Уо «Мозырский государственный педагогический университет

имени И.П. Шамякина»

VALUES AND ASSUMPTIONS

4^th year

Мозырь 2012

Составители:

1. И.В. Русецкая, преподаватель кафедры английского языка и МПИЯ

2. Е.В. Архипова, старший преподаватель кафедры английского языка и МПИЯ

3. И.Н. Гуцко, старший преподаватель кафедры английского языка и МПИЯ

Contents

TASKS FOR THE VIDEO 4

Basic American Values and Beliefs 9

The Protestant Heritage 30

American Values at the Crossroads 37

USA AND UK IN COMPARISON 45

THE ISLAND PEOPLE 49

THE UNITED KINGDOM 55

INTRODUCTION 55

ATTITUDES 67

WHAT IS ENGLAND? 79

NO LONGER AN ISLAND 84

MONARCHY 86

The Sovereign 89

The Monarchy 91

ADAPT or DIE? 96

THE MONARCHY 99

Test 99

A MAN OF THE PEOPLE 103

RUSSIAN MENTALITY 104

PEOPLE OF BELORUSSIA 109

TASKS FOR THE VIDEO

Task 1. BEFORE WATCHING. Put the following letters in the right order to make the topic of the lesson. NB: this topic consists of 2 words.

W

D

X

W

P

A

E

N

A

S

S

N

O

T

I

R

E

Task 2. WHILE WATCHING (1). Watch the video sequence and fill in the dates of the following events.

When?	What happened?
By (1)	From a handful the colonists penetrated to the foothills of the Appalachians.
(2)	The Northwest Ordinance prohibits slavery north of the Ohio River.
(3)	"Transylvania" is accepted into the Union as a new State of Kentucky.
(4)	Tennessee becomes a state.
(5)	Ohio becomes a state.
(6)	Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase and doubles the nation's size.
(7)	The National Road begins.
(8)	The Great Eire Cana! is finally completed.
By (9)	1/3 of American people live west of the Appalachians.
(10)	The Government begins to move all the tribes east of the Mississippi west into tribal lands of Oklahoma.
(11)	A New York journalist coins the phrase "Manifest Destiny".
(12)	Texas enters the Union.
(13)	_Oregon Country enters the Union.
(14)	As a result of war with Mexico vast areas in South West are joined.
(15)	The cry of gold is heard in California.
(16)	The Missouri Compromise (everything north of 36"30' is closed to slavery)
(17)	Under the compromise California comes in as a free state.
(18)	The Kansas-Nebraska Act (the region west of Iowa and Missouri is to be divided into 2 new territories: Kansas and Nebraska).
(19)	Abraham Lincoln signs 2 bills which are to have immense importance for the future of the West.
(20)	Central Pacific and Union Pacific (lines) meet [to complete Transcontinental railroad].
By (21)	Indians in the West have been placed on reservations.
(22)	The Director of the census says: "... There can hardly be said to be a frontier left".

Task 3. WHILE WATCHING (2). Watch the videosequence again and fill in. the missing information in the following sentences.

a. The first colonists learned to adapt to ____ ____ ____ ____.

b. The King warns he can't give ____ ____ ____ _____.

с Daniel Boone places ____ _____ _____ and the returns to lead others into a ______.

d. After the Peace Treaty with Britain the border of new territories reaches all the way to _____ ____ _______.

e. The Continental Congress guarantees:,___ ______of the West, full _______as American citizens, gives opportunity to ______ ________ at the _____________.

f. In 1803 the western boundary of the United States stretches all the way to ______.

g. Lewis and Clark's assignment was: to go _______________ ______ had gone before, to fill in _________ ________ _______ on the map.

h. 28 months later Lewis and Clark reported to Thomas Jefferson: "... in obedience to Your _______ we have penetrated the continent of North America to ___________”.

i. Western farmers who supported Andrew Jackson wanted 2 things:

1) _ (easy credits so they could buy more ________);

2) Indians ____________.

j. "Manifest Destiny" says: " as a people. we have, a special destiny and nothing can stop ______ ______ _______ until the nation reaches _____ _______ __________ ".

k. The fighting in Kansas and Nebraska is a ______ for the ____________ _______.

l. In the midst of war Abraham Lincoln signs 2 bills: __________; ________ ______.

m. People flock to the ___ from all over the __________.

n. The Transcontinental railroad bring he first waves of ___________ _________. To the Indians the railroad brings _________________.

o. The surrender of the Sioux is the _________ of the _________ of armed Indian_______.

p. Conquering the wilderness the people developed: ________, _____ .

q. It is the __________, _____________, boundless ____________, ability to ________ oneself ____from _________ and try __________ that are the characteristics which Americans carry forward into the new frontiers wherever they might be.

Task 3. While watching (2).

Watch the documentary again and fill in the missing information in the following sentences.

1. And the war came fought between people who spoke the same _____, shared a _____ history. A strange _____ war, taking more American _____ than any war before or since, leaving behind a great unanswered _____: could it have been _____?

2. Already Lincoln’s _____ brought a _____ reaction.

3. In his inaugural address Lincoln … says “In your hands… and not in mine is the momentous _____ of the Civil War. We are not _____ but _____...”

4. Neither side wants ____ and wait hoping never to _____ the sound of a _____ drum.

5. The _____ between the two regions are enormous:

   North	South
   ______ states	_____ states
   _____ million people	_____ million people (_____ million slaves)
   strong industry	largely _____

6. To exist the South must sell its _____ to _____ and Europe. The North controls _____.

7. As a President, Lincoln feels he has a duty to appall the _____.

8. As the South continues to win victory after victory under General _____, Lincoln is forced to face one _____ fact: … each _____ growing crops in the field _____ the Confederate _____ to fight.

9. September 22, 1862. Lincoln announces that if the _____ states have not _____ by January 1, 1863 he will proclaim general _____ of all slaves in _____ territories.

10. Abraham Lincoln: “I never in my life felt so _____ that I was doing the right _____”.

11. As the war _____ into the third weary year, it begins to change the entire _____ of American life.

12. Fighting under the principles of a _____ government, Lincoln and the North are able to _____ strong new _____ needed to fight the war.

13. Lincoln (about General Grant): “I _____ this man. He _____”.

14. Lee makes his decision: “There is _____ left for me to do but to _____ and _____ General Grant. And I would rather _____ a thousand _____...”

15. April 14, 1865. The President is _____. The war has come full _____.

Task 4. AFTER WATCHING.

Are the following facts about the Civil War true or false?

Facts		True (V)	False (X)
1.	Robert Lee became a legend in the Confederate Army after turning down an offer to command the entire Union force.
2.	One white man died for every ten slaves to become free.
3.	4 Lincoln’s brothers-in-law fought on the Confederate side (1 was killed).
4.	A little town of Winchester, Virginia changed hands 72 times during the war.
5.	The state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege of Vicksburg: 17 to the Confederacy and 22 to the Union.