Викторина "Известные люди Британии"
методическая разработка по английскому языку (10 класс) по теме

The Queen (Her Majesty Elisabeth II)

She was born on 21 April 1926 (so now she is 85 years old) in London, and educated privately at home.

She came to throne on 6 April 1952 (at the age of 25).  

Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.

In 1947 she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with whom she has four children. In 1992, which Elizabeth termed her "horrible year": Charles and Andrew separated from their wives, Anne divorced, and a severe fire damaged part of Windsor Castle.

Her reign of 60 years is the second-longest for a British monarch; only Queen Victoria has reigned longer (for 63 years: 1837-1901). Her Diamond Jubilee is being celehbrated during 2012.

Princess Diana

was born in Sandringham, Norfolk in 1961. She was the youngest daughter of Viscount Althorp. Diana was only six years old when her parents separated: her mother, Frances, left to join a wealthy businessman. Diana and her brother, Charles, spent much of their childhood moving from one parent to the other.
In 1979 Diana worked as a nanny and as an assistant at the Young England kindergarten. At that time she got acquainted with Prince Charles and they started seeing each other.
On the 29-th of July, 1981, about 600,000 people filled the streets of London on Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding day.  In less than a year Charles and Diana had their first child, William. A second son, Prince Harry, was born in 1984. Unfortunately, the couple divorced in August, 1996.
Princess Diana appeared a glamorous Princess who won the hearts of the nation, as well as international acclaim. She did a lot of charitable work. Diana died in a car crash on the 31-th of August 1997. Her lover, Dodi Al Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul, were also killed in the accident in a tunnel in Paris after the group was being chased by paparazzi.
Still Princess Diana remains the Princess of the hearts and millions of people remember her.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

is the greatest and most famous of English writers, and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived.

Shakespeare wrote 36 plays. Among them there are deep tragedies, such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, light comedies, such as All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night and the best-known love story in the world Romeo and Juliet.

All of them are still studied, performed and even made into films all over the world!

Shakespeare also wrote many love sonnets.

I think the most popular authors of detective stories are from Britain.

Agatha Christie is known as the Queen of Crime.

The author of the Sherlock Holmes stories was Arthur Conan Doyle.

 Ian Fleming was the author of internationally famous James Bond spy novels.

Joanne Rowling (born in1965) is a British author who wrote the Harry Potter books. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published in the United Kingdom in 1998. The last book of the series - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in 2007. Altogether, she wrote 7 books about Harry Potter, all of them were made into films.

Because the books are so popular, she has become very rich. Now she is said to be the richest woman in the United Kingdom, even counting the Queen.

David Robert Joseph Beckham (born 2 May 1975)

is the most famous English football player, who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy. He has previously played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan, as well as the England national team, for which he holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player.

He is married to Victoria Beckham (who used to be a vocalist of Spice Girls) and they have four children, 3 sons and a daughter. As of 2009, the couple's joint wealth is estimated at £125 million.