8th grade. Unit 5. Lesson 6. "Curiouser and curiouser!"
👉Communicative area: speaking about unusual British customs
👉Active vocabulary: a participant, to establish, adjectives / adverbs with negative prefixes
Look at the pictures. Read the information below.
What do
these stamps show?
What do they all have in common?
Britain has lots of annual festivals, celebrations, and
customs. Many of them involve singing, dancing, dressing
up, or unusual competitions but above all they involve fun.
In 2019 Royal Mail produced a stamp series to celebrate curious
UK customs. The set of eight stamps draws attention to amazing
community events across the UK. Some of them date back to
the 13th century, others are a more recent addition to the
country’s traditions. What unites them, in the British poet Matt
Harvey’s opinion, is “that at the heart of all these customs is us.”
Read the information about your community
event. Get ready to tell
your classmates about the event.
Text A.The World Gurning Championships are held during the
Egremont [egrǝmǝnt] Crab Fair (ярмарки) in the Lake
District. The fair was established (started) in 1267, which makes it
one of the oldest fairs in the world. It is held on the third Saturday in
September every year. The origins of the gurning competition itself
are unclear, and it may not be so old, although it was described
as an ancient tradition by the local newspaper in 1852. There is a
men’s and a women’s event, as well as a juniors’ event, and the top
3 “gurners” receive a prize. Participants put their heads through a
horse collar and make faces. The uglier, the better.
Text B. Created in 1994 by a community arts charity, Burning the
Clocks is a relatively new custom. It is held in Brighton [braɪtn]
on 21 December and brings the whole city together to mark the
shortest day of the year. It is based on a parade and is open to all.
Participants carry their handmade paper lanterns that are often
decorated with clocks. The parade marches through the city centre
to the beach where the main part of the event takes place. The
highlight of the festival is burning the lanterns and clocks on the
bonfire which is followed by a spectacular fireworks display. The
crowds cheer and celebrate the last day of long winter nights.
Text C. Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Race takes place in a village
near Gloucester [glɒstǝ] every Spring Bank Holiday. The rules are
simple: a 9-pound cheese is rolled down the hill and a second later
the players start chasing it. It’s practically impossible to catch it so
the first one to get to the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. And if
you come second or third, you’ll receive £10. Unfortunately, it is by
no means a safe competition: both participants and spectators are
injured every year. It’s unknown how it started, but the race has
been on the British calendar for at least two hundred years and is
becoming ever more popular.
Text D. Bog snorkelling looks like swimming in extremely dirty
water. Participants have to cover 110 m keeping their face in the
water all the time. They are also encouraged to wear fancy dress.
It is an example of a modern custom based on a unique sporting
event that is not taken too seriously. It started at Llanwrtyd
Wells [hlænɜ:rtɪd wels], a small town in Wales, in 1976. The
small town sport has now grown into a yearly championship that
takes place every August Bank Holiday. People fly in from as far
away as Australia to join the fun. “Lonely Planet”, a famous travel
guide-book, described it as one of the world’s top 50 “must-do”
experiences.
Text E.On the last Tuesday of January Shetland people celebrate
their Viking heritage with the Up Helly Aa [ʌphɛlɪ a:] festival.
Come rain or shine, the islanders dress up as Vikings and parade
through the streets of Lerwick [lɜ:wɪk] (the main town and port of
the Shetland Islands, Scotland). The highlight of the celebration is
the burning of a specially-built Viking longship. After nightfall, the
participants with torches carry it to its final resting place. There they
form a circle around the longship and sing traditional songs. After
that a night of partying begins. Hundreds of visitors from around
the world arrive on the islands for the event that has been held
since 1880s.
What do the underlined words in texts have in common?
In what way is the highlighted word different? What other negative
prefixes do you know? Which negative prefix un- or in- should be
added to the words in the box?
correct, significant, attractive, definite
Un- Отрицательная приставка. С ее помощью образуется основная масса отрицательных прилагательных.
In- Приставка с отрицательным значением, которая в основном употребляется перед ac / c
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