воскресенье, 29 декабря 2013 г.

2014


Поздравляю Вас с наступающим Новым годом и Рождеством!


Дворцовая площадь, 20.12.13 17:30


Посмотрите традиционный фейерверк в Лондоне. Полное впечатление, к сожалению, вы получить не сможете - ведь на тех, кто наблюдал это прекрасное представление на берегах Темзы, сыпался снег с ароматом персика и банановое конфетти!


четверг, 26 декабря 2013 г.

Well done,Anna


Поздравляем Анну Бубнову ! 

Аня показала замечательный результат - она призер Всероссийской олимпиады школьников по английскому языку 2013-2014 годов.










среда, 25 декабря 2013 г.

The Queen's Christmas Broadcast

A short history of  Christmas Broadcasts

The first Christmas Broadcast was delivered by George V ( the Queen's grandfather) in 1932 and since then has evolved into an important part of the Christmas Day celebrations for many in Britain and around the world.

The Queen broadcast her first Christmas message in 1952. She spoke of carrying on the tradition passed on to her by the late King. The first televised message was broadcast live in 1957. The advent of television during The Queen's reign has given an added dimension to her Broadcasts. It has allowed viewers to see The Queen in her own residences, decorated for Christmas like many homes across the world.

Each Broadcast carefully reflects current issues and concerns, and shares The Queen's reflections on what Christmas means to her and to many of her listeners. Over the years, the Christmas Broadcast has acted as a chronicle of global, national and personal events which have affected The Queen and her audience.


The Queen's Christmas Broadcast, 25 December 2013

Her Majesty speaks of striking a balance between action and reflection, and looks back at the birth and Christening of Prince George and the 60th anniversary of her Coronation in 2013.



"I once knew someone who spent a year in a plaster cast recovering from an operation on his back. He read a lot, and thought a lot, and felt miserable.

Later, he realised this time of forced retreat from the world had helped him to understand the world more clearly.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock. Be it through contemplation, prayer, or even keeping a diary, many have found the practice of quiet personal reflection surprisingly rewarding, even discovering greater spiritual depth to their lives.



вторник, 17 декабря 2013 г.

Christmas's coming!



Британский Совет в преддверии католического Рождества объявил о старте рождественского конкурса “Christmas crossword”.

Условия просты: скачайте кроссворд, найдите все ответы на сайте http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
(cсылки зашиты в вопросы) и присылайте ответы  на адрес english@britishcouncil.ru с пометкой “Crossword” до 25 декабря.

Среди правильно ответивших  разыграют 4 рюкзачка LearnEnglish, а одному счастливцу достанется планшет 

ASUS Nexus 7 32Gb.

Подробности здесь: http://www.britishcouncil.ru/learn-english/our-events..
Good luck, everybody!

воскресенье, 15 декабря 2013 г.

Повторяем Passive Voice




Вспоминаем Passive voice на страницах блога.

На странице Videos  посмотрите видео-уроки по теме Passive Voice и Passive Voice, Exercises.






Теорию, таблицы и множество online тестов можно найти здесь:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive - большой выбор тестов разного уровня сложности;

http://www.study.ru/test/testlist.php?id=145 - тест Active vs Passive может оказаться сложным, но не поленитесь- выполните и посмотрите ответы;

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/passive1/index.php - обратите внимание на ссылки Explanations и Exercises-много полезного


Удачи! Жду отличных результатов.

понедельник, 9 декабря 2013 г.

День героев Отечества


День Героев Отечества празднуется в России с 2007 года.
Дата выбрана неслучайно - 9 декабря (день Георгия Победоносца) 1769 года указом императрицы Екатерины II был учрежден военный орден Святого великомученика и Победоносца Георгия и знаки отличия - так называемый «Солдатский Георгий», в дальнейшем Георгиевский крест. 


Орден Святого Георгия был восстановлен в Российской Федерации в 1992 году,а первые награждения произошли лишь в 2008.

День Святого Георгия Победоносца отмечается в Эрмитаже уже 15 лет. В этом году 9 декабря в Георгиевском ( Большом тронном зале) открылась временная выставка геральдических знаков и ведомственных наград. 


На выставке представлено около сотни высших наград и знаков отличия, которые вручают в современной России. Все они были переданы музею на постоянное хранение силовыми ведомствами страны, но в Георгиевском зале экспозиция будет временной.

воскресенье, 1 декабря 2013 г.

Презентация- Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров

Презентация выполнена Павлом Виноградовым, 8б класс.

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov- by Vinogradov Pavel

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Презентация- Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев


Презентация выполнена Степаном Шаровым, 8в класс.

Презентация- Владимир Ильич Ульянов(Ленин)


Презентация, описывающая ранние годы жизни, начало революционной деятельности и становление Ленина как политика, выполнена Вадимом Трегубенко, 8в класс.

четверг, 28 ноября 2013 г.

Thanksgiving Day



Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.

As a federal and public holiday, Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year in the U.S. . 



What do people do?
Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.
Thanksgiving Day parades are held in some cities and towns on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season. Some people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips and to visit family and friends.
Public life
Most government offices, businesses, schools and other organizations are closed on Thanksgiving Day. Many offices and businesses allow staff to have a four-day weekend so these offices and businesses are also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day.. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables.
Thanksgiving Day it is one of the busiest periods for travel in the USA. This can cause congestion and overcrowding. Seasonal parades and busy football games can cause disruption to local traffic.
Background
Thanksgiving Day has been an annual holiday in the United States since 1863. Not everyone sees Thanksgiving Day as a cause for celebration. Each year since 1970, a group of Native Americans and their supporters have staged a protest for a National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day.  American Indian Heritage Day  is also observed at this time of the year.

Presidential Proclamation -- Thanksgiving Day, 2013 by    Barack Obama


For more information use the links:

http://engblog.ru/thanksgiving-day
http://usapublicholidays.com/thanksgiving-day/



среда, 27 ноября 2013 г.

Alfred Nobel




On November 27, 1895 Alfred Nobel signed his will which stated that 94% of his total assets should be used to establish the Nobel  Prizes.

Alfred Nobel was  born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden.He was the fourth of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel’s eight children.  When Alfred was four, his father moved St. Petersburg, Russia, to take a job manufacturing explosives. The family followed him in 1842. Alfred's parents sent him to private tutors in Russia, and he quickly mastered chemistry and became fluent in English, French, German and Russian as well as his native language, Swedish.

At the age of 18 Alfred left for Paris to study chemistry, after spending a year in Paris he moved to the United States. Five years later, he returned to Russia and began working in his father's factory making military equipment. Intellectually curious, he went on to experiment with chemistry and explosives. In 1864, a deadly explosion killed his younger brother. Deeply affected, Nobel developed a safer explosive: dynamite. 

In 1888, Nobel was astonished to read his own obituary, titled The merchant of death is dead, in a French newspaper. But it was Alfred's brother Ludvig who had died. The article made Nobel apprehensive about how he would be remembered. This inspired him to change his will. Nobel established the Nobel Prizes to honor men and women for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature, and for working toward peace.
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist, inventor,author and pacifist.  He was a great genius who made 355 inventions, of which dynamite is the most famous. He also constructed companies and laboratories in more than 20 countries all over the world. He died on December 10, 1896, in San Remo, Italy. After taxes Nobel left 31,225,000 Swedish kronor (equivalent to 250 million U.S. dollars in 2008) to fund the Nobel Prizes.  

среда, 20 ноября 2013 г.

Всемирный день ребенка


Всемирный день ребенка 

(Universal Children's Day)

ежегодно отмечается 
20 ноября

Этот праздник был учрежден Генеральной Ассамблеей ООН еще в 1954 году, как день мирового  братства и взаимопонимания детей и посвящен деятельности, направленной на обеспечения благополучия детей во всем мире.



Именно 20 ноября в 1959 году была принята Декларация о правах ребенка, а в 1989 г. - Конвенция о правах ребенка.
В настоящее время этот день отмечается в 145 государствах всего земного шара. 
Сайт уполномоченного по правам ребенка в Санкт-Петербурге:      http://www.spbdeti.org/

вторник, 12 ноября 2013 г.

Внимание:конкурс



Внимание: конкурс!




Британский Совет и компания ABBYY приглашают всех желающих принять участие в серии ноябрьских конкурсов, которые пройдут в сообществах British Council и LearnEnglish ВКонтакте и Facebook:
Каждый четверг, начиная с 14 ноября, во всех группах будет дана информация по каждому конкурсу, в каждом из которых будут разыгрываться словари ABBYY Lingvo.
Кроме того, по итогам всех конкурсов самый активный участник получит электронную книгу Pocket Book Touch.

вторник, 5 ноября 2013 г.

Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. 


Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

Watch the video and find out all about celebrating Bonfire Night in modern Britain:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/bonfire-night


Source: British Council


вторник, 29 октября 2013 г.

Creat your own Jack O'Lantern

You can creat your own Jack O'Lantern and then send it as e-card.
I think mine is rather shy. You may make it spooky or calm, ugly or funny. 
Are you interested?
Jack O'Lantern



Do you want to know how to decorate your house & dress up for Halloween party?

среда, 23 октября 2013 г.

Prince George christened in private ceremony

23 October 2013 Last updated at 18:08 BST




Prince George has been christened in a private ceremony in St James's Palace in London.
The three-month-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who's third in line to the throne , was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
The service included readings from his uncle and aunt, Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton.
Nicholas Witchell reports.

вторник, 22 октября 2013 г.

Waiting for Halloween


Do you want to know more about Halloween?
Read the text and do the tasks.

In October  many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out.
Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started.
  • Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain.
  • Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November).
  • Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en.
  • Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death.
In the UK Halloween traditions are very much alive and popular, especially amongst kids and teenagers. We looked at some of the most common.

Pumpkin lanterns

These are pumpkins (an orange, football-sized vegetable) with the inside removed and a nose, eyes and mouth cut into one side. A candle is placed inside the empty pumpkin and the light creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes or turnips to make lanterns but nowadays pumpkins are more popular. They are easier to cut and you can buy them in supermarkets. People use pumpkin lanterns to decorate their homes at Halloween. Do people actually eat their pumpkins? Yes, they do! Pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry are very popular meals at this time of year.

суббота, 19 октября 2013 г.

Saint Petersburg, the best

Полюбуйтесь нашим городом!



Петербург со скоростью 240 кадров в секунду.Автор ролика: Андрей Ефимов
http://timelab.pro/

Внимание! Бесплатный online курс!



Learn English с Британским Советом


Друзья, если вы чувствуете в себе задатки писателя или хотите просто научиться свободно писать художественные тексты (а не только быть копирайтером), есть отличная возможность присоединиться к бесплатному (!) онлайн курсу The Future of Storytelling! https://iversity.org/courses/the-future-of-storytelli.. 

Курс, который продлится с 25 октября по 20 декабря, позволит вам научиться анализировать, понимать, структурировать и самим создавать тексты! Вас ждут интересные задания, основанные на анализе существующих ТВ сериалов, видеоигр, сообщений в СМИ. 
http://youtu.be/yAQmzMwhhzY


четверг, 17 октября 2013 г.

Ways of cooking




To bake To cook in an oven without any extra fat.
 To roast
 To cook, especially meat, in an oven or over a fire.
 To boil To cook food in boiling water that is 100° C
 To fry To cook food in hot oil, or fat
 To steam To cook food by heating it in the steam made from boiling water
 To simmer To cook something slowly in hot liquid kept at or just below the boiling point. (85° C / 95° C) 
 To poach To cook an item by submerging it in a liquid that is just barely simmering. (75° C / 85° C)
 To Flambé To cook with alcohol which is added to a hot pan to create flames for a short time.
 To toast To cook or brown food, like. bread or cheese by exposing it to a grill or fire
 To stir fry To fry very quickly over high heat; "stir-fry the vegetables in a wok".
 To BBQ  To cook food over charcoals on a grill
 To stew To cook meat and vegetables slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan 


Traditional English breakfast

Food eaten at breakfast
Below  is a picture showing some typical food eaten for breakfast.

English breakfast are famous all over the world. The picture below shows a typical English breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it gives you energy for the rest of the day.

What do people drink with their breakfast meal?

At breakfast time some people like drinking coffee, tea, milk or orange.

среда, 16 октября 2013 г.

Food in modern Britain




What do you think of as typical British food? Roast beef? Fish and chips? Tea and cakes? Or maybe there's more to British food than that? Check out the video Food in Britain to find out about what people in the UK are eating these days.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk


Внимание! Конкурс!


Learn English с Британским Советом


Друзья, для всех, кто любит литературу и английский язык, у нас в разгаре конкурс "Путешествие в мир британской литературы", приз в котором - обучение в Лондоне на курсах английского языка+ оплаченные перелет, трансфер, виза, страховка, проживание!

Как выиграть приз? Заполнить анкету + сделать оригинальную фотографию, иллюстрирующую ваше любимое произведение британской литературы, и разместить ее в альбоме конкурса. Работы принимаются до 1 ноября! Все подробности по ссылке: http://www.britishcouncil.ru/study-uk/education-uk-fa..

http://vk.com/educationukfair?z=album-9581149_178940796