Презентация — игра по английскому языку Масленица

Shrovetide Why is the holiday called Maslyenitsa?When is it celebrated?What are the main activities of the day?What does the word “shrove” mean?How do British people celebrate Shrovetide? In Russian Pancake week is called Maslenitsa, this word means "butter" in English. It means that many different food, including butter, may be eaten before the time when Lent comes. On the whole, the pancake week may be segmented into three parts, i.e. meeting of Maslenitsa on Monday, broad Maslenitsa, or the peak of festive occasion, on Thursday, and the last day, the good-bye day, which comes on Sunday morning. Through the whole week people cook pancakes served with honey, caviar, fresh cream and butter. The historians say that those were really "mad" days in the past. People wore funny masks and costumes, sometimes, men wore women clothing and vice a versa. Such masquerade gave start to merry festival, when nice food and a lot of wine was consumed. A big man of straw was burned as the final act of saying goodbye to the already passed winter. The feast fighting was one more great fun, which helped to warm up on cold winter days. Tsars and Grand Princes used to find a lot of fun in feast fighting. At present special performances are held on Maslenitsa. Shrove Tuesday was the last day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, and noted in histories dating back to 1000 AD. The word “shrove” is the past participle of the English verb to shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession. In Britain the day preceding Lent is known as Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday recalls the day when people went to Church to confess and be shriven before Lent. But now the day is more generally connected with the traditional feasting before the fast. Shrove Tuesday is famous for pancake celebration.British people eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday in February or March. In some parts of Britain there are pancake races on Shrove Tuesday. People race with a frying pan in one hand. They have to "toss" the pancake, throw it in the air and catch it again in the frying pan. Charity and school events are organized on Pancake Day. The Prince of Wales was hoisted into the air by players at an annual mass football match as he arrived to ceremonially "turn up" the ball. Three men carried Charles at shoulder height as he arrived in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, for the ancient Royal Shrovetide football game. In England, as part of community celebration, many towns held traditional Shrove Tuesday football ('Mob football') games, dating as far back as the 12th century. The tradition has descended from the game of medieval mass football which only exists in a handful of places. The Shrovetide match is described as the world's oldest, largest, longest and maddest football game. It is played over two days and involves hundreds of players battling for goals over a three-mile pitch in Ashbourne. It is played between two sides - the "Up'ards", people born north of the River Henmore, and "Down'ards", people born south of the river. Listening Why is the holiday called Maslenitsa?When is it celebrated?What are the main activities of the day?What does the word “shrove” mean?How do British people celebrate Shrovetide?