The Edinburgh International Festival

The Edinburgh International Festival⁶ is held annually in August and September. The Festival is international as it gives a representation of artistic production from many countries. Leading musicians of the world take part in it.

The first Festival was held in 1947. The Edinburgh International Festival is one of the important events in the world.

 

Robert Burns – Роберт Бернс

2. Auld Lang Syne – песня «Забыть ли старую любовь»

3. Stratford-upon-Avon – Страдфорд-на-Эйвоне

4. springs of rosemary – веточки розмарина

5. the Royal Shakespeare Theatre – Королевский Шекспировский театр

6. The Edinburgh International Festival – Эдинбургский международный фестиваль

 

Vocabulary

Task 3. Give the Russian equivalents of the English words and word combinations:

a toast, memory, a bagpipe, boiled herring, haggis, performance, a representation of artistic production.

Task 4. Make up your own sentences with these words and word combinations.

Task 5. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:

to celebrate, all over the world, to come into being, a soup, telling by heart, a tomb, every year.

Task 6. Find in the text the antonyms to the following words:

a usual dinner, to be ahead, not known, beginning.

Task 7. Match the words with their definitions:

 

haggis	anything that happens, something important
celebration	people moving forward
anniversary	Scottish dish of various parts of a sheep, cut up and cooked in a sheep’s stomach
procession	most important
event	an important day, the act of celebrating
leading	yearly return of the date

 

Grammar

Task 8.Word formation. Look at the words and fill in the table.

word	prefix	base word	suffix
annually		annual	ly
boiled
reciting
celebration
procession

Task 9. Find examples with the grammar material “Past Simple”, “Future Simple”, “the Possessive Case of the Noun” and translate them into Russian.

Task 10. Choose the right variant and explain your choice.

The first club was founded in 1802.

The first Festival were held in 1947.

A long procession will goes along the streets to the church.

Leading musicians of the world will take part in it.

The dinner was followed by dancing, pipe music, and reciting Burns’ poems.

Thousands of people drink a toast to the Robert Burns’s memory.

Task 11. Revise your Grammar. Check yourself consulting the following rules.

Past Indefinite (Simple) Прошедшее неопределенное время (Past Indefinite или Past Simple) образуется (во всех лицах) из второй формы глагола: Regular verbs: I worked we worked you worked you worked he, she, it worked they worked Irregular verbs: I spoke we spoke you spoke you spoke he, she, it spoke they spoke Past Simple употребляется: 1) Для выражения обычного, регулярно повторяющегося действия в прошлом: Last year the celebration ended with singing the poet’s famous “Auld Lang Syne” as it always ended. 2) Для выражения действия, совершенного в прошедшем времени и ничем не связанного с настоящим: William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. 3) В связанном повествовании для выражения ряда последовательных действий: The traditional dishes were tasted. To the sounds of bagpipes there appeared on the tables the traditional dishes of the festival dinner. The dinner was followed by dancing.

 

 

Future Indefinite (Simple) Будущее неопределенное время (Future Indefinite или Future Simple) образуется (во всех лицах) из вспомогательного глагола will + первая форма глагола: I will work we will work you will work you will work he, she, it will work they will work Future Simple употребляется: 1) Для выражения обычного, регулярно повторяющегося действия в будущем: Next year the celebration will end with singing the poet’s famous “Auld Lang Syne” as it always ends. 2) Для выражения действия в будущем: They will go to the Edinburgh International Festival in spring. 3) Для выражения ряда последовательных действий в будущем: On W. Shakespeare’s birthday people will buy flowers and will go to the church where everyone will put them at the poet’s grave.

See also Lessons 2 and 8.

Task 12. Make up your own sentences using the grammar material.

Task 13. Choose the right sentences.

Robert Burns’ birthday - of Scotland’s greatest poet – is on January, 25.

Thousands of people drink a toast to Robert Burns memory.

The dinner is followed by dancing, pipe music, and reciting Burns’ poems.

Every year the anniversary of William’s Shakespeare birth is celebrated in Stratford-upon-Avon.

People go to the church where everyone puts flowers at the poet’s grave.

Leading musicians’ music is heard at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Foreigners should follow Englishman’s’ traditions in Britain.

Comprehension

Task 14. Choose the right answer to the questions:

1. Where are Burns clubs situated?

a) in Britain;

b) in Great Britain and in other countries;

c) in Scotland.

2. When was the first Burns club founded?

a) during the poet’s life;

b) in 1802.

3. What national musical instrument is played in Scotland?

a) a bagpipe;

b) a drum;

4. What famous song has R. Burns written?

a) “A red, red Rose”

b) “Auld Lang Syne”

5. When was the Edinburgh International Festival first opened?

a) in 1947;

b) in 1922.

Task 15. Complete the sentences with suitable continuations:

1. The anniversary of W. Shakespeare’s birth is marked....

2. Shakespeare’s birthplace is situated....

3. The main street in Stratford-upon-Avon is decorated with....

4. People walk along the streets to....

5. Englishmen celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday....

A.... in Stratford-upon-Avon.

B.... flags and springs of rosemary.

C.... on April 23, 1564.

D.... flags.

E.... the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

F.... half a year.

G.... the church.

Task 16. Decide whether you think these statements are true or false:

№		True	False
1.	Burns’ night is celebrated only in Wales.
2.	The traditional dishes of the festival dinner are: chicken soup, fried herring and haggis.
3.	People dance, listen to bagpipes and to Burns’ poetry at night.
	4.	At the end of the night people recite Burns’ poems.
	5.	Shakespeare’s birthplace is situated in the Poets’ Corner in London.
	6.	People walk along the streets to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
	7.	Englishmen celebrate Shakespeare’s Birthday only on April, 23.
	8.	The Edinburgh International Festival is held every year in summer and in autumn.
	9.	The festival gives representation of artistic production only from Great Britain.
	10.	The first festival was held in the 19th century.

Task 17. Match the following titles with the corresponding passages of the text.

- The importance of the Edinburgh International Festival for the musical world.

- The celebration of R. Burns’ birth in Scotland.

- William Shakespeare, a son of Stratford-upon-Avon.

 

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