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Outstanding people of the english-speaking countries

Match the country and its flag

• The UK 1)
• Australia 2)
• The USA 3)
• Canada 4)
• New Zealand 5)

Guess the names of these countries.

• 1) It’s one of the most powerful and advanced countries in the world. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the East and by the Pacific Ocean in the West. What is it?

( The USA ).

Guess the names of these countries.

• 2) It is the second largest country in the world. There are two official languages in this country English and French.

(Canada)

Guess the names of these countries.

• 3) This country is an island state. It’s not very big, but it’s very beautiful. There are a lot of places of interest.

(Great Britain)

Guess the names of these countries.

• 4) It’s a small and quiet country in the Pacific Ocean. The official languages are English and Maori. This country is sometimes called “The World’s Biggest Farm”

(New Zealand)

Guess the names of these countries.

• 5) This country occupies a whole continent. It has strange animals and plants. It’s very far from our country. Sometimes this country is called “The Lucky country”.

(Australia)

Say the British variant of the word and find an American version of this word

• British American

a flat a can

a lift an elevator

a tin a candy a sweet an apartment

a form a movie

the tube the subway

a cinema vacation

postman mailman

Holidays a grade

Translate the following words

• Painter
• Scientist
• Writer
• Architect
• Teacher
• Musician
• Poet
• Politician

Answer the questions:

• Who improved our life?
• Who found cures for serious diseases?
• Who made progress in different fields (medicine, computer technologies, and space discoveries)?
• Who made our life more interesting and beautiful?

presidents, d octors, scientists , prime ministers ,

poets, singers, writers, dancers

Finish the sentences.

• Isaac Newton discovered some important laws of physics. He was a well-known ......
• My friend can swim very well. He is a good ......
• His elder sister works at school, she is a ......
• Charlotte Bronte wrote novels about love and hate. She is a .......
• « I don’t want to play the violin. I don’t want to be a ....... » - the boy cried.
• J. Turner drew ruined abbeys and castles. He was a ......

• physicist

• swimmer

• teacher

• writer

• violinist

• painter

What outstanding people do you know?

Find the second part of the name.  

• Charles Chaplin
• Margaret Christie
• John R.R. Thatcher
• Joseph Shakespeare
• William Darwin
• Diana Spencer
• Johann Kennedy
• Agatha Defoe
• Charlie Strauss

Say what these people are famous for.

A. Christie

D. Defoe

his novel « Robinson Crusoe»

C. Chaplin

his films

W. Shakespeare

his songs

J. Lennon

M. Twain

his theory of evolution

her detective stories

C. Darwin

his poems and plays

his books

Is famous for

Look at the definition of the word FAMOUS

• Famous – a person or a place known about by many people in many places.

And study the examples

• a famous actor
• Many famous people have stayed in the hotel.
• The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark
• What examples with the word Famous can you give?

WHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW?

• Look at the pictures and answer the questions

DO YOU KNOW THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE?

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

• Elvis Presley
• Johann Strauss
• John F.Kennedy

WHAT IS HE FAMOUS FOR?

He was

• a president
• a ballet dancer
• a composer

DO YOU KNOW THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE?

WHAT IS HER NAME?

• Elizaberth II
• Diana
• Marie Curie

WHAT IS SHE FAMOUS FOR?

She was

• a queen
• a princess
• a scientist

DO YOU KNOW THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE ?

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

• Elvis Presley
• Johann Strauss
• John F.Kennedy

WHAT IS HE FAMOUS FOR?

He was

• a president
• a ballet dancer
• a composer

DO YOU KNOW THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE?

WHAT IS HER NAME?

• Elizaberth II
• Elizaberth I
• Diana

WHAT IS SHE FAMOUS FOR?

She is

• a queen
• a princess
• a scientist

DO YOU KNOW THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE?

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

• Elvis Presley
• John F.Kennedy
• Rudolf Nureyev

WHAT IS HE FAMOUS FOR?

He was

• a ballet dancer
• a composer
• a singer

The British people are proud of their great compatriots. Among them are the author of the origin of species Charles Darwin , the creator of classical physics Isaac Newton , the playwright and the poet William Shakespeare , the writers Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, the actor and the cinema producer Charlie Chaplin .

Shakespeare

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Agatha Christie

Arthur Conan Doyle

Charlie Chaplin

"Guess who this person is?"

• He was born in London in 1889. Later he lived in the USA. He was a film actor. He had a funny way of working.

• Charlie Chaplin

She was born in 1891. She wrote the 75 detective stories. She died in 1976. She was known as the Queen of Crime.

Agatha Christie

A well known British Politician. She was the first woman Prime Minister of Britain. She was called “An Iron Lady”.

Margaret Thatcher

МА RG А R ЕТ ТНАТСНЕ R (Ь. 1925) МАРГАРЕТ ТЭТЧЕР

A great English scientist. He studied many different kinds of plants and animals. He built up his own theory of evolution.

Charles Darwin

He was a British flag officer famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, during which he lost his life. His monument stands in the centre of Trafalgar Square.

Horatio Nelson

She is the Queen of sixteen independent countries and their territories. She holds the crown of each country separately, but she lives in the United Kingdom. She has reigned for 61 years.

Queen Elizabeth II

• He was born in Italy in1452. He is one of the greatest representatives of Italian art. He was a painter, a sculptor, a musician, a poet, an architector and scientist.

Leonardo Da Vinchy

Fill in the gaps. are proud of, popular, was fond of, was famous for, admire,  are full of, was born, songs

• «The Beatles» is the most 1)…...group in rock music history. One of «The Beatles» was John Lennon. He 2)……… in Liverpool in 1940. He 3)…………music. He formed pop group «The Beatles» in 1962. John Lennon was the Beatles’ heart. He 4)………… his songs «Woman», «Imagine», «Yesterday». People 5)…………them. Most of their … were about love. British people 6)………him.

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Home task

• Your homework was to make a short report about one of the famous persons of our Republic, to make a presentation or to find pictures and photos and tell us about a person you are proud of.