Интересные факты о Великобритании. Традиции и обычаи

1. Практическое занятие № 118-119. Тема: Интересные факты о Великобритании. Традиции и обычаи.

Цели: 1) обучение монологической речи и развитие практических
речевых умений с опорой на текст, систематизация и закрепление
грамматической темы «Пассивный залог» ;
2) развитие общекультурных умений обучающихся с целью их
практического применения на уроках английского языка, логического
и ассоциативного мышления;
3) воспитание любознательности, уважения к традициям и обычаям
другой страны.
Ход занятия:
1. Переведите каждый слайд на русский язык (письменно).
2. Ответьте на вопросы по презентации.

2. BRITISH TRADITIONS

Every country has its own traditions
and customs. In Britain traditions
play a very important role in the life
of people. The British are proud of
their traditions and keep them
carefully.

3.

Britain is full of culture
and traditions which
have been around for
hundreds of years.
It is known that the
English are stay-athome people. “There
is no place like home”,
they say. When they
don't work they like to
spend their days off at
home with their
families.

4. English people like domestic animals. Every family has a pet: a dog, a cat or a bird.

5. Politeness is a characteristic feature of Englishmen. They often say “Thank you”, “Sorry”, “Beg your pardon”.

6. Englishmen's home

People all over the world
know the saying: “The
Englishmen’s home is
his castle”. They like
to live in small houses
with a small garden. A
typical feature of an
English house is a
fireplace, that's why
many of them prefer
the open fire to
central heating.

7. English meals

They say that English
people keep to their
traditions even in meals.
They eat eggs and bacon
with toasts for breakfast,
pudding or apple pie for
dessert.
Porridge is the dish
Englishmen are very fond
of. Many of them eat
porridge with milk and
sugar for breakfast.

8. Tea-drinkers

The English are tea-drinkers.
They have it many times a
day. Some Englishmen
have tea for breakfast, tea
in lunch time, tea after
dinner, tea at tea-time and
tea with supper. Some
English families have "high
tea" or big tea and no
supper. The Englishmen
always drink tea out of
cups, never out of glasses.

9. They have also English and British traditions of sport, music and many royal occasions.

10. Coronation Day

It marks the
anniversary of the
date when
Elizabeth II
became queen

11. The queen's telegram

The Queen “s
telegram is not a
very old custom
but it is for very
old people.
Every British
person gets a
telegram from the
Queen on their
one-hundredth
birthday

12. Changing of the Guards

Changing of the
Guards is a very
beautiful tradition.
Every morning tourists
go to watch the
ceremony at
Buckingham Palace.
At 11.30 the guard
that stands in front of
the palace change.

13. Pancake Day

Pancake Day is
celebrated on Shrove
Tuesday in spring at
the beginning of Lent.
Lent is a period of 40
days before Easter.
Pancake Day is
traditionally a day of
celebration, the last
day that you can eat
what you want until
Easter.

14.

Well, on this day in England families usually have
pancakes for dinner. At schools the children and
teachers have pancakes for school dinner, and in
restaurants customers ask for pancakes, too.
Pancake Day is a funny custom. It is famous for an
unusual race with frying pans and pancakes.

15. Guy Fawkes” Night

Guy Fawkes” Night is
observed on the 5th of
November when
people in Britain light
fireworks and burn a
straw guy on a
bonfire. This
celebration is often
associated with
collecting money for
charity

16. Answer the questions

1. Are there traditions and customs in the UK?
2. Where do the British like to spend time on
non-working days?
3. What kind of animals do the British like?
4. What is the characteristic feature of the
British?
5. What does every British person have in their
house? What kind of food is preferred in Britain?
6. What traditions and customs of Britain do you
know?
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