oscar wilde
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oscar wilde was born in dublin on october 16, 1854. his father was a famous irish surgeon. his mother was well known in dublin as a writer of verse and prose.
at school, and later at oxford, oscar displayed gift for art and the humanities.
while at the university, wilde became one of the most famous personalities of the day: he wore his hair long, decorated his room with different beautiful things. his witty sayings were well known among the students.
after graduating from the university, wilde turned his attention to writing, travelling and lecturing.
oscar wilde earned the reputation of being the leader of the aesthetic movement and an apostle of beauty.
his most famous works appeared over the next ten years. the most popular are "the happy prince and other tales", "the picture of dorian gray", and his comedies "lady windermere's fan", "an ideal husband", "the importance of being earnest".
wilde also wrote poems, essays, reviews, letters. he attracted the attention of his audiences by the brilliance of his conversation, his knowledge, and the force of his personality.
in his works, especially in his tales, he glorifies beauty, and not only the beauty of nature or artificial beauty, buo the beauty of devoted love. he admires unselfishness, kindness and generosity ("the happy prince", "the nightingale and the rose") and despises egoism and greed ("the selfish giant", "the devoted friend"). the theme of most of his works, even of his tales, is quite realistic. he shows the contrast between wealth and poverty. his own sympathy for poor, labouring people is quite evident.
at the height of his popularity and success, tragedy struck. he was accused of immorality and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. when released from prison in 1897, he lived mainly on the continent, settling later in paris. in 1898 he published his poem "ballad of reading gaol". he died in paris 1900.
questions: when did oscar wilde display gift for art and the humanities? 2. what did oscar wilde do after graduating from the university? 3. what reputation did oscar wilde earn? 4. what did oscar wilde write? 5. what did he despise and what did he glorify in his works? 6. why was oscar wilde sentenced to two years' imprisonment? 7. when did oscar wilde die?
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b. Примите мою благодарность / благодарность за ваш прекрасный подарок.
c. Елена-единственный человек / люди, которых я знаю с трех машин.
d. Есть два ножа / ножей в верхнем ящике.
e. Алан повредил ногу, когда он felI вниз по лестнице / ступенькам.
f. Кейт решила изменить свой стиль и купила новую ткань / одежду.
г. Павел нашел свою принадлежность / вещи на улице.
ч. Хотели бы вы попробовать шоколадный / мыши?
I. World Airways купила 20 новых самолетов /самолеты·
J. мы уже отправили товар /
2. Flowers are sold in shops and in the streets.
3. The article will be published nex week.
4. The poem was so beautiful that it was learned by everybody.
2) Передайте следующие предложения в Passive Voice.
1. The way out of the wood was shown to us by an old man
2. The coffe wasn't brought by waitress
3. Milk is sold in this shop
4. Everything was told to him by his friend.
5. A box of fruit will be send to us by them
3) Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Active или Passive Voice.
1. They can leave the key with the clerk downstairs.
2. A taxi was called fifteen minutes ago.
3. An interesting information about life in the USA can be found in this book
4. The flowers are watered every week.
5. This work will be done tomorrow.
4) Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в нужной временной форме.
1. He turns on the television to watch cartoons every morning.
2. He turned on the television to watch cartoons yesterday morning.
3. He will turn on the television watch cartoons tomorrow morning.
4. I didn't play the piano yesterday.
5. He is writting a letter to my friend now.
6. I was doing my homework at 6 o'clock yesterday.
7. What are you doing at eight o'clock tomorrow?
8. It's the most delicious cake I have ever tasted.
9. When and where have you bought it?