Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 39 стр.

translated the «published» three medieval «best sellers», Bede’s History,
Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy and Gregory’s Pastoral Care. Thus
indeed he gave to the English their first literature, for hitherto all
books had been written in Latin, the Esperanto of scholars.
       If ever a king deserved the epithet Great it was Alfred, for he
was not only great among warrior kings, but was wiser than his
generation and many of those who followed as well.
      to season — çàêàëÿòü
      warrior     — áîåö, âîèí
      onslaught — àòàêà
      maraudings — ãðàáåæè
      to combat — îòáèòü

V. Retell the text according to the plan:
     1. Facts about his life.           4. Interests.
     2. Political opinions.             5. Ambitions.
     3. Work habits.

VI. Write a similar profile about a politician, real or imaginary.
Use these expressions:
     - a member of...
     - represents...
     - comes from...
     - speaks... languages
     - believes in...
     - he likes going
     - he’d like to do (stay)

VII. Reading.

Read this text by Gordon Winter and translate it into Russian in the
written form. Translate the ideas, not word by word.
      With few exceptions, the landscape that is fashioned by efficient
farmers will provide scenery that pleases the eye. I know that there are
those who complain of factory farming, or of prairie farming when
they see hedges being grubbed out to create larger fields. In some
cases the destruction of hedges has gone too far, but when that
happens it is not in the farmers’ long-term interest and cannot therefore
be described as efficient farming. Fields need to be big enough to be
worked by today’s machinery; we cannot hope to maintain the


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