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

to conceal any material evidence of evil intentions from keen eyes of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Remember, remember The Fifth of November

Gunpowder, treason and plot. For I see no reason

Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

Surely, it is not forgotten. On the 5th of November the song is sung by the children when they knock at the door asking for a «Penny for the guy» with which they buy fireworks to make a bonfire and burn on it a ragged dummy (a «guy») made of old clothes and straw. Even the smaller children are allowed to stay up until it is really dark so that they can admire the rockets that burst in the sky and send down a shower of many coloured sparks.

As a result of many injuries in the past time safety measures have been taken nowadays. Instead of numerous home-made fire-works and backgarden bonfires there are now publicly organized bonfires, and only factorymade fire-works are permitted. Some colleges and other institutions prepare elaborate guys for which prizes are awarded. Torchlight processions and carnivals with the traditional bonfire and a tar barrel where the effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned are very exciting and picturesque events attracting thousands of participants and onlookers.

It is interesting to note that nowadays Fawkes’ first name «Guy» is used in English to denote a person who is a figure of fun or ridicule in some way. But this negative connotation of the word is diminishing, and «guy» now is often used as a synonym to «fellow».

Thus the historical event of November 5 1605 gave birth to a new word and a new tradition.

4.1 Focus attention on the theories of the Gunpowder Plot. Answer the following questions:

1) When was the Plot conceived? What period in British history is it? Who sat on the English throne then? Why not a Tudor?

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Theory 1

2)What was the aim of the Plot? Who were the conspirators? How were they motivated? Who were the intended victims?

3)Who was Guy Fakes? What was his mission? Did he fulfill it? Why?

4)What was the outcome of the Plot?

Theory 2

5) Who were the conspirators? How were they motivated? Who

were the intended and true victims?

Theory 3

6)Answer the questions above.

7)In every version, who won?

4.1.1. Find in the text the English for the expressions below. Notice the paragraph number in brackets.

отмечать раскрытие Порохового заговора (para 1); предотвратить подрыв (1); цель заговора была уничтожить ч-л, к-л (2); нанять к-л произвести взрыв (2); произвести обыск подвалов (2); выдать имена (2); очернить католиков (3); ужесточить законы против (3); проникнуть в заговор с самого начала (4); правительственные агенты (4).

4.2 Pair work

4.2.1.Explain the origins of the names of the historical event: Guy Fawkes’ Plot, the Gunpowder Plot.

4.2.2.Talk about the versions (theories) of the Gunpowder Plot. Remember how the roles of the English government and discontented Roman Catholics differ in them (conspirator, initiator / victim).

4.2.3.Role play. Talk about the Gunpowder Plot. The speakers are

(a)the ghosts of King James I and Elizabeth I (what do you think she might be interested to learn and would ask about?);

(b)a student who missed classes on British history and traditions and the ghost of Lord Monteagle;

(c)you and the ghost of the government official – Lord Burghley /’bə:li/ (Robert Cecil – the King’s “little beagle” (гончая), son of William Cecil –

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Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State and Lord Treasurer) or the ghost of a government agent;

(d) you and the ghost of an English Roman Catholic.

5.Summarize the theories of the GP. Say what it is, how many theories there are, how they are different in terms of aim, conspirators, intended victims, outcome. Remember to introduce the source text.

6.Support or challenge this statement: The Gunpowder Plot may never have existed.

Writing assignment

Write a letter to Lord Monteagle as if you were his kinsman – a Roman Catholic and a conspirator.

7. Focus attention on the ceremony.

7.1 Study the following words: сandle-lantern n; basement n; disaster n.

7.2 Find in the text the English for the following expressions:

один из самых известных злодеев в истории (para 6); им дают старые свечные фонари и приказ на обыск (6); отправляться в продолжительный обход подвалов (6); прочёсывать каждый уголок и укромное местечко (6); адская машина (6); электрическое освещение (6); собраться без опасения беды (7); колоритная церемония в последнюю минуту (8); напоминание о Пороховом заговоре (8); проводимый теперь обыск – настоящий (8); тайному врагу было бы трудно скрыть материальное свидетельство злых намерений (8).

7.3.Answer the following questions:

1)When and to what purpose do the Yeomen come to the House of Lords?

2)What does the ceremony consist of? Why are candle-lanterns issued to the Yeomen who are going to search the vaults with electric lighting in them?

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3) Why has the tradition to hold this ceremony been maintained such a long time? Who carries it on? Why?

7.4. Draw a table to be entitled Ceremony: A reminder of the Gunpowder Plot, with the column headings when; where; who; what (actions, behaviour); why, other (прочее). Complete it with the data. Compare it with the table below.

Таble 1 Ceremony: A reminder of the Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes’ Plot)

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C: assessment

-dignified, picturesque -the search is real -any secret enemy

of the Queen and Parliament would find it hard to conceal material evidence of evil intentions from the Yeomen

D: associations

-Guy Fawkes

-the Gunpowder Plot

7.5. Pair work

Role play. Talk about the ceremony as if you were

(a)a Yeoman and an onlooker from a foreign country;

(b)you and the ghost of King James I / Elizabeth I / Lord Monteagle / Lord Burghley, the King’s “little beagle”. What are the King and the government official likely to be concerned about and keep asking?

7.6. Guess who / what is the “I” of the narration, continue from the following opening:

Hallo. Nice to meet you. I don’t think we have met before, so let me say a few words about myself. I have a job at the Houses of Parliament in London. I have done it a long time, since times immemorial, over 400 years now. But I am in a very good shape: look at me and this company of my fellows here, all very much like me.

My work is not hard. All year long I stay on a shelf in a cellar. Nobody disturbs me. But there is a very special day when I am called upon to do my duty. ___

Translate the nursery rhyme in the text (“Remember, remember …”)

8. Focus attention on the festival.

8.1 Answer the following questions:

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1)What events take place in England annually on November 5? Who are the participants? What do they celebrate?

2)Why is the author so certain that the GP is not forgotten?

4) Is the historical meaning of the occasion still important, do you think?..

8.2 Study the following words:

award v; ragged a; tar n; effigy n; injury n; ridicule n.

8.3 Find in the text the English for them:

сжечь гая на костре (para 9); сделанный из старой одежды и соломы (9); меры безопасности (10); самодельные фейерверки и костры на заднем дворе (10); факельное шествие (10); привлекать тысячи участников и зрителей (10); отрицательная коннотация уменьшается (11); дать рождение новому слову и новой традиции (12).

8.4. Draw a table with the following column headings: when; where; who, what (realia); why (motivation); what (activities, other - прочее). Entitle it Festival: Celebration of the Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes’ Night), complete it with the data. Compare it with the table below.

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8.5 How are all the underlined words in column 5 similar in meaning? (All suggest an element called__). What is the key word in the passage about the festival?

9. Continue the list: China – china n, Marathon – marathon n, Panama – panama n, __. How are these English-language appellatives similar in origin? Give some more examples of proper names which gave birth to

appellatives in English, Russian.

Aural practice

Listen to the text Guy [14, p. 213-214]. T or F:

1)The chief character in the drama is King James I of England.

2)Nowadays anyone can be called a guy.

3)There is a tradition in Britain to burn an effigy of the country’s enemy.

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Oral practice

1. Pair work

Role play. Talk about the festival. The speakers are

(a)a London teenager with a model of man in his hands and a passerby, a foreigner unfamiliar with British traditions;

(b)the ghost of Guy Fawkes and you;

(c)a London constable and a group of students with torchlights preparing to light a lot of fireworks in a big fireworks display next to a wooden construction.

2.Guess who or what is the “I”of the narration. Continue the story.

1)Hallo. Thank you for the penny you have given to my master. Johnny is a good boy. It’s he who made me of straw a few days ago and provided some clothes for me to wear. Not very elegant, but I don’t care.

I like his company and enjoy it when we go from door to door or stop passers-by, sing a little song and get some lovely coins. I have also learnt it and can sing to you, listen: ___

2)How do you do. I see you are interested in English history. This is very good. There is an event in it, all intrigue and mystery, and I am the chief character in the drama. Would you like to hear?.. Listen.

It dates back to the times of severe conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in England. I was then a soldier, Catholic by belief. One day two Spanish gentlemen approached me with an unusual proposition. _____

3.Summarize what you have leant from the text about the ceremony and the festival.

4.Comment on them, continue from the following openings:

1)Remember, remember | The Fifth of November …

2)A penny for the guy, please!

5. Support or challenge the following statements:

1) Guy Fawkes is the most popular villain in history.

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2)The ceremony of Searching the Vaults is unlikely to be abolished.

3)British people cherish and keep up their traditions.

4)So many countries, so many customs.

Translate into English the text below. Give it a title:

<…>

(abridged, adapted)

Английские традиции… Уже давно сочетание этих двух слов стало привычным. И действительно, Англия в нашем представлении немыслима без своих традиций, этого атрибута общественной и частной жизни населения Британских островов, сопровождающих каждого англичанина на его жизненном пути от рождения до смерти.

Tронная речь королевы по случаю очередной сессии парламента, спикер, сидящий на мешке с шерстью в палате лордов, караул в старинной форме у ворот Букингемского дворца, вороны, живущие в Тауэре на государственном довольствии, – всё это не только эффектная декорация, привлекающая толпы любопытных туристов, но и попытка сохранить отблески славы и величия Британии.

Многие английские традиции обязаны своим появлением тем или иным историческим событиям. Так, до сих пор отмечается день Гая Фокса – день раскрытия знаменитого Порохового заговора 1605 года. Многие традиции дошли до нас из весьма отдаленного прошлого, из того времени, когда британцы называли свою страну «Merry Old England». Кстати, подобные эпитеты также весьма традиционны, ибо вряд ли Англия в те отдаленные времена была более “веселой”, чем любое другое государство.

Английские традиции можно приблизительно разделить на несколько видов: традиции, касающиеся частной жизни англичан (празднование рождения ребенка, помолвка, вступление в брак, годовщина свадьбы), соблюдение которых весьма часто зависит от достатка семьи; традиции общегосударственные: национальные торжества, религиозные праздники (которые для большинства

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англичан утратили своё первоначальное значение); народные гулянья, приуроченные к какой-нибудь традиционной дате; традиционные пышные церемонии <…>

[21, p. 5-6]

Suggested words and phrases:

familiar; as we see it; unthinkable; path / road in life; Speech from the Throne; on the occasion of; woolsack; guard dressed in old-fashioned traditional uniforms; Tower ravens; put down for allowances; retain the reflection / gleam of; roughly.

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