What a wonderful day

(Words by Bob Thiele)

1. I see trees of green,

Red roses too

I see them bloom,

For me and you

CHORUS:

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

2. I see skies of blue, and clouds of white

The bright blessed day,

the dark sacred night

CHORUS

3. The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands, saying “How do you do?”

They're really saying “I love you”.

4. I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow

They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know

FINAL CHORUS:

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh Yeah!

Перевод а. Дюка Прекрасный мир

1. Я вижу зелёные листья деревьев и красные лепестки роз, Вижу как они цветут для тебя и меня И я понимаю, Что этот мир полон чудес.

2. Я вижу белые облака на голубом небе, Ясный солнечный день, Тёмную тихую ночь. И я думаю про себя: Что за волшебный мир!

3. Все цвета радуги Играют на небе И на лицах Прохожих Я вижу как друзья пожимают руки, Спрашивая «Как дела?» Подразумевая: «Я люблю тебя».

4. Я слышу как плачут маленькие дети, Вижу, как они растут, И научатся они гораздо большему, Чем то, что я знаю и умею сейчас. И я думаю о том, Что этот мир полон чудес, Да, я думаю о том, Какой всё же это прекрасный мир!

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Part ten seminars

SEMINAR 1: BRITISH CULTURAL STUDIES

• High Culture and Sub-cultures

• Cultural Symbols and Images

Task One:

Speak on the following points:

1. Concept of “culture”

2. The subject of Cultural Studies

3. A cultural artifact

4. Privacy as a key cultural notion (kitchen, housing)

5. English kitchens in the past

6. Private and public aspects

7. English food

Task Two:

Test your Knowledge

British Studies Quiz

1. MP is a

a. speaker

b. Mayor of the city

c. member of the House of Commons

2. Frontbenchers are

a. theatre goers

b. Cabinet members

c. football fans

3. Life peers are

a. respectable politicians

b. peers, whose life is special

c. peers who didn’t inherit the title

4. The Sun is a

a. popular radio programme

b. the best selling tabloid

c. broadsheet

5. A public school is a

a. private school

b. comprehensive school

c. college

6. Gothic is a

a. style of architecture

b. German aeroplane

c. rude, uncivilized

7. Puritan is

a. scrupulous in language

b. free from pollution

c. English Protestant

8. A broadsheet is a

a. large sheet of paper

b. newspaper

c. bed covering

9. Oxbridge is

a. two oldest English universities

b. bridge over the river Ox

c. modern university

10. Gaelic is

a. of France

b. of Scots

c. vegetable

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SEMINAR 2: THE FORMATION OF THE BRITISH NATION

• The Celtic Origins of Britain

• Britain and the Roman Invasion

• Britain and English: Historical and Cultural Aspects

• The British Multinational Society of Today As the Product of History

Task One:

Speak on the following points:

1. The origin of the name “Britain”

2. The old native capital (Celtic, pre-Roman)

3. The Roman period in the history of Britain

4. The main branches of economy in Roman Britain

5. Bilingual society in Roman Britain

Task Two:

Make up a glossary of Roman Britain terms and dates:

1. Caesar’s raids of Britain –

2. The Roman conquest of Britain –

3. The revolt of Boudicca –

Task Three:

Test your Knowledge