William the Conqueror Tower of London The Round Tower
Task XIV.
· Watch the movie “Brave Heart” (the USA, 1995);
· Watch the movie “The First Knight” (the USA, 1995);
· Watch the movie “The Vikings” (the USA, 1958);
· Watch the movie “Rome” (the USA, 1962).
Task XV. You are to manage a Round Table Talk on watching one of the films mentioned above. Down page you will see the list of cards for discussion according to “Brave Heart” film. The rest may be organized in the same way.
Card 1.
Your task: The advantages and disadvantages of the script (is it true to real facts, whether there are too many battle scenes, too much blood or v.v. too much love etc.)
Card 2.
Your task: The cast (if you were a director, whom would you invite?)
Card 3.
Your task: Sophie Marceau (was she worth inviting)
Card 4.
Your task: Mel Gibson as an actor. Is he OK in directing?)
Card 5.
Your task: The triangle of Long Shanks – the king of England, his son and the princess (who was the winner at last, who fell, who was cheated?)
Card 6.
Your task: The Scotch. Their appearance, behavior, life conditions, customs etc. Are they coincide you imagine them to be?
Card 7.
Your task: The Camera Work. Was it worth Oscar?
Card 8.
Your task: The first and the second love of William Wallase
Card 9.
Your task: If the movie ended happily, your attitude would change?
Card 10.
Your task: The final episode. The injustice or reality? Describe your feelings.
Card 11.
Your task: Personal sacrifice in the name of love or in the name of country.
Card 12.
Your task: The “first night” restrictions. The scene of Wallace′ s friend wedding. Describe the faces.
Card 13.
Your task: The “first battle” episode. Did it come up to your expectations?
Card 14.
Your task: The “Killing the murder of Wallace′ s first wife” episode. What was the purpose: the revenge or war beginning?
Card 15.
Your task: You are the Round Table Speaker. Think of no less than 20 notions to the audience. Be ready to lead the table. Be ready to fulfill the pauses. Be ready to prepare the introductory and final short speeches. Your work would be given a definite plus, if you succeed (A certain advice for you: try not to utter your replicas by heart. Prepare the folder with all the necessary words in written form. It will be easier for you to lead the round table and the form of your conference will be better)
Card 16.
Your task: William′ s childhood. What are your ideas of children casting in the film?
Card 17.
Your task: Was it worth attacking England knowing beforehand that the victory is a myth?
Card 18.
Your task: Patrick McGoohan as “Red”, William′ s best friend. Do you think him to be a real Scotch? His appearance! Ignorance, naivety, devotedness, sincerity, power – these qualities correspond the hero?
Card 19.
Your task: You are a journalist. Be ready to ask at least 15 “puzzled” questions (one for each of the reporters) to the auditory. You have to compound a statistics of people who adore the movies and of those who dislike it. You are not to show your personal attitude. You are to find out the people opinion only. (Be ready to produce your article with a title.) Your work would be given a definite plus, if you succeed
Card 20.
Your task: You are a counter. You have to write a praise or a prosecution article. You have to decide who won in today′ s Round Table. Be ready to name at least 5 candidates who prepared the best “opinion report”. You are to decide who will have a credit plus. (Take sheets of paper in order to fix down everything you guess worth fixing. Be ready to produce your article with the title) Your work would be given a definite plus, if you succeed
Internet sites to the subject:
1. www.wikipedia.com
2. www.etymonline.com
3. www.allwords.com
4. http://garshin.ru/linguistics/words/English/English_international_words.html
5. http://www.krugosvet.ru/articles/80/1008047/1008047a4.htm
6. http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=chateau
7. http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/latinderivatives.htm
8. http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/roots.dict.html
9.http://www.uk.ru/history/language.html
Task XVI. Write a culture-oriented linguistic article. For detailed information on structure and visual design see Attachment I. Here are the possible themes:
ü The ancient towns and cities of Europe;
ü The symbols of the lost civilizations;
ü The Norman Empire;
ü The Roman Empire;
ü The Celtic Empire;
ü Stonehenge – the symbol of Druids;
ü Greater lighters of the past: Pluto, Socrates, Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, etc
A Follow Up
ü Bedlam
A place where madness and chaos reign. Bedlam was a hospital established in 1247 and properly called St Mary of Bethlehem. It was originally on the site of whet is now Liverpool Street in London. Over the centuries the hospital dealt exclusively with insane, and the name Bethlehem became truncated to Bedlam. In the 1700s it was opened to the public;
ü Bethlehem
The Hebrew beth lehem means “house of bread”. It is also the birthplace of Jesus Christ, who emphasized the ritual breaking of bread as the focus of the Christian communion. Given the nature of God and His mysterious workings, this is unlikely to be a simple coincidence;
ü Cardiff
Cardiff is an Anglicization of its Welsh name, Caerdydd. It is not entirely certain how the name came into being. Caer is a fort or castle in Welsh, but the “dydd” part of the name doesn’t seem to make sense. It could be a corruption of “taff” – the river Taff runs through the city, and the letter d in Welsh is often translated as t in English;
ü Dublin
Dublin was officially founded by the Vikings, although there is evidence that the site was occupied in one form o another as far back as the Mesolitic Age. when the Vikings moved in, the town became known as Dyfflin or Bubh Linn, meaning “black pool”. this was because, at the place where the river Poddle joined the Liffey, a deep, dark pool was formed in which it was easier to land ships;
ü Edinburgh
A fort and a small settlement was established during the Bronze Age by the Picts. Around the time of the Roman occupation, the Gododdin tribe are thought to have named the place Dun Eidyn, meaning simple “hill fort”. The town was never captured by the Romans, and it is one of the sites in Europe that has undergone the longest continual occupation. After it was attacked by the Angles, and its name was changed to Edinburh – burh meaning town;
ü London
The name of the modern London was derived from the old Roman name Londinium. There is no common idea in the etymology of the given name, though there are more or less stabled hypnotizes. Some scholars believe that the name came from the Roman proper name that can be translated as “mad” or “flammable”. Others think that the name was derived from the Roman word Lond, meaning “wild”, “bushy” and “uninhabited”. Still others presuppose that the name London consists of two words: Llyn – lake and Don – fortification. But there is a rather stable theory that the name of the city came from the old European word Plowonida, meaning “outflow river”;
ü Manchester
What is Manchester today began life as a Roman fort on the plateau of one of the hills. The Romans called the hill Mamucian (breast shaped), and the fort and civilian settlement existed until the Romans left. In the 17th century the Saxons created a new settlement there. They called any former Roman town caster and the new town became know as Mamm caster. Later the spelling was modernized to Manchester;
!For more information on Borrowed Lexis see Attachment, Section 3 !