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In one room was a little wooden desk, the very desk that Shakespeare sat in when he went to the grammar school in Stratford. But one of the things 1 liked best was the garden behind the house, because in it are growing all the flowers, trees and plants that are mentioned in Shakespeare's plays.
When Shakespeare became successful in London he bought the biggest house in Stratford, a house called New Place, to retire to. Here he probably wrote The Winter's Tale and The Tempest', and here he died. Well, I wanted to see that; but there's nothing left of it but a few bricks and the garden. The man who owned it, Mr. Gastrell, was so bad-tempered, because so many people came to see the house, that he pulled it down.1 It's hard to believe that, isn't it, but John said it's true. Shakespeare had planted a mulberry tree in the garden and Mr. Gastrell cut that down, too, but the people of Stratford took pieces of the tree and planted one of them in the garden of New Place, and that tree is still growing there.
Then we went to the church where Shakespeare is buried. There's a bust of Shakespeare that was carved by a Dutch sculptor who lived near Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and must have seen Shakespeare many a time, and on the stone of Shakespeare's grave are the lines Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones.
John said that, though it wasn't very good poetry, it was almost certainly written by Shakespeare himself. At any rate, I'm glad it has been successful in keeping anyone from "moving his bones".
By this time we were very hungry; Andrew had been saying for the last hour or so that he would be glad when it was time for lunch. So John took us to a very old hotel that was probably there in Shakespeare's time. It had some beautiful Tudor tables and chairs; and the rooms haven't numbers on the doors as most hotels have. Instead every room has the name of a Shakespeare play on it-the "Hamlet" room, the "Romeo and Juliet" room and so on. And we had a jolly good lunch there. After lunch John took us across the fields, about a mile out of Stratford, to Anne Hathaway's Cottage. Anne Hathaway
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was the woman that Shakespeare married, and the cottage is just as it was in Shakespeare's time. There are the old chairs by the fire-place where Shakespeare must have sat, the plates from which he probably ate his dinner, and a leather bottle from which Anne poured out beer for him. In that little house I felt as if I was living in the 17th century, and if Shakespeare had come walking down the narrow stairs I shouldn't felt very surprised.
We had a look at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, built on rather plain practical lines (someone said it was "like a modern factory"), but John said it has the best stage in England. I wish we could have seen a play there; they were doing A Midsummer Night's Dream that evening, but all the tickets had been sold long ago. However, John is going to try to get seats for another night.
We were very tired when we got back, but it had been a lovely day- and I do hope John can get those tickets.
Lots of love,
Lilian.
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1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами и словосочетаниями:
heavenly; typical; unlike; wooden; sculptor; grave; at any rate; jolly good; leather; pour; stage; carve; long ago; in the midst of; vacation
2. Придумайте вопросы, ответами на которые могут служить следующие предложения.
(Вопросы могут начинаться так: Did she? Is it? Why? Where? When? Has? What? Who? What sort of? Are? How many?):
1. Shakespeare was born in Stratford.
2. It was on April 23rd.
3. He died in 1616.
4. It is quiet, gentle scenery.
5. He bought the biggest house in Stratford.
6. It was called New Place.
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7. Because he was bad-tempered about the number of people who came to see it.
8. It was carved by a Dutch sculptor.
9. No, John did not think it was good poetry.
10. No, it is quite modem.
11. Three. Margaret, John and Andrew.
12. No, it is about as far from the sea as you can get in England.
13. No, she went by car.
14. Yes, she said it had been a lovely day.
3. Вставьте пропущенные слова:
1. You can't get far from the sea_in England.
2. Shakespeare was___in Stratford and he___there too.
3. It seemed___that visitors should _ their names on the walls.
4. In the garden grow all the flowers, trees and plants that are_in
Shakespeare's___.
5. When Shakespeare became________in London, he___New Place to
____to.
6. Then we went to the church where Shakespeare is____.
7. There are four-of poetry on Shakespeare's .
4. Поставьте слова в правильном порядке:
1. you to Stratford been have ever?
2. was this funny very thought Olaf
3. but the garden is left nothing of New place and a few bricks
4. well John Stratford knew Oxford because is it near quite
5. glad in the heart was Shakespeare right 1 am of England born
