ГДЗ Английский язык за 8 класс Афанасьева, Михеева, Баранова - Rainbow English - Учебник. Часть 1Unit 2 – Step 6 – 4b

🔊 English theatres in the 16th century;

🔊 Theatres in the 16th century were not like they are today. They were round buildings open to the sky in the middle. There were no lights or lamps and they showed their plays in the afternoon. The actors (men and boys only) performed on the stage where there was no scenery. Most of the audience stood to watch a play for a penny. More expensive tickets could get you a seat in the gallery or in a box. In those days theatre was an entertainment for both the rich and the poor.

🔊 the Globe Theatre of the 16th century;

🔊 In 1598 Shakespeare’s company of actors had a serious problem with renting the building. So one snowy winter’s night they took their belongings to the south bank of the Thames. Then they built the theatre in just 28 days and called it The Globe.

🔊 the last years of Shakespeare’s life;

🔊 Destroying of the theatre happened after William Shakespeare had left London for Stratford where he lived out the last years of his life and died in 1616 on April 23, his birthday.

🔊 the importance of the great poet’s works to us.

🔊 During his life he wrote 37 plays, several longer poems and 154 sonnets. His sonnets are 14-line love poems, wise and beautiful. Even nowadays people learn them by heart and remember lines from them. The great writer’s plays are no less popular. One of their secrets lies in the fact that he was so great at using words: he could (and still can) make audiences sad, happy, thrilled, excited. He used 18,000 different words (a lot more than most writers). We know for a fact that Shakespeare made up about 2,000 new words himself, some of his phrases have become so common that people use them every day. His works teach us to understand life and people and will always be internationally important.