Центр дистанционного образования "Эйдос"
Кафедра иностранных языков
Eidos-English-01
8 сентября 2005 года
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1. Как использовать идиомы.
Today we are going to speak about the idiomatic expression .to be taken aback..
Why do the English people say so? What is the origin of this expression? It
seems to take its origin from the days of sailing-ships. If a strong wind was
blowing it could whip the sails against the masts and the ship then would be
taken aback, which means that it could not move forward. When we apply this
expression to people we mean that someone is shocked and stops doing something
either hearing a piece of news or getting to know about a surprising event.
2. Как проявить себя в олимпиаде по английскому языку?
В олимпиаде по английскому языку 2005 года для 6-7 классов было такое задание:
imagine you are a monument to Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar Square in London.
Describe your feelings, emotions, tell what you are thinking about, looking at
London from your column, describe the things you see. Вот пример интересного
выполнения этого задания, за которое поставлена оценка 8, то есть это лауреат.
Автор . ученик 7-го класса Дима К. Подозреваю, что пользовался компьютерным
переводчиком (или какой-то другой помощью), так как ошибки на это указывают, но
идеи очень интересные. Ошибки все сохраняю.
Many years have passed since my last battle. Now, looking around London from my
height I feel pride on my people, who managed to create such great city. The
city which everybody calls as the treasure of Europe. Everything is mixed here:
narrow streets of the middle ages with the magnificence of palaces of the
Queen.s Victoria times, modern city offices with the variety of Soho.s
galleries.
I can.t say that I like everything I see. I.ve never seen before so many people
near the Buckingham palace. What are the strange carriages, which riding without
any horses and making so much noise and unpleasant smells! What are the people
wearing! There are no any pondered wigs and fluffy skirts, though I didn.t like
them before. But the ladies walking with their children so beautiful. O, there
is a girl running, what a nice hat she.s wearing. I would rather buy it for my
Emma sure, she would like it. I don.t recognize Soho. Who gave it such name. In
the old days we used to call to the dogs .So-Ho!. when we were fox-hunting, and
all come rushing after the fox. And now everybody get to Soho by the strange
chariot which is going under my city. It makes so terrible noise I hear up
here.
So many languages! So many nationalities are here! What smells! Sometimes I
would like to visit one those pubs, everybody calls them restaurants, to have a
cup of Italian cappuchino or a cup of French coffee.
I.ve hardly believed, nowadays French can visit Great Britain easily. In my
time, we were the great enemies. Napoleon threatened to invade Britain. I was
searching for the French Navy and at last met it in Trafalgar Bay. I was
mortally wounded in the battle and died on board his ship, the .Victory., but
the victory was won.
And what.s now? Every Brit can reach France in several hours. Why don.t you
ask, .how.? Under the water, under the English Channel! Can.t imagine? But it.s
true! I wouldn.t like to visit my old friend Napoleon for a cup of coffee. If we
had such chariots and ships that time, we wouldn.t have afraid of somebody!
After my death the square was named to commemorate my victory over Napoleon at
the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later my monument was put up in the center
of it.
Every October 21 there is a service under the column to commemorate me. I.m
very grateful. Even Charles I on horseback doesn.t look like so solemnly as me.
But there is one thing which I.m worried about . pigeons. The square is full of
them, people come to feed them in the square and nobody is allowed to offend the
birds.
3. Полезные Интернет ресурсы для изучающих английский язык.
www.edict.com.hk/clozemaker/
This site allows teachers to make exercises and offers samples, including a
series of simple dialogues for use in speaking practice. Start with the helpful
tutorial.
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
.The Hot Potatoes. site includes six applications, enabling you to create
interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword,
matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes
is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded
non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on
the web..
6. Центр Эйдос предлагает:
. Расписание Всероссийских дистанционных эвристических олимпиад на 2005/2006
уч. год - http://www.eidos.ru/olymp/schedule.htm
. Как получить материальное вознаграждение -
http://www.eidos.ru/olymp/tariff/zarplata.htm
. Электронные книги для педагогов - http://www.eidos.ru/shop/price.htm
. Интернет-журнал "Эйдос" - http://www.eidos.ru/journal/
. Всероссийский конкурс "Дистанционный учитель года" -
http://www.eidos.ru/dist_teacher/
. Дистанционные курсы для школьников и взрослых -
http://www.eidos.ru/courses/