Shakespeare William. Macbeth

ELI, Young Adult Readers, 2011. — 96 p. Audio. Некоторые слова объяснены в комментариях-сносках. С упражнениями и дополнительной страноведческой информацией: Шекспир и его жизнь, суеверия в театре и театральные идиомы, Шотландия (физическая география Шотландии). Scotland in the eleventh century. Macbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until, that is, he meets three evil witches after a battle against King Duncan's enemies. They tell him that one day he, Macbeth, will be King of Scotland. This is the beginning of a story of ambition and evil, involving him and his calculating wife, Lady Macbeth. What follows leads them to terrible violence, murder, madness and ultimately to their own destruction. In this reader you will find:
- The Play
- Information about Shakespeare’s life
- A section focussing on theatrical superstitions and idioms
- A section focussing on CLIL Physical Geography
- A glossary of difficult words
- Comprehension activities
- PET-style activities
- An exit test Tag:
Ambition, power. This reader contains the items
listed below as well as those
included in Levels A1 and A2.
Nouns: complex noun phrases
Verbs: Present Perfect Simple:
unfinished past with for and
since, recent past with just,
Past Perfect Simple, reported
speech, should for obligation,
would for hypothesis and polite
requests, must for deduction,
may for possibility.
Types of Clause: type-two
conditionals, conditionals with
unless, clauses with although,
clauses with so. that, time
clauses with as soon as, until,
before and after.