Reading Task1. Read the text about Charles Dickens. Answer the questions True ( T ) False ( F )

Charles Dickens was a very popular and talented English novelist of the Victorian Era. He was born in 1812 in a poor English family. Charles had many brothers and sisters but he preferred reading to playing with children. His father had many books so young Dickens learned to read very early and spent most of his time reading them.

When Charles was 10 years old, his family moved to London where his father got into debt. Soon his father was put into prison that’s why Charles had to start working. He worked at a small factory in London, pasting labels on bottles. The boy had to work in dreadful conditions for 2 years.

Then Dickens managed to go to school for some time, however he didn’t learn much there. He liked studying at home by his own or with the help of his father. Later Charles worked as a clerk in a lawyer’s office and at the age of 25 he wrote his first sketch which was soon published by a magazine. Then the magazine published nine other sketches all of which had a great success. The sketches became Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

Since then Charles Dickens devoted himself entirely to literature. He wrote such famous novels as Oliver Twist, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. All of his books are interesting and humourous even if they often describe the hard life of poor people.

Charles Dickens died in 1870. He was one of the greatest English novelists whose books are still read all over the world.

Answer the questions

1)    Charles Dickens was a French singer

2)    He was born in 1812 in a very rich family

3)    Нe loved to read books, they had many books at home

4)    Charles moved to London with his family when he was 12 years old

5)    Charles Dickens didn’t graduate from school

He wrote books about funny and rich peop

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Эта книга шерлока холмса i enjoy reading books very much and most of all i like the book of sherlock holmes stories by arthur conan doyle. the main characters of the stories are a brilliant detective sherlock holmes, who can solve the most complicated cases, and his loyal friend doctor john watson. sherlock holmes always pays attention to every detail and can expose the craftiest criminals. my favourite story is entitled “a scandal in bohemia”. in this story the king of bohemia visited sherlock holmes under an assumed name. he told sherlock that some years ago he had had an affair with an opera singer irene adler. the king was going to get married to a scandinavian princess and he was afraid that irene, who had compromising letters and photographs, could send them to his fiancée’s family. so he wanted sherlock to get them for him. finally, using disguise, holmes got into irene’s house and figured out where the photographs were hidden. but when he wanted to get them, the photographs were not in place. there was a letter from irene and her photograph. she unveiled his plans, but she promised not to use the photographs and letters against the king. so the famous detective was beaten by the clever woman. мне нравится читать книги. больше всего я люблю книгу с рассказами о шерлоке холмсе артура конан дойля. главные герои рассказов – шерлок холмс, сыщик, который может раскрывать самые сложные дела, и его верный друг доктор джон ватсон. шерлок холмс всегда обращает внимание на мельчайшие детали и может разоблачить самых коварных и изобретательных преступников. мой любимый рассказ называется "скандал в богемии". в начале рассказа шерлока холмса посетил король богемии под вымышленным именем. он рассказал шерлоку, что несколько лет назад у него был роман с оперной певицей ирен адлер. король собирался жениться на скандинавской принцессе, и он боялся, что ирен, у которой остались компрометирующие письма и фотографии, может отправить их семье его невесты. поэтому он попросил шерлока достать их для него. в конце концов, используя маскировку, холмс сумел попасть в дом ирен и выяснил, где были спрятаны фотографии. когда шерлок пришел вновь, чтобы забрать их, фотографий не было на месте – там лежало письмо от ирен и ее фотография. она раскрыла планы холмса, но обещала не использовать фотографии и письма против короля. так умная женщина превзошла знаменитого сыщика.