- •Britis values and assumptions. Monarchy
- •Tasks for the video lesson 1. The island people (I)
- •Lesson 2. The island people (II)
- •Task 3. After watching. Sailing to britain...
- •As others see us
- •0 Wad1 come Pow'r the giftie2 gie3 us
- •It wad frae5 mony6 a blander free us
- •Views of britain. The official view
- •Тhe people's view
- •British society a changing world
- •Attitudes
- •Stereotypes and change
- •English versus british
- •Multiculturalism
- •Conservatism
- •Being different
- •The love of nature
- •The national trust
- •The love of animals
- •Formality and informality
- •The scruffy british
- •Public spiritedness and amateurism
- •I. Mark the following areas of activity as 'professional' or 'amateur / voluntary':
- •II. Sort out the following as positively or negatively viewed by the British:
- •Privacy and sex
- •Lovely weather we're having
- •I. Turn the following noun phrases into the corresponding verbal ones. Make the necessary changes.
- •II. Match the nouns with the adjectives they collocate with:
- •What is england?
- •I. Which of the following proverbs best reflect, to your thinking, the peculiarities of the English national character?
- •II. Explain the meaning of the following:
- •III. Match the adjectives with the nouns they collocate with:
- •IV. Explain the use of articles with the word England:
- •I. Fill in the grid:
- •II. Sort out the details for each "stereotype" of the English person
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Do you agree that
- •No longer an island
- •Have the english finally left their
- •Island mentality behind?
- •Cast in the same mould
- •Change of direction
- •I. Match the following proper names with relevant characteristics:
- •I. In groups and pairs discuss:
- •Vigdis Vad Milsen: a foreigner's point of view
- •Interview people who had contacts with the British or Americans. Ask about their impressions and discuss the results of your research in class. О национальном характере англичан.
- •Monarchy
- •Vocabulary
- •The royal family
- •The Sovereign
- •The Royal Family
- •The monarchy
- •I. Great Britain is a monarchy. Find out from your partner: what is the role of the monarch in a highly developed modern country?
- •II. Choose the correct equivalent for the word:
- •V. Say if you agree or .Disagree with the following and explain why:
- •VII. Express your opinion on the following:
- •Adapt or die?
- •I. Find out the following.
- •II. Make sure you understand the following words and expressions:
- •III. Match the words on the left with their definitions in the right-hand column:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions:
- •In groups and pairs discuss:
- •Republicans owe Sophie a debt of thanks
- •Banish minor royals from public life, say No 10 aides
- •The speaker we need
- •An open letter to her majesty queen elizabeth II
- •I remain,
- •III. Choose the right preposition:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps where necessary with suitable notional or functional words, using your active vocabulary:
- •V. Translate from Russian into English, using your active vocabulary:
I remain,
Your wayward subject,
W.W.HAMILTON
THE MONARCHY
Test
Information check
I. Give definitions for the following:
a) consort
regent
peer
Governor General
figurehead
b) the Privy Council
the Civil List
the "Way Ahead" committee
the Privy Purse
the Commonwealth
II. Enumerate the Royal Regalia.
III. Give a short account of the three roles of the monarch in Britain today.
Vocabulary Check
I. a) Give antonyms to the following:
to dissolve (Parliament)
royalist
to give the power to
to introduce (monarchy)
to give (assent)
b) Give synonyms to the following:
to be released from (taxation)
to turn down (the request)
to collect money
calmness
pomp
П. Correct the mistakes:
1. the heiress to the thron
2. to refuse the roal asent
3. to stripe the monachy of all powers
4. to fase danger with equanimity
5. to bring toward a bille
6. to asume the hermine
7. to come under scrutiny
III. Choose the right preposition:
1. to go awake/ahead/awhile with policies
2. to dig for/about/against victory
3. to act under/through/on sb's advice
4. to reign in/on/with the consent of ...
5. to be to/for/on one's enrichment
6. to take up/over/on the throne
7. to be defeated on/in/at a general election
IV. Fill in the gaps where necessary with suitable notional or functional words, using your active vocabulary:
1. The government passes a bill......Parliament. However ... Queen can refuse the royal ... to the bill and it will not become
2. The Windsors have survived ... and ... in their popularity.
3. It's a ... that the ... law is obsolete in ... modern society, as men and women have equal rights.
4. During World Wai 2 the British ... quiet heroism and made ... in the common good.
5. To remain in ... with the modern world ... Monarchy is to reform itself.
6. The Monarchy's.......is damaged by aperies of recent ... in the press.
7. Very few ... of Her ... the Queen would like to abolish the ... of monarchy.
V. Translate from Russian into English, using your active vocabulary:
1. Хотя по существующему законодательству королева освобождена от уплаты налогов, Елизавета II приняла решение платить налоги со своих яичных доходов.
2. Настоящий Англичанин всегда проявляет спокойствие и решительность даже в самых сложных ситуациях, во времена политической и социальной нестабильности.
3. Американцы придают большое значение индивидуальным различиям.
4. Кроме исполнения церемониальных обязанностей, одной из функций королевы является посещение иностранных государств с Официальными визитами.
5. Сегодня, когда ничто не угрожает стабильности страны, монархия все чаще становится предметом жарких споров, но несмотря на это, большинство британцев все же почтительно относятся к королевской семье.
6. Теоретически правящая королева обладает абсолютной властью и не может поступить незаконно, ее действия - выше закона.
7. Порядок престолонаследия регулируется законом о первенстве старшего сына на наследование.