Стендовый проект достопримечательности лондона

ВВЕДЕНИЕ

  Актуальность темы нашего проекта заключается в том, что при изучении английского языка невозможно обойти стороной достопримечательности страны изучаемого языка, их разнообразие и архитектурные особенности, которые позволяют наглядно представить город Лондон – столицу Великобритании, познакомиться поближе с его национальным колоритом.

  В своей работе мы отразили как заинтересовала нас тема достопримечательностей Лондона и свои идеи самостоятельного поиска и обобщения информации о каждой из них. Изучая данную тему, наш класс очень заинтересовался красотой и величественностью зданий, архитектурных памятников и знаменитых мест Лондона, поэтому мы с удовольствием согласились с предложением учителя создать совместный проект о достопримечательностях Лондона.

  Целью нашей работы было создание творческого стенда, который бы объединил всю собранную нами информацию о выбранных нами нескольких наиболее популярных достопримечательностях. В ходе этой работы мы считаем, что достигли поставленной цели.

  Задачи, которые мы решали, чтобы достичь цели:

 - обсудили предмет исследования с учителем, получили дополнительную информацию, уточнили цель.

- установили план действий, распределили роли в группах.

- проанализировали информацию, подготовили материалы к созданию стенда.

- продемонстрировали проекты по отдельности, проанализировали полученные результаты,  провели оценивание друг друга  и самооценку.

- объединили свои проекты для создания единого творческого объекта – стенда.

  В ходе работы над проектом мы пользовались следующими методами: частично-поисковый, библиографический.

  Практическая значимость нашего проекта -  наш стенд можно использовать на уроках английского языка для ознакомления других классов с достопримечательностями Лондона, стенд носит культурно-просветительское значение, расширяет кругозор и развивает наглядно-образное мышление, позволяет совершить путешествие по Лондону, не выходя из класса.

ДОСТОПРИМЕЧАТЕЛЬНОСТИ ЛОНДОНА

    Мы представили работы по четырём, выбранным нами достопримечательностях Лондона. Для этого мы самостоятельно находили информацию в интернете и искали изображения. Затем обрабатывали информацию с помощью Microsoft Word и распечатывали на принтере. После озвучивания проектов перед классом на уроке, объединили каждый проект на одном стенде под названием “Sights of London” (Достопримечательности Лондона») .

BIG BEN

Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face.

The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped.

The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall.

This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster, it was given to the Dean of St. Paul's by William III. Before returning to Westminster to hang in its present home, it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858. The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the 31st December 1923 - there is a microphone in the turret connected to Broadcasting House.

During the second world war in 1941, an incendiary bomb destroyed the Commons chamber of the Houses of Parliament, but the clock tower remained intact and Big Ben continued to keep time and strike away the hours, its unique sound was broadcast to the nation and around the world, a welcome reassurance of hope to all who heard it.

There are even cells within the clock tower where Members of Parliament can be imprisoned for a breach of parliamentary privilege, though this is rare; the last recorded case was in 1880.

The tower is not open to the general public, but those with a "special interest" may arrange a visit to the top of the Clock Tower through their local.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

St. Paul's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Mdina, in Malta. It is built on the site where governor Publius was reported to have met Saint Paul following his shipwreck off the Maltese coast.

The architect Lorenzo Gafa designed the Cathedral in Baroque style. It sits at the end of a rectangular square. The near-square facade is cleanly divided in three bays by the Corinthian order of pilasters. There are two bell towers at the both corners. The plan is a Latin cross with a vaulted nave, two aisles and two small side chapels. The Cathedral has a light octagonal dome, with eight stone scrolls above a high drum leading up to a neat lantern.

One of the main features of the interior is the rich colorful tessellated floor. Many of the furnishings of the cathedral, including the baptismal font and the portal, are carved out of Irish wood.^[1]

The cathedral also has a substantial collection of silver plates and coins, and some carvings by the German artist Albrecht Durer.

Everybody coming to London for the first time wants to see St. Paul's Cathedral. This is the third cathedral with this name which London has had. The two others were burnt down, the first in 1086 and the second in 1666.

Christopher Wren was an architect who had already built many buildings. Now, in 1675, he started on his greatest work. For 35 years the building of St. Paul's Cathedral went on, and Wren was an old man before it was finished.

From far away you can see the huge dome with a golden ball and cross on the top. The inside of the cathedral is very beautiful. After looking around, you can climb 263 steps to the Whispering Gallery, above the library, which runs round the dome. It is called this because if someone whispers close to the wall on one side, a person with an ear close to the wall on the other side can hear what is said. Then, if you climb another 118 steps, you will be able to stand outside the dome and look over London.

But not only can you climb up, you can also go down under­neath the cathedral, into the crypt. Here are buried many great men, including Christopher Wren himself, Nelson and others.

TOWER BRIDGE

  This bridge built in 1894, is still in daily use even though the traffic in and out of the London wharves' has increased to an extraordinary extent during the course of the 20th century.

Even today Tower Bridge regulates a large part of the impressive traffic of the Port of London. Due to a special mechanism, the main traffic-way consisting of two parts fixed to two hinges at the ends can be lifted up. In this way, the entrance and departure of extremely large vessels is possible, and allows them to reach the Pool of London.

  Nowadays the pedestrian path is closed. This footpath crossing which used to be allowed was by the upper bridge which connected the top of each tower, situated at a height of 142 feet above the waters of the famous Thames.

Tower Bridge commands wide and magnificent views of both the city and the river. After Tower Bridge, the wharves of London extend until Tilbury. The gigantic port of this city, which has one of the heaviest movements of ocean-going traffic in the entire world, occupies practically the whole of the Thames from Teddington. It is virtually impossible to get a complete idea of its colossal extention. In fact it is one wharf after another, apparently continuing endlessly.

There is one way to form a closer idea of the grandiosity of this port: to view it from Tower Bridge on a clear day.

  This bridge built in 1894, is still in daily use even though the traffic in and out of the London wharves' has increased to an extraordinary extent during the course of the 20th century.

Even today Tower Bridge regulates a large part of the impressive traffic of the Port of London. Due to a special mechanism, the main traffic-way consisting of two parts fixed to two hinges at the ends can be lifted up. In this way, the entrance and departure of extremely large vessels is possible, and allows them to reach the Pool of London.

  Nowadays the pedestrian path is closed. This footpath crossing which used to be allowed was by the upper bridge which connected the top of each tower, situated at a height of 142 feet above the waters of the famous Thames.

Tower Bridge commands wide and magnificent views of both the city and the river. After Tower Bridge, the wharves of London extend until Tilbury. The gigantic port of this city, which has one of the heaviest movements of ocean-going traffic in the entire world, occupies practically the whole of the Thames from Teddington. It is virtually impossible to get a complete idea of its colossal extention. In fact it is one wharf after another, apparently continuing endlessly.

There is one way to form a closer idea of the grandiosity of this port: to view it from Tower Bridge on a clear day.

    Так же мы выполнили практическое задание – сделали макет Биг Бена из бумаги. Схему и детали так же нашли в интернете.

ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ

  В завершении проектной работы можно сделать следующие выводы: поставленные цели достигнуты,  задачи решены,  получен творческий продукт, имеющий практическую ценность для кабинета английского языка как яркая наглядность к темам «Лондон и его достопримечательности».

СПИСОК ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

1. Биболетова М.З., Добрынина Н.В., Трубанева Н.Н. Английский язык: Английский с удовольствием/ Enjoy English: Учебник англ.яз. Для 5-6 кл.общеобраз.учрежд.-2-е изд., исправ.-Обнинск:Титул, 2011г.
2. Интернет- ресурсы (картинки) взяты с сайта www.wikipedia.org