Культуры и искусства

Тульский филиал

Федерального государственного образовательного учреждения

высшего и профессионального образования

«Московский государственный университет

культуры и искусства»

 

Т. В. Колчева, М. В. Тарасова

 

 

English Culture

Английская культура

  Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку

Методические рекомендации

Данное учебно-методическое пособие предназначено для студентов заочного отделения I и II курсов гуманитарных специальностейвысших учебных… Цель данного пособия – познакомить студентов с разными сторонами культуры… Пособие состоит из четырех частей, соответствующих числу семестров изучения иностранного языка. В каждой части…

Unit I

TEXT I

1. Pay attention to the following proper names:

Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the USA, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, the En­glish Channel, the Strait of Dover, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Mexico, Washington, Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington,D.C. (District of Columbia), Portugal, Sri Lanka, Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland, Wellington.

2. Read after the speaker:

Island, population, manufactured goods, resources, govern­ment, mountain, mountainous, province, hydro-electric station.

 

English-Speaking Countries

The United States of America is one of the biggest countries in the world. It is situated in North America and covers the territory of about 9,364… Ireland is an island to the west of Eu­rope. It is a little smaller than… Canada has an area of nearly ten million square kilometers. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its…

Translate the text into Russian.

Answer the following questions.

2. What is the area of the UK? 3. How many islands does the UK consist of? 4. What are the main parts of the UK and their capitals?

Speech exercises.

A) Describe the geographical position of some English-speaking countries.

B) Guess the name of the country described in the paragraphs.

(2) It is the world's second largest coun­try. It has six time zones, ten provinces and two national languages (English and French). It has more…

Find English equivalents in the text.

    TEXT II

Translate the text into Russian.

1. How did E. Tylor define “culture”? 2. When was the first inventory of cultural categories undertaken? 3. What are the three components of culture?

TEXT I

1. Pay attention to the following proper names:

Christmas Day, Norway, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Trafalgar Square, Father Christmas, Santa Clause, Guy Fowkes, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower, King James I, St. Valentine’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labour Day, Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Thanksgiving Day.

2. Read after the speaker:

Chimney, sleigh, firecracker, cemetery, exchange, ghost, bomb.

 

Holidays in Great Britain and in the USA

There are fewer public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Easter… The most popular holiday is Christmas. Every year the people of Norway give… The fun starts the night before, on the 24th of December. Traditionally this is the day when people decorate their…

Tasks for the discussion

2. Answer the following questions: 1. Are there many public holidays in Britain? 2. What is a “bank holiday”?

Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

2. Веселье начинается накануне, 24 декабря. 3. Санта Клаус приезжает с северного полюса на санях. Он одет в красный колпак… 4. Дети одеваются в маскарадные костюмы и выходят на улицу.

Insert the necessary words.

2. …is celebrated on the first Monday in September. 3. …is the day when all members of the family gather at home to celebrate… 4. …is the day when the cemeteries are decorated with flags.

TEXT II

1. Pay attention to the following proper names: Europe, William Byrd, Elgar, Machael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, William… 2. Read after the speaker:

Music in Britain

In the centuries which followed, England produced no composers of the world rank except for Henry Purcell in the seventeenth and eighteenth… In 1950s, American popular music spread all over the world. Besides classical music there is pop, folk, rock and all that jazz. Jazz came from America, but today it is…

Tasks for the discussion

Translate the text into Russian.

1. Was Britain rich in talented composers? 2. Who was the most distinguished composer of Britain? 3. What kind of musical instruments were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries?

TEST ON UNIT II

a) on the 25th of December, in the morning; b) on the 24th of December; c) whenever they like;

Unit III

TEXT I

1. Pay attention to the following proper names:

Louis Jouvet, Greece, Dionysus, James Burbage, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Lord Chamberlain, Broadway

2. Read after the speaker:

Character, adventure, excitement, vaudeville, courtyards, significant, repertory, audience, extensive, troupe.

Theatre

There are many different kinds of theatre performances. Circus, carnival, night club, fair, vaudeville, musical comedy, ballet, modern dance, opera,… Attending the theatre in ancient Greece was a great festive occasion. The… The drama of the Middle Ages began with a simple Latin dialogue spoken in the church. The dialogue grew into plays. At…

Tasks for the discussion

Translate the text into Russian.

1. What forms of theatre performance are there? 2. Where did theatre appear? 3. Where was the drama of the Middle Ages acted out?

TEXI II A

Steven Spielberg, New Jersey, Arizona, World War II, Escape to Nowhere, Firelight, Jaws, Hollywood, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark,… 2. Read after the speaker: Magician, laughter, scientist, saucer, project, financially, entrepreneur, restaurant, enough.

Tasks for the discussion

Translate the text into Russian.

1. Where was Steven Spielberg born? 2. Who was his father? 3. When did Spielberg shoot his first film?

Translate the text into Russian.

1. When was Charles Chaplin born? 2. Charlie's early life was spent touring England, wasn’t it? Why did he have… 3. What was his first job?

TEST ON UNIT III

1. Where is Spielberg’s motherland? a) in the USA; b) in the USSR;

Unit IV

TEXT I A

Caedmon, St. Bede the Venerable, Beowulf, Julius Caesar, Sir Gawain, William Concerning Piers, William Langland, Canterbury, Chaucer, Thomas Melory,… 2. Read after the speaker: Theologian, chronologist, manuscript, paganism, medieval, aspiration, vigour, playwright, mysterious, circumstance,…

The History of English Literature

  Words: heritage achievement raid enduring paganism …

TEXT IB

Romanticism, Gothic, Horace Walpole, Ontario, Ann Radcliffe, Udolpho, Mary Shelly, Frankenstein, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Edgar Allan Poe, William… 2. Read after the speaker: Equal, inherently, industrialization, livelier, ghost, reign, provincial, empire, doubt, undernourished, metaphor,…

Translate the text into Russian.

1. Who was the author of the oldest English poem? 2. What is the oldest heroic epic written in English? 3. What is the name of the first English printer?

Painting and Architecture in Britain

William Hogarth was among the first Englishmen to develop painting of a national character. “The Graham Children” is a portrait of the children of… A generation later Sir Joshua Reynolds became the most important member of the… The English made their greatest contribution to art in landscape painting. In the following works: John Constable's “A…

Translate the texts into Russian.

1. During what king’s reign did Hans Holbein live and work in London? 2. What English painter was also a poet? 3. What painters are famous for their landscapes?