Цели урока:
- Социокультурный аспект – знакомство с некоторыми достопримечательностями Соединенного Королевства.
- Развивающий аспект – развитие способности к догадке, к сравнению, развитие наблюдательности, воображения, логического мышления.
- Воспитательный аспект – воспитание интереса к культуре и истории страны изучаемого языка.
- Учебный аспект – контроль основных навыков и умений, над которыми велась работа.
Оснащение урока: карта Соединенного Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии, картинки, фотография группы Битлз, интерактивная доска.
The song of the “Beatles”
Back in USSR is singing
Hello everybody! I`m very glad to see you here, because we are going to have an unusual lesson. Today we are travelling across Great Britain and its history. We hope that this travel will be interesting, informative and joyful. In the end of the lesson we will divide into commands and try to use your knowledge of Great Britain.
Exercise 1: Fill in the map of England (the map is closed with cubs).
England: London, York, Oxford, Manchester, Liverpool, NewCastle upon Tyne, Kingston upon Hill, Bath.
Wales: Cardiff, Birmingham.
Ireland: Dublin.
Northern Ireland: Belfast.
Scotland: Glasgow, Edinburgh.
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Exercise 2: Add the article where necessary:
1……London
2…..Thames
3…..England
4…..Volga
5…..Scotland
6…..UK
7…..Atlantic
8…..York
9….USA
10…..Great Britain
Exercise 3:
Photos: What can you say about?
Big Ben is the name of the big bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament Бигбен
Волынка
Scotland’s national instrument is the bagpipes. The Scottish piper is wearing a skirt, called kit Волынка
Бейкер стрит
Backer Street in London is a street where the detective Sherlock Holmes lived in the stories about him by Arthur Conan Doyle. There is a museum about Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street. Бейкер стрит.
Букингемский дворец
Buckingham Palace is the London home of Queen Elizabeth II, the British Queen. Букингемский дворец.
Вестминстерское аббатство
Westminster Abbey is a large Gothic church. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial for English, later British and later still (and currently) monarchs. The abbey briefly held the status of a cathedral. Вестминстерское аббатство
Тауэр
Tower of London is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames. The White Tower was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100. The Tower is a complex of several buildings. Тауэр
Бифитеры
The name Beefeaters is often thought to come from the French word – 'buffetier'. (Buffetiers were guards in the palace of French kings. They protected the king's food.) However, the name Beefeater is more likely to have originated from the time when the Yeomen Warders at the Tower were paid part of their salary with chunks of beef. – Бифитеры
Национальная галерея
The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom. The National Gallery was not formed by nationalizing an existing royal or princely art collection. – Национальная галерея
Автобус
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of double-decker is more common in touring. Some double-deckers specialise in sight-seeing tours. Автобус
Такси
The London black cab is an icon of London. Black cabs are extremely reliable, but rather expensive. All drivers have passed The Knowledge. Cabs have a light on top displaying the word 'TAXI'. Once hired, the light is switched off. – Такси
Телефон
The first standard public telephone kiosk introduced by the United Kingdom Post Office was produced in 1920. This design was not of the same as the familiar red telephone boxes. Very few remarkable examples remain. One shining example is located in Trinity market in Kingston-upon-Hull where it is still in use today. The red colour was chosen to make them easy to spot – Телефон
Собор Святого Павла
Although there was no established church in colonial Victoria, most of the colony's establishment was Anglicans and the Church of England. St Paul's was the tallest building in central Melbourne. St Paul's Cathedral is the metropolitical and cathedral church. Собор Святого Павла
Exercise 4: Do You Know?
Decide which is correct: a, b, or c.
1. The population of London is about
A. 10 million
B. 5 million
C. 7 million
Answer: C. 7 million Population London 7,825,200
2. An important date in English history is 1666 when
A. the Normans of France conquered England.
B. William the Conqueror became King of England.
C. it was one of the worst fires in history, the Great Fire of London.
Answer: C
3. The Fire of London burnt for
A. 10 days and destroyed 20,000 houses.
B. 4 days and destroyed 13,000 houses.
C. 7 days and destroyed 16,000 houses.
Answer: B. From Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. It consumed 13,200 houses
4. The oldest part of London is
A. the City
B. Westminster
C. the East-End
Answer: B
5. The Queen of England lives in
A. Hampton Court Palace
B. Buckingham Palace
C. The Tower of London
6. In front of Buckingham Palace there is
A. Nelson's Column
B. Albert Memorial
C. the Queen Victoria Memorial
Answer: C
7. The Prime Minister lives in
A. No 10 Downing Street
B. Parliament Square
C. Whitehall
Answer: A. Prime Minister's residence N 10 Downing Street (see photo)
8. Whitehall is
A. fine building
B. wide street leading to Parliament Square
C. famous museum
Британский музей
Exercise 5: Listening Comprehension.
The British Museum
For many people who come to London it is a city of history and culture full of museums, galleries and historic buildings. If you ever come to London, you will certainly go to the British Museum. It is in Great Russell Street. The British Museum is a very large, light-grey building. It is one of the most famous in the world and the biggest museums in London. There are a lot of beautiful collections of coins, paintings, sculptures and ceramics. Many things came to the museum from Greece. There is a Manuscript Room there, the room where the most important English documents are. You can also find very old books and maps in the museum.
The British Museum is famous for its library, one of the richest in the world – there are more than six millions books in it.
When you come to the museum, you can go to the Reading Room which is circular in shape. Some of the greatest people of their times have sat in this Room – such as Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Karl Marx, and many others.
You can walk through the halls of the British Museum for hours making wonderful discoveries.
Questions:
- Where is the British Museum?
- What is it famous for?
- What collections can you find in the British Museum?
- What have you learnt about the library of the British Museum?
- What famous writers worked in the Reading Room of the British Museum?