Оборудование:презентация, грамоты победителям, карточки с заданиями, карта Великобритании
– Good afternoon! We are glad to see you. Today we would like to tell you about the most popular British holidays such as St. Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas and Halloween. Let’s start from the most romantic holiday St. Valentine's Day.
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– St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. Every St. Valentine's Day thousands of people travel to a small village on Scotland's border with England to get married. The village is called Gretna Green. It was the first stop across the border. Many young couples came to Gretna Green to get married there.
– Nowadays, in this place, at least one couple gets married every day of the year. On this day boys and girls, sweethearts, husbands and wives, friends andneighbours exchange greetings of affection and love. People send each other greeting cards, chocolates and flowers. Valentine's cards are very colourful,with a couple of human hearts on them.
One of the best presents on St. Valentine's Day are flowers. Let’s listen to the poem “Flowers”.
FLOWERS
I like flowers that are bright,
I like flowers that are white,
I like flowers with a nice smell,
That blossom in gardens so well
On this day women get not only flowers but compliments, too. We want you to take part in the competition of compliments. Tell your partner some nice words. As soon as you do it take a step to your partner. Don’t repeat the same words. The winners are the partners who meet first.
Подведение итогов конкурса и вручение сладких призов.
The holiday which all people love very much is Easter.
– Easter is one of the famous and favourite holidays. In England everybody presents each other with Easter eggs which are the most popular emblem of Easter painting egg-shells is an old custom and painted eggs always decorate breakfast tables on Easter days. Easter eggs are usually made of chocolate. Nowadays they are often artificial.
– There are some Easter games. For example: sometimes Easter eggs are hidden about the house for the children and they must find them.
Every year London greets the spring with Easter Parade which took place for the first time in 1958 and since that time it has become a traditional religious festival.
– Проходит парад мимо королевского дворца по улицам города. Интересно, а что же едят на завтрак королевские особы? Неужели шоколадные яйца?
– Нет. Об этом нам рассказывает в своем стихотворении известный английский писатель, автор сказок о Винни-Пухе Александр Милн. А на вопрос «Что же едят на завтрак королевские особы?» вы сможете ответить, посмотрев сценку.
Сценка
The King asked
The Queen: "Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?" and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Dairymaid
Said: "Certainly,
I'll go and tell
The Cow
Now
Before she goes to bed"
The Dairymaid
She curtsied
And went and told
The Aldermen
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread"
The Aldermen
Said sleepily:
You'd better tell
Miss Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."
– Так что же предпочитают на завтрак король с королевой?
CHRISTMAS
– Мне кажется, что жизнь короля и королевы – сплошная сказка. А какой праздник – самый волшебный?
– Ну конечно же Рождество! Только представьте себе тихую зимнюю ночь. На тёмном небе появляются звёзды и месяц, в домах зажигают рождественские ёлки, деревья покрыты сверкающим снегом, приближается Рождество. Ночь. Всё вокруг замерло в ожидании чуда.
Christmas day is the most popular holiday. It is celebrated on December 25. People try to be with their families on that day. They make or buy Christmas cards and send them to their friends, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. They decorate the Christmas tree with coloured lights and toys. On this day many people go to churches, eat a Christmas dinner of roast turkey and Christmas pudding. Many people watch the Queen's Christmas broadcast on TV. One of the most important Christmas traditions is giving presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree to be found on Christmas morning. People say that at night Father Christmas puts presents into the stockings, which children usually hang on their beds. This day is a traditional day for meeting relatives and a special day for сhildren.
Let's listen to the rhyme about winter.
WINTER
It's winter now, so bundle up light!
Warm mittens and caps will be just right.
Ice on the lake, snow on the ground,
Time to ski and skate all round.
Winter, spring, summer, fall-
I like winter best of all.
There are many symbols of X-mas. They create beautiful atmosphere in our houses. You are to choose those things (dishes, decorations, symbols). We shall have 2 teams, each containing 5 boys and girls.
Now let’s sing a popular English song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.
HALLOWEEN
– On the 31st of October in GB there is a nice holiday for children Halloween. It isn't an official holiday. but it is a very special day. People put pumpkins on thewindow-sills. They draw eyes. noses and mouths on the pumpkins and put candles into them. So the pumpkins look like a face.
Children dress in fancy costumes as witches, ghosts,, or characters from TV programmes, and so on. The windows of many houses are brightly decorated on Halloween. In the evening groups of children go from house to house,knock at the doors and say "Trick or treat "(Угощениеилишутка) (Which means "if you don't treat us to something tasty, we shall play a trick on you"). People give them sweets, fruits, cakes or money.
This is a nice, funny and "tasty" holiday, isn't it?
– And now let's play the game.
Динамическаяигра
Pass the witch's broomstick
Round and round the room,
While the music's playing
Quickly pass the broom.
Everyone is out
Who the broomstick drops,
And the one who has it
When the music stops.
We hope it was interesting for you and you have learnt something new and have had a good time.