Номер 2, страница 148, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

2a. Look at the book covers (see p. 149). Who is the author? Have you read these books?

b. Complete the tag-questions and guess the answers.

1. Yanka Maur was born in Minsk, ...?

2. Yanka Maur isn't the writer's real name, ...?

3. You can travel to the island of Java in one of his stories, ...?

4. Yanka Maur didn't visit exotic countries, ...?

5. He worked as a Geography teacher, ...?

6. Palesse Robinsons is a fantasy book, ...?

7. Yanka Maur translated books into Belarusian, ...?

c. Read the Internet article and check your guesses.

Can you make a journey to a country without visiting it? Yes, it is quite possible. The books of the well-known Belarusian writer Yanka Maur invite the reader to such exotic corners of the Earth as New Guinea ['nju: 'gini] (In the Bird-of-Paradise Country / У краіне райскай птушкі, 1926), Tierra del Fuego (The Son of Water / Сын вады, 1927), Java ['dʒa:və] (Amok, 1928). The writer never visited all these places. He just looked at the map and created his unforgettable stories!

Yanka Maur wrote the first adventure and fantasy books in the Belarusian language. He is often called the father of the Belarusian children's literature. Yanka Maur was actually his pseudonym ['sju:dənɪm], while his real name was Ivan Mikhailavich Fiodarau.

Ivan Fiodarau was born on May 11, 1883 and grew up in the Belarusian village of Lebianishki. When Yanka Maur attended a vocational school (ремесленное училище / рамеснае вучылішча), he had a dream to get a boat and cross all the rivers, seas, and continents... Later, he became a Geography and History teacher in Minsk. In 1906 he took part in the Congress of the Belarusian teachers organised by Yakub Kolas. It was an important event in Yanka Maur's life because it became the beginning of the great friendship between the two famous Belarusian writers. His first story The Man is Coming was published in the Belaraski Piyaner magazine in 1924. After that, he wrote a lot of exciting adventure books. One of them, Palesse Robinsons / Палескія рабінзоны (1929), became a best-seller. The book takes you to the most beautiful places of Belarus. The main characters are two brave and curious boys, Miron and Victar, who are fond of biology. They experience a lot of amazing adventures and get into some dangerous situations which test their true friendship. In 1955, Yanka Maur's novel Professor Tsilyakouski's Fantamobile introduced the world of science-fiction to Belarusian readers.

Yanka Maur also translated the stories by Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Anton Chekhov into the Belarusian language.

Yanka Maur died on August 3, 1971 in Minsk.

2b. Дополните разделительные вопросы и предположите ответы.

Ответ:

1. Yanka Maur was born in Minsk, wasn't he?

2. Yanka Maur isn't the writer's real name, is it?

3. You can travel to the island of Java in one of his stories, can't you?

4. Yanka Maur didn't visit exotic countries, did he?

5. He worked as a Geography teacher, didn't he?

6. Palesse Robinsons is a fantasy book, isn't it?

7. Yanka Maur translated books into Belarusian, didn't he?

Перевод:

1. Янка Мавр родился в Минске, не так ли?

2. Янка Мавр — это не настоящее имя писателя, верно?

3. Вы можете отправиться на остров Ява в одном из его рассказов, не так ли?

4. Янка Мавр не посещал экзотические страны, правда?

5. Он работал учителем географии, не так ли?

6. «Полесские робинзоны» — это книга в жанре фэнтези, не так ли?

7. Янка Мавр переводил книги на белорусский язык, не так ли?