Jack london

Jack London (1876-1916), the world famous American writer, who reflected the hopes, conflicts, frustrations and romantic impulses of the period, was born in San Francisco, California, on 12^th January, 1876. His family soon moved to Oakland, Califrnia, where as he wrote in his autobiographical "John Barleycorn" (1913) he had quitted school at 14 and started working for a living as his family was very poor. Before he was sixteen he had become an oyster pirate but soon he realized that this kind of life was not for him. As a sailor on a sealing cruise he sailed as far as Japan. The experience of the cruise formed the basis of his future sea stories.

As a member of Kelly's Industrial Army he took part in the march of the unemployed in Washington which took place in 1894. Later he joined railroad tramps and was arrested and put in prison for vagrancy. The story "Road" (1907) described what he himself had experienced when riding roads.

About the age of 19 he attended Oakland High School for a short time and a year at the University of California. He had to quit college and get a job because he had no money to pay his tuition.

Observation of depression conditions, of social injustice turned him to socialism It was in 1894. Later he decided to join the Socialist Party.

In the winter of 1897 London joined the gold rush to the Klondike. He got no gold he had found something better that the yellow metal. The wonderful stories written after he had returned were based on the life he had lived and seen in the North.

One day a San Francisco paper advertised a writing contest. Jack's mother made him write a story. She used to say that Jack had seen and done a lot, that he had always been an excellent storyteller. London wrote a story and it won the first prize, 25 dollars.

His first book “The Son of the Wolf” (1900) gained a wide audience. During his short life London wrote 50 books. The main theme of his books was the struggle of the individual to survive and achieve success. His most popular books are “The God of His Fathers” (1901), “The Call of the Wild” (1903), “The Sea Wolf” (1904), “White Fang” (1905) and “Martin Eden” (1909). In three of his books he made an attempt to describe the class struggle: “The War of Classes” (1905), “The Iron Heel” (1907), and “Revolution” (1908).

After 1909 London broke with the American socialist movement and resigned from the Socialist Party, which, as he thought, had betrayed the working class and sold itself to the ruling class. He died (committed suicide) on 22^nd November , 1916.

a) Підкреслити дієслова у Past Simple.

b) Підкреслити усі прийменники.

с) Скласти план тексту англійською мовою.

d) What was this man? What is he famous for? – Дайте письмову відповідь на ці питання англійською мовою (3-5 реченнь)

ВАРІАНТ II

1. Вставте конструкцію there is, there are, there was або there were. Деякі речення питальні (is/was there..? are/were there…?) та заперечні (there isn’t/aren’t, there wasn’t/weren’t). Перекладіть речення рідною мовою:

1. How many people ____________ at the concert last Sunday?

2. ___________lots of rooms in the Royal Hotel. It is very big.

3. ___________ dark clouds in the sky. It is going to rain.

4. Can we listen to some music? No, ___________a radio in this room.

5. ____________ none so blind as they that won’t see. (J. Swift)

2. Вставте займенники a lot of, much, many, little, a little, few, a few та перекладіть речення рідною мовою:

1. He hasn’t got _______ money.

2. There are _________ animals in the zoo.

3. There’s __________ milk in the fridge. Go to the supermarket and buy some, please.

4. Are there ________ biscuits in the packet? – Yes, take one.

5. We’re got ________ eggs. We can’t make an omlette.

3. Поставте дієслова у дужках у Past Simple або Present Perfect Tenses:

1. _________(you/finish) your project yet? – Yes, I _________ (finish) it last night.

2. We ________ a lot of money on our new house so far.

3. I _________ (drink) twelve glasses of water yesterday.

4. Don’t touch the wall! Father _______(just/paint) it!

5. _________ (your brother/repair) the car yet?

4. Використайте потрібний прийменник:

1. Peter is always ___ time ___ his lessons.

2. My mother always gets up ___ seven o’clock ___ the morning.

3. I like to speak English ___ my friends.

4. Please translate this text ___ Russian ___ English.

5. Sandra is going to spend her weekend ___ home.

5. Оберіть правильне модальне дієслово та перекладіть речення рідною мовою:

1. David _______ swim when he was a small boy. (can’t/couldn’t)

2. ________ I take your pen, please? (may/must)

3. It’s too late. You _______ go to bed. (should/needn’t)

4. I haven’t got any money. I ________ go to the bank. (must/mustn’t)

5. _______Liza speak Spanish? (can/may)

6. Прочитайте текст та письмово перекладіть його рідною мовою: