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Конкурс рассказов об известных людях Великобритании
Цели:
Обобщение изученного материала
по теме «Известные люди Великобритании».
Совершенствование навыков монологической речи.
Актуализация страноведческого
материала.
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Charles Babbage
Born: 26 December 1791
Occupation: Mathematician, analytical philosopher,
mechanical engineer,
Originated the idea of a programmable computer
Died: 18 October 1871 (aged 79)
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Alexander Graham Bell
Born: 3 March 1847
Occupation: inventor, scientist
Education:
University of Edinburgh,
University of Toronto
associated with the
invention of the telephone
Died: 2 August 1922 (aged 75)
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William Shakespeare
Born: April 1564 (exact date unknown)
Occupation: playwright,
poet, actor
Genres: comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies, sonnets
38
plays, 154 sonnets
Died: 23 April 1616
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Daniel Defoe
Born: 1659|1661(?)
Occupation: writer, journalist, spy
500 books, pamphlets,
journals
Famous novel: “Robinson Crusoe”
Topics: politics, crime, religion, psychology
Died: 24
April 1771 (?)
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Lewis Carroll
Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Born: 27 January 1832
Occupation:
writer, mathematician, clergyman, photographer
Genre: literary nonsense
Died: 14 January 1898
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born: 22 May 1859
Occupation: short
story writer, novelist, poet, doctor
Genre: detective fiction, historical novels,
nonfiction, poetry
Famous book – about detective Sherlock Holmes
Died: 7 July 1930 (aged 71)
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Sir Isaac Newton
Born: 4 January 1643
Occupation: physicist, mathematician,
astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist
Scientific revolution
Died: 31 March 1728 (aged
85)
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Charles Darwin
Full Name: Charles Robert Darwin
Born: 12
February 1809
Alma mater: University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge
Occupation:
naturalist
Known for: Natural selection,
The origin of Species
Prizes: Royal Medal (1853), Wollaston Medal (1859), Coplay Medal (1864)
Died: 19 April 1882
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Born: 13 November 1850
Occupation: novelist,
poet, and travel writer
Famous book: Treasure Island
Died: 3
December 1894
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Born: December 30, 1865, Bombay, India
Occupation: short story writer, novelist, poet, journalist
Genres: Short
story, novel, children's literature, poetry, travel literature
Famous work: “The Jungle Book”
Died: January 18, 1936 (aged 70)
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Born: 6 August 1881, Scotland
Occupation: biologist
and pharmacologist
Best-known achievement: the discovery of penicillin
a
Nobel Prize in 1945
Died: 11 March 1955
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Charlie Chaplin
Full Name: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
Born:
16 April 1889
Occupation: comedy actor, director and musician
one of the finest mimes and clowns
His working life: over 65 years
Died:25 December 1977 (aged 88)
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John Logie Baird
Born: August 13, 1888
Occupation: engineer
inventor
of the world's first working
television system
Died: June 14, 1946
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Agatha Christie
Name: Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan
Born:
15 September 1890
Occupation: novelist (80 detective novels)
Genres:
murder mystery, crime fiction
the best-selling writer of books of all time
Died: 12 January 1976
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JRR Tolkien
Born: 3 January 1892
Occupation: philologist, writer
and
university professor
Genres: high fantasy
Famous books: The Hobbit
and The Lord of the Rings
Died: 2 September 1973 (aged 81)
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JK Rowling
Name: Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling
Born:
31 July 1965
Occupation: novelist
Genres: fantasy
Famous book – about
Harry Potter
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John Lennon
Full name: John Winston Ono Lennon
Born: 9
October 1940
Occupation: songwriter, singer, musician, graphic artist, author
and peace activist
One of the founders of The Beatles
Died: 8 December 1980
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Princess Diana
Diana Frances; née Spencer
1 July 1961
Princess of Wales
the first wife of Charles, Prince
of Wales
two sons, Princes William and Harry
took part in many Charities
31 August 1997 (aged 36)