The Great Russian Writer презентация

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia, 29 January 1860, the third of six surviving children.
Chekhov with family
Chekhov’s house

Chekhov's childhood was shadowed by his father's tyranny, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, which was open from five in the morning till midnight.
Chekhov with family
Chekhov’s parents

He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog (1867-68) and Taganrog grammar school (1868-79).
Chehov - gimnasist

In 1879 Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School. While in the school, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support himself and his mother, sisters and brothers. Chekhov graduated in 1884, and practiced medicine until 1892.
Chekhov
with friends and family

Chekhov's book of stories (1886) was a success, and gradually he became a full-time writer. Chekhov wrote about six good stories. «Uncle Vanya», «House with the Mezzanine», «The Cherry Orchaid 'Lady with the Dog», «The Seagull», «Three Sisters».

Chekhov married in 1901 the Moscow Art Theater actress
Olga Knipper. Russian playwright and one of the great masters of modern short story. In his work Chekhov combined the dispassionate attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity and psychological understanding of an artist. Chekhov portrayed often life in the Russian small towns.
Olga Knipper - Chehova
Chehov with his wife

Chekhov was seriously ill of pulmonary tuberculosis so he had to live in Yalta.

Chekhov died on July 14/15, 1904, in Badenweiler, Germany. He was buried in the Novodeviche Monastery in Moscow. It has been said that during WW II the German army saved Chekhov's house in Yalta because his nephew’s wife Olga, whose aunt was married to Chekhov, had been photographed with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring. She also was a Soviet agent and knew Stalin.

Words
superfluous [sjuːˈpɜːflʊəs] - излишний
tuck [tʌk] – заправлять, подкладывать
cross [krɔs] - сердитый
ashamed [əˈʃeɪmd] - пристыженный
stare [stɛə] – смотреть пристально
tie [taɪ] – связь
maternal instincts [məˈtɜːnl ˈɪnstɪŋkt] – материнский инстинкт
dimples [[dɪmpl] - ямочки
overflowing [əʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ] – переливать через край
beam [biːm] – луч, сияние

1. a) Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings below.
rather fat
deeply
set up, organized
pushed quickly and carelessly
hard
awakened
left alone for a long time
stout
sound
fixed up
shoved
difficult
aroused
abandoned
b) Using a dictionary, explain the words in bold. Use each word in a sentence of your own.

2. Look at the list of emotions and feeling below.
Decide who felt them (Sasha or Olenka) and complete the diagram. Give reasons.
EMOTIONS / FEELENGS
Olenka
Sasha
irritation
sympathy