The Highland Games

Many highland games take plays all over Scotland every year. The most famous meeting is in Braemar, a small village in the Scottish Highlands. The games are always on the first Saturday in September.

Many athletes travel to Scotland each year to take part in the games. They compete in events like the hammer throw, shot put and the hill run. There are also music and dancing competitions. Marching bands perform for the crowds. They wear traditional clothing and play.

The most popular event of the day is the ‘tug of war’. Two teams hold onto a rope and try to pull the other team over the line. ‘Tossing the caber’ is also popular. The athletes have to run holding a heavy tree trunk, the caber, upright. Then, they stop and throw it toward the sky.

Tickets always sell out months before the games start. It’s a great day out for all the family.

3. Mark the sentences Right, Wrong, Doesn’t Say

Выберите один из вариантов Верно, Неверно, В тексте не сказано

1. The Highland games are an annual event.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t Say

2. The games are in winter.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t Say

3. The marching bands wear funny hats.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t Say

4. The caber is very heavy.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t Say

5. Tickets are always

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t Say

After reading

1. Use the prompts to fill in the gaps

Дополните диалоги данными фразами

• Who are they for?

• Nothing special.

• Not bad at all.

• It’s awful.

• I don’t like them.

1 A: What are the toffee apples like?

B: …………………………...........

2 A: Is the festival good?

B: ………………………………...

3 A: What do you think of my costume?

B: …………………………………

4 A: How do you like the food?

B: ……………… . I really don’t like it.

5 A: …………………………………

B: My mother.

2. Think of an event that takes place every year in your country.

Write: name and date; place; activities

Подумайте о событии, которое проходит ежегодно в вашей стране. Напишите: название и дату, место, род деятельности

After reading

What is the most popular game in your country? Make notes under the headings

Какая самая популярная игра в вашей стране? Составьте сообщение по план

• уname

• number of players

• aim

• how to play

Saint valentine’s day

(День Святого Валентина)

1. Прочитайте текст о Дне Святого Валентина.

is celebrated – отмечается, празднуется

christian priest – христианский священник

Valentine’s cards - валентинки

shape of heart – в форме сердца

cupid - амур

God of love – Бог любви

put into prison –заключить в тюрьму

fell in love - влюбился

jailer - тюремщик

before his execution – перед казнью

a farewell letter – прощальное письмо

signed – подписал

St. valentine’s day is celebrated on the February, 14. Valentine was a christian priest. St. valentine’s day is a holiday of lovers: wives and husbands, boys and girls, men and women. Valentine’s cards have a shape of heart or have hearts on it. The earliest symbol was cupid, the Roman God of love. Now a red rose is.

• Valentine was put into prison and there he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter. The night before his execution on February 14th he wrote his lover a farewell letter and signed it “from your Valentine”.