Неделя английского языка в школе

Урок-викторина «Знаете ли вы Великобританию?»

Данная тематическая викторина невелика по объему и ее можно провести за урок с привлечением старшеклассников в роли организаторов.

Детям предлагается ряд вопросов. За правильный ответ присуждается 2 балла, за неполный – 1 балл. За неправильный – 0 баллов.

Цель: проверить степень информированности учащихся, их умение самостоятельно пользоваться рекомендованной литературой, давать четкие и аргументированные ответы на вопросы.

I тyp —Блицтурнир.

1 . What is the official name of the country which we call Great Britain? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.)

2. Name the capitals of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.)

3. What are the main colours of the Union Flag? (Blue, red and white.)

4. Who lived in Sherwood Forest? (Robin Hood.)

5. What is the famous airport in London? (Heathrow.)

6. Where were "The Beatles" born? (In Liverpool.)

7. What is the favourite hot drink in Britain? (Tea.)

8. What is the difference between English and Russian tea? (English — with milk, Russian — with lemon.)

9- Name the architectural masterpiece of Christopher

Wren. (St Paul's Cathedral.) 10. Who was called "An Iron Lady"? (Margaret Thatcher.)

II тyp — kто? что? где?

- На слайде изображены рисунки, внизу – подсказки. Назовите место, событие, персону, которые изображены на рисунке, с помощью подсказки.

He and his "merry men" lived in Sherwood Forest. (Robin Hood).

His monument stands in the centre of Trafalgar Square (Horatio Nelson.)

Here many famous Englishmen are buried. (Westminster Abbey.)

The Crown jewels are kept here. (Tower.)

An ideal place for sun-worshippers. (Stonehendge.)

A traditional rowing race between 2 universities. (The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.)

He wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (Guy Fawkes.)

A famous picture house in Trafalgar Square. (The National Gallery.)

365 feet high and built by Christopher Wren. (St Paul's Cathedral.)

This lady was the queen of Great Britain in 1837 — 1911. (Queen Victoria.)

The English author known as the Queen of Crime. (Agatha Christie.)

The name Julius Caesar gave to Great Britain. (Albion.)

III тyp — Сокращенные имена.

- На слайде  записаны полные собственные имена, в другой – сокращенные. Соедините полное имя с сокращенным.

1. Elizabeth                                              a. Mike

2. Thomas                                                b. Bobby

3. William                                                c. Pat.

4. Susan                                                    d. Tony

5. Michael                                                 e. Sue

6. Robert                                                   f. Pam

7. Patric or Patricia                                   g. Bill

8. Anthony                                                 h. Tom

9. Pamela                                                   Liz

В конце урока-игры баллы суммируются и определяется победитель.

НЕДЕЛЯ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

    При обучении английскому языку перед учителем встает несколько проблем: как постоянно поддерживать интерес учащихся к изучению иностранного языка, как в рамках учебного процесса направить деятельность учащихся в коммуникативное русло, что нужно сделать , чтобы создать и поддерживать активную мотивацию у детей к изучению языка? Очень важно организовать мероприятия на принципах личностно-ориентированного образования для решения всех этих задач.

    Неделя английского языка должна быть  распланирована таким образом, чтобы были охвачены все ступени обучения. Кроме того, учитывались интересы учащихся  при подготовке сценария недели, где бы они могли полностью творчески раскрыться.

    Настроение праздника, языковая атмосфера  создаются при помощи музыки, английских юмористических изречений и высказываний, висящих на стенах холла и коридоров школы, красочно оформленными стенгазетами о странах, городах, праздниках и традициях стран изучаемого языка, просмотром видеофильмов на английском языке.

    Каждый день недели заполнен каким-то мероприятием. Все это позволяет направленно формировать познавательные интересы учащихся, расширять кругозор и сферы применения полученных и имеющихся знаний и умений.

    В качестве изречений можно предложить следующие:

1. The more we study, the more we know.

2. If you never try, you will never know

3. Beauty will save the world

4. Actions speak louder than words

5. When you have nothing to say, say nothing

6. Who knows most, speaks least

7. Even a polyglot may not find common language with some people.

8. All languages are good if they are spoken in a  human way

9. All nations smile in the same language.

10.A man needs only two years to learn to speak and all his life to keep his mouth shut.

11.Several years are needed to learn a foreign language. It takes one’s whole life to master one’s native tongue.

   Юмористические высказывания:

1.Actor is a man who tries to be everything but himself

2. Friend is one who has the same enemies you have.

3. Lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

4. Mirror is one that laughs at your face.

5. School  year is a very long period between vocations.

6. Zoo is a place where animals study human beings.

7. If vegetable oil comes from vegetables where does baby oil comes from?

8. I’m not a complete idiot, some parts are missing

9. Out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes.

10.Hit me! I need the money ( the sign on the car)

11. Those who can, do. Those who can do more, teach.

12. Time is the best teacher; unfortunately, it kills all his students.

13.When your mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.

    План мероприятий, распределенных по дням недели, может быть следующим:

Понедельник: Открытие недели английского языка (радиопередача, в которой рассказывается о предстоящих мероприятиях на неделю; на входе в школу висит красочное объявление о ходе недели). Конкурс чтецов на английском языке.

Вторник: Страноведческий конкурс «Знаешь ли ты Великобританию?»

Среда:  Викторины по странам изучаемого языка: США и Австралия.

Четверг: Конкурс стенгазет. Игровая программа для начальных классов.

Пятница: Закрытие недели: подведение итогов, награждение. Заключительный концерт.

Задания, которые можно предложить для учащихся начальной школы, не изучающих английский язык. ( Это поможет развить у учащихся мотивацию к изучению иностранного языка, когда дети придут в 5 класс.)

1. Учимся приветствовать друг друга, говоря Hello – hi, разными способами: громко-тихо, печально-весело и т.д.

2. Игра : What’s your name? Ученики становятся в круг и хлопают в ладоши на словах What’s your name. По очереди называют свои имена, хлопая при этом по коленкам. И так по кругу, пока не назовут имена всех участников игры.

3. Do you know English?  Знаете ли вы, что значат эти английские слова по-русски:

Box                orange                        zoo

Milk                crocodile                popcorn

Lemonade        kangaroo                telephone

Chocolate        sausage                taxi

Banana        pizza                        photo

Machine        giraffe                        computer   и др.

4. Big foot.  На полу нарисовать 5 огромных отпечатков ботинок, якобы от великана, прошедшего недавно по коридору школы, на таком расстоянии, чтобы ученики могли перепрыгнуть с одного следа на другой. Разделить всех играющих на 2 команды. Та команда, участники которой быстрее перепрыгнут с одного следа на другой, побеждает. При этом команда хором считает шаги. (Таким образом дети легко запоминают счет от 1 до 5).

5.Читается стихотворение на английском языке. Как только стихотворение дочитано до конца, все перестают улыбаться. Кто не выдерживает, платит фант: прыгает на одной ножке, поет, кукарекает и т.д.

6. Прощаемся, говоря  bye – bye-bye, с разной интонацией и мимикой.

 6 класс  викторина “Do you know Great Britain?”

1. How many parts are there in Great Britain?

2. What river is the capital situated on?

3. Who is the head of the country?

4. What is the home of the Queen?

5. What is the double-decker?

6. What is Big Ben?

7. What is the symbol of England?

8. Where did the detective Sherlock Holmes live?

9. What is the most famous lake in Scotland?

10.Why is the city Bath called so?

11. Who is the most famous woman-writer of detective stories?

12.What books of English writers do you know?

13. What is the oldest part of London?

14. What is the symbol of Scotland?

15. What is the symbol of  Wales?

16. What is the  Scottish national costume?

17. What is the national instrument of Scots?

18.When do British people celebrate Christmas?

19. Who wrote about Winnie the Pooh?

20. Who is the writer of  “Mary Poppins”?

21. Who is the author of books about Harry Potter?

22. Can you guess:

1) He was English. He was born in 1564. He was a writer and  actor.(W.Shakespear)

2) He was born in London. Then he lived in the USA. He was a film actor (Ch.Chaplin)

3) He conquered Great Britain. He was a king. He built the Tower of London (William the Conqueror)

23. Put these holidays in the correct order: a)New Year’s Day, b)April Fool’s Day, c)St.Valentine’s Day, d) Christmas

Викторина для 8 - 9 классов “Do you know the USA?”

1. What is the name of the Dutch settlement which became New York City?

2. Which country presented the USA with the statue of Liberty? What was the occasion?

3. In which famous place do people in New York City celebrate New Year’s Day?

4. Which American rock - and - roll star lived in Memphis, Tennessee?

5. What monument in Washington D.C. dedicated to an American President is nicknamed “The Pencil”?

6. What is the name of the famous collection of museums in Washington?

7. Explain the symbolism of the stars and stripes on the US flag.

8. On what river is the capital of the USA situated?

9. Where does the President of the USA live and work?

10. Which is the biggest state in the USA?

11. Who was the 1st President of the USA?

12. What do the Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?

13. In which city is Hollywood?

14. What street in New York is called “The Great White Way”?

15. What is the highest building in Washington?

16. Who was the 1st President lived in the White House?

17.What is the largest city in the USA?

18. In which state do the highest trees in the world grow? What are they called?

19. Which is the smallest state in the USA?

20. Who is the President killed by Oswald?

21. The first colonists started the tradition of a) Halloween, b) Independence Day, c) Thanksgiving Day, d) Memorial Day.

22. Who was the 42d President: a) Clinton, b) Kennedy, c)Johnson, d) Washington

Викторина для учащихся 10-11 классов “Do you know Australia?”

1. What kind of state is Australia?

2. Who is the Head of Government?

3. Who is the Head of the State?

4. What colour is the flag of Australia?

5. Which are the national colours?

6. Where is the seat of the state government located?

7. How many chambers are there in the Australian Parliament?

8. Which city was the capital of Australia till 1917?

9. What are the languages in Australia?

10. What animals can be seen on Australia’s coat-of-arms?

11. Which is the hottest month of Australia?

12. Which is the highest point in Australia?

13. Which is the longest river in Australia?

14. What are the largest cities of Australia?

15. When was the first white settlement founded in Australia?

16. Who sailed to Botany Bay first?

17. When did the constitution come into effect?

18. When did the first shipload of free immigrants arrive?

19. Who was the first European settles in Australia?

20. Who discovered Australia?

21. What is the official name of Australia?

22. When do the Australians celebrate Australia’s Day?

23. What does the name Canberra mean in the Aborigine language?

24. What can one find in Sydney and in London?

25. Who proposed the name of Australia?

26. How Canberra is often called?

27. Who was Melbourne?

28. Who was Brisbane?

29. In whose honour did they call the city of Sydney?

30. Who was Adelaide?

31. How do the Australians call their natural countryside?

32. When did the last full-blood Tasmanian Aborigine die?

33. What is the Pav?

34. Why do most children in Australia study through correspondence courses?

35. What is the largest sandstone monolith in the world?

В качестве занимательных заданий можно использовать следующие:

1. Alphabet: Разбить класс на две команды. Каждая команда должна назвать слова на каждую букву алфавита:

A – apple, ape

B – bread, bear, book, bed, bag

C - cat, coat, car,

D – duck, door,

E – egg, elephant

F – flag, fox

G – game, goose

H – house, hat

I – ice, icon

J – jacket, jeans

K – kettle, kiss, kid

L – lamp, lemonade

M – milk, mouse

N – nose, neck

O – orange, opera

P – pub, place, plate, parade

Q – quarter, quarrel

R – rose, robot, rice

S – sweater, sofa

T – tea, table

U – umbrella, uncle

V -   video, vase

W – window, wind

X – xylophone, Xerox

Y – yogurt, yacht

Z – zoo, zero

2. Rhyme-time: найти рифмующееся слово.

Cat – fat

Plate – gate

Car – far

Floor – door

Book –look – took

Lamp –camp

House – mouse

Our – flower

Pen – hen –men

Bag – tag – flag

Light – night

Day – pay

Tree – three

Chalk – walk

Name – game

Letter – matter

Feet – treat

Foot – boot

Face – lace

Spoon – moon

Fork – dock

Box – fox

Sand – hand

Stick – pick

Street – meet

Fish - dish

3. Places:  отгадать зашифрованные места.

R _ _ _ _ _ y (railway)

M _ _ _ h (marsh)

S _ _ _ _ _ _ n (station)

S _ _ _ _ l (school)

H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r (hairdresser)

B _ _ _ _ e (bridge)

N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t (newsagent)

T _ _ _ _ l (tunnel)

4.Придумать как можно больше новых слов, используя буквы данного слова:

COOPERATION

PREPARATION

DEMONSTRATION

PRESENTATION

5. Hot potato: Игра, которую можно использовать между различными видами деятельности. Ученики становятся в круг. Мягкая игрушка передается по кругу так, как будто это горячая картошка или стакан воды, лягушка или маленький ребенок. Очень весело.

6. Categories: Класс делится на две команды. Выбирается какая-то тема. Например, город. Члены команд должны по очереди называть слова по теме. Та команда, которая не может назвать слово, передает право отвечать соперникам и соответственно не получает очко. Вторая команда при правильном ответе зарабатывает дополнительное очко. Выигрывает та команда, которая получила больше очков.

Office                                        post-office                

School                                        bridge

Station                                        bus stop

Underground                                hospital

Tunnel                                        restaurant

Shop                                        police station

Stadium                                club   и т.д.

7. Tongue twisters: Кто лучше и быстрее повторит скороговорку. Скороговорки лучше заранее напечатать или написать на доске.

1. If you, Sandy, have two candies

Give one candy to Andy, Sandy

2. A cup of coffee from a copper coffee pot

3. A little pot is soon hot

4. Bobby brings bright bells

5. Seven Santas sing silly songs
6. Santa’s sack sags slightly
7. Chilly children cheerfully chant

8. Complete the word: Ученики должны придумать слова, которые начинаются или заканчиваются следующими буквами:

Bl________

Bl________

Cr________

________an

________at

________it

________ip

Str_______

Str_______

Str________

Str________

Str________

Str________

Str________

9. Charades:

1. My first is the indefinite article,

My second is the synonym of “wide”,

My whole means “in a foreign country”.    (a-broad)

2. My first is a preposition,

My second is a synonym of “receive”,

My whole is the antonym of “remember”.  (forget)

3. My first is what we do after we get up,

My second is the suffix of Participle I,

My third is the letter which comes after “s”,

My fourth is a preposition,

My whole is a capital of a state.   (Wash – ing – t – on)

4. My first is the two letters which begin the English Alphabet,

My second is the Past Tense of the verb “to send”,

My whole is the antonym of “present”.   (ab – sent)

5. My first is two letters giving sound [ a:],

My second is the first person singular possessive pronoun,

My whole is that which make a country strong.   (ar – my)

6. My first is what we say when we agree,

My second is the first syllable of the word “terribly”,

My third is the antonym of “night”,

My whole is the day before today.     (yes – ter – day)

10. Riddles: 

1. It runs but has no legs.  (time)

2. It’s black when it’s clean. (a board)

3. It has teeth but it can’t bite. (a comb)

4. Children don’t like to drink especially when it’s warm. (milk)

5. It is white. It is cold

We can skate on it. What is it (ice)

6. What man cannot live inside the house?  (a snowman)

7. A little old woman with twelve children

Some short, some long, some cold, some hot

What is she?    (a year)

8. What goes up when the rain comes down? (an umbrella)

9. He is not a tailor but carries needles with him.   (a hedgehog)

В последний день недели проводится концерт, к которому учащиеся готовятся заранее.

Они поют песни, рассказывают стихи, показывают сценки и небольшие постановки. Это могут быть сказки. Например,

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

L.R.R.H: My name is Little Red Riding Hood. Hello.

Mother: Little Red Riding Hood! Where are you?

L.R.R.H.: I am here, Mother. What’s the matter?

Mother: Little Red Riding Hood! Today is your grandmother’s birthday. Take a cake, some apples and a jug of honey to her.

L.R.R.H.: All right, mum.

Mother: Don’t speak to anybody on the way. Don’t stop in the wood. And don’t pick any flowers or mushrooms there.

L.R.R.H.: All right, mum. Good-bye.

Mother: good-bye, darling.

(Little Red Riding Hood goes out)

(Little Red Riding Hood in the wood)

L.R.R.H.: How nice it is in the wood. There are many trees, flowers, mushrooms. I’ll flowers for my granny

(The wolf appears)

The wolf: I am big and grey. I live in the wood. I want to eat up Little Red Riding Hood. (goes up to Little Red Riding Hood). Good morning, to Little Red Riding Hood.

L.R.R.H.: Good morning, Mr. Wolf.

The wolf: Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood?

L.R.R.H.: I’m going to my grandmother. It’s her birthday today. I take a cake, , some apples and a jug of honey to her.

The wolf: Where does she live, your granny?

L.R.R.H.: She lives in a little house in the wood near the river.

The wolf: Is it far from there?

L.R.R.H.: No, it is not.

The wolf: Well, good-bye, Little Red Riding Hood

L.R.R.H.: good-bye, Mr. Wolf

(The wolf comes to Granny’s house and knocks at the door)

Granny: Who’s there?

The wolf: It’s me, Little Red Riding Hood.

Granny: Come in, darling.

(The wolf runs to Granny and wants to catch her up, but she runs away. The wolf puts Granny’s dress and cap and lies in bed. Soon Little Red Riding Hood appears near Granny’s house).

L.R.R.H.(singing):Clap, Clap, Clap,

                               Rap, Rap,  Rap,

                               I’m knocking at the door,

                                Tap, Tap, Tap.

The wolf: Who’s there?

L.R.R.H.: It’s me, Little Red Riding Hood.

The wolf: Come in, my dear.

L.R.R.H.: Good morning, Granny.

The wolf: Good morning, Little Red Riding Hood.

(Little Red Riding Hood puts the basket on the table and comes up to Granny’s bed)

L.R.R.H.: Many happy returns of the day!

The wolf:   Thank you, my dear.

L.R.R.H.: What big eyes you have, Granny!

The wolf:   The better to see you, my dear.

L.R.R.H.: What big ears you have, Granny!

The wolf:   The better to hear you, my dear.

L.R.R.H.: What sharp teeth you have, Granny!

The wolf:   The better to eat you up.

(and the wolf jumps out of the bed and wants to catch Little Red Riding Hood)

L.R.R.H.:”Help! Help!”  

(Granny and the hunter come in. The hunter shoots and the Wolf falls down).

Granny: Oh, thank you very much!

The hunter: Oh, It’s really nothing.

Granny and the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood: That’ the end of the story.

THREE BEARS

(Three bears are sitting at the table, they are going to eat porridge)

Mother Bear: Take your plate, Father!

Father Bear: Thank you, dear!

Mother Bear: Take your plate, Baby Bear!

Baby Bear: Thank you, Mummy dear… Oh, it is too hot!

Father Bear: Then let us go for a walk!

(The three Bear go out of the room)

(The girl comes in and looks round)

Little girl: Whose room can it be? (Looking at the table) I am hungry. (Sits down at the table and tastes porridge) Oh, this porridge is too hot for me!... Oh, this porridge is too cold for me… This porridge is just right for me.(eats porridge)

(The noise of the three Bears’ steps is heard. The little girl hides in the little bed).

(The three bears enter the room and take their places at the table)

Father Bear: My plate is not full!  

Mother Bear: My plate is not full either!

Baby Bear: And my plate is empty! (They look round)Oh, and who is this? A little girl!

Father Bear: Let us catch her up!

Mother Bear: Let us catch her up!

Baby Bear: Yes, yes, let us eat her up!

Little girl: No, you won’t (runs away).

(The Bears try to catch her, but stumble and fall down)

Mother Bear (shaking herself): It is your fault, Father! You fell and I fell, too.

Baby Bear: And I fell because you fell!

All together (shaking their heads): And the little girl has run away. Oh! Oh!  Oh!

THR TURNIP

Grandpa: Oh, what a big turnip we have in our kitchen-garden. I want to pull it up. (Pulls the turnip) One, two, three! It is too big for me. Granny, come here! Help me, please.

Granny: All right, grandpa. I’m coming.

Grandpa and granny (pulling together): One, two, three! One, two, three! No result. Oh, it’s too big for us!

Granny: Granddaughter, help us, please!

Granddaughter: All right, granny. I’m coming.

Grandpa and granny and Granddaughter: One, two, three! One, two, three! No

result. Oh, it’s too big for us!

Granddaughter: Doggy, doggy, help us, please!

The doggy: All right, granddaughter. I’m coming.

Grandpa and granny and Granddaughter and doggy: One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three! No result. Oh, it’s too big for us!

The doggy: Pussy-cat, help us, please.

The cat: All right, doggy. I’m coming.

Grandpa and granny and Granddaughter and doggy and the cat: One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three! No result. Oh, it’s too big for us.

The cat: Mouse, mouse, come here, help us, please.

The mouse: All right, pussy-cat. I’m coming.

Grandpa and granny and Granddaughter and doggy and the cat and the mouse: One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three! (fall down).

The turnip: Here I am!

All (together): Oh. What a big turnip we have!

Использованная литература:

1. Э.П.Вакс. Кратко об Австралии. С-Петербург, издательство «Стайл», 2000
2. А.Л.Демент. Тематические вечера на английском языке. М., «Просвещение»,1988
3. George P.McCallum 101 word games. Oxford University Press
4. Penny Ur and Andrew Wright. Five-minute activities. Cambridge University Press

Игра «Счастливый случай».

Проведению игры «Счастливый случай» предшествует подготовительная работа. Учитель заранее объявляет тему игры: "Great Britain" и предлагает учащимся просмотреть материалы о королевской семье. Вопросы игры рассчитаны не только на материал школьной программы, но и на дополнительные знания учащихся по теме.

За право встретиться со счастливым случаем будут бороться две команды (учащиеся 10 и 11 классов). Игра состоит из пяти геймов.

I гейм — Paзминкa.

Команды получают по три вопроса. На обдумывание — 30 секунд. За правильный ответ — 1 балл.

1. Who is the Head of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? (Queen Elizabeth H.)

2. When did she ascend to the throne? (She ascended to the throne after her father's death in 1952 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey in June 1953.)

3. Where was Princess Elizabeth educated? (She was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. She studied constitutional history, law, art, music, learned to ride.)

4. What do you know about the Queen's husband? (His full name is His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They got married in 1947 in Westminster Abbey.)

5. How many children have the Royal Couple? (They have 4 children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward.)

6. Who is the Queen's heir to the throne? (Prince Charles.)

II гейм — Узнай героя.

Команды воспринимают на слух мини-тексты и определяют их главных героев. На обдумывание ответа дается 30 секунд. За правильный ответ — 1 балл.

Text 1. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He is the youngest among the brothers. He studied at Cambridge University. He worked as a school teacher and as an actor at the theatre. Also he was an officer. His name is... (Prince Edward.)

Text 2. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. But he is not a monarch. He was born in Greece. He is a qualified pilot. Sometimes he gives interviews. The sphere of his interests is very wide: environment, wildlife, science and technology and sport. He is... (Prince Philip.)

Text 3. She is one of the members of the Royal Family. She finished Beneden school in Kent. She is the hardest working member of the family. She made an excellent sports career. In recent years she has become quite popular with public. She doesn't wear expensive dresses but she always looks very elegant. She is... (Princess Anne.)

Text 4. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He was born in 1948. He is interested in many things: architecture, environment, history, alternative medicine, farming. His favourite sport is polo. He is well-known as a keen promoter of British interests. He has 2 children. He is... (Charles, the Prince of Wales.)

Text 5. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He i very good at sport. In 1980 he joined the Royal Navy and became a "sea King" helicopter pilot. He is interested in I photography. He speaks French and German. In 1986 he |married Miss Sarah Ferguson and has 2 daughters. He is... (Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.)

Text 6. She is one of the members of the Royal Family. She is one of the world's richest women. Three quarters or more of her working life is spent in an office reading and signing state papers. She never gives interviews. She likes 'to spend time with her grandchildren, watch horse-racing, go for a walk and watch TV. Her title in the UK is: "Elizabeth ;the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms id Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith". She is... (Queen Elizabeth II.)

III гейм – Что любит и не любит королева.

Каждая команда получает карточки, на которых записано, что любит и что не любит королева. На протяжении трех минут одна команда должна отобрать и прикрепить на плакате карточки со вкусами королевы, а вторая команда — карточки с названиями того, что не нравится королеве. Карточки не должны быть одинаковыми. За правильное выполнение задания команда получает 3 балла.

The Queen likes:

1.    Horse racing.

2.    Scottish country dancing.

3.    Jigsaw puzzles.

4.    Bright red dresses.

5.    Deerstalking.

6.    Champagne.

7.    Long-stemmed, deep-pink carnations.

8.    Quiet evenings at home.

9.    Sandringham. 10. The Beatles film, Yellow Submarine.

The Queen dislikes:

1. Tennis, including Wimbledon.

2. Milk pudding.

3. The cold.

4. Charles Dickens.

5. Dictating letters.

6. Cigar smoke.

7. Sailing.

8. Listening to after-dinner speeches.

9. Ivy. 10. Snails.

IVгейм — Кроссворд.

Детям предлагается найти в кроссворде названия семи предметов, которые королева берет с собой, отправляясь в путешествие. На плакате написаны толкования этих слов. Командам дается по три минуты на формулирование определения и нахождение этих слов.

An apparatus used to make photographs. ↓

A cushion for the head, especially in bed. ↓

Dried leaves of a plant, cultivated in China, India. →

A metal vessel with a spout and a handle for boiling. ↓

 A sweet crystalline vegetable substance. →

 A compound of alkali and oil used in washing. ↓ 

Objects of precious metal often worn for personal adornment.→

A device for telling time which you wear on your wrist. ↓ 

Two pieces of special glass surrounded by plastic, metal etc. which you wear in front of your eyes in order to see better. →

(Key: camera, pillow, tea, kettle, sugar, soap, Jewel' ery, watch, glasses.)

V гейм – Генеалогическое дерево королевской семьи.

На постере изображено родословное дерево английской королевской семьи с перечнем имен и лет жизни. Под деревом размещены портреты членов королевской семьи. Командам предлагается дополнить родословное дерево фотокарточками.

Рисунок

7-9 классы

I тyp —Блицтурнир

1 . What is the official name of the country which we call Great Britain?

2. Name the capitals of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

3. What are the main colours of the Union Flag?

4. Who lived in Sherwood Forest?

5. What is the famous airport in London?

6. Where were "The Beatles" born?

7. What is the favourite hot drink in Britain?

8. What is the difference between English and Russian tea?

9- Name the architectural masterpiece of Christopher

Wren.

Юмористические высказывания:

1.Actor is a man who tries to be everything but himself

2. Friend is one who has the same enemies you have.

3. Lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.

4. Mirror is one that laughs at your face.

5. School  year is a very long period between vocations.

6. Zoo is a place where animals study human beings.

7. If vegetable oil comes from vegetables where does baby oil comes from?

8. I’m not a complete idiot, some parts are missing

9. Out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes.

10.Hit me! I need the money ( the sign on the car)

11. Those who can, do. Those who can do more, teach.

12. Time is the best teacher; unfortunately, it kills all his students.

13.When your mom is mad at your dad, don’t let her brush your hair.

Викторина для учащихся 10-11 классов “Do you know Australia?”

1. What kind of state is Australia?

2. Who is the Head of Government?

3. Who is the Head of the State?

4. What colour is the flag of Australia?

5. Which are the national colours?

6. Where is the seat of the state government located?

7. How many chambers are there in the Australian Parliament?

8. Which city was the capital of Australia till 1917?

9. What are the languages in Australia?

10. What animals can be seen on Australia’s coat-of-arms?

11. Which is the hottest month of Australia?

12. Which is the highest point in Australia?

13. Which is the longest river in Australia?

14. What are the largest cities of Australia?

15. When was the first white settlement founded in Australia?

16. Who sailed to Botany Bay first?

17. When did the constitution come into effect?

18. When did the first shipload of free immigrants arrive?

19. Who was the first European settles in Australia?

20. Who discovered Australia?

21. What is the official name of Australia?

22. When do the Australians celebrate Australia’s Day?

23. What does the name Canberra mean in the Aborigine language?

24. What can one find in Sydney and in London?

25. Who proposed the name of Australia?

26. How Canberra is often called?

27. Who was Melbourne?

28. Who was Brisbane?

29. In whose honour did they call the city of Sydney?

30. Who was Adelaide?

31. How do the Australians call their natural countryside?

32. When did the last full-blood Tasmanian Aborigine die?

33. What is the Pav?

34. Why do most children in Australia study through correspondence courses?

35. What is the largest sandstone monolith in the world?

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6 класс Викторина “Do you know Great Britain?”

1. How many parts are there in Great Britain?

2. What river is the capital situated on?

3. Who is the head of the country?

4. What is the home of the Queen?

5. What is the double-decker?

6. What is Big Ben?

7. What is the symbol of England?

8. Where did the detective Sherlock Holmes live?

9. What is the most famous lake in Scotland?

10.Why is the city Bath called so?

11. Who is the most famous woman-writer of detective stories?

12.What books of English writers do you know?

13. What is the oldest part of London?

14. What is the symbol of Scotland?

15. What is the symbol of  Wales?

16. What is the  Scottish national costume?

17. What is the national instrument of Scots?

18.When do British people celebrate Christmas?

19. Who wrote about Winnie the Pooh?

20. Who is the writer of  “Mary Poppins”?

21. Who is the author of books about Harry Potter?

22. Can you guess:

1) He was English. He was born in 1564. He was a writer and  actor.(W.Shakespear)

2) He was born in London. Then he lived in the USA. He was a film actor (Ch.Chaplin)

3) He conquered Great Britain. He was a king. He built the Tower of London (William the Conqueror)

23. Put these holidays in the correct order: a)New Year’s Day, b)April Fool’s Day, c)St.Valentine’s Day, d) Christmas

Good morning, good morning
Good morning to you!
Good morning, good morning
We are glad to see you!

А Happy Family.
I love Mother, she loves me.
We love Daddy, yes siree.
He loves us and so you see,
We are a happy family.
I love sister, she loves me. 
We love brother, yes siree;
He loves us and so you see,
We are a happy family.

Cats. (By Mary Britton Miller.)

Cats sleep anywhere,
Any table, any chair, 
Top of piano, window edge, 
In the middle of the edge, 
Open drawer, empty shoe? 
Anybody's lap will do, 
Fitted in a cardboard box, 
In the cupboard with your frocks –
Anywhere! They don't care!
Cats sleep anywhere.

Jim (by H. Belloc)

There was a boy whose name was Jim,
His friends were very good to him.
They gave him tea and cakes and jam.
And slices of delicious ham,
And chocolate with pink inside,
And little tricycle to ride.

Spring.

In the spring, in the spring.
Sweet and fresh is everything.
Winter winds are no more blowing
In the fields all is growing.
In the spring, in the spring
Sweet and fresh is everything.

Д. Байрон «Романс» (Stances for music)

There be none of Beauty»s daughters
With a magic like Thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The charm»d ocean»s pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull»d winds seem dreaming:
And the midnight moon is weaving
Her bright chain o»er the deep,
Whose breast is gently heaving
As an infant»s asleep:
So the spirit bows before thee
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell of Summer»s ocean.


Ни одна не станет в споре
Красота с тобой.
И, как музыка на море,
Сладок голос твой!
Море шумное смирилось,
Будто звукам покорилось,
Тихо лоно вод блестит,
Убаюкан, ветер спит.
На морском дрожит просторе
Луч луны, блестя.
Тихо грудь вздымает море,
Как во сне дитя.
Так душа полна вниманья,
Пред тобой в очарованье;
Тихо все, но полно в ней,
Будто летом зыбь морей.

***

J. G. Byron "She Walks In Beauty"

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

"Она идет во всей красе"

Она идет во всей красе —
Светла, как ночь её страны.
Вся глубь небес и звёзды все
В её очах заключены.
Как солнце в утренней росе,
Но только мраком смягчены.
Прибавить луч иль тень отнять —
И будет уж совсем не та
Волос агатовая прядь,
Не те глаза, не те уста
И лоб, где помыслов печать
так безупречна, так чиста.
А этот взгляд, и цвет ланит,
И лёгкий смех, как всплеск морской, —
Всё в ней о мире говорит.
Она в душе хранит покой.
И если счастье подарит,
То самой щедрою рукой.

***

Robert Lee Frost “The Road Not Taken”

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Другая дорога

В осеннем лесу, на развилке дорог,
Стоял я, задумавшись, у поворота;
Пути было два, и мир был широк,
Однако я раздвоиться не мог,
И надо было решаться на что-то.
Я выбрал дорогу, что вправо вела
И, повернув, пропадала в чащобе.
Нехоженой, что ли, она была.
И больше, казалось мне, заросла;
А впрочем, заросшими были обе.
И обе манили, радуя глаз
Сухой желтизною листвы сыпучей.
Другую оставил я про запас,
Хотя и догадывался в тот час,
Что вряд ли вернуться выпадет случай.
Еще я вспомню когда-нибудь
Далекое это утро лесное:
Ведь был и другой предо мною путь,
Но я решил направо свернуть –
И это решило все остальное.

***

Rudyard Kipling “If”

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And-which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!

Коль головы своей ты не теряешь,
Хоть все безумны, в том виня тебя,
Коль полностью себе ты доверяешь,
При том и критиков своих любя;
Коль ты умеешь ждать неутомимо,
Иль, будучи оболганным, не лгать,
Иль, ненависть прощая терпеливо,
Не тщишься превосходство показать;
Коль грезишь, не порабощен мечтою,
Коль думаешь не ради дум самих,
Коль, встретившись с Триумфом и Бедою,
Ты с равной силой усомнишься в них;
Коль вынесешь, когда твое же слово,
Переиначив, скормят дуракам,
Иль рухнувшее дело жизни снова
Засохшим клеем скрепишь по кускам;
Коль ты способен ставить все на карту,
Рискуя всем, что выиграть успел,
И, проигравши, возвратиться к старту,
Ничем не дав понять, что пожалел;
Коль ты заставишь сердце, нерв и жилы
Служить тебе, хоть им уже невмочь,
Хоть все в тебе мертво, лишь Воля с силой
Твердит: «Держитесь!», дабы им помочь;
Коль помнишь, кто ты, говоря с толпою,
С царями не теряешь простоты,
Коль враг или друг не властны над тобою,
Коль ценишь всех, без предпочтений, ты;
Коль важность каждой из секунд ты знаешь,
Как спринтер, совершающий забег,
Тогда всю Землю в дар ты получаешь,
И, что превыше, сын, ты — Человек!

***

Adrian Mitchell “To whom it may concern”

I was run over by the truth one day.
Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way
So stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
Heard the alarm clock screaming with pain,
Couldn’t find myself so I went back to sleep again
So fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
Every time I shut my eyes all I see is flames.
Made a marble phone book and I carved out all the names
So coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
I smell something burning, hope it’s just my brains.
They’re only dropping peppermints and daisy-chains
So stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
Where were you at the time of the crime?
Down by the Cenotaph drinking slime
So chain my tongue with whisky
Stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,
You take the human being and you twist it all about
So scrub my skin with women
Chain my tongue with whisky
Stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

Однажды правда с ног свалила меня,
И я хожу покалеченный с того дня
Так залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.
Я услышал будильник, он от боли визжал
Я себя не осмыслил и опять задремал
Так вставьте мне в уши жемчуг
Залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.
Глаза закрываю и вижу один огонь
Я сделал мраморный справочник всех имен
Так склейте мне веки медом
Засуньте мне в уши жемчуг
Залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.
Что-то дымится, надеюсь, мои мозги,
От них разлетаются цветочные лепестки
Так набейте мне ноздри луком
Склейте мне веки медом
Засуньте мне в уши жемчуг
Залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.
В момент преступления где вы были?
Возле Кенотафа* жижу месили?
Так скуйте мне челюсть виски
Набейте мне ноздри луком
Склейте мне веки медом
Вставьте мне в уши жемчуг
Залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.
К бомбардировщикам! Ни в чем себя не вините
Всё человеческое тщательно отожмите
И выскребите мне кожу женщиной
Скуйте мне челюсть виски
Набейте мне ноздри луком
Склейте мне веки медом
Вставьте мне в уши жемчуг
Залейте мне ноги гипсом
Наврите мне про Вьетнам.

***

Adrian Mitchell “The Castaways or Vote for the Caliban” 

A Pacific Ocean —
A blue demi-globe.
Islands like punctuation marks.
A cruising airliner;
Passengers unwrapping pats of butter.
A hurricane arises,
Tosses the plane into the sea.
Five of them, flung onto an island beach,
Survived.

Тихий Океан —
Голубая полусфера
Внизу, как знаки препинания, острова,
Гудит самолёт.
Пассажиры шелестят обёртками от масла.
Вдруг надвигается ураган,
Он швыряет самолёт в океан.
Пятеро пассажиров,
Выброшенные на песчанный берег,
Спасены.

***

Tom the reporter.
Susan the botanist.
Jim the high jump champion.
Bill the carpenter.
Mary the eccentric widow.

Репортер Том.
Ботаник Сьюзан.
Джим, чемпион по прыжкам в высоту.
Плотник Билл.
И эксентричная вдова Мэри.

Tom the reporter sniffed out a stream of drinkable water.
Susan the botanist identified the banana tree.
Jim the high-jump champion jumped up and down and gave them each a bunch.
Bill the carpenter knocked up a table for their banana supper.
Mary the eccentric widow buried the banana skins, but only after they had asked her twice.

Репортер Том сразу понял, где искать питьевую воду.
Ботаник Съюзан без труда узнала банановое дерево.
Чемпион по прыжкам, Джим, сорвал с верхушки гроздь бананов.
Плотник Билл смастерил стол для их бананового ужина.
Мэри, эксентричная вдова, закопала банановые шкурки, но только после того, как её попросили об этом дважды.

They all gathered sticks and lit a fire.
There was an incredible sunset.
Next morning they held a committee meeting.
Tom, Susan, Jim and Bill
Voted to make the best of things.
Mary, the eccentric widow, abstained.

Они все искали дрова, а потом развели огонь.
Закат был бесподобен.
На следующее утро они провели собрание.
Том, Съюзан, Джим и Билл
Проголосовали за то, как лучше все обустроить.
Мэри, эксентричная вдова, воздержалась.

Tom the reporter killed several dozen wild pigs.
Tanned their skins into parchment
And printed the Island News with the ink of squids.
Susan the botanist developed the new strains of banana
Which tasted of chocolate, beefsteak, peanut butter,
Chicken and boot polish.

Репортер Том убил несколько дюжин диких свиней,
Сделал из их шкур пергамент
И написал на нем чернилами осьминогов новости острова.
Ботаник Съюзан вывела новые сорта бананов,
Со вкусом шоколада, бифштексов, арахисового масла,
Курицы и крема для обуви.

Jim the high jump champion organized organized games
Which he always won easily.
Bill the carpenter constructed a wooden water wheel
And converted the water’s energy into electricity
Using iron ore from the hills, he constructed lamppost.
They all worried about Mary, the eccentric widow,
Her lack of confidence and her-
But there wasn’t time to coddle her.

Чемпион по прыжкам Джим организовал спортивные соревнования,
И впредь их с легкостью выигрывал.
Плотник Билл соорудил деревянное водное колесо
И начал превращать энергию воды в электричество
При помощи железной руды, так он соорудил уличный фонарь.
Все волновались за Мэри, эксентричную вдову,
За её неуверенность в себе —
Но в любом случае, не было времени с ней няньчиться.

The volcano erupted, but they dug a trench
And diverted the lava into the sea
Where it found a spectacular pier
They were attacked by the pirates but defeated them
With bamboo bazookas firing
Sea-urchins packed with home-made nitro-glycerin.

Случилось извержение вулкана, но они выкопали траншею,
Направили лаву в море,
Где она, застыв, стала прекрасной пристанью.
Их атаковали пираты, но они победили их
С базуками из бамбука,
Что стреляли морскими ежами на домашнем нитроглицерине.

They gave the cannibals a dose of their own medicine
And survived an earthquake thanks to their skill in jumping.
Tom had been a court reporter
So he became a magistrate and solved disputes
Susan the Botanist established
A University which also served as a museum.
Jim the high-jump champion
Was put in charge of law enforcement-
Jumped on them when they were bad.
Bill the carpenter built himself a church,
Preached there every Sunday.

Они угостили канибалов своим новым лекарством,
Пережили землетрясение благодаря умению прыгать.
Том раньше делал репортажи из зала суда,
Поэтому он стал судьей и разрешал все споры.
Ботаник Съюзан основала университет,
Который также служим музеем.
Чемпион по прыжкам в высоту возглавил
Правоохранительные органы —
С наскока пресекал всякое непослушание.
Плотник Билл построил себе церковь,
Читал там проповеди по воскресениям.

But Mary the eccentric widow…
Each evening she wandered down the island’s main street,
Past the Stock Exchange, the Houses of Parliament,
The prison and the arsenal.
Past the Prospero Souvenir Shop,
Past the Robert Louis Stevenson Movie Studios, past the Daniel Defoe Motel
She nervously wandered and sat on the end of the pier of lava,
Breathing heavily,
As if at a loss,
As if at a lover,
She opened her eyes wide
To the usual incredible sunset.

Только вот Мэри, эксентричная вдова…
Каждый вечер она бродила по центральным улицам острова,
Мимо обмена валют, мимо Дома Парламента,
Мимо тюрьмы, мимо оружейного склада,
Мимо Студии Кинофильмов Роберта Льюиса Стивенсона, мимо мотеля Даниэля Дэфо.
Она нервно блуждала и потом садилась на краю пристани из лавы.
Тяжело дыша,
Как будто в растерянности,
Будто глядя на возлюбленного,
Широко раскрытыми глазами
Она созерцала обычный бесподобный закат.

***

Rudyard Kipling "A Pict Song"

Rome never looks where she treads.
Always her heavy hooves fall
On our stomachs, our hearts or our heads;
And Rome never heeds when we bawl.
Her sentries pass on--that is all,
And we gather behind them in hordes,
And plot to reconquer the Wall,
With only our tongues for our swords.
We are the Little Folk--we!
Too little to love or to hate.
Leave us alone and you'll see
How we can drag down the State!
We are the worm in the wood!
We are the rot at the root!
We are the taint in the blood!
We are the thorn in the foot!
Mistletoe killing an oak--
Rats gnawing cables in two--
Moths making holes in a cloak--
How they must love what they do!
Yes--and we Little Folk too,
We are busy as they--
Working our works out of view--
Watch, and you'll see it some day!
No indeed! We are not strong,
But we know Peoples that are.
Yes, and we'll guide them along
To smash and destroy you in War!
We shall be slaves just the same?
Yes, we have always been slaves,
But you--you will die of the shame,
And then we shall dance on your graves!

***

Песнь пиктов

Рим не хочет взглянуть,
Роняя тяжесть копыт
На голову нам и на грудь,-
Наш крик для него молчит.
Часовые идут - раз, два, -
А мы из-за медных плечей
Жужжим, как отбить нам Вал
С языками против мечей.
Мы очень малы, видит бог,
Малы для добра и зла,
Но дайте нам только срок -
Мы сточим державу дотла.
Мы - червь, что гложет ваш ствол,
Мы - гниль, что корни гноит,
Мы - шип, что в стопу вошел,
Мы - яд, что в крови горит.
Душит омела дуб,
Моль дырявит тряпье,
Трет путы крысиный зуб -
Каждому дело свое.
Мы мелкая тварь берлог,
Нам тоже работать не лень -
Что точится под шумок,
То вскроется в должный день.
Мы слабы, но будет знак
Всем ордам за вашей Стеной -
Мы их соберем в кулак,
Чтоб рухнуть на вас войной.
Неволя нас не смутит,
Нам век вековать в рабах,
Но когда вас задушит стыд,
Мы спляшем на ваших гробах,
Мы очень малы, видит бог,
Малы для добра и зла,
Но дайте нам только срок -
Мы сточим державу дотла.
Мы - червь, что гложет ваш ствол,
Мы - гниль, что корень гноит,
Мы - шип, что в стопу вошел,
Мы - яд, что в крови горит!

***

Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or natures changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest,
Nor shall death brag thou wandrest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Сонет 18. Шекспир

Сравню ли с летним днем твои черты?
Но ты милей, умеренней и краше.
Ломает буря майские цветы,
И так недолговечно лето наше!
То нам слепит глаза небесный глаз,
То светлый лик скрывает непогода.
Ласкает, нежит и терзает нас
Своей случайной прихотью природа.
А у тебя не убывает день,
Не увядает солнечное лето.
И смертная тебя не скроет тень —
Ты будешь вечно жить в строках поэта.
Среди живых ты будешь до тех пор,
Доколе дышит грудь и видит взор.

«The famous of London»

«Famous singers of England and Russia»

Chicago

Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have
seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the
farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is
true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces
of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton
hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer
at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say
to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing
so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job,
here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little
soft cities;
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a
savage pitted against the wilderness,
Bareheaded,
Shoveling,
Wrecking,
Planning,
Building, breaking, rebuilding.
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white
teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man
laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never
lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and
under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth,
half-naked, sweating, proud be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker,
Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler
to the Nation.

Limited

I am riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains
of the nation.
Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air go
fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people.
(All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men and
women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall pass to
ashes.)
I ask a man in the smoker where he is going and he answers:
“Omaha.”

Prayers of Steel

Lay me on an anvil, О God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
Lay me on an anvil, О God.

Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike
Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together
Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders
Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue
nights into white stars.

Grass

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work-
I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.

Threes

I was a boy when I heaid three red words
a thousand Frenchmen died in the streets
for: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity-I asked
why men die Jor woкds.

I was older; men with mustaches, sideburns
lilacs, told me the high golden words are:
Mother, Home and Heaven-other older men with
face decorations said: God, Duty, Immortality
-they sang these threes slow from deep lungs.

Years ticked off their say-so on the great clocks
of doom and damnation, soup and nuts: meteors flashed
their say-so: and out of great Russia came three
dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die
for: Bread, Peace, Land.

And I met a marine of the U.S.A., a leatherneck with
a girl on his knee for a memory in ports circling the
earth and he said: tell me how to say three things
and I always get by-gimme a plate of ham and eggs-
how much?-and-do you love me, kid?

Jazz Fantasia

Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes, sob on the long
cool winding saxophones. Go to it, О jazzmen.

Sling your knuckles on the bottoms of the happy tin pans, let
your trombones ooze, and go husha-husha-hush with
the slippery sand-paper.

Moan like an autumn wind high in the lonesome tree-tops,
moan soft like you wanted somebody terrible, cry like
a racing car, slipping away from a motor-cycle cop,
bang-bang! you jazzmen, bang altogether drums, traps,
banjoes, horns, tin cans-make two people fight on
the top of a stairway and scratch each other's eyes
in a clinch tumbling down the stairs.
Can the rough stuff... now a Mississippi steamboat pushes
up the night river with a hoo-hoo-hoo-oo... and the green
lanterns calling to the high soft stars... a red moon
rides on the humps of the low river hills... go to it,
О jazzmen.

Anecdote of Hemlock for Two Athenians

The grizzled Athenian ordered to hemlock,
Ordered to a drink and lights out,
Had a friend he never refused anything.

“Let me drink too,” the friend said.
And the grizzled Athenian answered,
“I never yet refused you anything.”

“I am short of hemlock enough for two,”
The head executioner interjected,
“There must be more silver for more hemlock.”

“Somebody pay this man for the drinks of death,”
The grizzled Athenian told his friends,
Who fished out the ready cash wanted.

“Since one cannot die on free cost at Athens,
Give this man his money,” were the words
Of the man named Phocion, the grizzled Athenian.

Yes, there are men who know how to die in a grand way.
There are men who make their finish worth mentioning.