Презентация к уроку "Who is the pride of your country?"

Who is the pride of your country?

Read aloud to revise the vocabulary of the previous lessons:

The British are proud of:

• Admiral Nelson who won the important battle of Trafalgar.
• Isaac Newton who contributed much to developing life sciences .
• William Shakespeare who was the world’s most famous playwright and poet.

Americans admire:

• The Wright brothers whose plane was the first one to fly.
• Amelia Earhart whose ambition was to fly around the world.
• Neil Armstrong who was the first man to go on the Moon.

Read the texts and match the names from the box with the information about well-known Russian people:

Dmitry Donskoy

Alexander Pushkin

Mikhail Lomonosov

Georgy Zhukov

All the Russian admire that man because he was really an all-time great person. He was the man who served his country best. He was the Grand Prince of Moscow and of Vladimir. He led the Russian troops in the battle of Kulikovo in 1380 where he defeated the Mongol-Tatars .

This man was a famous Russian philosopher, poet and scientist, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. At the age of nineteen he went to Moscow on foot, because he wanted to study. Russia's oldest university - Moscow State University was founded by him in 1755.

Answer:___________________________________

Answer:___________________________________

He was a Soviet marshal and an outstanding military leader. During the First World War he was awarded the Saint George Cross for bravery. He served his country best during the Great Patriotic War. He is commemorated for his heroic actions and his courage.

He was a well-known Russian poet and novelist who started the great tradition of Russian literature. He influenced greatly other Russian writers. Every child knows his fairy tales, such as “The tale of the fisherman and the fish” and others.

Answer:___________________________________

Answer:___________________________________

What kind of people were they?

Make up sentences which express your opinion using the words given in the box:

• It seems to me that … was …
• I think that … was …
• I’d say … was …

Brave

Respectful

Talented

Clever

Legendary

Ambitious

Kind

Skillful

Inventive

What made the Russian

feel proud of them?

Make up sentences using the information from the first exercise:

The Russian are proud of…

The Russian admire…

because he

The Russian respect…

1) supported people in trouble

The Russian adore…

2) won the battle of Kulikovo

3) served his country best

4) took part in many battles

5) founded Moscow State University

6) made important contributions to literature, education and science

7) started the great tradition of Russian literature

First man in space

Listen carefully and fill in the gaps with the words you hear:

Gagarin, a Soviet military pilot, was the ______ man in human history to fly in space.

The spacecraft Vostok 1, with _______ aboard, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

It made an orbit of the Earth on April 12th in ______.

In a lavish ceremony in Moscow, Yuri was _________ the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by Nikita Khrushchev.

Yuri Gagarin died in a _______ accident. In 1968 while piloting his MiG-15 fighter jet, during a routine training flight, he lost _______ and the aircraft plummeted into the ground.

First man in space

Answer the questions to the audio:

• Who was Yuri Gagarin?

• What was he famous for?

• When did his spacecraft make an orbit of the Earth?

Relative clauses with

“ who” and “whose”

Here you can see some examples:

Alexander Suvorov was a great military leader who is commemorated for many battles that he won.

Dmitry Mendeleev was a great Russian scientist whose Periodic Table was a revolution in chemistry.

Relative clauses with “who” and “whose”

Complete the sentences using “who” or “whose” to tell your friends about famous Russian people:

1) Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer ________ novels “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” are known all over the world.

2) Pyotr Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer ________ wrote many famous musical works, including “The Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty”.

3) Viktor Vasnetsov was a Russian painter ________ pictures show landscapes, scenes of village life and historical subjects.

Relative clauses with “who” and “whose”

Complete the sentences using “who” or “whose” to tell your friends about famous Russian people:

4) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian scientist ________ founded astronautics.

5) Ilya Mechnikov was a Russian biologist ________ got a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908.

6) Eldar Ryazanov was a Russian film director _________ comedy “Irony of Fate” is popular among people ________ watch it every New Year's Eve as a tradition.

Hometask

AB: pp. 99-100. ex. 3, 4

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