In Ancient Greece the typical unit of political and social organization was the polis. One of the most fascinating things that the greeks have left us is their legends. We remember them us they have become part of our culture too. This expression goes back to the story of Achilles, one of the greatest heroes of Greek legends.The legend says that when he was born, the fates, the goddesses that controlled man's life and future, told his mother that he would die young. So Achilles' mother, Thetis, wanted to protect her baby and dipped him in the water of the River Styx. This was supposed to protect him from deadly wounds.
В Древней Греции типичное отделение политической и общественной организации было polis. Одной из самых захватывающих вещей, что греки оставили нас, являются их легенды. Мы помним их нас, они стали частью нашей культуры также. Это выражение возвращается к истории Ахиллеса, одному из самых великих героев греческих легенд. Легенда говорит, что, когда он родился, судьбы, богини, которые управляли жизнью и будущим человека, сказали его матери, что он умрет молодой. Таким образом, мать Ахиллеса, Зэтис, хотела защитить своего ребенка и опустила его в воду Реки Стикса. Это, как предполагалось, защищало его от смертельных ран.
<span>1. come - coming
2. make - making
3. take - taking
4. close - closing
5. have - having
6. write - writing
7. dance - dancing
8. see - seeing
9. agree - agreeing
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</span><span>1. study - studying
2. play - playing
3. fly - flying
4. cry - crying
5. say - saying
6. try - trying
7. pay - paying
8. dry - drying
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</span><span>1. cut - cutting
2. read - reading
3. drink - drinking
4. do - doing
5. sing - singing
6. make - making
7. sleep - sleeping
8. clean - cleaning
9. run - running
10. jump - jumping.
11. talk - talking
12. watch - watching
13. cook - cooking
14. eat - eating</span>
Anna Akhmatova - was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century.
Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to universalized, ingeniously structured cycles, such as Requiem (1935-40), her tragic masterpiece on the Stalinist terror. Her work addresses a variety of themes including time and memory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.
Early life
Akhmatova was born in Bolshoy Fontan near Odessa. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in 1905. She was educated in Kiev, Tsarskoe Selo, and the Smolny Institute of St Petersburg. Anna started writing poetry at the age of 11, inspired by her favourite poets: Racine, Pushkin, and Baratynsky. As her father did not want to see any verses printed under his "respectable" name, she had to adopt the surname of one of her Tatar ancestors as a pseudonym.