Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Американский фольклор

group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

Folklore

legends

music

proverbs

oral history

jokes

fairy tales

popular beliefs

tall tales

dreams and harsh reality are combined, e.g. “A perpetual motion machine in the Salt Sea”

Spiritual Stories of Native Americans vice versa are deeply based on the nature and connected to the Earth and the Great Spirit, e.g. “The son of the Morning Star”

people of all ages, Russian folk tales entertained and en-lightened generations of Russians

big job to be done  A job that needed a great, big man  Paul Bunyan was the one.  Hey Paul!  Paul Bunyan! (Paul Bunyan!).  He's sixty three ax handles high,  With his feet on the ground,  and head in the sky.  Hey Paul!  Paul Bunyan! (Paul Bunyan!)

knows that Pecos Bill could ride anything. No bronco could throw him, no sir! Fact is, I only heard of Bill getting' throwed once in his whole career as a cowboy. Yep, it was that time he was up Kansas way and decided to ride him a tornado.

waited for the biggest gol-durned tornado you ever saw. It was turning the sky black and green, and roaring so loud it woke up the farmers away over in China. Well, Bill jest grabbed that there tornado, pushed it to the ground and jumped on its back. The tornado whipped and whirled and sidewinded and generally cussed its bad luck all the way down to Texas. Tied the rivers into knots, flattened all the forests so bad they had to rename one place the Staked Plains. But Bill jest rode along all calm-like, give it an occasional jab with his spurs.

back no-how. So it headed west to California and jest rained itself out. Made so much water it washed out the Grand Canyon. That tornado was down to practically nothing when Bill finally fell off. He hit the ground so hard it sank below sea level. Folks call the spot Death Valley.
Anyway, that's how rodeo got started. Though most cowboys stick to broncos these days.

хозяин рад
Работа не волк, в лес не убежит
Хоть три дня не есть, лишь с печи не слезть
Где работа, там и густо, а в ленивом
доме пусто
Без труда не вытянешь и рыбку из пруда
Один в поле не воин

Immortal, various Nezhit (domovoi, kikimora, leshii, licho etc)

legends of native Americans (Cherokee rose - two wolves etc.) and Americans formed of folks arrived from abroad
Christmas Gift,
Arkansas traveler etc.)

fantasy or hyperbole to create their songs.