oscar wilde⇐ предыдущая184185186187188189190191192193следующая ⇒oscar wilde was born in dublin on october 16, 1854. his father was a famous irish surgeon. his mother was well known in dublin as a writer of verse and prose.at school, and later at oxford, oscar displayed gift for art and the humanities.while at the university, wilde became one of the most famous personalities of the day: he wore his hair long, decorated his room with different beautiful things. his witty sayings were well known among the students.after graduating from the university, wilde turned his attention to writing, travelling and lecturing.oscar wilde earned the reputation of being the leader of the aesthetic movement and an apostle of beauty.his most famous works appeared over the next ten years. the most popular are "the happy prince and other tales", "the picture of dorian gray", and his comedies "lady windermere's fan", "an ideal husband", "the importance of being earnest".wilde also wrote poems, essays, reviews, letters. he attracted the attention of his audiences by the brilliance of his conversation, his knowledge, and the force of his personality.in his works, especially in his tales, he glorifies beauty, and not only the beauty of nature or artificial beauty, buo the beauty of devoted love. he admires unselfishness, kindness and generosity ("the happy prince", "the nightingale and the rose") and despises egoism and greed ("the selfish giant", "the devoted friend" the theme of most of his works, even of his tales, is quite realistic. he shows the contrast between wealth and poverty. his own sympathy for poor, labouring people is quite evident.at the height of his popularity and success, tragedy struck. he was accused of immorality and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. when released from prison in 1897, he lived mainly on the continent, settling later in paris. in 1898 he published his poem "ballad of reading gaol". he died in paris 1900.questions: when did oscar wilde display gift for art and the humanities? 2. what did oscar wilde do after graduating from the university? 3. what reputation did oscar wilde earn? 4. what did oscar wilde write? 5. what did he despise and what did he glorify in his works? 6. why was oscar wilde sentenced to two years' imprisonment? 7. when did oscar wilde die?

Petrovskoe Baroque — this was the architectural style focuses on samples of Swedish, German and Dutch civil architecture. The architecture of Peter's time is characteristic of the simplicity of bulk builds, clarity of articulation and restraint of decoration, planar treatment of the facades. 1.Peter and Paul Cathedral The Church is elongated from West to East, the rectangular building of the "hall" type. The exterior is austere and modest. The walls are decorated with flat columns — pilasters — and the heads of the cherubim on the window frames. Above the roof is slender and graceful octagonal drum with narrow vertical openings. Over it — a tall, Golden crown and a thin Golden cupola. At the top there is a figure of an angel with cross in hand. The interior of the Church divided into three naves by massive columns, painted to look like marble. In its decoration were used marble, Jasper, rhodonite. The Cathedral's floor is paved with limestone slabs. 2.The winter Palace The building has a clear plan - similar to a square, a rectangle, complicated by large corbels at the corners. Its height emphasize two-tiered columns. Vertical partitioning of the Palace continues the statues and the vases, points the eyes in the sky. Varied decor: mirrors, statues, fancy gilt moulding, granite column, marble. 3.Menshikov Palace The main facade is emphasized by pilasters. Side corbels pediments ornate. The frontal zone is punctuated by a portico of wooden columns, elaborately imitating stone or marble. The floors were revealed horizontal rods. The walls of the two upper floors were decorated with pilasters of the Corinthian order, and the bottom two were United great pilasters of the ionic order. The decoration was applied Delft tiles: they completely covered the walls and ceilings. 

British Teenage Magazines. 

 About half of the British young people aged 12 to 16 read teenage magazines! Two of the most popular magazines for girls are 'Sugar' and 'Bliss'. They have glossy, colourful covers and include beauty and fashion, celebrity gossip, real-life stories, horoscopes, quizzes and problem pages. Of course, boys don't usually find these magazines very interesting! Instead, they buy music magazines like 'NME'or magazines about the sport, like 'Shoot'or 'Match'. Usually, teenage magazines contain a lot of languages that only teenagers use! They might use 'celeb' instead of a celebrity, for example, or 'fave' instead of favourite. They also say 'lads' instead of 'boys', 'dosh' instead of 'money' and 'natter' instead of 'talk to your friends'! This makes the magazines more attractive to teenagers and easier to understand. On a more serious note though, a lot of these magazines can help teens find solutions to problems they don't feel comfortable discussing with their parents. That's why the problem pages in these magazines are very popular. In fact, many teens buy them just for the problem page. How about you? What do you like most about them?

Более половины британских молодых людей в возрасте от 12 до 16 лет читают журналы для подростков! Двумя из наиболее популярных журнала для девочек являются ‘Sugar’ и ‘Bliss’. Они имеют глянцевые красочные обложки и включают материалы по красоте и моде, слухи о знаменитостях, жизненные истории, гороскопы, страницы с викторинами и проблемами. Конечно же, мальчики находят эти журналы не очень интересными! Вместо них они покупают музыкальные журналы типа ‘NME’ или журналы о спорте типа ‘Shoot’ или ‘Match’.

Журналы для подростков обычно содержат большое количество языка, который понятен только подросткам! Например, они могут использовать слово ‘celeb’ вместо celebrity (знаменитость) или ‘fave’ вместо favourite (любимый). Они также говорят ‘lads’ (чуваки) вместо ‘boys’ (мальчики), ‘dosh’ (бабки) вместо ‘money’ (деньги) и ‘natter’ (трепаться) вместо ‘talk to your friends’ (говорить с друзьями)! Хотя если говорить более серьезно, многие из этих журналов могут подросткам найти решение проблем, которые им неудобно обсуждать с родителями. Поэтому странички с проблемами очень популярны. На самом деле много подростков покупают журналы только ради страницы с проблемами. ( А как насчёт тебя? Что тебе нравится в журналах?)