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Shaw was also born in Dublin and also wrote palys. Shaw
was a very witty man, but he was above all a thinker. He
wanted to change the things that were wrong in the world.
He disliked the things that were false.
At one time people
thought that Shaw was a second William Shakespeare. Today
not many people think that but a lot of people go to see his
plays.
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin. He went to Trinity
College and later to Oxford University. Wilde wrote novels
and poetry but people remember his plays. Most
of his plays
are comedies.
Questions:
1. Have the Irish their own language?
2. The Irish have an accent, haven't they?
3. Who was James Joyce?
4. Did G. B. Shaw write about Ireland?
5. Who was a second William Shakespeare?
Vocabulary:
witty — остроумный
thinker — мыслитель
false — ложь
nearly — приблизительно
умным человеком, но прежде всего он был мыслителем.
Он не любил фальши. Одно
время Шоу считали вторым
Уильямом Шекспиром. Сегодня немногие так думают, но
многие ходят смотреть его пьесы.
Оскар Уайльд родился в Дублине. Он посещал Трини-
ти колледж, а позже Оксфордский университет. Уайльд
писал романы и стихи, но люди помнят его пьесы.
Оскар
Уайльд был очень остроумным человеком. Он мог заста-
вить людей смеяться. Большинство его пьес — комедии.
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