Unit 3. Books and Writers » Стр.85 (6)

a) Listen to the text about T. Shevchenko’s works. Choose and tick the statements T (True) or F (False). False. 1. “Kobsar” is the name of his second small collection of poems. «Kobzar» is the name of his first small collection of poems. True. 2. His poem “Gaydamaky” was based on the Ukrainian historical themes. True. 3. In his poems he depicted the mother as the most wonderful sacred person on the Earth. True. 4. He wrote of his hatred to any oppression. False. 5. T. Shevchenko described old themes and images in Ukrainian literature. Taras Shevchenko brought completely new themes and images to the Ukrainian literature. True. 6. He wrote about things that were quite usual for those days. b) Listen to the text again and complete the sentences. 1. «Kobzar» is the name of Shevchenko’s first small collection of poems. 2. He wrote a ballad «The Bewitched», a completely realistic work about things that were quite usual for those days. 3. It was a tragic story of a serf girl who had been seduced. 4. In his poems he wrote of his love for homeland and the fight for its freedom and happiness, of hatred to any oppression, of the fight for spiritual freedom. 5. His poetry contributed greatly to the evolution of the national Ukrainian consciousness that’s why he is a national poet, a poet of the people. 6. He wrote of the fight for spiritual freedom. 7. T. Shevchenko brought completely new themes and images to the Ukrainian literature.