The Twilight Saga - Stephanie Meyer's Great Vampire Bestseller
Twilight is a series of fantasy novels written 1)___ the American author Stephanie Meyer. The books have become well-known throughout the world and even led to the production 2)____ movies. They have been on 3)___ world’s bestseller lists 4)____ many years. Bella Swan, 5)__ beautiful young teenager moves 6)____ Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington. There she falls in love 7)_____ Edward Cullen, a handsome boy. As time goes on she finds out that Edward is 8)__ member of a vampire family that drinks blood. James, a vampire 9)_____ another family tries to kill her but Edward comes to her rescue. In The New Moon Bella becomes a friend with the werewolf Jacob, who protects her 10)____ Victoria, James’ friend and another vampire that wants to kill Bella. When Edward believes that Bella is dead he wants to commit suicide 11)__ Italy but Bella manages to stop him. In the hands of a powerful vampire family, they are set free only if Bella agrees 12)____ become a vampire. Eclipse is 13)____ third part of the Twilight saga. Victoria puts together an army of vampires to fight against the Cullen family and kill Bella. Bella has to decide between Edward and her friendship 14)_______ James the werewolf. 15)_____ the end Bella chooses Edward and agrees to marry him. In the fourth part Bella is pregnant. She nearly dies while giving birth to her daughter, who is half vampire and half human. Edward injects vampire venom into her which turns her into a vampire and rescues her. A quarrel breaks out between the Cullen and Volturi family who think that the Bella’s daughter is an immortal child. They can be convinced that Bella’s daughter is not a threat to the family. There are a few main topics in Stephanie Meyers’ book. Although the reader feels that a real love between Bell and Edward is not possible the couple is more and more drawn towards each other. It centers on love, not death. The book is also about escape. When Bella learns that she can become immortal too she really wants to get away from her mortal world.
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- 1. Translate the following words and word combinations from Russian into English. Make up a story with them. Be ready to tell it to your teacher.
- 2. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate verb form. Be ready to explain your choice.
- 3. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words (articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, etc).
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