"Oxford". Презентация к урокам английского языка в 7-8 классах.

Oxford

By English Teacher Berlet Irina

SKOSHI “Everest”

Yekaterinburg, 2015

Oxford is ninety kilometers from London - about an hour by car, bus or train. The river Thames runs through Oxford, and the river Cherwell joins it there.

The land is low, but there are hills to the west. The city is old and very beautiful. It has one of the oldest and best known universities of Britain.

This university town is very beautiful. The oldest university there is Oxford. The first of its colleges was founded in 1249. The university now has thirty-five colleges and about thirteen thousand students, many of them from other countries.

There were no women at Oxford until 1878. When the first women's college Lady Margaret Hall, opened. Now most colleges are open to men and women. It is not easy to get a place at Oxford University to study for a degree.

But outside the university there are many smaller private colleges which offer less difficult courses and where it is easy to enroll. Most students in these private school take business, secretarial or English language courses.

Oxford is, of course, famous for its first-class education as well as its beautiful buildings. Some of the most intelligent men and women in the country live and work here. Oxford gives them what they need: a quiet atmosphere, friendly colleagues and the four-hundred-year-old library, which has about five million books.

Oxford has same of the finest architecture in Britain. Some of their colleges, chapels and libraries are there, four and even five hundred years old, and are full off books and precious paintings. You can see there many lovely gardens, where the students can read and relax in the summer months.

Oxford is a very interesting city for a visitor, especially if a visitor comes to Oxford on one of its special days.

May 1st is one of such days. Very early in the morning lots of people wait in the street outside Magdalen College, and at six o'clock they can hear singing from the top of the building.

Then a street party begins. People dance, talk, drink and have fun. A few students make a dangerous jump from Magdalen Bridge into the river.

Another special day is St. Giles's Fair which takes place in early September. The tradition started centuries ago.

People came into the city to buy and sell, eat and drink, and play sports. A hundred years ago it was fashionable to show animals and unusual people at the fair.

The Boat Race takes place on the Thames in London every year. It is a race between Oxford University (in dark blue) and Cambridge University (in light blue).

People watch the race from the bridges or from the sides of the river. A lot of people watch the race on television.

Another boat race takes place on the river Cherwell in Oxford. It is a race between the different colleges of Oxford University.

The river Cherwell is narrow, that's why boats race one behind the other. You win if you touch the boat in front.

Questions:

1) Why is Oxford an interesting place to visit?

2) What do you know about Oxford University?

3) What happens in Oxford on May 1st?

4) When can tourists visit St. Giles's Fair in Oxford?

5) What teams compete on the river Thames?

Talk about Oxford.

a) Would you like to go to Oxford? Why (not)? b) In what season would you like to go there? c) Is there a special day in your town?

Thank for your attention!

• http:// www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/history
• http://www.ox.ac.uk /
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