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What the Flags Say
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A flag is not just a piece of cloth. Very often it is an expression of human hopes and ideals. Behind it is the history of the country it represents, the past and present of peoples, and very often their future too. One of the oldest flags in the world is the British. The national flag of Great Britain combines three crosses. Its crosses stand for the patron saints of old England, Scotland and Ireland. It symbolizes the union of these countries and is called the Union Jack.. Some historians say that the British flag got the name of the Union Jack form James I, who early in the 17th century united Scotland and England.
The American flag is called the Stars and Stripes. The horizontal red and white stripes on the American flag represent the original thirteen states that formed an independent country in 1776. The stars on the flag - white on a dark blue field – represent the number of states making up the United States today. There are fifty of them.
The Canadian flag consists of three vertical stripes, two red ones to the right and left of a white stripe which has a maple leaf in the middle. The New Zealand and Australian flags are very much alike. With the British flag in the top left-hand corner the Australians show the stars of the Southern Cross in white on a blue field, while the New Zealanders show the stars in red on a blue field.
Task 6 Say whose flags (among English speaking countries) are not mentioned in the text and if possible describe their flags.
Task 7 Draw a sketch (набросок) of each English speaking country flag and to describe it verbally using the sketch.
H.T. Write a short essay describing an English speaking country you would like to visit and explaining why. It should be not less than three paragraphs with at least five sentences in each paragraph.
GAME
English Speaking Countries
Plan
1. warm-up 2. true and false statements
3. quiz game: English speaking countries 4. H.T.
Warm-Up: You did it once, but it was different!
Read and correct the five mistakes you find in the text.
I am happy I can speak English because I can travel to other English speaking countries like England, France, Ireland, Turkey and New Zealand. It would be fun to see the kangaroos in Canada and speak Maori in New Zealand. I really want to go to the United Kingdom, but I know that England uses the Euro and I don’t have any Euros. My wife wants to go to Australia, because she wants to see the Atlantic Ocean. The United States would also be interesting, and maybe I would see President John Howard in Washington D.C. Did you know that Washington D.C. is the capital of the U.S.?
Task 1 Mark the following statements ‘true’ or ‘false’. For ‘false’ ones give the ‘true’ versions.
1. Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane are in Australia.
2. Union Jack is the name of the American flag.
3. Dingos can be found in Ireland.
4. 10 Downing street is the address of the Prime Minister in the UK.
5. The UK consists of two countries.
6. Canada has twenty stars on its flag.
7. George Washington was the first president of the U.S
8. Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario are the names of the five Great Lakes bordering the U.S. and Canada.
9. Captain James Cook explored the east coast of America.
10. Congress in the U.S. consists of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
11. The kiwi is the national emblem of Scotland.
Task 2 Play a Quiz Game!
a) Ss are divided into two teams: Team ‘S’ (smart) and Team ‘I’ (intelligent).
b) Ss look at the chart with six categories: Geography, History, Weather, Politics,
Culture and Fun Facts.
Under each category there are numbers like 100, 200, 300, 400, 500.
100 equals 100 points and the easiest questions while 500 is 500 points and the most difficult questions.
c) To start each team must choose the order of Ss to answer questions. Each S must
have a turn and only that person can answer for her/his team and NOBODY
ELSE!!
d) The first question asked will be Geography for 100 points, the first S from either
team to raise the hand and answer the question gets 100 points for his or her
team.
e) After that the team that gets the question right gets to choose the next category
and amount of points. For example, a S could choose History for 500 points if
he or she wants to.
f) If one team raises their hand first but gets the answer wrong the other team gets a
chance to answer the question for the points.
g) The game ends when all the questions have been asked. After that each team
adds up how many points they got and the team with the most points wins.
REMEMBER!!
- The team that gets the answer right gets to choose the next category and point total.
- Only one person can answer for her/his team at a time.
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