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Exercise 7. Read the first passage of the text British Holidays and translate the second one.
British Holidays.It may seem surprising but the British have fewer holidays than many other countries. Some of them are named Bank Holidays due to the fact that on those days the banks are closed.
In England and Wales they comprise at present five bank holidays New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, spring and late summer holidays at the end of May and August respectively, and Boxing Day); they also have two common holidays (Good Friday, Christmas Day). New Year’s Day.It is a bank holiday though many British do not celebrate on New Year’s Eve. In Scotland New Year’s Eve is called Hogmanay and is an occasion for joyous celebration. In London Scottish people gather on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral and sing at midnight. April,3. Easter.Every spring European peoples celebrated the festival to honor the awakening of new life in nature. Christians related the rising of the sun to the resurrection of Jesus and their old spiritual rebirth. This “holy” day is celebrated in many countries of the world.November,11.Remembrance Day.This day is observed throughout the Commonwealth and dates back to November 11, 1918 when all fighting in World War I ended. Special services are held and wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph, a war memorial at Whitehall, where thousands of Londoners observe the two-minute silence and participate in the remembrance ceremony.
Christmas.In England Christmas is the most important of all the bank holidays of the year. It is celebrated much the same way as in the United States of America. On December 26, the Boxing Day, traditionally people give each other Christmas presents, which used to come in boxes. It is a very pleasant custom indeed. Trooping the Color.This ceremony is held on the Sovereign’s official birthday in June. This is the most colorful of all London’s annual events with the Queen riding side-saddled on a highly trained horse. On Horse Guards’ Parade in Whitehall the Queen inspects the Brigade of Guards, dressed in ceremonial uniforms. Then comes the Trooping ceremony, followed by the March past of the Guards to the music of the bands.
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Exercise 9.
Complete the following adjectives with the nouns on the right:
1.We had to queue at the check-in a) bed
2.She’s got two grown-up b) name
3.He signed in under a made-up c) daughters
4.In the guest room there’s a fold-away d) food
5.We feed the birds on any leftover e) desk
Give the right variant:
1. Find adverb-adjective pair?
a) closed
b) closely connected
c) fire-placed
d) constructed
2. What British holiday is celebrated on the 25th of December?
a) New Year’s Eve
b) Christmas
c) Jesus
d) Easter
3. What “holy” day is celebrated in many countries of the world?
a) Easter
b) Christmas
c) Jesus
d) New Year’s Eve
4. What are the equivalents of “sticks and swords”?
a) палки и скалки
b) палки и мечи
c) роботы и работники
d) ножи и вилки
GLOSSARY
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN | KAZAKH | |
| diversity [də'vɜ:rsətɪ, daɪ'vɜ:rsətɪ] | айырмашылық | различие | |
| retention [rɪ'tenʃən] | сақтау, қорғау | сохранение | |
| reverence ['refərəns] | қурметтеу | почитать | |
| abiding [ ə’baɪdɪŋ ] | өзгеріссіз | неизменный, остающийся прочным | |
| National festival[’næʃənəl] 'festəvəl] | ұлттық мейрам | национальный праздник | |
| Traditional poetry [trə'dɪʃənəl'pəʋɪtrɪ] | ұлттық поэзия | национальная/традиционная поэзия | |
| competition [‚kɒmpɪ'tɪʃən] | жарыс | соревнования | |
| remembrance ceremony [ rı’membrəns 'serə‚məʋnɪ] | Еске алу | Церемония памяти | |
| spiritual rebirth [ ‘spɪrɪtjuəl ri’bə: θ] | Рухани қайта жаратылу | Духовное перерождение | |
| awakening [ ə’weɪknɪŋ ] | Ойану, жандану | пробуждение |
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Write out all the adverb + adjective compounds and other variations in the Text for content reading “British Holidays. [see the hand-out].
Read the poem“Happy New Year ” with proper intonation and stress [Part III, p.200], learn it by heart.
Film suggestion. Watch the film “My Fairy Lady” and get ready to discuss it with your group-mates.
Be ready for discussion of the texts for specific purpose “Big law firms in U.S., U.K. are set to merge”, [Part III, p.222].
References.
Main:
1.R. Side and G. Wellman. Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced. Longman, 2006.
2. Зубанова И.В., Никольская А.И. Такая Разная Америка. Москва,2010.
3.Gillie Cunnigham and Jan Bell with Chris Redston Face to Face. Advanced. Student’s Book. Cambridge,2010.
Additional:
4. T. Aspinall, A. Capel. Advanced Master Class. New Edition. Oxford, 2009.
5. R.Side and G. Wellman. Grammar and Vocabulary for CA. Longman, 2009.
6. Internet resource. www.vikipedia.
7. Nick Robinson and others. Face to Face. Advanced. Cambridge.2009
| HAND – OUT№ 147 Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits:2 Advanced levelPractical lesson Lexical theme: Holidays and celebrations in Kazakhstan Grammatical theme: Ellipsis Assistant professor Tassyrova A. |
Warm-up: Can you give Kazakh or Russian equivalent of the given saying?
Holidays are all different depending on the company and time of your life.
GRAMMAR COMMENT: Ellipsis: leaving out subjects and auxiliaries [1, p152]
| After and, but, and or we often leave out a repeated subject or a repeated subject and auxiliary verb, especially when the clauses are short. After then we can also leave out a repeated subject pronoun. You cannot leave out the subject pronoun after before, after, because, when, and while. He got up and (he) had a shower. We’ll have a look at the photos after we finish dinner I met Sam while I was working in Italy. |