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Český autor Karel Čapek byl nejznámější svými díly žánru sci-fi, zejména románem nazvaným Válka s mloky a hrou R.U.R., ve které se poprvé objevil pojem „robot“.

Čapek se narodil v roce 1890 v českém městě Malé Svatoňovice.

Během svého mládí se zamiloval do výtvarného umění a obzvlášť do kubismu.

Studoval na Karlově univerzitě v Praze a poté na pařížské Sorbonně.

Trpěl vážnou oslabující nemocí páteře zvanou Bechtěrevova nemoc. Pro tuto nemoc nebyl odveden do armády a nemusel bojovat v první světové válce.

Během války žil v Praze jako nezúčastněný divák, což formovalo jeho politické názory.

V mladých letech pracoval jako novinář a zabýval se problémy jako např. totalita a nacionalismus.

Když začal psát beletrii, byla většina jeho děl hry, na kterých spolupracoval se svým bratrem Josefem.

Čapek byl po většinu svého života novinářem, ale psal jak literaturu faktu, tak beletrii.

Většina jeho nejznámějších děl se zabývá průmyslovými vynálezy, jako např. hromadnou výrobou a nukleárními zbraněmi.

Je považován za jednoho ze zakladatelů klasické evropské sci-fi. Psal o etice, diktatuře, společenských pohromách, hlouposti lidské rasy a podobných tématech.

Po druhé světové válce akceptoval komunistický režim zdráhavě jeho díla.

Zemřel na dvojitý zápal plic v roce 1938 nedlouho poté, co si nacistické Německo připojilo na základě Mnichovské dohody část Československa.

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Czech author Karel Capek was best known for his science fiction works, particularly his novel entitled War with the Newts and his play called R.U.R., which is the place where the term “robot” was first introduced.

Capek was born in 1890 in the Bohemian town of Male Svatonovice.

During his teenage years, he fell in love with visual arts, particularly Cubism.

He attended Charles University in Prague and then went on to Sorbonne in Paris.

He suffered from a serious and debilitating spinal condition called ankylosing spondylitis which exempted him from serving in the military during World War I.

Living in Prague as a bystander during the war, most of his political ideas were shaped by it.

In his early years he worked as a journalist, focusing on issues like totalitarianism and nationalism.

When he started writing fiction, most of his early works were plays he worked with his brother Josef on.

For most of Capek’s life, he was a journalist by trade, although he wrote both non-fiction and fiction.

Most of his best-known pieces focus on industrial inventions like mass production and nuclear weapons.

He is considered to be one of the founders of classical European science fiction, and he used it to write about ethics, dictatorship, social disasters, the stupidity of the human race, and related topics.

After World War II, the communist regime reluctantly accepted his work.

He died of double pneumonia in 1938 not long after Nazi Germany annexed sections of Czechoslovakia under the terms of the Munich Agreement.

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Rezervoval jsem nekuřácké místo.

Volám číšníka.

Požádám o vinný lístek.

Objednávám si pití.

V bufetu jsem dostal spoustu jídla.

Objednávám mísu se sýry.

Byl jsem chamtivý a objednal si spoustu jídla.

V kantýně jsem narazil na kamaráda.

Objednal jsem další talíř.

Zabořil jsem své hůlky.

Slavím narozeniny svých dětí v pěkné restauraci.

Zkusím místní pivo.

Dal jsem si na salát zálivku.

Naliju vodu ze džbánu.

Jako hlavní chod jsem si objednal rybu.

Požádám o více rýže.

Objednám zákusek.

Hledám párátka.

Požádám o účet.

Zaplatím kreditní kartou.

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I reserve a non-smoking seat.

I call a waiter.

I ask for a wine list.

I order a drink.

I get a lot of food at the buffet.

I order an assorted cheese platter.

I get greedy and order a lot of dishes.

I bumped into a friend at the cafeteria.

I ask for another plate.

I drop my chopsticks.

I celebrate my childrens' birthdays at nice restaurants.

I try a local beer.

I put salad dressing on the salad.

I pour water from a pitcher.

I order fish for the main course.

I ask for more rice.

I order a dessert.

I look for toothpicks.

I ask for the bill.

I pay by credit card.

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