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4.1. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following English ones. Illustrate some of them.

East or West home is best.

There is no place like home.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  1. Опрацювання тексту за фахом.

  2. Виконання квізів.

  3. Самостійне опрацювання матеріалу:

- підібрати прислів'я з теми “Місто” та проілюструвати одне з них;

- опрацювати текст за фахом;

- опрацювати приблизні варіанти висловлювань до участі в засіданні “круглого столу”.

Приблизні варіанти висловлювань.

Student I: Dear guests! We are in Volodymyrs'ka Street in Kyiv. Volodymyrs'ka Street is one of the oldest streets in Ukraine. The oldest part of it from St Andrew's Church to the Golden Gates was laid out in the time of Princes Volodymyr and Yaroslav the Wise in the 10th-11th centuries. As the city grew and developed, the street became longer.

We are now in Shevchenko Park. The park was laid out in the 60s of the 19th century.

Two diagonal alleys intersect in the centre where you can see a monument to Taras Shevchenko, the great Ukrai­nian poet and patriot. The monument was erected in 1939 to commemorate 125 years of Taras Shevchenko's birthday. The sculptor was Manizer and the architect -Levinson. The bronze figure of Shevchenko is 6.45 metres high. The inscription on the monument reads:

T.H. Shevchenko. 1814-1861.

And in the great new family,

The family of the free,

With softly spoken, kindly word,

Pray, men, remember me.

Questions:

1. In which century did Volodymyrs'ka Street begin its existence?

2. When was the monument to Taras Shevchenko in the centre of the park erected?

3. How tall is the bronze figure of the poet?

Student II: Look around. The park is so beautiful and quiet with its shady alleys, comfortable benches and fresh air! It's a green square island between Volodymyrs'ka and Tereschenkivs'ka Streets, and Leo Tolstoy Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. There are chestnut, lime, maple, poplar, weeping willow trees and a lot of flowerbeds with all kinds of flowers. There are always flowers around the monument to Taras Shevchenko and near it. There is a children's playground in the park and there are always many kids with their mothers and grannies in it.

There is a corner where the older people come to play chess and checkers or dominos, to have a talk or just to relax sitting on comfortable benches in the shade of the trees.

Questions:

  1. Which streets do the park border on four sides?

  1. What kinds of trees grow there?

  1. Where are many children in the park?

Student III: There is the main building of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University at 60 of Volodymyrs'ka Street opposite the park. The university was founded in 1834.

The building was designed by architect Beretti in 1837-1841 and is a monument of classical architecture. The building has been traditionally painted red.

Many famous people of Ukraine were students of the university. The university is proud of its lecturers and students. Suffice it to mention such doctors and scientists as Zabolotnyi, historians Hrushevs'kyi and Drahomanov, mathematicians Aleksandrov and Boholiubov, composer Lysenko, writers Staryts'kyi, Samoilenko, Bulhakov, Paustovs'kyi and Ryls'kyi. A lot of other outstanding people who distinguished themselves in different spheres of life had once been students of this university.

Questions:

1. What is the address of Kyiv University?

2. When was it founded?

3. What colour is the building?

Student IV: Nowadays there are about 20 departments at the university and with its more than 20 thousand students it's one of the biggest universities in Ukraine and in Europe.

There are two important libraries on both sides of the university. The main building of the National Scientific Library is named after Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernads'kyi, a great scientist, the founder of geochemistry, biochemistry and radiogeology. V.I. Vernads'kyi lectured at Kyiv State University and was the first President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

On the right of the red building of the university there is the Scientific library of the university named after Mykhailo Oleksandrovych Maksymovych, the famous linguist and philosopher, professor, the first rector of the university.

1. What libraries are there on both sides of the university?

2. What do you know about Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernads'kyi?

3. How many departments are there in Kyiv University?

Student V: On the other side the park borders Tereschenkivs'ka Street where there is the district children's hospital and two famous arts museums. One of them is the Arts Museum named after Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko, which is worth visiting. Visitors can see pictures, sculptures and other exhibits from the periods of antiquity, the Renaissance till the beginning of the 20th century. The museum is proud of all its exhibits. The guides will acquaint you with culture of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, Byzantine and Italy of the 14th-17th centuries, oriental countries such as Japan, China, Iran and the Middle Asia in different periods of their history. You will also see breathtaking exhibits created in the western countries such as Holland, Spain, France, England, Italy and Greece. You will see pictures of such renowned painters as Velasquez, Reynolds, Rubens and many others.

Questions:

1. What street borders the park behind the monument to Taras Shevchenko?

2. What museum is named after Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko?

3. What exhibits can visitors see at the Khanenko Arts museum?

4. What is the Arts Museum proud of?

Student VI: Farther on Tereschenkivs'ka Street there is the Russian Arts Museum, founded in 1922 which has the private collection of N.A.Tereschenko. It's the largest museum of Russian arts in Ukraine and one of the best museums of this kind in the world. There is a monument to Illia Repin on the left of the entrance to the museum. At present the museum collections include a number of first-rate works of various genres of fine arts. Painting is represented by almost all the major stages of its development.

There are icons of Old Rus' and paintings of the 16th-20th centuries which the museum is proud of. The guides will acquaint the visitors with wonderful pictures created by Tropinin, Fedotov, Aivazovs'kyi, Kramskoi, Yaroshenko. There are splendid landscapes by Savrasov, Shyshkin and Levitan. The pictures by Nesterov, Vereschahin, Repin and Vrubel will leave an unforgettable impression on the visitors. So you can see the museum is worth visiting.

Sculpture of the latter half of the 19th century is represented mainly by works of Mark Antokols'kyi, the marble statue of Nestor the Chronicler being one of the best works of the master. The paintings of Victor Vasnetsov, Roerich, Plastov, Mashkov, Konchalovs'kyi to name but a few will leave no one indifferent.

Questions:

  1. Where is there a monument to Illia Repin?

  1. Whose pictures will the guides acquaint the visitors with?

  1. What sculpture created by Mark Antokolls'kyi is most famous in Kyiv?

Student VII: Let's walk along Volodymyrs'ka Street and cross Shevchenko Boulevard all lined up with poplar trees. There is one of the departments of the University – Institute of Philology – in the building (it is called “the yellow building”) where there was the First Male Gymnasia founded in 1809. In 1857, the gymnasia moved to the building at 14, Shevchenko Boulevard designed by architect Beretti. Many famous people were students of the gymnasia, such as Paustovs'kyi, Bulhakov, Bogomolets', Tarle, Pirohov and many others. Farther on along Shevchenko Boulevard there is the Taras Shevchenko Museum. The museum is proud of more than 4 thousand exhibits which include the originals of his paintings, personal things, drawings, poems, letters to his friends etc.

We are walking along the side of Volodymyrs'ka Street. There is a monument to Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi (1866-1934) in Volodymyrs'ka Street. Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi was a famous scientist, historian, political leader, who became the first President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918.

Questions:

1. What was in the yellow building of Kyiv University in the 19th century?

2. 2.What famous people were students of the First Male Gymnasia?

3. Where is a monument to Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi situated?

Student VIII: Next to the monument you can see the building of the Kyiv House of Teachers founded in 1922. There is the People's university of education, the teachers' library, amateur theatrical clubs and sections in it.

On the other side of the street there is the building of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was founded in 1919, and now it incorporates about 100 scientific establishments of Ukraine and has its scientific centres in Donets'k, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovs'k and L'viv.

The Grand conference hall of the Academy is situated in the building on the corner of Volodymyrs'ka Street and Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi Street. There is a bust to Boris Paton, the President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1962. In the same building in Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi Street there is the National Natural History Museum of Ukraine with its thousands of breathtaking exhibits. The Museum of Natural History is worth visiting. There is the National Scientific Institute of Zoology in the same building.

Questions:

1. When was the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine created?

2. Who has been the President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1962?

3. How can you get to the National Natural History?

Student IX: Here we are standing in the middle of Volodymyrs'ka Street in the centre of Kyiv. It's one of the oldest and longest streets in our city. There is the National Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko on the opposite side of the street.

The modern building of the theatre was designed in 1901 by architect Shreter. It is the biggest theatre in Ukraine because it has got seats for more than 2000 people. Kyivites and guests can see many famous operas and ballets at the theatre.

You can see a monument to a famous Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko on the right of the theatre. He composed such famous operas as “Taras Bul'ba”, “Christmas Night”, “Marusia Bohuslavka” and “Eneida”. He also wrote children's operas “Koza-Dereza” and “Pan Kots'kyi” and a great many songs and musical pieces. There is a wonderful garden behind the monument with willow, chestnut and maple trees and wonderful flowerbeds with roses, forget-me-nots and tulips. There are also bushes of lilac and jasmine in the garden.

We are going to the north. Here we are at the crossing of two streets: Prorizna Street and Volodymyrs'ka Street. There is the Youth Theatre in Prorizna Street.

Questions:

1. What performances can visitors see at the Opera and Ballet Theatre?

2. When was the theatre designed by architect Shreter?

3. Where can we see a monument to Mykola Lysenko?

4. What operas did he compose?

Student X: Now we are going to cross Volodymyrs'ka Street and go to the Golden Gates. They were built in the 11th century in the time of Yaroslav the Wise. At that time Kyiv was a very big city in Europe. There were walls and ramparts around Kyiv. The guests from the West came to Kyiv through the Golden Gates. There was a beautiful church over the Gates at that time. The Gates closed at night and were open in the morning. There is a monument to Yaroslav the Wise on the right of the Gates. He ruled Kyiv Rus' in 1019-1054. Now the Gates are a museum and a monument of history.

There is the Zoloti Vorota metro station behind the Golden Gates. You can see a beautiful garden around the monument with birch, maple and chestnut trees. There are wonderful flowers in the flowerbeds in the park.

Now we are crossing Yaroslaviv Val. Look at the other side of the street. There you can see hotel “Leiptsig”, one of the most beautiful buildings of the beginning of the 20th century in Kyiv.

Questions:

1. When were the Golden Gates built?

2. What monument can we see on the right of the Golden Gates?

Student XI: We are going along Volodymyrs'ka Street. There are hotels, shops, offices and administrative buildings on both sides of the street. Look to the left. There you can see the entrance to the square in front of St Sophia's Cathedral which was founded in 1036-1037 by Yaroslav the Wise after he had defeated the Pechenegs. It was the centre of Yaroslav's city. The cathedral is world-famous for its mosaics, frescoes and icons. This cathedral is a monument of ancient Russian history, architecture and culture. It belongs to the world treasury of arts and history. Thousands of history-minded people are eager to visit the cathedral and enjoy its unique mosaics and frescoes.

There was the first in the history of Kyiv Rus' Library, which was founded by Yaroslav the Wise. The bell-tower was built between 1699 and 1706.

Questions:

1. When was St Sophia's Cathedral built?

2. In which century was Yaroslav the Wise the Grand Prince of Kyiv Rus'?

3. What is the cathedral famous for?

4. What do you remember about the bell-tower?

Student XII: There is a monument to Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi on horseback in the centre of the square named after him. Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi (1595-1657) was a Ukrainian hetman, who fought in the war against Polish rule and signed a treaty of union with Russia in 1654.

Look at the mace in the right hand of Khmel'nyts'kyi, it is pointed in the direction of Moscow. The sculptor of the monument is Mykhailo Mikeshin.

At 15, Volodymyrs'ka Street there is a huge building of 1854-57, which is a monument of classical architecture and is an island in the street. On the corner of Volodymyrs'ka and Velyka Zhytomyrs'ka streets there was the first fire tower in Kyiv on the roof of the Kyiv municipal council. The first fire brigade was created in 1841, and it was located in the same building at 15, Volodymyrs'ka Street. Now the building houses a lot of offices of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Ukraine. On the right side of the street there are Troitski gardens which lead to St Michael's Cathedral originally built in the 12lh century.

On the left side of the street there are offices, embassies of foreign countries and the Academy of Architecture.

Questions:

1. What monument can people see in the centre of the square?

2. When did Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyi sign a treaty of union with Russia?

3. Where was the first fire brigade located in Kyiv?

Student XIII: There is a square of red stones on the ground at the crossing of Volodymyrs'ka and Velyka Zhytomyrs'ka Streets, where there were Sophiys'ki Gates or Baty Gates, which was a part of fortifications of Volodymyr's City. Baty Khan and his hordes forced into Volodymyr's City through the gates in 1240.

Now we are coming to the place where the large Cathedral of the Mother of God was built in 996. It was also called Desiatynna church by people, because Prince Volodymyr gave one tenth of his income to build the church. It was the first stone church built in Kyiv Rus'. When people learned about the approach of Baty Khan's hordes, they rushed to the church to rescue their lives. It was then that the church collapsed.

There is the oldest tree in Kyiv growing in the place. It's a lime tree. Historians think that it was planted in 1635, when Petro Mohyla was building a new church in the place of the raised Desiatynna Church.

Questions:

1. What gates were a part of fortifications of Volodymyr's City?

2. When did the hordes of Baty Khan force into the city?

3. What church was built by Prince Volodymyr in 996?

4. Was Desiatynna Church built of wood or stone?

5. Where can we see the oldest tree in Kyiv?

Student XIV: This is the National History Museum of Ukraine, built in 1937-1939. There visitors can see make-ups of ancient buildings, clothes, weapons, pottery, precious stones, documents and manuscripts. The museum is proud of its exhibits. If you are interested in the history of your country, it is very interesting to visit this museum. Tourists, guests of Kyiv and Kyivites enjoy going to this museum to find out useful and exciting information about Ukrainian culture, history, traditions from ancient times to our days. The museum is at the beginning of Andriyivs'kyi Descent. The street has become an open-air exhibition of Ukrainian folk arts and many guests of Kyiv enjoy walking up and down the street. They enjoy looking at the pictures, embroidery, pottery, and other things made by people.

There are some small and big museums in the street, such as the One Street Museum, the Museum of Pottery and the Mykhailo Bulhakov House-Museum.

Questions:

1. Why is it interesting to visit the National History Museum of Ukraine?

2. Who enjoys visiting the museum?

3. Where did people get from the Dnipro River going up Andriyivs'kyi Descent?

Student XV: St Andrew's Church stands on Starokyivs'kyi Hill. It rises almost 90 metres above the Dnipro. People can enjoy the view of the church from different parts of Kyiv. It is wonderfully decorated with paintings and sculptures. The church makes a fantastic breathtaking view if you are looking at it from Podil or the left bank of the Dnipro.

St. Andrew's Church was built in 1749-1753 by Carlo-Bartolomeo Rastrelli. There are wonderful lilac bushes and trees around the church. From the top of the hill you will see the Dnipro River, bridges across the river and the roofs of many houses in Podil.

Standing on Starokyivs'kyi Hill and looking around you will notice golden domes of St Michael's Cathedral at the beginning of Volodymyrs'ka Hill.

Questions:

1. Where does St Andrew's Church stand?

2. How high does it rise above the Dnipro?

3. Who built it in the 18th century?