Презентация, доклад по теме Фольклор по английскому языку

Form
School № 50
Kondratieva Julia
The teacher is Semonova
Olga Nikolaevna

The theme of the project is: "Water world as another home for English nation reflected in English folklore"

British folklore.
The subject is: tales, legends, superstitious, stories.
The hypothesis is: if the country is situated near the sea or ocean it will influence on the culture and history.
We used the following methods:
1. Analysis;
2. Synthesize;
3. Creation of a tale.

in the part of a rich field of the British folklore concerning British water world through the means of stories, legends, superstitious, tales.
The tasks are:
1. To study the literature on the subject;
2. To get acquainted with English folklore concerning British water world;
3. To study English history and culture with the help of the folklore;
4 To make our own tale on the basis of English folklore.

water was always a great concern for those who ruled it for they naturally attached much importance to it.

or village in England is situated more than a hundred miles from the sea.
From the times when the English society was born kings paid much attention to the trading across the sea.

customs and habits of a particular community or nation» says the «Collins Cobuild Dictionary»

lands. The Seven Stones, known to fishermen as «The City»and near to which the land of Lyoness is believed to lie, lost under the sea. Another area lost under water is Canter's Gwaelod. Sixteen towns and most of their inhabitants were apparently overwhelmed by the sea.

the ritual bottle of champagne which must break first time

their own songs and stories. Although the Ramilies, for example, was wrecked well over 200 years ago, tradition perpetuates the event as clearly as if it had happened only yesterday.

byword for hubris.
A variety of omens anticipated the disaster: a steward's badge came to pieces as his wife stitched it to his cap, and a picture fell from the wall in a stoker's home.

ashore and afloat. Wives must remember that “Wash upon sailing day, and you will wash your man away”, and must also be careful to smash any eggshells before they dispose of them, to prevent their being used by evil spirits as craft in which to put to sea and cause storms.
Luck was brought by:  - tattoos - a gold ear-ring worn in the left ear - a piece of coal carried
- a cat on the ship

her long hair, bare breasts and fish tail, the mermaid is instantly recognizable, but nowadays
only as an amusing convention.

of a mermaid who would sing before a storm and then swim out to sea – her beauty was such that young men would follow, never to reappear.
Sexual unions between humans and both sea people and seals are the subject of many stories.

religiously: at Christmas a tree would be lashed to the top of the mast. At midnight as New Year’s Eve becomes New Year’s Day the ship’s bell is rung eight times for the old year and eight times for the new.
“Burying the Dead Horse” was a ceremony which was continued in merchant ships. Musical accompaniment was provided by the shanty  
“Poor Old Horse”.

we fulfilled our tasks :
1.We studied the literature on the theme;
2.We got acquainted with the
English folklore;
3.We studied English tales, stories and legends, superstitious;
4. We made a tale on the basis of English folklore.
We proved our hypothesis that
the geographical situation of the
country influences on its history,
culture and folklore.