Надо say what you know about pamela travers, the author of mary poppins.use the cultural quide if necessary.

Может тебе это нужно?   mary poppins was born in maryborough - australia , queensland. parents were bank manager travers robert goff (travers robert goff) and margaret agnes (margaret agnes), before her marriage - morehead (morehead). her father died when she was seven years old . officially, the cause of her father's death was found " epileptic seizure delirium » (epileptic seizure delirium), but the travers " always believed that the real reason was prolonged heavy drinking ."   disney film "mary poppins " was released in 1964 ( the main role - mary poppins - played by actress julie andrews ) . the film was nominated for "oscar" 13 nominations and won five awards . in the soviet union in 1983, was released the film " mary poppins , goodbye ."

English-speaking countries  there are several countries in the world where english is a native language. these countries are the united kingdom, the united states of america, australia and new zealand. it is also one of the official languages in canada, the irish republic and the republic of south africa. although these countries are situated in different parts of the world, they all share the same language. as a second language english is spoken in more than 60 countries. english is one of the most popular and widespread languages in the world. i’d like to tell you a little more about the main english-speaking countries. the united kingdom consists of four countries: england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. the population of the uk is nearly sixty-three million people. the uk is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. london is considered to be the capital of the country. although everyone in the uk speaks english, the accents and dialects slightly differ. such languages as scottish gaelic, irish, welsh, and cornish are still spoken in some parts of the uk. another important english-speaking country is the usa. it is situated in the central part of north american continent. the population of the usa is more than 316 million people. the official language of the country is english. however, the usa is multinational country and people from certain communities can speak chinese, italian, dutch, spanish, korean and many other languages. the usa consists of 50 states and a federal district. the capital of the country is washington d.c. americans use lots of slang words in their speech and have a distinctive accent. australia and new zealand are other english-speaking countries. they are former colonies of great britain. the population of australia is more than twenty-three million people and of new zealand – more than four million people. the official language in these countries is english. however, people there speak with a distinctive australian accent and use lots of new words. canada has two official languages: french and english.

1. we have just (been listening) to the news. you know i (bought) a new radio-

set yesterday.

2. my parents (gave/have given) me a new toy car as a birthday present.

3. he has already (woken up). he always (sleeps) late on sunday.

4. (brush) your teeth, tommy. you ( forgot) to do it yesterday.

5. тут что-то не так. проверь.

6. his parents promised to buy him a puppy. have they already (bought) it?

7 . i have (not spoken) to nick’s teacher yet.

8. have you (visited) mrs cartright? — i (went) to see her last night.

9. i have never (heard) this song. who (sings) it?

10. where is alice? she has just (returned) from the swimming pool.