Методическая разработка урока английского языка "Легенда об Ангаре"
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (8 класс)

Методическая разработка урока английского языка

по теме « THE LEGEND OF ANGARA»

1.  What words do you need to speak about any legend?

mighty  praise  cliff  flood  single  sacrifice   infuriate  heaven  soul  splash

        While-reading

THE LEGEND OF ANGARA

In the times of old, mighty Baikal was jovial and kindly. All of heart was given to his only daughter Angara.

There was nothing under the heavens to supersede her beauty.

By day she was bright- brighter than the sky, by night she was dark- darker than a storm- cloud. Whoever passed by her, everyone marveled at her, and praised her. Even the itinerant birds: geese, swans, cranes- descended nethermost, but seldom took to the water. They spoke:

• Who dared darken the bright?

The Old Man Baikal cared less for his own soul than for his daughter.

Once, while Baikal reposed himself, Angara betook to the flight to young fellow Yenisei.

There arouse the Father, splashing the waves in rage. Fiery storm broke , the mountains cried out, the forest collapsed, the heavens turned black with grief, animals scattered about the face of the Earth in horror, fishes dove to the very bottom , birds shot to the sun. Wind alone was wailing and the mighty sea was a raging. Powerful Baikal struck a grey mountain, broke a cliff away and hurled it after his fleeing daughter.

There arouse the Father, splashing the waves in rage. Fiery storm broke, the mountains cried out, the forest collapsed, the heavens turned black with grief, animals scattered about the face of the Earth in horror, fishes dove to the very bottom, birds shot to the sun. Wind alone was wailing and the mighty sea was a raging. Powerful Baikal struck a grey mountain, broke a cliff away and hurled it after his fleeing. Powerful Baikal struck a grey mountain, broke a cliff away and hurled it after his fleeing daughter.

The cliff landed on the very throat of the beauty. Pleaded the blue-eyed Angara, choking and weeping, and begged:

• Father, forgive me and let me have a single drop of water, for I am dying of thirst…

Cried out Baikal in fury:

        I hath naught to give thee but thy tears!

For millennia, there flow the tears of Angara towards Yenisei, while the lonely and grey Baikal turned gloomy and ominous. The cliff that Baikal cast after his daughter got the name “Shaman Cliff” among the people. Rich sacrifices were offered to Baikal there. People used to say:  “Should Baikal get infuriated, he would tear the Shaman Cliff away and the water will surge out and flood the Earth”.

But it all had happened long ago , now the people are brave and do not fear Baikal any more…

2. Answer the questions.

1. Who was jovial and kindly?
2. Whom was his heart given to?
3. What  was his daughter`s name?
4. What  was his daughter`s appearance?
5. What was there under the sun to supersede her beauty?
6. What was she by day and to night?
7. Who praised her?
8. Whom did Angara betake to the flight to?
9. Why did the heaven turn black?
10. What was her father`s reactions?
11. Where did the cliff land?
12. Who was dying of thirst?
13. For how long did Angara flow towards Yenisei?
14. What is the cliff`s name?

3. Say if these sentences are true or false.

1. Mighty Baikal has many daughters.
2. She was not as beautiful as that.
3. Everyone marveled at her and praised her.
4. All of his heart was given to his son.
5. Once, white Baikal was away, Angara betook to the flight to young fellow Yenisei.
6. Powerful Baikal struck grey mountains.
7. The diff got the name «Shaman cliff».

4.  Read the beginning of the sentence and find its end in the text.

1. There was nothing under…
2. By day she was bright,…
3. Who ever passed by her,…
4. Once, while Baikal…
5. Wind alone was waiting…
6. For millennia, there flow…
7. Rich sacrifices…
8. Should Baikal get infuriated…

5. Arrange the sentences in the logical order and use them as a plan to retell the text.

1. Rich sacrifices were offered to Baikal there.
2. The cliff landed on the very throat of the beauty.
3. Baikal broke the cliff away.
4. The old man Baikal cared less for his own soul, than for his daughter.
5. Mighty Baikal was jovial and kindly.
6. There arouse the Father, splashing the waves in rage.
7. Once Angara be took to the fight to young fellow Yenisei.
8. The cliff the name «Shaman».
9. Lonely and grey Baikal turned gloomy and ominous.
10. But it all happened long ago.

6.  Choose the correct word for each blank.

Grief, powerful, single, marveled, sacrifices, brighter, flood, fear.

1. Rich…were offered to Baikal there.
2. By day she  was bright,…than the sky.
3. The heavens turned black with… .
4. … Baikal struck a grey mountain.
5. Let me have a…drop of water.
6. Everyone…at her.
7. The water will surge and…the earth.

7.  Make up sentences, using the words below.

1. there, rich, Baikal, offered, sacrifices, to, were.
2. Baikal, lonely, turned, gloomy.
3. very, fishes, the, bottom, to, dove.
4. kindly, mighty, Baikal, was.
5. her, everyone, praised.
6. fury, Baikal, in, cried, out.
7. ago, it, had, but, all, long, happened.