Праздник «День Святого Валентина» рекомендуется проводить в V – IX классах.
Задачи:
- Расширить по сравнению с базовым уровнем знания учащихся о традициях и обычаях, существующих в англоязычных странах.
- Активизировать учебные умения и навыки школьников.
- Ознакомить детей с историей и национальными особенностями празднования “Дня святого Валентина”.
ХОД МЕРОПРИТИЯ
Звучит музыка. Ребята встречают гостей и
проводят их по залу, соблюдая при этом нормы
этикета и правила хорошего тона. На заднем плане
идет презентация посвященная Дню Святого
Валентина.
По сцене навстречу друг другу медленно идут
юноша и девушка (ведущие праздника). При этом
юноша читает стихотворение и дарит розу девушке.
Ведущая 1: (Читает стихотворение “It's Valentine's Day” by Jack Prelutsky)
It's Valentine's Day. And in the street
There's freezing rain, and slush, and sleet.
The wind is fierce. The skies are gray.
I don't think I'll go out today.
But here inside the weather's warm.
There is no trace of wind or storm.
And you just made the morning shine.
You said you'd be my Valentine.
Затем ведущие поворачиваются к публике и здороваются с ней.
Ведущий 1 (В1): Ladies and gentlemen! Good evening!
Ведущий 2 (В2): It’s lovely to meet you here, at St. Valentine’s party!
В1:
Love, love me do,
You know I love you,
I’ll always be true,
So please, love me do,
Wo-ho, love me do.
В2:
Someone to love,
Somebody new,
Someone to love,
Someone like you.
В1:
I hope that St. Valentine’s Day
Will brings you lots of fun!
He thinks you’re extra-specially nice,
And so does everyone!
В2:
You’re just the nicest kind of boy/girl
So very grown-up, too.
No wonder that this Valentine
Brings lots of love for you.
В2:St. Valentine’s Day, February 14, has been a customary day for choosing sweethearts and exchanging love-tokens from time immemorial. The method of choosing sweethearts on St. Valentine’s Day varied in different times and places. It could be a serious matter leading to marriage, or it could be a kind of a game. Countless generations of young people have acknowledged St. Valentine’s as the friend and patron of lovers.
В1:What kind of holiday is St. Valentine’s Day?
В2: St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday, which is celebrated in Great Britain, in many European countries and in the USA. St. Valentine’s Day has roots in several legends.
В1: One of the early symbols of love is Cupid, the Roman God of Love, who is represented as a young boy with a bow and arrows.
God: Listen to me, my dear children. I’ll tell you a new story about St.Valentine’s Day. Once upon a time there were two little Cupids. All day long they frisked in soft clouds and on green flowering lawns of Paradise. They were very happy. But once their arrow accidentally hit a man’s heart. It happened so unexpectedly and at first they were frightened, but then they were amused by the man’s reaction.
Couplet 1
He: You don’t know how much I love you. Or else, darling, you
shouldn’t be crying.
She: Hush, darling! You should know – I love you!
’Cause my heart, dear, is trembling just for you!
God: They laughed so much that didn’t notice that another arrow flew
and hit the woman’s heart. The cupids stopped laughing and watched them.
Couplet 2
He: You don’t know how much I love you.
Or else, darling, you shouldn’t be crying.
She: Hush, darling! You should know – I love you!
’Cause my heart, dear, is trembling just for you!
God: These two were very happy and lived a long life. His name was
Valentine and her name was also Valentine, so the Cupids called this day Valentine’s. I
saw it. Since then shooting arrows at people’s hearts has become the Cupids’
profession. I told them to make all people happy, ordered them to meet every year on the
14th of February and shoot their arrows.
Angel 1: Hi, Cupy!
Angel 2: Cupe! How are you?
Angel 1: I’m fine! And you?
Angel 2: Today’s our day. What can be better?
Angel 1: Let’s start!
Angel 2: How impatient you are! Who shall we start with?
Angel 1: Do you see that couple over there?
Angel 2: Yes, I guess they don’t look happy enough.
Angel 1: Get your arrow ready! Let’s do our work!
Dialogue:
– It’s getting late and I really hate to say good-bye, but I have to go home.
– Please don’t go!
– Please don’t go!
– It’s getting late.
– Please don’t go!
– I’ve got to go home.
– Please don’t go!
– Oh, no! Please don’t go!
– I’ve got to go home…
– Oh, no! Please don’t go!
Angel 1: How perfect I did it. They’ll be no worse than our
Valentines. Cupy, where are you?
Angel 2: Cupe! What have I done! I’ve missed…
Angel 1: Oh! My God! What will happen now?
Dialogue:
– Hey, Maria! Here you are at last! Have you finished your exam?
– Yes, I have.
– Was it difficult?
– Well? It was quite hard.
– Did you pass?
– I don’t know. He didn’t tell me.
– What questions did he ask?
– First, he asked me what my name was.
– That was easy, wasn’t it?
– Then he asked me where I came from, and he stared at me so ...
– How?
– So passionately. He also asked if I was married and if I had a boyfriend.
– Go on!
– Then he asked if I lived with my parents and then he was interested in my address.
– Anything else?
– Oh! I’m trying to remember. Oh, yes! He wondered, if I was free tonight.
– Is that all?
– Oh, there were a lot of questions. He asked me what my hobbies were. And then he asked
me to go around the room…
– What!? I’ll kill him!
– Jim! Stop!
Angel 1: You’ve spoiled everything.
Angel 2: But, my heart is in the right place.
Angel 1: Now it’s my turn. I can make every loser a winner. Study this,
baby.
Song “Losing My Favourite Game” The Cardigans (Приложение 1)
Angel 2: Wow! You did it! But you are not always well-aimed. Don’t
you remember how you missed last year? It was very funny! You’ve made a very faithful
man a kind of Cazanova.
Angel 1: It was a misfortune. But everything is OK now.
Angel 2: I don’t think so. There he is.
Dialogue:
– Hello, Judy! You’ve been sitting here for an hour.
– I’m looking at that wonderful man.
– What man?
– The one, who’s dancing with Miss Winston.
– Oh, I noticed him, too. He’s big, strong and handsome.
– Yes, he goes in for sports and looks very athletic.
– I can imagine how he plays tennis, or rugby, or cricket, and I think he’s also
intelligent.
– Yes, he’s also very smart and is always the life and soul of every party. But he
never cooks, sews, irons, cleans, washes up and so on.
– Has he been dancing all evening?
– Yes, and never with the same girl. He can dance all day long without interruptions.
– Why do you know so much about him? Have you danced with him today?
– Today? No. He’s my husband.
Angel 1: Oh! Why are you crying? Everything is not so bad.
Angel 2: I know, I’ve just remembered the sad legend, told by our
father, about a Queen and a jester.
Angel 1: I don’t know it. Tell me.
Звучит стихотворение. Poem: “The Cap and Bells” (Приложение 2)
Angel 2: It’s a very unhappy story, isn’t it?
Angel 1: Don’t worry. This is just a legend. May be it has never taken
place anywhere.
Angel 2: Yes, we’d better we turn to our pleasant job. What do you
want?
Angel 1: I want those two people to make a date.
Angel 2: Oh! A first meeting is always so exciting!
Dialogue:
– Let’s make a date.
– OK! Are you busy tomorrow?
– Certainly not.
– How about three?
– That’s fine with me.
– What about two?
– That’s up to you.
– How about eight?
– Won’t it be late?
– Not at all. The later the better.
– So. What about nine?
– Nine is fine.
– What ever you say, will be OK.
– Let’s meet at nine.
– Settled! Where?
– At the metro station.
– You’ll really come?
– Oh, I’m so happy!
– See you at nine.
– Oh! My God!
– Oh, be careful!
– That isn’t a door!
– It’s a window!
– Oh, yes… So-o-ory!
– I was too late!
– We’ll meet at the hospital, then I guess…
Angel 1: Ha-ha-ha. He is so clumsy!
Angel 2: It happened because he idolized her and we haven’t made them
happy.
Angel 1: Look! That couple doesn’t need our help at all. They already
adore each other.
Dialogue:
– Eve, I love you so much!
– I can’t live without you.
– I want to see you every minute, I can’t even breathe if you are not at my side. I...
I... I can’t describe my feelings…
– Neither can I. (Enter aunt Frieda) Hm… Can you read tea-leaves, Peter?
– Do they make any sense to you?
– Certainly yes! I want to know our future...
– I can read yours, Eve.
– What can you see?
– I can see the beach and the sea, and two people – Eve and Peter…
– Can’t you see three?
– No, Eve, just you and me. I can’t see aunt Frieda at all.
Angel 2: My God, give him patience!
Angel 1: I’ve got a feeling Aunt Frieda will divide them. She’s like
a pain in the neck.
Angel 2: But they seem to be on Cloud No. 9.
Angel 1: Yes, they are keeping their chins up. But leave them. Let’s
have a rest. Those people seem to be despondant.
Angel 2: Oh! They are so merry!
Song “Loaded” Ricky Martin (Приложение 3)
Angel 2: Cupe, What does it mean “gazombadam”?
Angel 1: I don’t know… But this “jiggy mama”! How did they do it?
Cupy, let’s do a trick.
Angel 2: It’s not a good idea…
Angel 1: I know, father will be angry with us, but he won’t know about
it. Please!
Angel 2: OK! Sink or swim. Who’ll be the subject of our trick?
Angel 1: It doesn’t matter. That boy, for example.
Dialogue:
He blinfolds her eyes
– Who is it?
– It’s Mike.
– Mike. Mike who?
– What do you mean “Mike who?” Mike Conners, of course.
– Oh, Mike. I’m sorry.
– Yes. We were to have a date last night. Where were you? I’d been waiting for you for
two hours in the rain, let alone the biting winds.
– I’m sorry, Mike. I couldn’t come.
– Couldn’t come! Why couldn’t you come?
– Well, I had to wash my hair.
– Wash your hair! I’ve got the flu! Wash your hair! Why didn’t you phone me?
– I wanted to phone you, but I couldn’t remember your number.
– But it’s in the telephone directory.
– Yes, I know, but I couldn’t remember your surname.
– Oh! But why did you have to wash your hair last night?
– Well, I had to do it last night because I was going to the opera last night.
– The opera? Who with?
– G-George. George Johnson. My old friend.
– I see. How did you like the opera?
– I didn’t go.
– Oh! Where were you then?
– At the restaurant.
– What?
– At the restaurant… with Ted Worth, my boss’s son. He asked me yesterday. I
didn’t really want to go, but I couldn’t say no…
Angel 1: Our plan works like a dream.
Angel 2: What do you mean “works”? You had to say “worked”. We
won’t play tricks any more today.
Angel 1: Yea! You’ve caught my idea.
Angel 2: No, Cupe! Father will punish us!
Angel 1: Stop boasting! Now we’ll poke our noses into the life of that
married couple
Dialogue:
– Ben…
– What’s the matter?
– I’m so tired! I’m always alone. You leave home early morning and don’t come back
till seven.
– One of us must go to work, dear.
– Yes, but your day is interesting and mine is so boring!
– My work isn’t always interesting.
– Ben…
– Yes, Betty.
– Did you empty the bin?
– Yes, I did empty the bin.
– Did you send the letters?
– Yes, I sent the letters.
– Did you go to the supermarket?
– M-m-m…
– Did you feed the baby?
– I did.
– Did you take the dog out for a walk?
– Yes, I did it, too.
– Did you close the door?
– I locked it.
– And did you … finish the fence?
– I did everything, Betty, everything.
– But did you remember to…
– Good night, Betty.
– He doesn’t love me! He couldn’t even talk to me!
Angel 1: Who’ll be the next?
Angel 2: You are a dab hand at breaking hearts. We play with fire.
Angel 1: I don’t see why you always make a meal out of everything.
Angel 2: Oh! What wonderful victims!
Song “Are You In It For Love?” Ricky Martin (Приложение 4)
Angel 1: And now we’ll…
God: Kh-kh…
Angel 1 and Angel 2: Father!
Angel 2: We are down and out.
God: Shame on you! You have failed your mission.
Angel 1: But, Father, it’s not kid’s stuff to make people happy.
God: I know, but you’ve broken so many hearts today. I can’t let
things go this way. We have to correct your mistakes. I hope it serves you right. Help me.
Let’s improve your work.
Music. All couples come onto the stage. All of them are very happy. (Приложение 5)
God: Now, when everybody is happy, we congratulate you on St.Valentine’s Day and wish you true and faithful love.