Ex. 1. Translate the famous quotations by B. Shaw into Russian. Which one do you like best?

1. A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

2. England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

3. I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a friend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

4. I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

5. Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

6. Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

Ex. 2. Answer the following questions.

1. Who was Shaw’s father?

2. What was the beginning of Shaw’s literary career?

3. When did he get married?

4. How many plays did he write during his life?

D. About the writer - J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling was born in a small town near Bristol. She always liked writing and wrote her first story when she was only five! After school she went to university to study languages and then became a teacher of French.

The writer says that Harry Potter was born on a long train journey and was originally seen as just a bit of entertainment for the writer’s daughter Jessica. At the time, J.K. Rowling, known as Jo to her friends, was a single mother working hard to make enough money to support her daughter. It was the publishers who advised Jo to use her initials – J.K. instead of Jo, as they thought that adventures of 11-year-old boy would not be popular amongst teenagers if written by a woman.

Now, Harry Potter books are so popular all around the world that J.K. Rowling has become one of the richest people in the UK. She is even richer than the Queen with an estimated fortune of 280 million pounds!

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