Упр. 73. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо

Упр.. 72. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

'William Shakespeare,... greatest English playwright, was born in 1564 in... Stratford-upon-Avon in... England.... Stratford is... small coun­try town in... farming district near... centre of... England.... Avon, which is... pretty river with... grass and... trees all along its banks, runs through... Stratford, Not much is known of... Shakespeare's father. He was... farmer who, at... different times of his life, sold... meat and bought and sold... wool. He was poor and was often in... money difficulties. Very little is known about... life of his only son William also.... little house in which... great writer was born still stands. It is now... museum. William went to... school in... Stratford. In 1586 he went to... London. Probably... first work he did there was at one of the two theatres that there were in... London at that time. Then he became... actor and soon began to write... plays for... company of actors to which he be­longed. Shakespeare bought... largest house in his home town in 1597, but he did not spend much time there till 1610. He spent... last years of his life mostly in... Stratford, but he often visited... London. He died in 1616.

1. George Bernard Shaw,... well-known English playwright, was born in... Ireland in 1856. He was... son of... clerk and had to begin working at... early age. At... age of twenty he moved to... London where he became... journalist.

2.... play "Widowers' Houses" shows... egoism and hypocrisy of some businessmen who got their profits from... London slums where... poorest people lived.

3. While travelling in..*. Germany Harry Trench,... young English doctor, got acquainted with Mr. Sartorius,... respectable-looking gentleman, and his daughter Blanche.... young people fell in love with each other and were going to get married. Trench knew that Sartorius was rich, but he did not know what... kind of... property he had. He learned about it from... conversation with Lickcheese, Sartorius' rent collector. It turned out that Sartorius was... owner of some tenement hous­es in the London slums, and that all... property he had was built by getting... money out of... poor people who lived there. Trench was greatly shocked. He did not want to take... money from Blanche's ialher. But Blanche said she could not live on... small income Trench had. They had... quarrel, and Trench left... house. After some time Trench learned that... land on which Sartorius' houses were built belonged to Trench's aunt and that he himself was living on... money got in... same way. Everything comes out "all-right" in... end: Trench marries Blanche and becomes... partner in Sartorius' business. The author shows that in... fact Trench is no better than Sartorius, Lickcheese and the like.

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