Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The boy was
often ill and during the cold winters stayed in the house. He had no brothers or
sisters. Books were his only friends. Robert read very much. He thought about
other countries and drew maps of different places which he wanted to see. The
boy wrote stories of adventures on the sea and told those stories to his
parents.
In summer when Robert was not ill, he travelled
with his father over Scotland. He saw storms on the sea and described those
storms in his stories. At school he began to write stories and poems and wanted
to be a writer, but his father was an engineer and wanted his son to be an
engineer too. He said that writing poems and stories was only a hobby, not a
profession.
Stevenson went to the Edinburgh university for some time, then he
travelled in different countries and wrote many stories. In 1883 Stevenson
published his book “Treasure Island”. Readers liked the book very much. In 1886
Stevenson published his book “Kidnapped”. Then other books of adventures came
out. People in many countries read and still read Stevenson’s stories. The hobby
of a small boy was now his profession. But the writer was very ill and he died
in 1894.
1.В Ирландии никогда не было никаких змей.
There were never any snakes in Ireland.
2.Не ирландцем был Святой Патрик, как считают многие. Он римлянин.
Not Irish was St. Patrick, as many believe. He's Roman.
3.Мобильных телефонов в Ирландии насчитывается гораздо больше, нежели людей.
There are many more mobile phones in Ireland than there are people.
4.. В 8 раз больше жителей Ирландии говорит на польском языке, нежели на галльском.
more people in Ireland speak Polish than Gaelic.
5.Примерно 131,1 литров алкогольных напитков жители Ирландии потребляют за год.
Approximately 131.1 liters of alcoholic beverages Irish residents consume per year.
1. taken, given, to bring
2. recently, <span>lately
</span>3. a short time ago
4. lately, peoples
<span>5. people</span>
<span>Dear Steve,
I was very glad to hear from you again. I haven't written for ages because of my school activities.
In your letter you ask me to tell you about my favorite kind of sports. With a pleasure. I like many kinds of sports but best of all I like football. It's the game of my dream. I play for my school football club "Shkolnik". We are good players and we win almost every competitions.
Besides it I'm a football fan and I like to watch every match on TV or in the stadium.</span> And what about you? Tell me about your favorite kind of sports.<span><span>That's for me today. I have to go.
Best regards to your family.
</span><span>Write soon.
Andrey</span></span> <span>
Дорогой Стив,
Я был очень рад получить от тебя весточку. Я не писал целую вечность из-за занятости в школе.
В своем письме ты просишь меня рассказать о моем любимом виде спорта. С удовольствием. Мне нравятся многие виды спорта, но больше всего я люблю футбол. Это игра моей мечты. Я играю за мой школьный футбольный клуб "Школьник". Мы хорошие игроки, и мы выигрываем почти все соревнования.
Кроме того, я футбольный болельщик, и мне нравится смотреть каждый матч по телевизору или на стадионе.</span> А как насчет тебя? Расскажи мне о своих любимых видах спорта. <span>Это все на сегодня. Мне нужно идти.
передай привет своей семье.
Пиши как можно быстрее
Андрей</span>
1. I promise you, I shall do <span>it next week.
</span><span>2. Don’t call me tomorrow at 12. I shall be working at this time.
</span>3. You will be enjoing <span> fresh mountain air the whole month.
</span><span>4. The telephone is ringing. I shall answer.
</span>5. He will recognize <span> her: she will be weaing</span><span> a bright red coat.</span>