Task 1 Reading Great Minds: J. K. Rowling
Great Minds: J. K. Rowling by Lydia Lukidis Wizards, Hogwarts, and Gryffindors! Everybody knows J. K. Rowling is
the author of the ever popular Harry Potter series. Everybody knows she's incredibly successful, famous, and
rich. But Rowling's past wasn't so magical. She certainly didn't have anything handed to her on a silver platter.
She represents a true rags to riches story. Let's go back in time for a moment. Rowling was born in 1965 in Yate,
England. Her parents were voracious readers. She grew up surrounded by books. She quickly became a
bookworm and dreamed of being a writer. Her favorite subjects in school were English and languages. No
surprise there. By the age of six, she wrote her first story. By the age of eleven, she wrote her first full length
novel. That's pretty incredible! Upon graduating university, she worked a series of jobs in London as a secretary
and teacher. She also worked at Amnesty International. In 1991, Rowling left England to work as an English
teacher in Portugal. That's where she met her first husband. They quickly got married and welcomed a child
shortly after. Unfortunately, this was a turbulent era for Rowling. Soon after her daughter was born, her marriage
fell apart. The couple got divorced. In an instant, she lost everything. She became homeless and unemployed.
Now a single mother, she moved back to England. She lived in a tiny apartment and looked after her daughter.
She survived on public assistance and had a few brief odd jobs here and there. But she never gave up on her
writing. She continued to write stories every chance she got. She would write in cafes as her daughter napped.
Rowling first dreamed up Harry Potter when she was delayed on a train. She was Super Teacher Worksheets -
www.superteacherworksheets.com imagining creating a place where a child could have power. This is what
sparked the idea of Hogwarts, the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over the next five years, she developed her
ideas and outlined the series of seven books. She scribbled her notes by hand on scraps of paper and napkins.
Soon she had a pile of notes that she had to piece together. Despite living in poverty and suffering from
depression, she persevered. When she finished the first manuscript (Harry​

Перевод текста задания:

Омар: Я хотел бы создать идеальную интернет-школу и предоставить школьникам много занятий. Они должны запускать урок из интернета. Я уверен, что дети будут интересоваться школой. Если у ученика есть 3 минуты учебного времени, у каждого ученика будет 1 минута времени в интернете.

Интернет может стать полезным инструментом в жизни подростков. Интернет приведет школьников к работе, о которой можно только мечтать.

ответы на вопросы:

1. What is Omar’s idea about the perfect Internet school?

Omar wants to create an online-school to provide schoolchildren with a lot of activities.

2. What are the advantages of children’s conducting lessons off the Internet?

On the Internet children can get useful information and do it very fast, learn news, communicate with each other and learn many fascinating things.

3. List the advantages of the Internet in school.

Children can search for new information, make reports or projects, read books online and communicate with children from other countries. The Internet can help us to learn foreign languages. We can watch videos about various people and places which is a great help when we study history, biology, geography, chemistry and other school subjects.

Перевод вопросов и ответов:

1. Что Омар думает об идеальной интернет-школе?

Омар хочет создать онлайн-школу, чтобы обеспечить школьникам множество занятий.

2. Каковы преимущества проведения детьми уроков из Интернета?

В Интернете дети могут получать полезную информацию и делать это очень быстро, узнавать новости, общаться друг с другом и узнавать много интересных вещей.

3. Перечислите преимущества интернета в школе.

Дети могут искать новую информацию, составлять доклады или проекты, читать книги в интернете и общаться с детьми из других стран. Интернет может нам учить иностранные языки. Мы можем смотреть видео о разных людях и местах, что очень при изучении истории, биологии, географии, химии и других предметов.

1. My friend knows Spanish very well. 2. Who did you ring up an hour ago? 3. He lives on the third floor. 4. Did It take you long to find his house yesterday? 5. When were your lessons over on Monday? 6. I had dinner with my fam­ily yesterday. 7. Her friends were ready at five o'clock. 8. One of her brothers made a tour of Europe last summer. 9. Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926. She to became Queen of England in 1952. 10. Do You always get up at seven o'clock? — No, sometimes I get up at half past seven.