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- 7. Say to which facts the following figures refer in the text
- 9. Speak about Turner. 10. Speak about your favourite artist. Use the following as an outline
- Text 3 Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)
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6. Find the following words in the text and memorize them: Choose the words from the list which characterize: • Turner; • Turner’s paintings; • what an artist does; • where an artist works and exhibits his paintings. 7. Say to which facts the following figures refer in the text: 1775; 1802; 1787; 1807; 14; 19,000; 1791; 1851 8. Answer the following questions: 1. What is Joseph Mallord William Turner famous for? 2. When did he begin to draw? 3. At what age did he become a student at the Royal Academy of Arts? 4. What kind of experiments did he make? 5. He often went abroad, didn’t he? 6. Prove that Turner lead a modest life. 7. Name the most famous of Turner’s paintings. 8. Where are his paintings exhibited? 9. Speak about Turner. 10. Speak about your favourite artist. Use the following as an outline: 1. The artist’s childhood. 2. The artist’s first experience in painting/drawing. 3. The artist’s academic education in painting/drawing. 4. The artist’s most outstanding work/works. 5. Where are the artist’s works exhibited. 226 Text 3 Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) Milne was born in London in 1882. He studied mathematics at Trinity College at Cambridge University, but his dream was to become a writer. He began his writing career when he was still at college, being published in the school magazine, the Granta. Later he became the editor of this magazine. After graduating he got the position of assistant editor in the Punch magazine. He got married in 1913. His wife’s name was Dorothy, and her home nickname was Daphne. They became the parents of Christopher Robin Milne in 1920. It was Daphne that suggested to her husband that he write children’s stories about their son’s toy animals. The first book had the title When We Were Very Young. It was published in 1924. Winnie-the-Pooh followed in 1926. In 1927 Now We Are Six was published, and then the last of the Pooh books, The House at Pooh Corner, came in 1928. Milne wrote many literary works; among them are detective stories and very successful plays. But he obtained the world’s fame due to his children’s stories. He could never understand the fact. One of his poems is as follows: If a writer, why not write On whatever comes in sight? So — the Children’s Books: a short Intermezzo of a sort; When I wrote them, little thinking All my years of pen and inking Would be almost lost among Those four trifles for the young. Here are two poems from Milne’s book about Winnie-the-Pooh, which made him so popular: How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue! Every little cloud Always sings aloud. How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue! It makes him very proud To be a little cloud. |