Задание
1/ Critics called the script gripping.
2/ I will have reserved the seats.
3/ Diana has labelled the album incredible.
4/ The director is staging a performance.
5/ Rich spectators book the stalls.
6/ An orchestra was playing classical music.
7/ He had turned off the lights.
8/ This smartphone camera will take photos.
My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.
2 Would you like some more coffee before you
leave?
3 There are no letters for you over there, on
the table.
4 Do you have any questions you'd like to ask
me before we continue?
5 If there are some more questions, we can
finish now.
6 I'm afraid there's no ice cream in the fridge
How about fruit instead?
7 Can you buy some bread when you go to the
supermarket?
8 I can't get a ticket from the machine - I haven't
got any change.
9 There are no food shops open in the village
on a Sunday, so you'll have to eat in a restaurant.
10 I can't do this now. I've got
no time.