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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. |
На минувшей неделе в Мексике скончался Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес. Ему было 87 лет. Он был и всегда будет одним из величайших писателей не только Латинской Америки, но и всего мира. BBC подготовила этот некролог, чтобы отдать дань жизни и работе этого выдающегося человека. Полезная информация – имена, организации и события, которые вам следует знать. Аракатака – речной город, основанный в 1885 году. Город стоит у одноименной реки Аракатака. Оно наиболее известно тем, что здесь родился лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес. Сто лет одиночества — роман нобелевского лауреата, колумбийского писателя Габриэля Гарсия Маркеса, впервые опубликованный на испанском языке в 1967 году. Эта книга считается шедевром Габриеля Гарсиа Маркеса, метафорическим описанием истории Колумбии или Латинской Америки. Роман описывает историю жизни семьи Буэндиа и их городка Макондо на протяжении ста лет. Габриель Гарсиа Маркес в своей автобиографии признает, что написал Макондо из одного из городков, где он проводил свое детство. Как и многие другие произведения Маркеса, “Сто лет одиночества” относится к направлению магического реализма. Номер 17 в Рейтинге 100 лучших книг всех времен журнала Ньюсвик. Магический реализм – это реализм, в котором органически сочетаются элементы реального и фантастического, бытового и мифического, действительного и мнимого, таинственного. Хотя чаще всего термин используется по отношению к литературному жанру, магический реализм также относится к кинематографии и изобразительному искусству. Магический реализм присущ прежде всего латиноамериканской литературе. Для того чтобы понять это видео, вам необходимо знать следующие 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 |
нуждающийся, 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 |
предрассудок |
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Alluring |
mysterious, exciting or attractive |
привлекательный |
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Solitude |
when you are alone, especially when this is what you enjoy |
одиночество |
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The Book of Genesis |
the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament |
Книга Бытия |
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Worldwide |
everywhere in the world |
по всему миру, всемирный |
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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 |
изгнание |
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To reflect |
to describe, to show |
отображать |
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Existence |
the type of life that someone has, especially when it is bad or unhappy |
существовать, бытие |
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To praise |
to say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly |
хвалить |
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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 |
навязчивый |
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To seek |
to try to achieve or get something |
стремиться |
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Awareness |
knowledge or understanding of a particular subject or situation |
сознание |
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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 теперь замените выделенные фразы в этих предложениях теми, что мы изучили. Если у вас возникли проблемы с этим заданием, попробуйте снова просмотреть видео и одновременно вставлять необходимые фразы. 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. |
В этом предложении мы видим Габриэля Гарсиа Маркеса маленьким мальчиком, который позже станет знаменитым писателем и напишет "Сто лет одиночества". Но так как мы говорим об этом событии в прошлом, первая часть на тот момент уже сбылась (он – маленький мальчик), а вторая еще нет (он сформирует основу для книги позже), поэтому во второй части используется would, чтобы говорить о будущем момента в прошлом. Это предложение говорит о будущем с точки зрения прошлого. Это называется 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. В школе я ненавидел биологию, но стал врачом. |
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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: |
В этом предложении мы говорим только о том, что произошло в прошлом. Это пример the Past Perfect tense. Оно используется, когда мы говорим о двух действиях в прошлом, при этом одно из них (Past Perfect) произошло перед другим (Past Simple). Past Perfect также используется, когда мы говорим о действии в прошлом, которое произошло до определенного времени в прошлом. Форма: had + V3 (третья форма неправильных глаголов или правильный глагол + ed) Например: |
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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. Сначала я приготовила ужин, а потом ты пригласил меня 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: |
Если мы говорим о двух или более действиях, которые произошли одно за другим, мы используем только Past Simple: А теперь задание. В следующих предложениях откройте скобки, используя Past Simple, Past Perfect или 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. |
Жду ваших идей в комментариях или по электронному адресу: [email protected] ЗЫ: Оказывается, что животные могут быть вандалами. Эта съемка, показанная BBC, доказывает, что одна собака понесла ответственность за спущенные колеса в окрестности. Смотрите и увидите, как такое возможно. |
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. ПЛОЩАДЬ УКРАИНСКИХ ГЕРОЕВ,
