Recordau que l'heu de fer i entregar en un full apart avui a classe.
1. Read the following text:
Robert Graves was an English writer. He was born in Wimbledon (London) in England in 1895. He was a writer. He wrote novels, poems and biographies. Robert Graves studied at the University of Oxford.
In the First World War he was a soldier and he was hurt. He married Nancy Nicholson in 1918. Then, he moved to Cairo (Egypt) to work at the University of Cairo. At the university he worked as a teacher. In 1929 Robert and a friend lived in Deià (Mallorca) but with the Civil War they left the island and went away.
He wrote his famous novel I, Claudius in 1934. In 1939, he moved to England and started a new relationship with a lady called Beryl Hodge. After the Second World War in 1946 Graves came to Mallorca. He lived in Deià again. He married his girlfriend here in 1950.
On December 7th, 1985 Robert Graves died in his house in Mallorca. If you want you can visit his house "Ca n'Alluny" in Deià.
Vocabulary:
* First World War: 1ª guerra mundial
*Civil War: Guerra Civil
*Second World War: 2ª guerra mundial
2. Aquí teniu la informació d'un altre personatge (aquesta vegada inventat). Heu d'escriure la seva biografia seguint el text de Robert Graves per entregar. Pensau en escriure el nom!
Lyon in FranceName: Pierre Montesquieu
Job: Painter ans sculptor
Born: Lyon (France)
Born: April 25th, 1901
Painted: 127 painting
Made: 68 sculptures
Studies: University of Sorbonne in Paris.
First World War: not to war / stayed in Lyon
Married: his girlfriend Marie in 1931
Moved to: Morocco
In Morocco: teacher at Casablanca University
Lived with: wife and two daughters
Famous painting: Le fleur in 1952
After Second World War: moved to Lyon
Died: May 2nd, 1989 in Lyon
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