“Шотландский поэт Роберт Бернс”
упражнения к уроку, посвящённому творчеству Р.Бернса (1759–1796)
Task 1. Match the dates with the facts of R. Burns’ life:
1759 |
a) Robert was sent to school, but his school
days did not last long as their teacher left the school. |
Key: 1. b; 2. a; 3. d; 4. c; 5. f; 6. e; 7. g
Task 2. Which lines are from Burns’ poetry?
1. Gin a body meet a body
Comin’ thro’ the rye.2. Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to belong desert a beggar born.3. An’ they ha’e sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn should die.4. Farewell to the highlands,
Farewell to the north.5. The poetry of Earth is never dead;
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun.6. My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.7. In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine
Lived a miner, Forty-Niner,
And his daughter. Clementine.8. Oh my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
Key: 1; 3; 4; 6; 8 are from Burns’ poetry.
Task 3. Match an English poem with its Russian translation:
1. Go fetch to me a pint o’wine 2. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, 3. She snatch’d the candle in her hand, 4. When Januar wind was blawing cauld, |
a) Расстаться с ней мне было жаль, b) Меня в горах застигла тьма, c) Вина мне пинту раздобудь, d) Нас ждёт и буря и борьба. |
Key: 1. c; 2. d; 3. a; 4. b
Robert Burns’s poems are written in Scottish dialect. Many words are reduced. Sometimes it’s difficult to guess their meaning. But try.
Task 4. Match a word in column A with its modern meaning in B:
A luve |
B of |