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War and Peace
I first fell in love with Tolstoy's War and Peace when I was sixteen. I actually won a copy as a prize for being top student at school for English. I proudly took my new prize on a family holiday to Wales and so A 3. it was on a remote and rugged costal path, I made my first acquaintance with Lev Tolstoy.
It wasn't love at first sight. The character names and families are challenging to
an English reader; but before long I was captivated. I still remember B 5. that first time reading the novel and the sense of loss when the story was over. However, some years were to pass before I revisited that vast literary landscape although it remained fixed in my memory; like a vivid dream. I was then in my thirties. By that time I'd read all Tolstoy's works and had C 7. no particular interest in re-reading any. But at that time I happened to see the old 1956 movie of War and Peace starring Audrey Hepburn. I had mixed feelings about the film and the result was that D 1. I ended up reading the novel a second time. What a glorious experience that was, as nineteenth-century Russia once more became real in my imagination.
Another twenty years were to pass E 6. until this year when I heard the BBC were making a new TV adaptation with Lily James as Natasha Rostova and Paul Dano as Pierre Bezukhof. This prompted me to read the great novel for the third time in my life. I expected watching the new BBC series to be a disappointment after the
novel - but F 4. it turned out I was completely wrong. It was absolutely wonderful.
Having been so much exposed to War and Peace over the years I have
wondered if I have regardless missed out its true greatness -- because I don't
read in Russian. It is probably too late for me to learn and find out but perhaps
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11 Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски А F частями предложений,
обозначенными цифрами 1-7. Одна из частей в списке 1-7 лишняя.
Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.
War and Peace
I first fell in love with Tolstoy's War and Peace when I was sixteen. I actually won a copy as a prize for being top student at school for English. I proudly took my new prize on a family holiday to Wales and so A 3. it was on a remote and rugged costal path, I made my first acquaintance with Lev Tolstoy.
It wasn't love at first sight. The character names and families are challenging to
an English reader; but before long I was captivated. I still remember B 5. that first time reading the novel and the sense of loss when the story was over. However, some years were to pass before I revisited that vast literary landscape although it remained fixed in my memory; like a vivid dream. I was then in my thirties. By that time I'd read all Tolstoy's works and had C 7. no particular interest in re-reading any. But at that time I happened to see the old 1956 movie of War and Peace starring Audrey Hepburn. I had mixed feelings about the film and the result was that D 1. I ended up reading the novel a second time. What a glorious experience that was, as nineteenth-century Russia once more became real in my imagination.
Another twenty years were to pass E 6. until this year when I heard the BBC were making a new TV adaptation with Lily James as Natasha Rostova and Paul Dano as Pierre Bezukhof. This prompted me to read the great novel for the third time in my life. I expected watching the new BBC series to be a disappointment after the
novel - but F 4. it turned out I was completely wrong. It was absolutely wonderful.
Having been so much exposed to War and Peace over the years I have
wondered if I have regardless missed out its true greatness -- because I don't
read in Russian. It is probably too late for me to learn and find out but perhaps
one day I'll learn.
1. I ended up
2. it could be on
3. it was on
4. it turned out
5. that first time
6. until this year
7. no particular interest