Номер 3, страница 25 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс рабочая тетрадь Кузовлев, Перегудова

Unit 2. Let the music begin. Lesson 1 - номер 3, страница 25.

Условие.

3. In your culture. Here is the story about the outstanding Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

What was his most famous work? Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

appeared • choral • composer • conductor
continue • first night • full houses • influenced
masterpiece • pianist • symphony
took place • tuneless and complicated

Dmitri Shostakovich was born on 25 September, 1906 in St Petersburg. His father was an engineer and his mother was a (0) pianist and gave him his first piano lessons. When he was 13, he became a pupil of the famous (1) __________ Alexander Glazunov at the Petrograd Conservatoire. Shostakovich was happy because he liked Glazunov's music a lot. Dmitri

Shostakovich wrote his first (2) __________ in 1925 and it was performed all over the world. Every year until he died, Shostakovich celebrated its (3) __________ as the moment when his life changed forever. Shostakovich's Second Symphony (4) __________ in 1927. It was an experimental work with a (5) __________ ending when the choir sang “To October” by Alexander Bezymensky. In the years of the Great Terror (in the late 1930s), his music was criticised, the critics said it was (6) __________. In December 1941, D. Shostakovich (who lived in besieged¹ Leningrad) wrote his most famous “Leningrad Symphony”. It is a real (7) __________ . Its first (8) __________ in the besieged city in 1942.

Though Shostakovich's works were a great success and played to (9) __________ in Russia and in the West, he suffered² from criticism of the official powers.³ Many specialists think that the conflict with the powers (10) __________ his music very much. D. Shostakovich died in 1975 in Moscow. His son Maxim, a well-known (11) __________ , helps to popularise his father's music by working with the best world orchestras. Even now many orchestras (12) __________ to perform Shostakovich's music all over the world.

Решение.

Решение 2.

В вашей культуре. Вот история о выдающемся русском композиторе Дмитрии Шостаковиче. Каким было его самое известное произведение? Заполните пропуски словами из рамки.

Ответ:

In my culture, Shostakovich is a very famous composer. According to the text, his most famous work was the 'Leningrad Symphony'. В моей культуре Шостакович — очень известный композитор. Согласно тексту, его самым известным произведением была «Ленинградская симфония».

Answers to fill in the gaps:

(1) composer - композитор

(2) symphony - симфония

(3) first night - премьера

(4) appeared - появилась

(5) choral - хоровой

(6) tuneless and complicated - немелодичная и сложная

(7) masterpiece - шедевр

(8) took place - состоялась

(9) full houses - полные залы

(10) influenced - повлиял

(11) conductor - дирижер

(12) continue - продолжают