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Практическая работа № 6 Тема занятия: Holidays Указания: прочитайте текст, переведите и выполните упражнения к тексту. Затем ознакомьтесь с материалом по грамматике и выполните упражнения по грамматической теме. Задание № 1 Read and translate the text Easter in the U.S.A. The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word «Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox. People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected. Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States. Today on Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize. The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts. In England, Germany and some other countries, children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World. In the United States in the early nineteenth century, Dolly Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an egg roll in Washington, D.C. She had been told that Egyptian children used to roll eggs against the pyramids so she invited the children of Washington to roll hard-boiled eggs down the hilly lawn of the new Capitol building! The custom continued, except for the years during the Civil War. In 1880, the First Lady invited children to the White House for the Egg Roll because officials had complained that they were ruining the Capitol lawn. It has been held there ever since then, only canceled during times of war. The event has grown, and today Easter Monday is the only day of the year when tourists are allowed to wander over the White House lawn. The wife of the President sponsors it for the children of the entire country. The egg rolling event is open to children twelve years old and under. Adults are allowed only when accompanied by children! Traditionally, many celebrants bought new clothes for Easter which they wore to church. After church services, everyone went for a walk around the town. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country. Perhaps the most famous is along Fifth Avenue in New York City. Good Friday is a federal holiday in 16 states and many schools and businesses throughout the U.S. are closed on this Friday. Задание № 2 Words and expressions to learn and translate:
denomination commemorate resurrection goddess celebrate Make up a short story about holidays in your country using the words and expressions from the text (about 250 words). Read the text again and mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences. The word «Easter» is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of autumn. Protestant settlers brought the custom of a dawn service, a religious gathering at sunrise, to the United States. Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of infidelity. Dolly Madison invited children to the White House for the Egg Roll. The most famous Easter parade is along Fifth Avenue in New York City. Match the highlighted words and expressions in the text to the definitions below: honor neighborhood ancient officials accompany by index authorities that happened or existed in former times high estimation, respect to go or be together with community, surroundings adjacency 5. Complete the sentences with the word from the box in correct form:
Many Western nations permit civil to perform basic, legal, marriage ceremonies. To celebrate World Water Day, we highlight a few that have taken up the worthy cause as their own I think she found whatever was in that house. A man was taken to the hospital after being shot times in New York. Britain occupied Florida but did not send many to the area. Задание № 3 Прочитайте правила (The perfect continuous forms p. 76-77), пройдя по ссылке: Дроздова Т.Ю., Маилова В.Г., Берестова А.И. English Grammar. Three New Chapters. Грамматика английского языка: Reference and Practice. The Verbals. Version 2.0. Учебное пособие. - СПб., Антология, 2012. http://biblioclub.ru/index.php?page=book_view_red&book_id=213307 и выполните следующие упражнения: I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect continuous form. We (see) each other regularly since the party at Helen's. He says (not/feel) well for the past week. She (sleep) all the time? John (not/work) for years. She (scrub) the floor for three hours. How long they (stay) with you? I (do) my lessons since after lunch. I (collect) the pictures with bridges since I graduated from university. They (struggle) with this problem for about a month. Jack (draw) pictures since 10 o'clock. Translate into English Они работают в Лондоне с 1 июня. Как давно ты живешь в этом городе? Она носит эти туфли уже два года. Я готовлюсь к экзамену весь день. Я учу испанский с сентября. Он преподает английский с прошлого года. Давно вы его ждете? Я все утро занимаюсь домашней работой и еще ничего не сделала. Мой муж собирает картины современных художников с тех пор, как мы поженились. Что ты делаешь в гараже так долго? |