Tuesday, April 21, 2020

10th grade. Unit 7. Lesson 4. Great Britons of All Times

Write 15-22 sentences about Great Britons in terms of name, profession, achievements, awards, interesting facts in comments. Answers will be graded.

24 comments:

  1. Every nation is rich in famous figures and people. Every nation has it's own national heroes. And Britain can be proud of it's sons and daughters. Among famous names of Britain such as Margaret Thatcher, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and many others there is almost unknown one for us.
    Bernard Law Montgomery is one of the most important and successful commanders in the history of Britain. Bernard took main parts almost in every campaign of both world wars. But his main success he gained in Alamein's campaign.
    Bernard Law Montgomery was born in 1887 in London.
    WARNING! Interesting fact! Bernard's father was a bishop and in 1889 the family had to move to Tasmania.
    Than Montgomery started his army career. Thanks to his talent and determination he achieved the rank of General very fast. But not the rank makes him distinctive. His talent saved many lives during the Second World War. One of the most bright episodes in his career is Alamein's campaign. During this campaign both sides of conflict were lacking of fuel and recourses. But the need of holding positions and pushing enemy's position caused new type of action. Some historians even name this campaign "fake war" because both sides used fake guns, tanks, line of communication, whole airports and itc. And in this fake war field where everything can be a lie Montgomery won and saved many lives cause of wise and right orders. Bernard's skills of warcraft helped the Allied to win and capture German position in Africa.
    Montgomery has a long rage of awards (about 23). Not only British government awarded Bernard but also American, Belgian, French, Polish, Norwegian and others awarded him with honour.
    To conclude I'd like to say, that Montgomery's contribution to the history of war is unbelievable. His courage and bravery saved many souls all across the battlefield.

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    1. Excellent! Mistakes "it's own national heroes, it's sons " - its national heroes, its sons. You've got a ten!

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  2. Agatha Berezovskaya.

    Britain has a lot of outstanding people in its history. Thousands of names whore made a great contribution in their time lived in England. I think that all of us know about Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin or Winston Churchill, but now I am going to speak about the greatest dramatist of the history not only of Great Britan, but and of the whole world. Evereone know his name everywhere and I'm writing about William Shakespeare. This person was a real master of his work, because there are over 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 4 poems and even much more. He is the author of the numerous works such as Hamlet, A Midnight Summer Dream, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and others masterpieces. And I think that speaking about his contribution to the history is senselessly. Shakespeare's books rank second place after bible in England. He is a real great person at all times. He was born on 23 of April 1564 in the family of artisan. Also I can say that thanks to Shakespeare, in English, according to the various information appeared from 1700 to 3200 new words. And many of the satellites of the planet Uranus were named after the works of Shakespeare. Although Shakespeare’s creations were accepted by people of his time, but the English poet really gained popularity a few centuries later. Thanks to all of his works now we can see a lot of operas, ballets, performances and even films.

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    1. Very good Mistakes "whore" - who, " but and of the whole world" - but in the whole world, "Evereone know" - everyone knows, " bible" - the Bible, "appeared from 1700 to 3200 new words" - from 1700 to 3200 new words appeared. Your mark is 9!

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  3. There have been many famous people in Britain during its existence. I want to tell you about Charles Darwin.
    Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shropshire on the Darwin estate of mount house, in Shrewsbury. Charles didn't do well at school. Languages and literature were hard to come by. The boy's main passion is collecting collections and hunting. Later, the young Darwin had another hobby-chemistry, for which Darwin was even reprimanded by the head of the gymnasium. Charles Darwin graduated from high school with far from brilliant results. Darwin studied at the University of Edinburgh for two years. During this time, the future scientist realized that medicine is not his vocation. The student stopped going to lectures and became interested in making stuffed animals. Darwin made his first discoveries in the field of marine invertebrate anatomy. The young scientist presented his works in March 1827 at a meeting of the Pliny student society, of which he had been a member since 1826. In this same society, the young Darwin was introduced to materialism. Charles Darwin had a diary in which he compiled the Origin of species. The "origin of species" is a chain of arguments supporting the theory of evolution. The essence of the doctrine is the gradual development of populations of species by natural selection. The principles outlined in this paper have been called "Darwinism"in the scientific community.
    Charles Darwin proposed to his cousin Emma Wedgwood on November 11, 1838. Emma and Charles had ten children. Children have reached a high position in society. The sons George, Francis, and Horace were members of the Royal society of England. Charles Darwin died at the age of 73 on April 19, 1882. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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    1. Well-done! Mistakes: "the young Darwin was introduced" - young Darwin, " The sons" - his sons. You deserve 9!

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  4. Masha Zhigalskaya
    Now we’ll talk about the great singer, songwriter, vocalist of the rock band Queen - Freddie Mercury. On September 5, 1946, the greatest legend Farrukh Bulsara was born. And we, the whole world, knows him under the pseudonym Freddie Mercury. He’s the leader of the legendary group “Queen” and is on Britain’s greatest people list. In just 12 years old, he and his friends created his first band, “The Hectics”, which played at school events. But he was not only the creator of the group, but also the champion in wrestling and table tennis, the nominee "for excellence in all sciences and arts." “I won’t be a rock star, I will become a legend,” the great Freddy Mercury once said. And as we can see, so it happened. At 25, the musician created the world famous “The Queen”, a name, as well as an emblem. More than a decade after the creation of the group, in 1981, The Queen Greatest Hits' collection of best hits became the best-selling British album in the history of music (more than 25 million copies). On May 23, 2006, the American Association of Recording Companies assigned the album eight times platinum status. In addition, The Queen singles have been at the top of the UK singles chart for four consecutive decades since the 1970s. The song "Bohemian Rhapsody", written by Freddie, was recognized as the "Best Song of the Millennium", and in 2002 was named the most beloved pop song of the British in the history of music. No less famous “We Are The Champions” and “We will, we will rock you” were included in the list of the most popular songs in the world. The song “We Are The Champions” has become an unofficial anthem for winners of major sporting events. Freddie Mercury is recognized as one of the greatest vocalists of all time, as mentioned earlier. Freddie Mercury has a huge number of achievements, but he doesn’t have any awards. Perhaps this is due to the early departure of life. Freddie Mercury died when he was 45 years old. But a monument to Freddie Mercury was unveiled in his honor, and one of the asteroids in the main asteroid belt was also named after him. And name of this asteroid is Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.

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    1. Super! Mistakes: "In just 12 years old" - at 12 years old, "a monument to Freddie Mercury" - the monument! You've got 10!

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  5. In our century, it is difficult to find a person who has not heard the word «Beatles». The legendary band with even more legendary songs is familiar to different generations of people thanks to its famous musicians. The band’s creator, John Lennon, has always stood out among the participants. He was the idol of millions, and his death is likened to the end of an entire creative era.
    In 1956, he and his school friends founded the "The Quarrymen" team. The name of the band created by Lennon changed several times until the acronym «The Beatles» was released. The group found breakthrough success, but eventually broke up due to internal disagreements.
    Lennon’s solo music creativity has amounted by seven albums, a couple of collections and several recordings of concerts. Besides music, John directed and tried himself as an actor. His own direction was directed at social tapes with political connotations. John also proved himself as a poet by publishing three collections of poems and puns.
    An asteroid was named in his honor, as well as streets in various cities. In 2002, authorities of Liverpool renamed the main airport in honor of the singer, and in 2010 in the United Kingdom, Lennon was portrayed on a five-pound coin. The singer was posthumously awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    The songs he wrote are considered the best of all the «Beatles» songs. Even Lennon’s solo career got a stunning success. He invented the concept and made his band the most recognizable music brand in the world. Only a truly talented and gifted person could pull this off.

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  6. A great number of famous and great people were born in Britain. Many of them completely changed the whole world. I want to tell you about the great detective Allan Pinkerton.
    Alan Pinkerton was born in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the son of a police sergeant. He worked as a cooper and once in his shop people paid with fake money. After this incident, he discovered their organization and decided to devote his life to it. Later, he moved to America and founded his own detective agency - Pinkerton National Detective Agency. The agency's motto is "We never sleep" and its logo is a wide-open eye.
    As a result, one of the agency's achievements was the introduction of a system for identifying criminals based on photos and personal files. Before that, the faces of criminals were memorized by the police. The Pinkerton Agency was very popular in the United States. The agency 's detectives solved the most complex and complicated crimes. The Agency worked with both the US government services and large companies interested in the security of goods and money. Interesting fact: one of the most high-profile cases of the detective agency was preventing the assassination of US President Lincoln in 1861. Continuing to fight bank and train robberies, the Pinkerton Agency became the most important intelligence agency. In retirement, the great detective began publishing books dedicated to the detection and prevention of crimes. The successful detective agency hasn’t lost its popularity since Pinkerton 's death and is active even now.

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    1. Splendid! It was very interesting to learn about this detective! Your mark is 10!

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  7. Kira Rulinskaya

    I would like to tell you about Stephen William Hawking - very famous scientist , a theoretical physicist,writer and cosmologist.He was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England.
    Hawking's father wanted his son to become a biologist, but Hawking did not like biology throughout his life.He first studied at Oxford ,Then he began to study at Cambridge, where he became a Professor of mathematics.Hawking's explanations of the formation of the universe, and of black holes in space received a huge interest among scientists the world over.He wrote books and essays, gave interviews, and participated in VT-shows.
    Stephen's disease was diagnosed when he was 21, and doctors said he would live only a couple of years with his illness.He suffered from a disease that almost deprived him of speech and movement,he had to use wheelchair.Friends gave him a speech synthesizer, which was installed on his wheelchair.Jane -his wife ,helped him with everything, she took care of Stephen and their 3 kids.After 25 years of marriage Hawking left his wife and married another woman.
    He was the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and was a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.Stephen Hawking's home was equipped with a smart home system.Stephen Hawking was an outstanding man, a brilliant scientist and made a huge contribution to science.He died at the age of 76, March 14, 2018.

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    1. Cool! Mistakes: "the world over" - over the world, "to use wheelchair" - a wheelchair. You have got 9!

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  8. Maria Slonimskaya

    We can say, that Great Britain is the mother of prominent and outstanding people who have changed the world. One of the most famous people is Dawid Bowie. He was born on January 8, 1947 and died on January 10, 2014 at the age of 69. Dawid Bowie was a musician, rock singer, producer, painter and even actor. He has been making music for 50 years.

    David Bowie became famous all over the world due to a song "Space Oddity", that came out at the same time with the first landing of people on the moon, so BBC used this song on television. For this song he was awarded the Ivor Novello Prize. Bowie worked with John Lennon, Carlos Alomar, Queen, Tony Visconti. He is also famous for changing images very often, but he kept his own recognizable style.

    David Bowie received the American Saturn Film Award for the role in the film "The Man Who Fell to Earth". He entered the top ten most successful artists in the history of music in the UK. He also won two Grammy Awards (nomination "Best music video") and two BRIT Awards (nomination "Best British Solo Artist"). David Bowie included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    He changed his surname to Bowie (real name is David Robert Jones), because he didn't want to be confused with Davy Jones, who is the famous member of The Monkees. By the way, Bowie is the name of combat knife (Bowie knife). And my favourite fact is that David Bowie formed the band The Hype in the 1960s, where every member went on stage dressed as superhero.

    Undoubtedly, Bowie was far ahead of his time in art. His contribution to the music industry is just invaluable. Entire generations will remember his merits.

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    1. Sorry, there is a mistake: dressed as superheroES*

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  9. Yuliya Mishchenko
    Sir Charles Spencer «Charlie» Chaplin was an American and English film actor. He also was a screenwriter, a musician and a stage director. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry.
    In 1910 Charlie Chaplin went to his first tour as part of a theater troupe to the USA. Two years later he was mentioned by a famous film producer Mack Sennett. Chaplin almost lost his job because films started to become more and more popular only a few years later.
    He wanted to make films and act in them himself. He became a worldwide icon through his screen role - "The Tramp".
    In 1914, the first independent film "Caught by the Rain" by Charlie Chaplin saw the light. He became the highest paid actor in 1917 after a contract for one million dollars. In 1919, together with other actors, he founded his own United Artists film studio, where he worked until his departure for the United States in the early 1950s. He was absolutely into the silent cinema and in 1940 made his first voiced film "The Great Dictator". It was Chaplin's last appearance on the screen.
    In 1964, Chaplin published his memoirs and there was the film "Chaplin" according to them. In 1972 Charley Chaplin got Oscar. And in March 1975, Charlie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
    It is interesting that his career was more than 75 years long. Charlie made his debut on stage at the age of five.

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  10. In the world there were a lot of outstanding people. Most of them are British. Many actors, doctors, writers, scientists and many others. I would like to talk about the very famous actor, film director and screenwriter Charles Chaplin. Born April 16, 1889 in London, in a family of pop actors. His father was a popular singer, but after losing his voice he began to drink a lot and soon died. Charlie himself first appeared on stage at the age of five and immediately liked the audience. In 1908, Chaplin became a member of one of the popular theater troupes of Fred Carnot and soon became one of its leading actors. In 1914, the first independent film by Chaplin saw the light, entitled "Caught by the Rain." In 1917, he became the highest paid actor, signing a contract for one million dollars. For the sake of creative independence, Chaplin in 1919, together with other actors, founded his own United Artists film studio, where he worked until his departure for the United States in the early 1950s. In 1940, he shot his first fully voiced film, The Great Dictator, which was anti-Hitler. In this film, Charlie’s last appearance on the screen took place. In the early 40s, the persecution of Chaplin by the US government began, suspecting him of his commitment to communism. As a result, Charlie began to live in Switzerland, where he began to compose music for his silent films. In 1964, Chaplin published his memoirs, according to which the film "Chaplin" was shot in 1992. The last film was in 1967 the film "Countess from Hong Kong." In 1972, Chaplin’s last short visit to the United States took place to receive an Oscar. And in March 1975, Charlie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Charlie Chaplin died at his home in Switzerland on December 25, 1977 in a dream at the age of 88.

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    1. Very well! Mistakes: " immediately liked the audience" - was immediately liked by the audience. You have got 10!

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  12. As a big fan of music i can talk you about famous British bands. First of all heavy metal band Black Sabbath. This band was very popular in 1970-1980 cause of new genre that they created. The most famous person from this group are Ozzy Osbourne. Biggest part of people know him as crazy guy who ate bat at concert. Their album Paranoid In 2002 took 3rd place in the ranking of 100 best rock albums of all time according to Classic Rock magazine. About 4 million copies were sold in the United States alone, although the songs hardly sounded about radio. And the second group are Led Zeppelin. This group is one of the most successful in all history. Over 300 million copies sold worldwide. The most famous participants are Jimmy Page. Jimmy Page are one of the best guitar players in all World. Creem magazine recognized him as the best guitarist in the world for five consecutive years. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine included Page on the list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time, placing him in 9th place. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine again included him in his list of virtuoso guitarists, this time in third place, behind only Jimi Hendricks and Eric Clapton.
    In 2007, Paige received the Classic Rock Awards in the Living Legend Award.
    According to a 2008 poll by American radio station Chop Shop among music experts, Jimmy Page was named the greatest guitar player of all time.
    In 2009, Jimmy Page was included in the list of the greatest guitarists of all time by the British magazine Classic Rock.
    In 2013, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were awarded the ECHO Music Award for Excellence in Music.

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  13. Fine! Mistakes: "talk you" - tell you, "Black Sabbath", "Led Zeppelin" - the Black Sabbath, the Led Zeppelin ( all music bands are with the), "Biggest part of people know him as crazy guy who ate bat at concert" - The biggest part of people knows him as a crazy guy who ate a bat at the concert, "Jimmy Page are" - Jimmy Page is. Your mark is 8!

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