Олимпиада по английскому языку «Splendour of November»

pumpkin

turkey

feast

harvest

corn

Pilgrim

thanksgiving

settlement

starvation

identity

colony

investor

Indian

ship

Puritan

__________a member of a strict English religious group of the 16^th and 17^th centuries who wanted worship to be more simple.

__________a group of people of a particular type who live in a particular place.

__________the amount of a crop is collected.

__________a very large boat used for carrying people or goods long distances.

__________a place where people have come to live permanently, usually when there were very few people living there before.

__________crops such as wheat and barley.

__________a person or organization that invests money.

__________a large round vegetable with a thick orange skin and large seeds.

__________relating to Native Americans or their culture.

__________an expression of thanks, often in the form of a prayer to God.

__________a situation in which a person suffers or dies because they do not have enough to eat.

__________a large meal for a lot of people, usually in order to celebrate something.

__________the qualities that make someone or something what they are and different from other people.

_________one of the people who left England and went to live in what is now the US in the early 17^th century.

_________a large bird similar to a chicken that has no feathers on its head.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the expressions below

Thanksgiving

In 1620, a ship named the “Mayflower” brought English men, women, children to the coast of America. These Pilgrims - _____ (1) – came to an area uninhabited by other Europeans. They came to America to begin a new life. In 1621 the Pilgrims held a feast to celebrate their first harvest. They thanked their God for his blessings. The story of that Pilgrim feast ____ (2) among Americans. ____ (3) every year to young children in schools as one of the major American holidays approaches. The holiday ____ (4) Thanksgiving Day and ____ (5) on the fourth Thursday of November.

Other nations also have days of thanksgiving. But Thanksgiving Day has a special significance for Americans because ____ (6) to that group of people who were among the first to come to the new world. Thanksgiving Day _____ (7) by families gathering together to enjoy a traditional dinner of roast turkey.

is now observed

is called

is prepared

is introduced

it is traced back

is well known

as they are usually known

is marked

it is told and retold

are congratulated

Thanksgiving riddles. Guess the riddle

What key will not open any door?

If April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring?

What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving?

What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?

If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?

Read the text. Mark the statements below True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS)

Many animals in North America were very important as clothing and food for native Indian tribes and later for the early settlers from Europe. The most important animal was the American beaver. The significance of this animal in the history of North America has often been recognized.

When the first settlers came firstly to America, there were a lot of beavers in New England and eastern Canada where they were trapped by the Indians. The settlers established trade with the natives and soon beavers became scarce in the more civilized places. The trading posts dealing with furs later became flourishing cities. In Canada beaver skins became the basis of value. A person could sell one beaver skin for a pound of tobacco, four skins for a blanket, and twelve for a rifle.

1.In Canada the beaver skin became the basis of microeconomics.

2.The significance of the beaver has never been recognized.

3.A lot of animals were very wild and untamed.

4.The Pilgrims established trade with the natives.

5. There were some beavers in New England.

6. The trading posts later became prosperous cities.

Ответы:

1 C; 2 B; 3 A; 4 A; 5 C; 6 B; 7 C; 8 C; 9 A; 10 D.

1 PURITAN; 2 COLONY; 3 HARVEST; 4 SHIP; 5 SETTLEMENT; 6 CORN; 7 INVESTOR; 8 PUMPKIN; 9 INDIAN; 10 THANKSGIVING; 11 STARVATION; 12 FEAST; 13 IDENTITY; 14 PILGRIM; 15 TURKEY

1 g; 2 f; 3 i; 4 b; 5 a; 6 e; 7 h

1 a key; 2 pilgrims; 3 the letter g; 4 the turkey; 5 their age

1 F; 2 F; 3 NS; 4 F; 5 F; 6 T