Номер 3, страница 129, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

3. Work in pairs. Read the text about a famous Belarusian author and share three facts that you found interesting about him. Have you chosen the same facts?

Uladzimir Karatkevich is an outstanding Belarusian writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, essayist, and translator, whose books are known throughout the world. Karatkevich’s books have been translated into many foreign languages and made into films.

screenwriter
BUT! playwright

He was born on 26 November, 1930 in Orsha, Vitebsk region. During World War II, his family were evacuated to Russia. After the war, he came back to Orsha, where he graduated from high school. At that time Karatkevich started writing and publishing his first short stories and essays. In 1949 he entered the University in Kiev, where he proved to be one of the most talented students. Uladzimir Karatkevich continued to write poems in Russian and Belarusian. After that, he did a course in Literature and Cinematography in Moscow and became a professional writer.

Uladzimir Karatkevich – the first Belarusian writer who wrote in horror and Gothic styles. In 1964 he published “King Stakh’s Wild Hunt” – a historical detective novel, which tells the tale of Andrey Belaretsky, a young folklorist who finds himself stuck in the castle of Marsh Firs and reveals their secrets. In 1965 a historical novel, “The Ears of Rye under Thy Sickle”, was published. It is an exciting life story of Ales Zahorski, a young Belarusian nobleman, who would later take part in the Belarusian uprising (восстание / паўстанне) of 1863–1864 against the Russian tsarist ['zɑːrɪst] rule. Uladzimir Karatkevich professionally studied the history of the uprising of 1863–1864 on the territory of Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland.

In 1971 he married Valiantsina Nikitsina, to whom he later dedicated his novel “The Black Castle Alshansky”. Karatkevich was also a poet with his unique style. Today his poetry is as appealing as his prose: some of his poems were put into songs by “Neuro Dubel”. Karatkevich is also the author of a classic metaphor of Belarus as “The Land under White Wings”. This is the title of his book, a guide to Belarus, written specifically for Belarusians in 1971. He was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980.

Uladzimir Karatkevich died in 1984 and was buried in Minsk.

3. Работайте в парах. Прочитайте текст об известном белорусском писателе и поделитесь тремя фактами о нем, которые показались вам интересными. Выбрали ли вы те же самые факты?

Ответ:

Uladzimir Karatkevich was the first Belarusian writer who wrote in horror and Gothic styles.

He is the author of a classic metaphor of Belarus as “The Land under White Wings”.

Some of his poems were put into songs by “Neuro Dubel”.

Перевод:

Владимир Короткевич был первым белорусским писателем, который писал в жанрах ужасов и готики.

Он является автором классической метафоры о Беларуси как о «Земле под белыми крыльями».

Некоторые его стихи были положены на музыку группой «Нейро Дюбель».