William Shakespeare - The Immortal Poet of Nature

Appendix 1 130 My mistress`s eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks: I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. 130 Ее глаза на звезды не похожи, Нельзя уста кораллами назвать, Не Белоснежка плеч открытых кожа, И черной проволокой вьется прядь. С дамской розой, алой или белой, Нельзя сравнить оттенок этих щек. А тело пахнет так, как пахнет тело, Не как фиалки нежный лепесток. Ты не найдешь в ней совершенных линий, Особенно света на челе. Не знаю я, как шествуют богини, Но милая ступает по земле. И все ж она уступит там едва ли, Кого в сравненьях пышных оболгали Translation by S.Marshak Appendix 2 1: Student The name of William Shakespeare is known all over the world. The last half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th centuries are known as the Golden Age of English Renaissance. Sometimes they are called “The Age of Shakespeare”. 2 :  Students People often call Shakespeare “Our national Bard”, “The Immortal Poet of Nature”. We really know few facts of his life and many often of them are doubtful. But some facts are known to us and are proved by documents. 3 :  Student The first facts of Shakespeare’s biography are that he was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. His father was a dealer in corn, meat, wool. William`s mother was a daughter of a rich farmer.  Student 4: We also know that, being 18 years old, William married Anne Hathaway, who was 9 years older than himself. They had a daughter Susanna and twins – son Hamnet and daughter Judith.  Student 5 :  It`s known that in 1567 Shakespeare went to London to find a job, where he began writing plays staged at the Globe Theatre. 6 :  Student It`s known that only in 1611, at the height of his fame, Shakespeare returned to Stratford, where in April 23, 1616 he died. True or False? 1. Shakespeare was born in the 17th century. 2. His father was a poet. 3. His wife was Anne Hathaway. 4. William Shakespeare had three children. 5. He died in Stratford-on-Avon, on April 23, 1616.  True or False? 1. Shakespeare was born in the 17th century. 2. His father was a poet. 3. His wife was Anne Hathaway. 4. William Shakespeare had three children. 5. He died in Stratford-on-Avon, on April 23, 1616.  True or False? 1. Shakespeare was born in the 17th century. 2. His father was a poet. 3. His wife was Anne Hathaway. 4. William Shakespeare had three children. 5. He died in Stratford-on-Avon, on April 23, 1616. Appendix 3 The Comedy of Errors Hamlet, Prince of Denmark All`s Well That Ends Well A Midsummer Night`s Dream 12th Night Othello King Lear Macbeth The Merry Wives of Windsor Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing Julius Caesar  The Comedy of Errors Hamlet, Prince of Denmark All`s Well That Ends Well A Midsummer Night`s Dream 12th Night The Merry Wives of Windsor Othello King Lear Macbeth Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing Julius Caesar Keys Comedies 1. The Comedy of Errors 2. All`s Well That Ends Well 3. A Midsummer Night`s Dream 4. 12th Night 5. The Merry Wives of Windsor 6. Much Ado About Nothing Tragedies 1. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 2. Othello 3. King Lear 4. Macbeth 5. Romeo and Juliet 6. Julius Caesar Appendix 4 Hamlet Claudius told everybody that snake had bitten the King. The young prince, however, suspected that Claudius himself had killed the King. How right was he? What ought he to think of his mother? (From “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”)  Student 1: To be or not to be, that is the question: Wheter `tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep – No more, and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh in heir to; `tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish`d. To die, to sleep – To sleep, perchance to dream…  2: Student Быть или не быть – таков вопрос; Что благородней думам – покоряться Пращам и стрелам яростной судьбы Иль, ополчась на море смут, сразить их Противоборством? Умереть, уснуть – И только, и сказать, что сном кончаешь Тоску и тысячу природных мук, Наследье плоти, - как такой развязки Не жаждать? Умереть, уснуть. – Уснуть! Appendix 5 Translate into Russian: 1. The beginning the ________________________________________ whirling at of 2. The end. time. ____________________________________________ 3. There`s the rub. ________________________________________________ 4. All is well that ends well. _________________________________________ – – – – 5. To win golden opinions. – _________________________________________  Translate into Russian: 1. The beginning the ________________________________________ whirling at of 2. The end. time. ____________________________________________ 3. There`s the rub. ________________________________________________ is well that ends well. 4. All _________________________________________ 5. To win golden opinions. – _________________________________________  Translate into Russian: 1. The beginning the ________________________________________ whirling at of 2. The end. time. ____________________________________________ 3. There`s the rub. ________________________________________________ is well that ends well. 4. All _________________________________________ 5. To win golden opinions. – _________________________________________ Keys – – – – – – – – 1. The beginning at the end. – Начало конца. 2. The whirling of time. – Превратности судьбы. 3. There`s the rub. – Вот в чем загвоздка. 4. All is well that ends well. – Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается. 5. To win golden opinions. – Заслужить благоприятное мнение. Appendix 6 Student 1: Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love With alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove.  Student O no, it is an ever-fixed mark, 2 : That looks on tempests, and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth`s unknown, although his height be taken. 3:  Student Love`s not Time`s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle`s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error, and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. 4 :  Student Мешать соединенью двух сердец Я не намерен. Может ли измена Любви безмерной положить конец? Любовь не знает убыли и тлена. Любовь – над бурей поднятый маяк, Не меркнущий во мраке и тумане, Любовь – звезда, которую моряк Определяет место в океане. 5: Student Любовь – не кукла жалкая в руках У времени, стирающего розы На пламенных устах и на щеках, И не страшны ей времени угрозы. А если я не прав и лжет мой стих, - То нет любви и нет стихов моих!