Mgr. Petra Soukupová

Shakespeare Speaks Czech II

Contents

1. Revision questions

2. Matching synonyms

3. Resources

4. Key

1. Revision

* Can you name some of Shakespeare´s works?

* Are they tragedies, comedies or history plays?

* What do you remember about Shakespeare´s characters and

language?

* Do you remember the name of the Czech translator?

2. Match

* scope

* soul

* manage

* beat

* kind

* excellent

* fantastic, brilliant

* succeed

* type

* spirit

* range

* defeat

3. Fill in.

1. She _____in getting her driving licence.

2. England was _____ by the Normans at Hastings.

3. There´s a wide _____ of job opportunities in this region.

4. What _____ films do enjoy watching?

5. My uncle has a very strong _____.

3. Resources

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: The Living Dictionary. Editor Stephen Bullon. Essex: Pearson Education Limited, 2003, 1949 s. ISBN 0582776465.

*Shakespeare speaks Czech. Bridge magazine [online]. 2011, roč. 15, č. 3 [cit. 2012-12-03]. Dostupné z: http://www.bridge-online.cz/studenti/extra-clanky/martin-hilsky-translator-of-shakespeare

*William Shakespeare. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-03]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare

*Martin Hilský. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-12-03]. Dostupné z: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Hilsk%C3%BD

4. Key

1. Students´own anwers.

2. scope=range; soul=spirit; manage=succeed; beat=defeat; kind=type; excellent=fantastic, brilliant

3. succeeded; defeated/beaten; range/scope; type/kind; spirit