Номер 2, страница 215 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Лапицкая, Демченко

2a. Listen and read the fact file about a modern British author of books for children and answer: What facts impress you? What fact is the most interesting?

Fact file

Jacqueline Wilson is a British best-selling children's novelist. Only in the UK, her books sold more than 40 million copies.

Since her first published book in 1969, she had written 112 of them by March 2021. Her books are about children and the problems they face in their families, with friends and at school.

Jacqueline Wilson has numerous awards in literature. From 2002 to 2008, she was the most borrowed author in British libraries. From 2005 to 2007, she was the fourth Children's Laureate – a position given once every two years to writers and illustrators of children's books for their great achievements (достижения) in this field.

In 2017, Jacqueline Wilson was given a BAFTA¹ Special Award for her contribution to the development of children's television. A number of her books were adapted for television series, e.g. The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002-2005), Best Friends (2004), Tracy Beaker Returns (2010-2013), Hetty Feather (2015-2020). In 2020 the first feature film² Four Kids and It, based on her book Four Children and IT (2012) was released. The book My Mum Tracy Beaker (2018) was adapted for a television series with the same title in 2021.

In 2002, Jacqueline Wilson was appointed an OBE – Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ['empaɪə] for services to literacy in schools, and in 2008 she was appointed a DBE – Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. It means that the title Dame should be used before her name.

Jacqueline Aitken was born on 17 December 1945 in Bath, 156 km west of London. Though her parents stayed together, they were not happy, and Jacqueline herself did not feel happy in her childhood either. She describes her mother as a person who always thought she knew best and who never liked any of her friends.

Jacqueline left school at the age of 16 and began training as a secretary, but chose to work on a girl's magazine Jackie instead³ for a Scottish publishing and television company DC Thomson.

Jacqueline married a policeman Millar Wilson at 19 in 1965, had a baby girl Emma at 21, but the marriage finally broke up in 2004. By the way, when Emma was 9, she asked her mum never to write about her in her books. And Jacqueline does her best to keep the promise.

At the moment, Jacqueline Wilson lives happily in a large country house in Sussex with beautiful opening views, a library and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and a special room where there is a collection of toys. And she keeps to her rule – never to get up until she has written at least 500 words to follow her usual regime [reɪˈʒiːm] – two books a year.

On 18 March 2021, her latest book The Runaway Girls was released. The book is about the events in Victorian London of 1851.

2b. Listen to everybody in the class and chose three most impressive facts and one most interesting fact about Jacqueline Wilson.

2a. Прослушайте и прочитайте информационный файл о современном британском авторе детских книг и ответьте: Какие факты вас впечатляют? Какой факт самый интересный?

Ответ:

I am impressed by several facts about Jacqueline Wilson. Firstly, the sheer volume of her work is staggering; she had written 112 books by March 2021. Secondly, her immense popularity is highlighted by the fact that she was the most borrowed author in British libraries for six consecutive years (2002-2008).

However, the most interesting fact for me is her personal discipline and routine. She keeps to a rule of never getting up until she has written at least 500 words, which allows her to follow her usual regime of writing two books a year. This dedication is truly inspiring.

Перевод:

Меня впечатляют несколько фактов о Жаклин Уилсон. Во-первых, поражает сам объем ее работ: к марту 2021 года она написала 112 книг. Во-вторых, ее огромную популярность подчеркивает тот факт, что она была самым читаемым автором в британских библиотеках шесть лет подряд (с 2002 по 2008 год).

Однако самым интересным фактом для меня является ее личная дисциплина и распорядок дня. Она придерживается правила никогда не вставать, пока не напишет как минимум 500 слов, что позволяет ей следовать своему обычному режиму — писать по две книги в год. Такая преданность делу поистине вдохновляет.