriously

1847: writes for St Petersburg Gazette

1857: marries Mariya Dmitriyevna Isayeva

1861: becomes editor of Vremya

1862: travels abroad first time – London

1865: heavily in debt – leaves Russia – writes Crime & Punishment

1867: marries Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina

1868: they move to Italy – The Idiot is published

1871: he returns to Russia

1879: The Brothers Karamazov is first published

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Решение.