English party “Why Do We Study English?”
for 7-8 form pupils
Чумакова A.B.
ОШ № 53, г. Мариуполь Донецкая обл..
Leader. We begin our evening party ”Why do we study English?”
First of all the pupils of the 8-th form will make a short report "Foreign Languages in Our Life”.
Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages.
Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original.
We study English. Nowadays English has be-come the world’s most important language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue.
Half of the world’s scientific literature is in English. English language is a wonderful language. It is the language of the great literature. It is the language of William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens.
To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.
The great German poet Goethe once said, "He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own-one". That is why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to study foreign languages.
Leader. The pupils of the 7 form will recite "My Heart's in the Highlands".
This poem was written by the national Scottish poet Robert Bums.
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
A chasing the wild deer, and following the roe –
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birthplace of valour, the country of Warth,
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands forever I love.
Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods;
Farewell to the torrents and loud pouring floods,
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe-
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
В горах мое сердце
В горах мое сердце... Доныне я там.
По следу оленя лечу по скалам.
Гоню я оленя, пугаю козу,
В горах мое сердце, а сам я внизу.
Прощай, моя Родина! Север, прощай,
Отечество славы и доблести край.
По белому свету судьбою гоним,
Навеки останусь я сыном твоим.
Прощайте, вершины под кровлей снегов,
Прощайте, долины и скаты лугов,
Прощайте, поникшие в бездну леса,
Прощайте, потоков лесных голоса.
Leader. The pupils of the same form will tell you a funny story "Will He Ever Come?" T. Why isn't your friend Harold at school today, Willie?
Willie: Sir, we were playing at "Who could lean out of the window farthest" and he won.
Leader. The pupils of the 7 form will play the piano "The Day Off " Music by Lesser.
Leader. And now listen to a funny story. The pupils of the 7 form will tell you the story.
He Must Go
Two men take their seats in a bus. They do not know each other but they begin to talk.
"Are you going to Milberry's’lecture today?" — Asks the first.
"Don't go. Milberry is a bad speaker.I must go, I'm Milberry".
Leader. The pupils of the 8 form will sing ‘Oh, Susanna’. Words and music by Stephen Foster.
Leader. Amateur singers and dancers of the 8 form will perform "Everybody” from "Back street Boys"
Leader. Rudyard Kipling is a famous English writer. The pupils of the 7 form will recite his poem "Six Serving Men"
I have six honest serving men-
They taught me all I knew.
Their names are What and Why and When,
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and see,
I send them East and Vvfest;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.
I let them rest from nine till five
For I am busy then.
As well as breakfast, lunch and tea,
For they are hungry men.
But different folk have different views
I know a person small,
She keeps ten million serving men,
Who get no rest at ail!
She sends them on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes –
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!
Leader. A funny story "The Best Time” will be told to us by the pupils of the 7 form.
A teacher was telling to his pupils about the different seasons of the year. He asked, "Children, who knows what is the best time to gather fruit?” Little Jim answered, "When there is no dog in the garden".
Leader. The pupils of the 7-th forms will per-form the fairytale "The Wblf and Seven Kiddies".
Leader. And now the pupils of the 7 form will tell you "Who is Speaking?" One morning Jim decided not to go to school. So he spoke to his teacher over the telephone.
"Good morning!" He said. I want to tell you that Jim can't come to school today. He is ill. "Who is speaking?'
"This is my father speaking", — Jim said.
Leader. And now listen to the poem "Those Evening Bells" by the English poet Thomas Moore. I think you remember the song «Вечерний звон». But you will hear not only the poem but also the rhymed translation made into Russian by the pupil of our school Maria Kober-Pan'kovska.
Those evening bells
Those evening bells!
Those evening bells!
How many a tale their music tells,
Of youth, and home, and that sweet time,
When last I heard their soothing chime
Those joyous hours are past away,
And many a heart that then was gay
Within the tomb now darkly dwells
And hears no more those evening bells.
And so it will be when I'm gone,
That tuneful peal will still ring on
While other bards shall walk these dells,
And sing you praise, sweet evening bells!
Thomas Moore
Вечерний звон
Вечерний звон!
Вечерний звон!
Старинных былей полон он.
В прошедшей молодости час Уносит с музыкою нас.
С биеньем радостных сердец Ушли далекие года,
И только колокольный звон Тревожит души иногда.
И пусть, когда уйду я к ним,
Иных поэтов череда Слагает Вам хвалебный гимн
Тех давних дней колокола!
Leader. Now let’s play a literary quiz.
What is the pen name of Samuel Clemens? {Mark Twain)
Name the works by Mark Twain. ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn " "The Prince and the Panper").
What was the name of Tom's aunt? {Aunt Polly)
Who was born on the twenty third of A 1564 and died on his birthday in 16 (W.
Shakespeare)!
What's W. Shakespeare's native town (Stratford-on -A von)
What school did W Shakespeare study at? (At a grammar school)
Name the works of W Shakespeare. ("King Lear”, "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Othello").
For what theatre did Shakespeare write his plays? (For "The Globe”theatre)
Who played women's parts in "The Globe" theatre? (Young men).
Who said: "To be or not to be, — that is the question?" (Hamlet from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet")
Who said: "World's stage with play people on it?" (They were written on a big globe of The Globe "theatre).
Leader. So, you've heard a lot of poems and jokes in English; you've watched some dances and enjoyed music and songs. And we hope you've understood the importance of knowing English well nowadays.
