<em>spoil - spoilsport (тот, кто портит настроение другим людям),</em>
<em> spoiling - порча</em>
<em>interrupt - interruption - прерывание</em>
<em> interrupting - прерывающий</em>
<em>crop - cropping - обрезка </em>
<em>skill - skilful - искусный</em>
<em> skillfulness - искусность</em>
<em> unskilful - неумелый</em>
<span>J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir,
Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) is kept (to keep) as a museum. Robert
Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of his
birth — (1) <u>is celebrated</u> by Scots the world over.
Robert
Burns (2)<u> is remembered</u> with a ceremony called Burns'
Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3) <u>are
eaten.</u>
Burns' poems (4) <u>are read </u>and after the meal
(5) <u>are finished</u> there may be some Scottish dancing.
In
2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6)<u> was
marked.</u>
There are special book museums all over Great Britain.
Exhibitions of books, photographs, pictures of famous British writers
(7) <u>are held </u>there.
The exhibition of one of
Scotland's best-loved writer Robert Louis Stevenson (8) was organised in 2005, to mark the 155th anniversary of his birthday.
The National Portrait Gallery in London contains a lot of world-famous
masterpieces.
Many portraits of famous British writers (9) <u>were exhibited t</u>here.
Agatha Christie is the world's most
published crime writer.
Agatha Christie's books (10) <u>were
translated </u>into 103 languages, and they are still popular today.
A new
collection of her detective stories (11)<u> was published</u>.
Exhibitions on her life and work (12) <u>are organized</u> every year in her native town,
Torquay, England.</span>
В таблицу: Tigers, elephants, crocodiles, seals, lions.
My favourite animals are pandas, elephants and cats.