martes, 20 de febrero de 2024

ENGLISH LITERATURE

A continuación vamos a ver un breve vídeo en inglés acerca de la literatura inglesa. El vídeo es la página del British Council. Os paso el guión del vídeo transcrito al inglés para que, tras una primera visualización sin el texto, realicemos una segunda escucha mientras leemos el texto en inglés. Aquí tienes el enlace a la página:





CUESTIONS:

1.- What does Richard do in the video?:

He interviews two people.
He quotes from Shakespeare.
He reads a book.
He sees a writer's personal belongings.
He sits where a writer sat.
He visits a museum.
He visits a reconstruction of a famous building.
He visits some famous literary landscapes.
He watches a play.

2.- Complete the paragraphs with information (words or numbers) from the video.

A.- The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare's original theatre, which burnt down in ________ . It opened to the public _________ years ago. The theatre has a curved __________ and is unusual because it has no __________There are approximately _________  performances every year to audiences of about ___________ people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his __________ and new plays too.

B.- Charles Dickens was a great British novelist, born ___________ years ago. He lived at 48, Doughty Street in London for ___________ and his old home has now been turned into a museum. He wrote  ________________ , The Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickelby there. The most important exhibits are some original manuscripts, his ________________ , and a _________________by R.S.Buss. Dickens went to work in a ______________when he was only 10 years old. He wrote about themes such as social ________________ and poverty, which are still relevant today.

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