ROBERT BURNS

Robert Burns was born in the north of Scotland. His father William was a gardener.

Although he was poor, William Burns's greatest wish was to give his children the best education he could, and while they were still „ young, he began to teach them to read and write.

When Robert was 13, he had to do most of the work on the farm, for his father was growing old.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare is the world's greatest poet and dramatist. Every Englishman knows more or less the works of his country's greatest poet. Words and phrases from Shakespeare's writings have become part of the English language and are used by all.

Shakespeare   made   fuller  use  of the English language than any other writer.   There  is  no better way for a foreigner or an Englishman  to understand   the  richness  of  the English language than by studying how Shakespeare used it.