1. Alexander Pushkin is famous for being Russia's greatest poet,novelist and playwright. 2. Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow. 3. He got his education from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo. 4. Pushkin began writing when he was only six years old. 5. His first poem was published in the journal The Messenger of Europe in 1814 when he was fifteen years old. 6. There are many famous works written by Pushkin such as Ruslan and Ludmila, The Captain's Daughter, Eugene Onegin, and many more. 7. The Captain's Daughter novel was set in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great at the time of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773–1774. 8. In this novel he described the life of an honourable man Pyotr Andreyich Grinyov, who was sent into military service by his father. There he met his captain's daughter Masha and fell in love with her but this caused a rift between Pyotr and his fellow officer Shvabrin. Later on during Pugachev's Rebellion, Pyotr was accused of having friendly relations with Pugachev because Shvabrin testified that Pyotr was a traitor. Pyotr was imprisoned because of that accusation but later was set free because Masha managed to convince Empress Catherine the Great of his innocence. Basically, the novel romanticised account of Pugachev's Rebellion and described the importance of honour and loyalty. 9. Pushkin died on January 29, 1837 at the age of thirty-seven. 10. He was honoured by his contemporaries for being a remarkable novelist. 11. Yes, they are still very popular.
a) Canada is the second largest 1) country in the world. It 2) is situated in the northern part of the North American continent. Its total 3) area is 9,975,000 square kilometers. Canada 4) is washed by three oceans – the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. Canada's 5) name comes from an Indian word kanata, which means "village". When the area came under the British rule in 1897, the new country 6) was called the Dominion of Canada, or simply Canada. This country has a small 7) population, only about 27,300,000 people. There are two official 8) languages in the country: English and French. The 9) capital of Canada is Ottawa. Canada's 10) motto "From Sea to Sea" is appropriate because it's surrounded by three oceans. b) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1) is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles 2) are two islands, Great Britain and Ireland. The western coast of Great Britain 3) is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. Their total 4) area is over 244 000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is one of the world's smaller 5) countries. Its 6) population is over 57 million people. London is the 7) capital of the United Kingdom
0,0(0 оценок)
Полный доступ
Позволит учиться лучше и быстрее. Неограниченный доступ к базе и ответам от экспертов и ai-bota
Оформи подписку