Biography

Today we’ll speak about biographies of famous people and your biographies.
Phonetic drills: Was born, die, choose, success, successful, become, look after, interest, marry, job.

Look at the slides and say when they were born and when they died.

Kathrin II –
02.05.1729-17.11.1796

Elisabeth II-21.04.1926.

Princess Diana -01.07.1961
31.08.1997.

Michael Jackson -29.08.1958.
25.06.2009.

Barrack Obama - 04.08.1961.

Vladimir Putin -07.10.1952.

Dmitri Medvedev -14.09.1961.

Alexander Pushkin -06.06.1779
10.02.1837

William Shakespeare -23.04.1564
23.04.1616.

Leo Tolstoy – 09.09.1828
20.11.1910.

Andjolina Joly -04.06.1975.

Vladimir Vysotski -25.01.1935
25.06.1980.

Listen to the text about Roald Dahl. Complete the form.

Read the text and answer the questions:

Ex. 8 p. 109. Answer the journalist’s questions. Act the dialogue out.
Work in pairs.

Speak about Korney Chukovsky
Pen name – Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky
Real name –Nikolai Vasilievich Korneychukov
1882 –born
1901 –chose the career of a writer and critic, wrote some very good books for children, did translation from English into Russian
1957 –became Doctor of Philology, had two children (his son and his daughter later became writers)
1969 –died.

Speak about one of your parents or a man /a woman you know.
When was he/she born?
Where was he/she born?
What was his /her family like?
Where did he/she go to school?
What career did he/she choose?
Did he /she go to college or university?
Does he/she like his/her work?
Is he/she successful in his /her work?
What is he/she interested in?
What does he/she do in his/her free time?

What is your biography like?
My name is …
I was born …
I’m … years old.
I live …
I have a … family: … and me.
My parents….
I go to school ….
I like ….
I’m interested in ….
I don’t like ….
I want to go to ….
I’d like to be ….
I dream of ….