- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •10 Features peculiar to the British
- •1. Before you read and translate the following text, study the vocabulary and learn the words by heart.
- •10 Features peculiar to the British
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4. Complete the sentences with the information based on the text.
- •5. Word-formation section.
- •6. Explain the following in English.
- •7. Find one word out. Explain your choice.
- •9. Do the translation into English.
- •10. Write an essay. Choose the subject.
- •National characteristics
- •1. Read the text and match these headings to paragraphs 1-6. There's one heading you don't need.
- •2. The following words are in the article. Choose the best meaning from the possible answers below.
- •3. Analyse the text, answering the following questions:
- •Part II Holidays in Great Britain
- •1. Before you read and translate the following text, study the vocabulary and learn the words by heart.
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4. Say when the following holidays are observed.
- •5. Make up the words of different parts of speech. Use the following suffixes:
- •6. Guess what holiday or festival is meant in each sentence.
- •7. Say if these statements are true or false. Justify your answer. Use the following formulas:
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Do the translation into English.
- •10. Render the text. Use the following introductory phrases:
- •Part III Sport traditions
- •1. Match the following titles to the parts of the text:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Match the words to make word combinations.
- •4. Do the translation into English.
- •5. Make the question plan of the text. Part IV Royal traditions and ceremonies
- •Swan-Upping
- •The Queen's Telegram
- •The Trooping of the Colour
- •Giving Honours
- •The State Opening of the Parliament
- •1. Complete the sentences. Consult the text if necessary.
- •2. Correlate each word / word combination with the royal tradition.
- •3. Match the English word combinations to their Russian equivalents.
- •4. Work in pairs. Make 2-3 questions to every paragraph and answer them.
- •5. Do the translation into English.
- •6. Write an essay expressing you ideas on any of the following statements:
- •Part V Holidays in the usa
- •1. Read the following text about the most popular holidays in the usa. Before reading, study the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4. Correct the statements. Consult the text if necessary.
- •6. Answer the questions according to the text content. Use the following introductory expressions:
- •7. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •8. Make a plan of the text "Holidays in the usa". Retell the text using your plan. Part VI Anglosphere6
- •1. Read the text below and answer the question "What is anglosphere?"
- •Anglosphere factfile
- •3. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4. Complete the chart with the information from the text above.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the information based on the text.
- •6. Answer the following questions:
- •7. Do the translation into English.
- •Flags and emblems of the uk National flag of the uk
- •Is made up of:
8. Answer the following questions:
What are the most popular holidays in Great Britain?
What does the word "bank holiday" mean?
What traditions are observed at Christmas?
Whom do people usually give presents on Boxing Day?
What holiday is more important in Great Britain: Christmas or New Year?
Why is May Day called "a double holiday"?
What is Guy Fawkes famous for?
When do the British celebrate the day of love?
Is there any difference between the Middle Ages' and modern celebration of April Fool's Day? (Give the full answer.)
What is "jack-o'-lantern"?
9. Do the translation into English.
1. Рождество празднуется 25 декабря, и это тот день, когда собирается вся семья.
На Рождество британцы смотрят рождественское выступление королевы, посещают церковь и обмениваются подарками.
Как вы обычно празднуете Новый Год? – Мы организуем вечеринку и танцы.
Пасха – это один из религиозных праздников, когда многие британцы посещают церковь.
1 мая – праздник прихода весны. В этот день проводятся различные мероприятия на открытом воздухе, и избирается Майская королева.
День смеха – это международный день шуток и проделок.
Гай Фокс жил в 17 веке и пытался подложить бомбу под здание парламента. Когда заговор (plot) Фокса был раскрыт, его посадили в Тауэр и отрубили ему голову.
10. Render the text. Use the following introductory phrases:
To start/ to begin with…
It appears that…
It is interesting/ surprising/ strange that…
In general… / On the whole…
In conclusion…/ To sum up…
Part III Sport traditions
Many kinds of sport have their origin in England. Due to love of the nation to different kinds of sports, many sport traditions were formed. You will learn about the main of them reading the following text.
Read and translate the text. Give the Russian equivalents of the words prior to the reading: rowing, horse-racing, tournament, vintage cars, foxhunting.
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Oxford and Cambridge are Britain's two oldest universities. In the nineteenth century, rowing was a popular sport at both of them. In 1829 the universities agreed to have a race. They raced on the river Thames and the Oxford boat won. That started a tradition.
The Cambridge rowers wear light blue shirts and the Oxford rowers wear dark blue. There are eight men in each boat. There is also a "cox" (person who controls a boat).
2.______
Ascot is a small quiet town in the south of England. But in June for one week it becomes the centre of a horse-racing world. It is called Royal Ascot because the Queen also comes there.
3.______
The world's most famous tennis tournament is Wimbledon. It started at a small club in south London in the nineteenth century. Now a lot of the nineteenth-century traditions have changed. For example, women players don't have to wear long skirts. And men players don't have to wear long trousers.
But some traditions haven't changed at Wimbledon. The courts are still grass, and visitors still eat strawberries and cream.
4.______
Lots of people keep or collect vintage cars. And on the first Sunday in November there's a race or "rally" for them. It starts in London and it finishes in Brighton, a town on the south coast of England. That's a distance of seventy kilometres.
A lot of people in the rally wear "vintage" clothes, too.
5.______
Traditionally Boxing Day is a day for foxhunting. The huntsmen and huntswomen ride horses. They use dogs, too. The dogs (fox hounds) follow the smell of the fox. Then the huntsmen and huntswomen follow the hounds.
Before a Boxing Day hunt, the huntsmen and huntswomen drink hot wine. But the tradition of the December, 26 hunt is changing. Now, some people want to stop Boxing Day hunts (and other hunts, too). For them it's not a sport – it's a cruelty.