UNIT II. HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS

Exercise 1

Read the text. Translate it (orally). Make use of the Notes and the Vocabulary.

 

 

Imagine you are in a medium-sized English town. It is Saturday morning in April and the market place is full of noise . You hear the sound of music. As you come closer you see an interesting sight There are some men dressed in white clothes but decorated in the strangest way with bright ribbons, flowers and small bells. They dance, leaping into the air, stamping their feet, and perform the most complicated pattern of movements they perform a Morris dance and what they are doing is anything up to eight hundred years old. Now you are at the seaside. It is the end of July . There is a strange little red and white stripped tent, a whole crowd of little children are laughing and shouting . They are watching a puppet theatre, Punch and Judy . Mr. Punch in his bright red clothes is hitting Judy over the head with a stick, while Toby, the dog, patiently watches . These are just two examples of customs which, despite television and other social changes, are alive and well in England . There are many, many more, some of them so local that they are only known in the villages where they take place .

 In the matter of holidays the British are less well-off than other Europeans. British ‘bank holidays’ are New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day . The patron saints days are not celebrated with a holiday. They are St.David’s (March lst) in Wales, St.George’s Day (April 23^rd) in England and St.Andrew’s Day (November 30^th) in Scotland . Only Ireland, both North and South, has a holiday on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17^th) .

 

Notes

Punch and Judy - «Панч и Джуди» (традиционное уличное кукольное представление типа русского Петрушки;его главные действующие лица: горбун Панч с крючковатым носом – воплощение оптимизма; Джуди, его жена, неряшливая и нескладная)

Toby - Тоби (кличка собаки, одного из главных действующих лиц в представлении «Панч и Джуди”)

the patron saints - дни святых, считающихся покровителями той или иной части Великобритании

Morris dance - Моррис (народный театрализованный танец; исполняется во время майских празднеств, мужчины в средневековых костюмах с колокольчикам, трещотками и т.п. изображают легендарных героев)

bank holiday - официальный выходной день (общий день отдыха, помимо воскресенья)

New Year’s Day - Новый Год

Good Friday - великая пятница

Easter Monday - первый понедельник после Пасхи

May Day - день первого мая

Spring Bank Holiday - весенний день отдыха (в мае или начале июня)

Summer Bank Holiday - летний день отдыха (в августе или сентябре)

Christmas - Рождество (25 декабря)

Boxing Day - день рождественских подарков (26 декабря)

St. David’ s Day - день св.Давида (национальный день Уэльса, 1 марта)

St. George’ s Day - день св.Георгия (национальный день Англии, 23 апреля)

St.Andrew’s Day - день св. Андрея (национальный праздник Шотландии, 30 ноября)

St. Pat rick’ s Day - день св.Патрика (национальный праздник Ирландии, 17 марта)

 

Vocabulary

custom,n - обычай

market place - рынок

ribbon,n - лента

leaping, p.p.от leap - подпрыгивая

stamping their feet - топая ногами

complicated, p.p. от complicate - сложный

seaside, n - морское побережье

stripped, a - полосатый

puppet theatre - кукольный театр

in the matter of… - что касается

well- off, a – зажиточный, состоятельный

 

Exercise 2

Record the 1^st paragraph of the text beginning with the words «Imagine you are…» and ending with the words «…where they take place». The tape with the recording should be presented at the tutorial session .

 

Exercise 3

Answer the questions about the text ( in written form ).

1.    When do people in a medium - sized English town perform a Morris dance?

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2.    What do the people wear performing a Morris dance?

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3.    What are the popular puppet characters at the seaside?

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4.    What does Mr.Punch usually do?

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5.    Are there many customs in England which are alive?

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6.    Do the British have more or less holidays than other Europeans?

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7.   What are British bank holidays?

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Exercise 4

Ask 4 - 5 questions about the text (in written form)

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Exercise 5

Say, what the text is about . Comment on the content of the text (orally). Your interpretation of the text should be presented in oral form at the tutorial session .

 

 

Exercise 6

From the text, select those facts and ideas concerning bank holidays in the UK (in written form).

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Exercise 7

Compress the text to 5-6 sentences (in written form).

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Exercise 8

Review the Grammar material «The Present Continuous Tense Form». Use any Grammar source you like. The main patterns of the Present Continuous Tense Form are those presented in the chart. Study the patterns. Make sure you know all of them.

 

They are watching a puppet theatre at the moment.	В данный м oмент они смотрят кукольное представление.
The coffee is boiling. Turn it off.	Кофе кипит. Выключи его.
Why are you standing there? Come in, please.	Что ты там стоишь? Заходи, пожалуйста.
He is not waiting for you now. He left ten minutes ago.	Он не ждет тебя в данный момент. Он ушел десять минут назад.
I am living in London at present. I am visiting my friend.	Сейчас я живу в Лондоне. Я приехал навестить друга.

 

 

Exercise 9

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Wherever necessary, change the word order. Write down the correct variant in the space opposite the original sentence.

I ( to read ) now.
It ( not to rain ) now.
What’s wrong? Why you (to cry)?
At the moment Mike (to speak) over the telephone.
Where is Henry? He ( to watch ) TV.
Tea ( to boil )?
They ( not to have ) dinner at the moment.
Steve can’t come to the phone. He (to have ) a shower.
What George ( to write ) now?
I ( not to play ) the piano at present. I hurt the little finger on my right hand yesterday.

Exercise 10

Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Write down your translation in the space opposite the original sentence.

Генри сейчас играет в шахматы с Фрэнком.
Подождите минуту. Управляющий говорит по телефону.
В данный момент я смотрю телевизор.
Что делает сейчас твоя сестра?
Что ты сейчас читаешь?
Джордж сейчас пишет новую пьесу.
Он сейчас не принимает ванну. Он спит.
Где он живет в данный момент?
Возьми зонт. Идет дождь.

Exercise 11

Review the Grammar material «The Past Continuous Tense form». Use any Grammar source you like.The main patterns of the Past Continuous Tense Form are those presented in the chart. Study the patterns. Make sure you know all of them.

 

The sun was shining brightly from one till 3 o’clock yesterday.	Вчера солнце светило с часу до трех часов дня.
Were you swimming at this time last Sunday?	Ты плавал  в это время в прошлое воскресенье?
I wasnot writing the article when you phoned Me yesterday.	Когда ты мне вчера позвонил, я не писал статью.

Exercise 12

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Wherever necessary , change the word order . Write down the correct variant in the space opposite the original sentence.

It (to rai ) at 5 o’clock yesterday.
He ( to write ) an article when they called on (зашли, заехали) him last Friday.
What Nick ( to do ) at this time last weekend?
She ( to sleep ) when you came home?
My sister (not to play ) tennis at 4 o’clock the day before yesterday.
When I came into the kitchen, my sister (to cook ).
She (not to watch ) TV at this time last night.
We ( to wash ) the floor in our flat from 3 till 4 o’clock yesterday.

Exercise 13

Translate the sentences from Russian into English . Write down your translation in the space opposite the original sentence.

Когда я пришел домой, моя сестра спала.
Вчера с 3 до 5 часов я писал статью.
Я не играл в футбол вчера в 3 часа.
Что ты делал в это время позавчера?
Ты шел пешком, когда пошел дождь?
Мой брат не принимал ванну, когда ты позвонил.
Когда я позвонил другу, он обедал.
Что твоя сестра делала в воскресенье с 2-х до 4–х часов?

Exercise 14

Review the Grammar material «The Future Continuous Tense Form». Use any Grammar source you like The main patterns of the Future Continuous Tense Form are those presented in the chart . Study the patterns. Make sure you know all of them.

 

He will be waiting for you from 2 till 5 o’clock tomorrow.	Он будет ждать тебя завтра с 2–х до 5–ти часов.
Shall we be riding all night?	Мы будем ехать всю ночь?
They will not be playing chess at 7 o’clock the day after tomorrow.	Они не будут играть в шахматы послезавтра в 7 часов.

 

 

Exercise 15

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Wherever necessary, change the word order. Write down the correct variant in the space opposite the original sentence.

You ( to have ) lunch at 5 o’clock tomorrow.
I ( to swim ) from 12 till 2 o’clock tomorrow.
I ( to lie ) on the beach in the sun at this time the day after tomorrow.
She ( to knit ) from morning till night on Friday.
I ( not to read ) at 5 o’clock tomorrow.
They ( to hunt ) the whole day on Sunday.
What you ( to do ) at 3 o’clock tomorrow?
My family ( not to have ) supper at this time tomorrow.
You ( to watch ) TV at 6 o’clock tomorrow?
I ( to bake) cakes from 6 till 8 o’clock tomorrow.

 

 

Exercise 16

Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Write down your translation in the space opposite the original sentence.

 

Что ты будешь делать завтра в 3 часа?
Я буду весь день писать сочинение (essay).
Ты будешь ждать меня завтра с 3-х до 4-х часов?
Завтра в это же время я буду переводить статью.
Он будет помогать тебе в четверг на вечеринке?
Завтра весь день я не буду ни с кем разговаривать.
В воскресенье в 3 часа я буду плавать в бассейне.
Мы не будем звонить ей завтра в 10 часов вечера.

 

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