My favorite writer is Ernest Hemingway. He will al-ways be remembered as a writer of prose in which every word had meaning and where nothing was wasted.His style had, in fact, such a widespread effect on British and American literature that dozens of imitators appeared and today many novels are accused of being "pseudo-Hemingway".The son of a small-town doctor, Hemingway was born in Illinois in 1898. He gained from his father an early love of fishing and shooting, interests which were to colour his life and work.Hemingway was educated at schools in America and France. His father wanted him to be a doctor, but he became a newspaper reporter, and then served with the Italian Red Cross as an ambulance driver in World War 1.Severely wounded in the fighting, Hemingway used this, as well as his boyhood experiences, as the material for his first books. In "A Farewell to Arms", "For Whome the Bell Tolls" and "The Old Man and the Sea" he wrote three classics of 20th century literature."A Farewell to Arms" is a powerful anti-war story, but it remains a love-story, telling of the ill-fated romance between Frederic Henry, a young American serving as a volunteer in the Italian army, and Catherine Barkley, a British nurse.Frederic gradually decides to get out of the war and make a separate peace. He and his wife manage to get to neutral Switzerland where they are happy for a time. But the ending is tragic, for Catherine dies.This novel shows Hemingway's hatred of the world that "kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially". It is very sad, but very interesting and very important. It is my favorite book.
1. a. Mrs Smith doesn't spend her weekends gardening. b. Does Mrs Smith spend her weekends gardening? 2. a. Harry doesn't prefer to travel by air. b. Does Harry prefer to travel by air? 3. a. I don't do a lot of travelling. b. Do I do a lot of travelling? 4. a. They don't wish to speak to you. b. Do they wish to speak to you? 5. a. The children don't like sweets. b. Do the children like sweets? 6. a. Tom doesn't enjoy driving at night. b. Does Tom enjoy driving at night? 7. a. They don't sell fresh grape juice here. b. Do they sell fresh grape juice here? 8. a. My brother doesn't smoke a lot. b. Does my brother smoke a lot? 9. a. I don't brush my teeth every night. b. Do I brush my teeth every night? 10. a. The boys don't hurry home after school. b. Do the boys hurry home after school? 11. a. The taxes don't rise every year. b. Do the taxes rise every year? 12. a. I don't use a computer in my work. b. Do I use a computer in my work? 13. a. Mart doesn't work hard at her pronunciation. b. Does Mart work hard at her pronunciation? 14. a. Betty doesn't go out with someone every Saturday. b. Does Betty go out with someone every Saturday? 15. a. Nick doesn't like porriage. b. Does Nick like porriage? 16. a. My working day doesn't last eight hours. b. Does my working day last eight hours?
1. The universities, which were founded between 1850 and 1930, including London University, are known as redbrick universities. They were called so because that was the favourable building material of the time. 2. the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the School of Architecture. 3. Whereas colleges within a university teach all subjects, and schools – a group of subjects, these institutes specialize more narrowly, and are often more occupied with research than teaching undergraduates. 4. Most of the redbrick universities founded in the nineteenth century are scattered throughout the country and are to be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and some others. 5. The redbrick universities organize their academic work in a va-riety of ways. Subjects are taught in individual departments which are in turn grouped into faculties covering the main subject grouping, like arts, science, engineering, social science. 6. The “new universities” were all founded after the Second World War. They are Keele Uni-versity (in Staffordshire), the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York.
