Read the text about your classmate's grandfather and choose if the statements are True or False.
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Прочитай текст о дедушке твоего одноклассника и отметь утверждения как правдивые (True) или ложные (False).
Перевод некоторых слов из текста.
- be proud of — гордиться;
- kindergarten — детский сад;
- the Great Patriotic War — Великая Отечественная Война;
- pass exams — успешно сдать экзамены;
- graduate from university — выпуститься из университета;
- keep working — продолжать работать.
I would like to tell you a story about the life of my grandfather Anton — the man our family is really proud of.
He was born in \(1941\) in the city of Ulyanovsk. When he was born, his father said: 'He will be a big man! Look at his clever eyes!' We will see that this was true.
He grew up during the Great Patriotic War. His mother sent him to the kindergarten where he learnt to read at the age of \(5\). When he went to school, studying wasn't difficult for him. When English lessons started, he showed great interest in this subject.
After school, he passed his exams and went to university to study languages and translation. When he was a student, he started translating short texts from English and French, and his teachers said he had a real talent. After he graduated from university, Anton became a professional translator.
He started working at an organisation that printed books. He translated about \(50\) books for them, and he also worked together with a woman named Maria who became my grandmother in the end. Soon they got married, and in \(1972\) she had a baby — my father Denis. He also became a translator later, but he did translations from German rather than English.
My grandfather Anton worked all his life and gave a chance for lots of people to read wonderful books translated into Russian. He officially retired at the age of \(65\), but he kept working even after. Unfortunately, he died \(3\) years ago because of an illness.
As for me, now I study at school. My favourite subject is English. I'm not sure yet, but maybe one day I'll also become a translator like my father and grandfather.
It wasn't easy for Anton to study at school. [False|True].
Anton only translated from Russian into English. [False|True].