Write your version of one of these feasts
| The Ivan Kupala Night | Kalyady |
By the way, it was at the fairs in the old days when strolling players and puppeteers gave their performances. Small puppet theatres called “Batleika” were popular in Belarus. They features stories from the Bible about Christ and his birth.
Our forefathers gave us some essential knowledge that makes us believe that if a young man and a girl jump over the highest of all flames hand in hand they will live a long and happy life together.
Each person within the groups of young people in the celebrations has some role according to his character and temperament.
It is the when three ritual suppers (Kuttya) are prepared in every Belarusian home. Our forefathers believed that “Kuttya” (a sort of porridge, “kasha made from barely) was a symbol of immortality and the eternity of life.
While girls play with wreaths and tell their fortune, young men start making fires.
During this period, Belarusians like to visit each other, to celebrate weddings, to arrange fairs.
Girls also stick some burning candles into their wreaths and make bets whose wreath remains on the surface longer.
This night is always filled with miracles: you may hear the whisper of herbs and see mermaids, watch trees change places and witness the bright light of the blossoming fern flower.
The host and the hostess usually give generous gifts to the guests to thank them for the well-wishing, congratulations, and the singing and playing.
It is a sin to sleep in the shortest night of the year, as there are plenty of other things to do: read fortune, jump over the fire….
Amateur actors wore the masks of Goats, Bears, Storks, Horses, Gypsies, and Old Men in performances.
How did our forefathers start the day?
One of them bears the star, the others sing songs.
The feast of fire, water and loved filled me the certainty that life is given to all of us for happiness, joy and love.
Amateur musicians play an accordion or beat a tambourine.
The main purpose of this folk feast is to get rid of everything that is bad, ill, and dirty in one’s life and to begin a new life cycle, living with joy and optimism.
Examine the network, expand it and reproduce the topic “Belarus is my Homeland”.
II. Comment on the following quotations.
1. Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country (J. F. Kennedy). 2. A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character (O. Bauer). 3. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it (G. Moore).
III. Writing Section.
Imagine you are a journalist and you are asked to write an article about the heroic past of your country, starting with the ancient times.
Write what you know about Belarusian people and cultural traditions.
Comprehensive Prolonged Project
Day 6th. Your English friends are on an exchange visit to Belarus. You’re going to guide them around Minsk. Make a plan of the forthcoming excursion. Ask them what places they would like to see. Run the planned excursion.
UNIT VII Spare time
Vocabulary
| Nouns and Noun Phrases | ||
| audience | /'o:dIqns/ | публика, зрители |
| carriage | /'kxrIG/ | вагон |
| cast | /ka:st/ | состав исполнителей |
| climbing | /klaImIN/ | восхождение, лазание |
| coach | /kqVtS// | (туристский) автобус |
| collecting | /kq'lektIN/ | коллекционирование |
| cruise | /kru:z// | морское путешествие, круиз |
| dress-circle | /dres'sE:kl/ | бельэтаж |
| entertainment | /"entq'teInment/ | 1) развлечение, 2) представление |
| fare | /feq(r)// | плата за проезд |
| feature film | /'fi:Cq(r)fIlm/ | художественный фильм |
| fiction | /'fikSqn/ | беллетристика |
| gambling | /'gxmbliN/ | азартная игра |
| going out | /'gquiN'aVt// | прогулка |
| hiking | /'haIkIN/ | прогулка пешком, туризм |
| hitch-hiking | /'hIChaIkIN// | езда автостопом |
| journey | /'GE:ni// | путешествие, поездка |
| landscape | /'lxndskeIp/ | пейзаж |
| leisure | /'leZq/ | досуг |
| lobby | /'lPbi/ | фойе |
| luggage | /'lAgIG// | багаж |
| masterpiece | /'ma:stqpi:s/ | шедевр |
| orchestra | /'o:kIstrq/ | оркестр |
| outing | /'autIN/ | 1) прогулка, 2) экскурсия |
| package tour | /'pxkIGtVq(r)// | комплексное турне |
| playwright | /'pleIraIt/ | драматург |
| scene designer | /si:ndI'zaInq/ | художник, постановщик |
| science-fiction | /'sqiqnsfikSn/ | научная фантастика |
| seascape | /'si:skeIp/ | морской пейзаж |
| sightseeing | /"saIt'si:IN/ | осмотр достопримечательностей |
| spectator | /spek'teItq(r)/ | зритель |
| still-life | /'stIllaIf/ | натюрморт |
| train | /treIn// | поезд |
| treatment | /'tri:tmqnt/ | обработка |
| voyage | /'vOIIG// | путешествие (водой) |
| Verbs and Verbal Phrases | ||
| admire | /qd'mQIq/ | восхищаться |
| be crazy (about) | /'kreIzi/ | быть сильно увлеченным |
| be impressed | /Im'prest/ | быть под впечатлением |
| enjoy | /In'GOI/ | получать удовольствие |
| feel bored | /bO:d/ | скучать |
| Adjectives | ||
| amateur | /'xmqtq/ | любитель(-ский) |
| dull | /dAl/ | унылый, печальный |
| enjoyable | /In'GOIqbl/ | приятный |
| fascinating | /'fxsIneItIN/ | очаровательный |
| favourite | /'feIvqrIt/ | любимый, излюбленный |
| healthy | /'helTi/ | здоровый |
| satisfying | /'sxtIsfQIN/ | доставляющий удовольствие |
| useful | /'ju:sfl/ | полезный |
| useless | /'ju:slqs/ | бесполезный |
| valuable | /'vxljuqbl/ | ценный |
| worthwhile | /"wE:T'wQIl/ | стоящий |