2017-10-25
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1. Don’t forget, Pettinger, Europe is still the heart of the world, and Germany the heart of Europe. 2. Pursuing his inquiries, Clennam, found that Gowan family were a very distant ramification of the Barnacles… 3. His face was sick with pain and rage. 4. He drank coffee, letting the warmth go through his cold, tired body. 5. The mysteries of storm and the rain and tide were revealed. 6. Having set the tea, she stood by the table and said slowly: “Tea’s ready, father. I’m going to London.”7. By this time, quite a small crowd had collected, and people, were asking each other what was the matter. 8. There were several small losses: a spoon used for the baby’s feeding, a pair of scissors. 9. He was professor of physics. 10. A band of dark clouds lay across the sky, and underneath it was the last pale brilliants of the evening. 11. “I have some luggage,” he said, “at the Brumblehurst station,” and he asked her how he could have it. 12. In the kitchen Bowen read the telegram aloud. 13. The crowd laughed and moved, pushing every way and everybody. 14. De Witt fished through his pockets, found his eyeglasses, carefully slipped them out of their case… 15. A stone caught her hill. 16. George suggested meat and fruit pies, cold meat, tomatoes, fruit and green stuff. 17. The silver-coloured carpet felt wonderfully soft beneath her feet, the furniture was of a golden wood. 18. The major seemed to be looking out at the sky… 19. Winslow spoke with his usual caustic courtesy. 20. The bourgeoisie is cowardly. 21. The moon was shining through the tree stems when they sat again side by side on the log seat. 22. “It’s not Sunday, tomorrow,” said Karl. 23. He looked down at his audience. 24. His hair was grey and he was short and fat.
Ex.7. State the syntactical function of the nouns in bold type.
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Elvis Presley- The King of Rock and Roll.
Elvis Presley was a rock and roll singer whose enormous success changed popular culture throughout the world. He was one of the founders of youth culture. When Elvis died on August 16, 1977, radio and television programs all over the world gave the news of his death. President Carter declared a day of national mournin g. Carter said: “Elvis Presley changed the face of American culture… he was unique and irreplaceable”. Eighty thousand people attended his funeral.
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. His parents were poor and Elvis never had music lessons, but music surrounded him from an early age. His parents were very religious and Elvis regularly sang at church services. He left school in 1953 and got a job of a truck driver. In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid $ 4 and recorded two songs for his mother’s birthday at Sam Philips’s Records studio. Sam Philips (a rhythm and blues producer) heard Elvis and asked him to record songs for him in July 1954. In 1955 Elvis met Colonel Tom Parker, who became his manager. In the next fourteen months he made another fourteen records and they were all big hits. In 1956 he made his first movie in Hollywood. In March 1958, Elvis had to join the army. He spent the next two years in Germany where he met Priscilla Beaulien, who became his wife eight years later on May 1, 1967. In 1960 he left the army and went to Hollywood where he made several movies during the next few years. Presley’s personal life suffered desperately, and he fought battles with weight gain and drug dependence. In 1972 his wife left him and they divorced in 1973. Elvis died of a heart attack. He left all his money to his only daughter, Liza Maria Presley. She became one of the richest people of the world when she was only nine years old.
