Иностранный язык профильного региона (английский). Учебно-методическое пособие

Shakespeare country, the Scott country, the Lake District, the west country, the Potteries, the Home Counties, the Six Counties, the Black Country, East Anglia, the Athens of the North, the Cambrians, Cumbria, Mount Snowdon, Ben Nevis, the backbone of England, Land’s End, John O’Groats, from John O’Groats to Land’s End?

3.3“In the short ‘tour’ of the regions of Britain in this chapter, some sections are longer than others. This is partly because some regions have ‘higher profiles’ than others – that is, more is known or imagined about them than others. Which are the regions in Britain that seem to have the higher profiles? What do their reputations consist of?” [8, p. 41].

3.4Comment on the statement: Geography is destiny. Is it applicable to England?

3.5Support or challenge the statement “ <….> the land and climate in Britain have a notable lack of extremes.” [8, p. 31]

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

-Look at the photograph of spectators taken in Britain [8, p. 4]. What does it tell about the population of that country? Would a picture like this taken in Russia tell the same story?

-As a EU member, what immigration policy does Britain pursue nowadays in the period of massive emigration from the Middle East?

Reading

Do the section Human Geography [4, p. 10-11] – География народонаселения: the texts Population, Conurbations and New Towns, Ex. 3, 4, 5.

Aural practice

Listen to the text Ethnic and national minorities [4, p. 11] published in

Britain 1990: An Official Handbook. Put down

1) the periods in which the majority of immigrants came to Britain;

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2)the percentage of the non-white population in Britain in 1985-87;

3)the number of black and Asian Members of Parliament.

Reading. Oral practice

1.Read the text (see above). Answer the following questions: 1) How have those people been motivated coming to Britain? 2) What countries do they come from?

3) In what areas are some of them concentrated in Britain? 4) Have any of them succeeded in that country?

2.There is a book called Londonistan (2006, by Melanie Phillips). What do you think it is about? Explain the title.

3.Pair work

Talk about the population of the UK. Use the pie-chart, the bar-chart, the map [4, p. 10-11].

LONDON

-What is London famous for? Would you like to visit or live there? Why? -Identify in the pictures or video the places of interest, the ceremony.

Reading. Oral practice

1.1Study the following words: (n) cockney, headquarters, sign, survey, suburbs; (v) dominate, wall, trade, vary, interfere with; (a) distinctive.

1.2Match the Russianand English-language expressions:

--родина кокни; обнесённый стеной город; обзор, проведённый в 1980; торговцы; по сравнению с; культурное разнообразие; оставить много видимых знаков; утрачивать своё положение финансового центра; быть в упадке; Два других района – это … . Первый (из двух названных) известен … . Второй (Последний) известен как … ; --walled city, traders, a survey carried out in 1980, the home of the Cockney, in comparison with, leave many visible signs, cultural variety, be in decline, lose one’s place as the financial centre; Two other areas are … . The former is known for … . The latter is known as … .

2. Read the text London [8, p. 36]. What new information do you find in it?

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3. Rearrange the points of the outline in the correct order:

-The areas of London: the West End and the East End, the City and Westminster;

-The dominance of London;

-Central London and Greater London; -A one-sided view of the city;

-A cosmopolitan city.

4. Answer the following questions:

1) How does the dominance of London show itself?

2) How are the City and Westminster similar and different?

3) How are the West End and the East End different or similar? 4) How is London similar to many other European cities?

5) What makes London untypical of the rest of the country? 6) Is London really in decline?

5. Pair work

5.1Talk about London: its role in the country, areas, similarity with and difference from other capital cities.

5.2Compare Moscow and London. Do they have anything in common?.. Does Moscow stand in the same relation to the rest of Russia as London does to Britain?

Aural practice

1.What do these proper names stand for: AD (Anno Domini); Londinium; Parliamentary Square; Whitehall; Downing Street; Fleet Street; the Daily Telegraph, also the Telegraph; the Daily Express, also the Express; the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?

2. Listen to the text Introducing London (abridged) [15, p. 80-81, paras 1-4]. T or F:

1)Londinium is another name for the capital city of the UK.

2)London dominates the life of Greater London only.

3)The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street lives in Westminster.

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Reading. Oral practice

1.1Study the following words: (n) mansion, cathedral, fortress, dome, bell, armour, specimen, district, pond, sovereign, statesman, glimpse;

(v) inhabit, found, halt, adjoin, defeat, weigh.

1.2Read the following proper names arranged into groups, notice the usage

of the article (definite / zero), give headings to the groups:

-Queen Elizabeth, Julius Caesar /,dʒu:liəs ’si:zər/, William the Conqueror, Sir Christopher Wren, Wellington, Nelson, Newton, Darwin, Tennyson; -the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Palace;

-the National Gallery, the Portrait Gallery, the British Museum; -the Ceremony of the Keys;

-Renaissance /ri’neisəns || ,renə’sa:ns/; -Crown Jewels, Great Paul, Big Ben; -Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park; -the City, the East End, the West End.

2. Read the text below. Find on the map of London the places of interest mentioned in it. Which of them would come first on your list of tourist attractions in that city?

Some more glimpses of London

London is one of the biggest and most interesting cities in the world. London is a city of great contrasts. Its western part is the richest part of

the town with its cosy mansions, beautiful avenues, shops, restaurants and hotels. The East End is the district inhabited by the workers and the poor. Quite an army of people live from hand to mouth I its slums and miserable houses lining dreary narrow streets. Industry is chiefly found in that part of the city.

The heart of London is the City – its commercial and business centre. Here is situated the Tower of London that comes first among the historic buildings of the city. If you want to get some glimpses of London it’s just from here that you had better start sightseeing.

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The Tower of London was founded by Julius Caesar and in 1066 rebuilt by William the Conqueror. It was used as a fortress, a royal residence and a prison. Now it is a museum of armour and also the place where Crown Jewels are kept. In present days, just as many centuries ago, the Ceremony of the Keys takes place at its gates. Every night when the guard is changed at each gate there is the cry: “Halt! Who goes there?” Then the guard replies: “The Keys.” “Whose keys?” “Queen Elizabeth’s Keys!” “Pass, Queen Elizabeth’s Keys! All’s well.” And so the Tower of London is safety closed for the night.

A twenty minutes’ walk from the Tower will take you to another historic building – St. Paul’s Cathedral, the greatest of English churches. It was built by a famous English architect, Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). St. Paul’s Cathedral with its huge dome and rows of columns is considered to be a fine specimen of Renaissance architecture. In one of its towers hangs one of the largest bells in the world, Great Paul, weighing about 17.5 tons. Wellington1 , Nelson2 and other great men of England are buried in the Cathedral.

Not far away, in Westminster, another important part of London where most of the Government buildings are situated, is Westminster Abbey. Many English sovereigns, outstanding statesmen, painters and poets (Newton, Darwin and Tennyson among them) are buried here.

Across the road from Westminster Abbey is Westminster Palace, the seat of the British Parliament. Its two graceful towers stand high above the city. The higher of the two contains the largest clock in the country and the famous bell Big Ben that strikes every quarter of the hour.

If now we walk along Whitehall, which is not at all the hall, but just a street where the chief government offices are to be found, we shall soon come to Trafalgar Square. It was so named in memory of the victory in the battle of Trafalgar, where on October 21, 1805 the English fleet under Nelson’s command defeated the combined fleet of France and Spain. The

1The Duke of Wellington (1769–1852): a famous British general whose army defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815.

2Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805): an English admiral who won the battle of Trafalgar, in which he was killed in 1805.

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victory was won at the cost of Nelson’s life. In the middle of Trafalgar Square stands Nelson’s monument – a tall column with the figure of Nelson at its top. The column is guarded by four bronze lions.

The fine building facing the square is the National Gallery and adjoining it (but just round the corner) is the Portrait Gallery.

Not far away is the British Museum – the biggest museum in London. It contains a priceless collection of different things (ancient manuscripts, coins, sculptures, etc.). The British Museum is famous for its library – one of the richest in the world. In its large circular reading room Marx, Engels and later Lenin used to work.

And now, even if you have almost no time left for further sightseeing, you cannot leave the city without visiting one more place of interest – Hyde Park. Hyde Park (or “the Park” as Londoners call it), with Kensington Gardens adjoining it in the west, is the largest in London. When you are walking along its shady avenues, sitting on the grass, admiring its beautiful flower beds or watching swans and ducks floating on the ponds, it seems almost unbelievable that all around there is a large city with its heavy traffic and smoke.

[15, p. 94-97]

Notes

a)Notice the inverted word order in ‘location sentences’ common in descriptions like this text, e. g.: ‘In one of its towers hangs one of the largest bells in the world …’ Find them in paragraphs 1, 5, 6, 7, 9.

b)The construction with ‘used /ju:st/’ followed by an indefinite infinitive verb form expresses a repeated action in the past or a former state: ‘In its large circular reading room Marx, Engels and later Lenin used to work.’ To express the same meaning in Russian we use the construction with ‘часто / частенько’ followed by a past-tense verb form (часто посещал, помогал), the suffix ‘-ыва-/-ива-’ in the verb (хаживал, езживал).

3. Answer the following questions:

1)If you go sightseeing in London, why is it a good idea to start from the Tower?

2)Why is the Ceremony of the Keys so called?

3)Why is St Paul’s Cathedral worth seeing?

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4)What is Westminster known for?

5)What is Whitehall? Where is it in London?

6)Why was Trafalgar Square so named?

7)What museums are mentioned in the text? Where are they situated? What do they house?

8)What is the Park?

9)What makes London one of the most interesting cities in the world?

4. Find in the text the English for the following phrases:

идти первым (занимать первое место) среди, увидеть одним глазком, королевская резиденция, в наши дни (в настоящее время), двадцатиминутная прогулка, через дорогу от, в память о, ценой жизни (кого-то), под командованием (кого-то), за углом (т. е. очень близко), у вас почти не остаётся времени (для чего-то).

5. Pair work

Sightseeing. Continue from the following opening. Use these conversational formulas of advice and acceptance:

why not go to, if I were you I should, what about going to, you could, you should, you had better; I think I will, That’s a good idea.

“-Is it possible to see anything of London in one or two days? -Well, yes, but, of course, not half enough.

-What do you think I ought to see first?

-Well, if you are interested in churches and historic places you should go to …”

[15, p. 97]

6.With a map of London, in small groups plan a sightseeing tour of that city. Present the tours to class, decide on the best tour and presentation.

7.Continue from the following openings:

1)Many parts of London have their own distinctive characters.

2)Westminster is the territory of the “city gent”.

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8. Comment on the following statements:

1)If you are tired of London, you are tired of life. (Samuel Johnson)

2)The City stands for gold, the Tower for power, and that is the power of the sword.

Aural practice

Listen to the text London (abridged). [17, p. 143-4]. T or F:

a)Greater London has grown up from one small town.

b)The Lord Mayor of London looks after all the capital city.

c)The West End is associated with some particular trades and professions.

THE IDENTIFYING SYMBOLS OF THE FOUR NATIONS

1. Project work

1.1 In small groups prepare to talk about (1) the historical, poetic and other limited-use names (Albion, Erin; Briton; Caledonia, Cambria, Hibernia); (2) the signs of national identity: names, clothes, musical instruments, characteristics; (3) the dominance of England; (4) the ‘invisible Scot’ and how he is making himself more visible nowadays.

1.2 Make a presentation in class.

2. Complete this table in your notebook.

Notes *“The monarch’s flag, the Royal Standard, shows three English gold lions against red background, the red Scottish lion against gold background, and the Irish gold harp against black background.” [17, p. 7]. The Royal Standard “<…> королевский штандарт (личный флаг монарха); вывешивается над Букингемским дворцом <…>, когда монарх находится в Лондоне” [20, p. 420]

**Queen’s Beasts “геральдические животные на королевском гербе (лев

– эмблема Англии, единорог – эмблема Шотландии, белая лошадь – эмблема династии Ганноверов [Hanovers]; всего на гербе десять животных; название употр. при правлении королевы)” [Ibid., p. 344]

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Table 2

2. Pair work

1)Tell your partner about the gentleman in the cartoon [8, p. 11] (a fictional character, to personify Englishness and certain English virtues, large, fat, leather boots, a waistcoat).

2)Tell your partner about the lady in the picture [8, p. 10] (the Romans, the name given to, a female figure, the female embodiment of Britain, is shown sitting down, to wear a helmet, to hold a trident, the symbol of power over the sea).

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3)Examine The Economist magazine cover (July 12th-18th 2014) [22]. Tell your fellow-student about the man in the picture. Who is he likely to be: an Irishman, a Welshman, a Scot, other? What do you think he might be wearing? What kind of person might he be?.. What might he be saying?..

4)Describe the flag [8, p. 13] (the national flag of, to represent a country, a combination of, a diagonal / upright cross, the cross of St George, the cross of St … , flagpole, wide / narrow stripes).

5)List all the flags discussed, name the countries that they represent.

6)Discuss how the Union Jack compares with Old Glory (the Stars and Stripes) – the flag of the USA, how John Bull compares with Uncle Sam in looks and symbolic meaning. (top hat, be decorated with stars and stripes from the US flag, represent the US).

7)Talk about the identifying symbols of Russia.

3.Continue from the following opening: Each of the four nations in the UK has some identifying symbols.

4.Comment on the statement: One country, four equal nations.

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