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STRATFORD – UPON – AVON

1. No town of comparable size enjoys such universal popularity as Stratford-upon-Avon, the birth-place of William Shakespeare. Year by year the fame of its long established Shakespeare Festival spreads as increasing numbers of visitors from all parts of the world come to enjoy the plays of the greatest dramatist of all time.

2. Originating as a river – crossing settlement, Stratford-upon-Avon has served as the market centre of the surrounding countryside since the grant of its market in 1196. Since 1553 Stratford has remained a self- governing borough and today has a basic population of some fifteen thousand people.

3. Stratford is a town with a character and atmosphere of its own. Apart from the beauty of its river, its streets and buildings preserve many links with its interesting past. Most famous are the properties and gardens associated with Shakespeare and his family.

4. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre is the centre of the Shakespeare Festival. The brick-built theatre was erected in 1932 to replace an earlier theatre destroyed by fire. It is without doubt one of the best equipped theatres and its Shakespearean productions attract an international audience.

5. The House where Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his early years is a half-timbered building. It is visited by pilgrims from all over the world. The interior of Shakespeare’s Birthplace contains many features of unusual interest. The poet’s birthroom on the first floor is a fascinating room with a low, uneven ceiling and is furnished after the pattern of a middle-class home such as the Shakespeare family occupied. It is the famous window on which are recorded the signatures of distinguished people who visited the house.

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What is Shakespeare’s house?

1. It is middle-class home.

2. It is a half-timbered building.

3. It is a house with low, uneven ceiling.

Контрольное задание 2

Образцы выполнения упражнений

Образец 1 (к упр. I)

1. Many have been the victims of racial discrimination.

Многие являются жертвами расовой дискриминации.

have been - Present Perfect Active от глагола to be.

2. All the factories, mills, workshops and docks are concentrated in the East End.

Все фабрики, заводы, мастерские и доки сосредоточены в Ист Энде.

are concentrated – Present Simple Passive от глагола to concentrate