Answer the questions.

1. What was Horatio Nelson?

2. What was his role in the history of Britain?

3. Where did he come from?

4. What was his hobby in childhood?

5. At what age did Nelson become a real sailor?

6. Was he a good captain?

7. When was Nelson made commander in chief of the fleet?

8. Why was battle at Trafalgar important?

9. What happened to Nelson in this battle?

10. What kind of a commander was Nelson?

11. Do you think he was a real England’s hero? Why do you think so?

THE BEATLES

There were four of them – John, Paul, George and Ringo. In the early sixties, these happy-go-lucky mop-top musicians from Liverpool formed a band. Their albums – from A Hard Day’s Night, Help and Rubber Soul, to Sgt. Pepper’s, the White Album and Abbey Road - forever changed the face of rock music and pop culture.

They began in 1957 as a skiffle band, teenage boys playing in cellars and bars in Liverpool, England, and Hamburg, Germany. Popular locally, they were discovered by a record store owner Brian Epstein. Even though ha had never managed a band, they hired him as their manager. Epstein got them a contract with a record label that had never produced a rock group. It was called Parlophone.

Nevertheless, within two years the Beatles were the most popular group in Britain and in their way to becoming the greatest recording group in the world – creating a wave of teenage hysteria that came to be called Beatlemania. Their most famous songs were “Love Me Do”, “Help”, “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “Michelle”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Let It Be”, “Penny Lane”, and many more.

They came, they saw, they changed the sound of popular music forever. Individually, they all had success. But collectively, they were something that no other band in the history of music has come close to. They lasted only seven years from their first recording to their bitter break-up, but they produced more than a dozen albums, each one a classic.

References:Mop-top – a hair style with long thick fringe, happy-go-lucky - not caring or worrying about what happens, skiffle – a type of popular music played in the 1950s and often using instruments made by the players themselves.

Appendix.

Check your knowledge!

Tests.

1. The UK consists of … parts.

a) two ; b)three ; c)four.

2. It is washed by the waters of … .

a) the Atlantic Ocean; b) the Pacific Ocean; c) the Mediterranean Sea.

3. Great Britain consists of … parts.

a) two; b) three; c) four.

4. The official name of the country is … .

a) Great Britain; b) the United Kingdom; c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland.

5. The capital of Scotland is …

a) London; b) Edinburgh; c) Cardiff; d) Belfast.

6. Cardiff is the capital of …

a)England; b) Northern Ireland; c) Wales.

7. The highest mountain in Scotland is…

a) Snowdon; b) Ben Nevis; c) Everest.

8. The climate of the UK is …

a) cold; b) warm; c) temperate.

9. The usual weather in the UK is…

a) rainy and foggy; b) cold and snowy; c) hot and sunny.

10. English people often talk about …

a) weather; b) money; c) politics.

11. There are … main nationalities in the UK.

a) two; b)three; c)four.

12. The official state language of the country is…

a) English; b) Welsh; c) Scottish.

13. The first people who lived in England were…

a) the Romans; b) the Vikings; c) the Britons.

14. Great Britain is a …

a) monarchy; b) federal republic; c) parliamentary monarchy; d) republic.

15. British Parliament consists of … houses.

a) two; b) three; c) four.

16. The members of the House of Lords …

a) are by birth or chosen b) are chosen by people; c) are chosen by the Queen.

by the government;

17. The members of the House of Commons are chosen for a period of … years.

a) three; b) four; c) five.

18. Parliamentary sessions usually begin …

a) at the end of December; b) at the end of November; c) at the end of October.

19. The ceremonial opening of a new session of British Parliament is made by …

a) the Queen; b) the Prime Minister; c) the Lord Chancellor.

20. At present the British Royal family is headed by…

a) King George VI; b) Charles, Prince of Wales; c) Queen Elizabeth.

21. Who started the tradition of the “walkabout”?

a) Lady Diana Spencer; b) the Queen Mother; c) Queen Elizabeth.

22. Queen Elizabeth has … children.

a) two; b) three; c) four; d) five.

23. The name of the British flag is …

a) Union Jack; b) Black Jack; c) Cheerful Rodger.

24. The patron saint of England is…

a) St. George; b) St. Andrew; c) St. Patrick.

25. Who is not allowed to get elected as a member of Parliament?

a) a woman ; b) a worker; c) a peer.

26. London is … thousand years old.

a) two; b) three; c) five.

27. London is situated on the river …

a) Severn; b) Thames; c) Clyde.

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