Страноведческая конференция «Диалог культур: Россия и США»

Вед.1: Each of 50 states establishes its own legal holidays. But there are holidays, which are common to all federal offices. They are the New Year Day, Washington Birthday - "President's Day", Memorial Day, Independence Day etc.

Вед.2: There are also many traditional holidays such as St' Valentine's Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving Day. We want to tell you about some of them.

ПодмузыкупоявляютсяВедьмаиПривидение.

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

Привидение: Halloween is coming!

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

What will you wear?

Привидение: I might wear a blanket

 And be a brown bear.

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

Who will you meet?                                     

Привидение: I might be a princess

Skipping down the street.

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

What will you do?

Привидение:    I might go trick or treating,

How about you?

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

What will you be?                                      

Привидение: I might be a pirate

On the deep blue sea.   

Ведьма: Halloween is coming!

What will you see?

Привидение: I might see a jack – o’ – lantern.

Winking at me.

Ведьма: Halloween  is coming!

What will you be?

Привидение:  It is a secret,

 So, wait and see!

Ведьма:   Good evening! Dear goblins, water sprites, good evening, an evil spirits! Welcome! To our Halloween!

Привидение: Who knows any legend connected with this holiday?

Выступленияучащихся:

Вед.1:Halloween is a festival that takes place on October 31.

Вед.2:Halloween developed from new year festivals and festivals of the dead. Christian church established a festival on November 1 called All Saints' Day so that people could continue to celebrate their festivals.

Вед.1:The main Halloween activity for children is trick-or-treating. Children dress in costumes and masks and go from door to door saying "trick or treat". The neighbours give children such treats as candy, fruit and pennies so that children do not play tricks on them.

Вед.2:Jack-o'-lanterns are hallowed-out pumpkins with face carved into one side. Most jack-o'-lanterns contain a candle inside. An Irish legend says that jack-o'-lanterns are named after the man called Jack.

Вед.1:People once believed that there were many ghosts and witches on the Earth and that they met on October 31 to worship the devil.

Вед.2:Fortunetelling is an important part of Halloween.

Ведьма:   Each of you would like to know your future. Halloween is a holiday when you can try to do it.

Ведьма и привидение вносят поднос с булочками в форме костей. ( Вкаждойзапеченсекрет )

Ведьма:   My assistant has brought some buns with your future inside. Who would like to learn about future? Be careful eating these buns not to ruin your teeth.

Ведущие озвучивают, что попалось в булочках:

1.      You find a coin, you’ll become rich.

2.      You find figure 2, it means, you are going to get this mark at the lesson.

3.      You find a hidden sweet, your life will be nice and pleasant.

4.      You find black pepper. It will make your life better.

Кричит петух. Злые силы пугаются.

Привидение: Oh! The cockerel has sung twice.  

Ведьма: Who can do anything to us? We are the ugliest, the most terrible and the strongest creatures in the world!

Выходит Амур с луком под красивую музыку

Амур: Go away, you silly creatures! It’s here again, the day when boys and girls, sweethearts and lovers, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, and even the office stuff will exchange greetings of affection, undying love or satirical comment.

Вед.1: St. Valentine’s Day, February 14, has been a customary day for choosing sweethearts and exchanging love.

Вед.2:  What kind of holiday is St. Valentine’s Day?

Вед.1: St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday, which is celebrated in Great Britain, in many European countries and in the USA. St. Valentine’s Day has roots in several legends.

Вед.2: One of the early symbols of love is Cupid, the Roman God of love, who is represented as a young boy with a bow and arrow. He could cause people to fall in love by piercing them with one of his magic arrows.

Вед.1: Valentine was a Christian priest in the Roman Empire 300 years after death of Jesus Christ”.

Появляется священник

Священник: My children! I’ve come from the distant past, to remind you of kindness and love, friendship and patience in your wicked world.

Звучит музыка. Врывается стража – нечистая сила.

Ведьма: Priest, you have been discovered and condemned to death!

Привидение: To prison!

 Ведьма: To the Tower!

Следующая сцена: Священник в тюрьме. Входит тюремщик с дочерью.

Священник: What a beautiful girl!

Тюремщик: This is my daughter. She is blind! She will probably never see the light, the trees! (Рыдает).

Священник: I'll help her by working a miracle!

Через некоторое время дочь тюремщика показывает, что к ней вернулось зрение.

Девушка: I'm so grateful to you. Even in prison you. Valentine, showed your love for everyone and restored my sight!

Священник: Unfortunately, tomorrow, on February, I am to die. But I 'm scared and I want to tell everybody on earth, "I love you. I'm your Valentine”

Голосиз-закулис: Just before his death, on February 14, he sent her a farewell message signed from your Valentine'.

Вед.1: Now, St. Valentine's Day is the day of all sweethearts. On this day, people send presents or flowers to those whom they love. Most people send «valentines», greeting cards, named after St. Valentine's letters written in the jail.

Вед.1: Valentines can be sentimental and romantic, or funny and friendly. Valentines can be anonymous. Valentines can be heart-shaped. People buy valentines or make them themselves.

Выходят индеец и путешественник. Напевают песенку. Ищут место для отдыха и обеда. Герои усаживаются за импровизированный обеденный стол

The Indian. Ladies and gentlemen ! I'm Chingachguk-the – Sharp-Claw. I'm glad to welcome you at this place today.

The Pilgrim. I'm a newcomer. I'm one of the Pilgrims who came to America from New England. I'm glad to welcome you to our party devoted to Thanksgiving Day.

The Indian. But do you know what kind of holiday it is.

The Pilgrim. I hope today you'll get as much interesting information about Thanksgiving Day as possible.

Вед.2: There is one day a year in America when all people stay home with their family and eat a big dinner. This is Thanksgiving Day. The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving day in autumn 1621.They sailed to America from Plymouth, England in September,1620. Their voyage took 3 month. They came to America for religious freedom. The name of their ship was the Mayflower. They landed in December, 1620.

Вед.1: There were people living in America before the Pilgrims arrived.These people were the Native American Indians.They hunted, fisher and farmed to survive.The Pilgrims' first winter was very difficult. They had arrived too late to grow any crops. Without fresh food half of the Pilgrims died. The following spring the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to plant, fish, hunt and survive in America, to grow corn, pumpkins and use cranberries.

Вед.2: The crops did well and in the fall of 1621 the Pilgrims had a great harvest. They were thankful and decided to celebrate it with a Thanksgiving feast. They prepared a big dinner of turkey, corn, beans and pumpkins. They invited their Indian friends to share this three day feast. The Indians brought their food to the feast, too.

Вед.1: American still celebrate Thanksgiving day in the fall. It is celebrated on the last Thursday of November. Turkey is still the main dish and pumpkin pie and cranberry pie are the most popular desserts.

Вед.2:  And now we want to sing a song of the famous group Beatles for you!

Все поют песню группы Битлз.

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