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Last week Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in Mexico. He was 87. He was and will always be one of the greatest writers not only in Latin America, but all over the world as well. BBC prepared this Obituary to honor the life and work of this great man. Background – names, organizations and event you should know about: Aracataca is a river town founded in 1885. The town stands beside the river of the same name, the Aracataca river. The town is best known as the birth place of Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude is anovel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, that was first published in Spanish in 1967. This books is considered the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a metaphorical description of history of Columbia or Latin America. The book tells the story of the Buendía family and their town Macondo during 100 years. In one of his autobiographies, Gabriel Garcia Marquez admits that he wrote Macondo out of one of the town, he had spent his childhood in. Just like many other works of Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude is an example of magic realism. It is number 17 in a Newsweek rating of 100 Best Books of All Times. Magic realism or magical realism is a genre where the elements of real and magical, routine and mythical, real and imaginary, mysterious are combined. Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts. Magic realism is usual for Latin American Literature. In order to understand this video we’ll need to know the following words. |
Минулого тижня у Мексиці помер Габріель Гарсіа Маркес. Йому було 87. Він був і завжди буде одним з найвидатніших письменників не тільки Латинської Америки, але й усього світу. BBC підготувала цей Некролог, щоб віддати данину життю та роботи цієї видатної людини. Корисна інформація – імена, організації та події, які вам варто знати. Аракатака – річкове місто, засноване у 1885. Місто стоїть біля одноіменної річки Аракатака. Воно найбільш видоме тім, що тут народився лауреат Нобелівськох премії з літератури Габріеля Гарсіа Маркес. Сто років самотності — роман нобелівського лауреата, колумбійського письменника Ґабрієля Ґарсія Маркеса, вперше опублікований іспанською1967 року.Ця книга вважається шедевром Ґабрієля Ґарсія Маркеса, метафоричним описом історії Колумбії або Латинської Америки. Роман описує історію життя родини Буендіа та їхнього містечка Макондо впродовж ста років.Ґабрієль Ґарсія Маркес в своїй автобіографії визнає, що написав Макондо з одного з містечок, де він проводив своє дитинство.Як і багато інших творів Маркеса, Сто років самотності належить до напрямку магічного реалізму.Номер 17 у Рейтингу 100 найкращих книг усіх часів журналу Ньюсвік. Магічний реалізм – це реалізм, у якому органічно поєднуються елементи реального та фантастичного, побутового та міфічного, дійсного та уявного, таємничого.Хоча найчастіше термін використовується по відношенню до літературного жанру, магічний реалізм також відноситься до кінематографії та образотворчого мистецтва. Магічний реалізм притаманний передовсім латиноамериканській літературі. Для того, щоб зрозуміти це відео, Вам необхідно знати наступні слова. |
Vocabulary:
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Obituary |
an article in a newspaper about the life of someone who has just died |
некролог |
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Poverty- stricken |
extremely poor |
нужденний, убогий |
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Superstition |
a belief that some objects or actions are lucky or unlucky, or that they cause events to happen, based on old ideas of magic |
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Alluring |
mysterious, exciting or attractive |
привабливий |
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Solitude |
when you are alone, especially when this is what you enjoy |
самотність |
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The Book of Genesis |
the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament |
Книга Буття |
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Worldwide |
everywhere in the world |
по всьому світу, всесвітній |
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Exile |
a situation in which you are forced to leave your country and live in another country, especially for political reasons |
вигнання |
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To reflect |
to describe, to show |
відображати |
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Existence |
the type of life that someone has, especially when it is bad or unhappy |
існування, буття |
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To praise |
to say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly |
хвалити |
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Obsessive |
thinking or worrying about something all the time, so that you do not think about other things enough - used to show disapproval |
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To seek |
to try to achieve or get something |
прагнути |
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Awareness |
knowledge or understanding of a particular subject or situation |
свідомість |
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And now replace the highlighted phrases in the following sentences by the ones we learnt. If you have difficulties with the task, try watching and inserting necessary phrases at the same time. Alluring |
А тепер замініть виділені фразі у цих реченнях на ті, що ми вивчили. Якщо у вас виникли проблеми з цим завданням, спробуйте ще раз переглянути відео і одночасно вставляти необхідні фрази. Solitude |
1. BBC: The Remembrance: Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
2. From the heat and dust of Latin America, poor and often violent, Gabriel Garcia Marquez blended history and mythical belief, the real and the surreal to create a world as exotic and attractive as a South American carnival.
3. That child would form the basis for his most famous book “A Hundred Years of Loneliness”.
4. The New York Times called it the first piece of literature since the first part of the Old Testament that should be required reading for the entire human race.
5. It’s sold more than 20 million copies all over the world and there are translations in over 30 languages.
6. He began life as a left wing journalist and spent much of his time in another country for political reasons.
7. He always said he simply described daily life in Latin America.
8. People always admire my imagination but I believe I’m a terrible realist.
9. “Love in the Time of Cholera” was a highly personal book about worrisome love but his work has also grown increasingly political.
10. And towards the end of his life he was still trying to build bridges between Cuba and the outside world, a writer who combined political knowledge with a flowing imagination.
Language 1
That child would form the basis for his most famous book “A Hundred Years of Solitude”.
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In this sentence we see Gabriel Garcia Marquez as a little boy who will later become a famous writer and will write “A Hundred Years of Solitude”. But since we talk about this even in the past, the first part is true for the moment (he is a boy), but the second is still not (he will form the basis later, it hasn’t happened yet), that’s why the second part uses would to refer to future from the moment in the past. This sentence talks about the future seen from the past. This is called Future In the Past. |
У цьому реченні ми бачимо Габріеля Гарсію Маркеса маленьким хлопчиком, що пізніше стане знаменитим письменником і напише “Сто років самотності”. Але так як ми говоримо про цю подію в минулому, перша частина на той момент вже збулася (він – маленький хлопчик), а друга ще ні (він сформує основу для книги пізніше), тому у другій частині використовується would, щоб говорити про майбутнє з моменту у минулому. Це речення говорить про майбутьнє з точки зору минулого. Це називається Future in the Past. |
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• At school I hated biology and I couldn’t imagine I would become a doctor. = When I was at school I hated biology. I became a doctor. У школі я ненавидів біологію, але став лікарем. |
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Language 2
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It his youth Jose Arcadio Buendia and his men with wives and children, animals and kinds of domestic implements had crossed the mountains in search of an outlet to the sea and after 26 months they gave up the expedition and founded Macondo so that they would not have to go back. |
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In this sentence we talk only about things that happened in the past. We see an example of the Past Perfect tense. It is used to talk about two actions in the past, when one happened (Past Perfect) before the other one (Past Simple). Past Perfect is also used when we talk about a past action that happened before some time in the past. For example: |
У цьому реченні ми говоримо лише про те, що сталося в минулому. Це приклад the Past Perfect tense. Він використовується, коли ми говоримо про дві дії в минулому, при цьому одна з них (Past Perfect) сталася перед іншою (Past Simple). Past Perfect також вживається, коли ми говоримо про дію в минулому, що відбулася до певного часу в минулому. Наприклад: |
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- I had cooked dinner before you asked me to eat out. (First I cooked dinner. Then you asked me to eat out. Спочатку я приготувала вечерю, а після того ти запросив мене в ресторан.) |
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Note: If we talk about two and more action that happened one right after the other one, we use Past Simple only. And now a task. In the following sentences open the brackets using Past Simple, Past Perfect or would: |
Увага: Якщо ми говоримо про дві чи більше дій, що трапилися одна за одною, ми використовуємо лише Past Simple: А тепер завдання. У наступних реченнях відкрийте лапки, використовуючи Past Simple, Past Perfect або would: |
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Language Task 1. The boy grew up in poverty, not knowing that in the future he _______ (be) one of the richest men in the world.2. My mom left me without the Internet for a week after she __________ (catch) me buying games with her credit card. 3. I woke up, looked at the alarm clocked and __________ (jump) off the bed. 4. We decided to postpone the trip to Malaysia after we ___________ (watch) the news about the plain disappearance. 5. None of us new at the time that we ______________ (be questioned) by the police in an hour. 6. He _____________ (pour) hot coffee all over his legs and screamed with pain. 7. Tom _____________ (pass) all exams by June last year. 8. When he made his first picture, he understood the photography ____________ (become) the life. 9. The man got into a fight after someone __________ (grow) a tomato at him. 10. The police didn’t realize they _________ (release) the man who later _____________ (be known) as the most violent serial killer. |
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I’m waiting for your ideas in the comments or my e-mail: [email protected] PS.It turns out animals can also be vandals. This footage showed by BBC proves that one specific dog was responsible for flat tires in the neighborhood. Watch and see how it’s possible. |
Чекаю на ваші ідеї в коментарях або за електронною адресою: [email protected] ЗИ:Виявляється, що тварини також можуть бути вандалами. Ця зйомка, показана BBC, доводить, що одна собака несла відповідальність за спущені колеса у околиці. Дивіться і побачита, як таке можливо. |
Answers to the previous issue about Generation Selfie
Vocabulary Task:
1. background
2. selfie
3. controversies; sponsored by
4. buddies
5. every other
6. lament, explosion
7. millennials; boom; bust; collapse; so far fail
8. attitude
Language Task
1. I like drama whereas my sister likes comedies.
2. We watched my nieces sing in the concert.
3. It’s hard to go on a diet alone. On the other hand, if someone helps you, it’s easy.
4. I heard the car crash into the wall.
5. Nobody likes people who lie. Still, sometimes lying is good.
6. I saw your cat catch and eat three pigeons.
7. I am a vegetarian and don't eat meat. However, eating meat is good for you.
8. Tom noticed the policeman hiding something but he didn’t see what he had.
9. You said that you’d help me to move on Sunday. When in fact you didn’t even answer my phone calls.
10. I don’t think that phone was made to take pictures. On the other hand, it is very convenient since the phone is small.
Prepared by Olha Yankova
М. ПЛОЩА УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ГЕРОЇВ,
