Dear ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys. Thank you for coming to our party. We’d like to offer you to make a fantastic trip to the magic world of fairy tales and adventure stories, legends and fables. (рисунок1)
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Fables? What are they?
Fables are short and wise stories about people and animals. Animals in fables live and talk like people. When we read fables we can see people in animals. And sometimes we can see ourselves in the heroes of fables. But that goes without saying, we don’t want to believe it. Do you enjoy reading fables?
Of course, I do. Because they teach us not to be silly and to be pleased with what we have. And do you know when fables appeared?
They appeared in ancient times in Greece, two thousand five hundred years ago, and their author was Aesop.
You are right. Fables were very popular with people. There were no books at that time and Aesop told interesting stories to people. They liked to listen to his stories. They remembered these stories, told them to their children and called them fables.
Aesop? Who was he?
The life and the history of Aesop hoes back into the far past. Hi was born in Greece about the year 620 Before Christ. He was a slave by birth and owned by two masters Xanthium and Jadmon. Jadmon gave him his liberty as a reward for his learning and wit. Aesop travelled through many countries and talked to a lot of great people of that century. They were pleased with the conversations. Aesop held the philosophers so much that they said: “The Phrygian has spoken better than all.” Since then it has been a proverb.
And it’s no wonder that since the 13th century Aesop’s fables have been translated into French, English, German and other languages. We know such famous writers as La Fonten in France, Krylov and Mikhalkov in Russia.
Fables are very useful to read because they teach us to be kind and clever, to understand what is right and what is wrong, not to be lazy or naughty, not to boast. Long ago Rome poet Phiedr, Greek poet Babrias handed down some of the fables in verse. And Krylov translated some of them into Russian in verse, too.
What is your favourite fable?
My favourite fable is “ The Lion and the Hare” by Aesop.
“ The Lion and the Hare”? I’ve never read it. What is this fable about?
Oh, it’s fun to know. Listen….(рисунок 2) (рисунок 3) (рисунок 4) (рисунок 5) (рисунок 6)
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The moral of this fable is: “It is sometimes wiser to be pleased with what you have”.
Now I see, each fable has a moral, and each fable is a piece of people’s wisdom.
And in conclusion I’d like to say that the true fable helps people to improve the human nature. And the reader can get advice without feeling the presence of the adviser. As you see fables teach many good lessons. And people must remember fables and lessons they teach us. Fables have become sayings ahnd proverbs. Let’s play the game. I’ll say the first part of the proverb and you will finish it. OK?
- People soon know ……………… who is a boaster. (The traveller who boasted)
- Don’t believe………………………a flatterer (The Fox and The Crow)
- It’s better to be good than……………to be good-looking (Brother and Sister)
- If you tell lies………….no one will believe you when you tell the truth ( The Wolf)
- When people laugh at us ……..it is best to laugh with them (The Bald Knight)
- Hard word brings………its own reward (The Farmer and his Sons)
- There is no animal……stronger than the Cat (The Mice and The Lion)
And now look at the screen and tell me the name of the fable: (рисунок7)
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Учащиеся говорят название басни, затем на экране отображается тот же рисунок с правильным названием.
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I see, you have read a lot of fables and know them very well.(Рисунок15) I hope that if you remember a fable at a hard moment of your life it will help you to find a way out.
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Dear friends! Our party is coming to an end. I hope, you don’t think it’s a waste of time.
- Thank you very much for an interesting conversation.