Holodomor is a great tragedy in the history of Ukraine. And I find it really important that not only we, Ukrainians, but also other nations recognize it as one and talk about it. That’s why I suggest watching this VOA news story about the commemoration of 1932-33 Holodomor victims.
Background – names, organizations and event you should know about:
The Holodomor ("Extermination by hunger" or "Hunger-extermination"; derived from 'морити голодом', "to kill by starvation) was a famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed about 10 million Ukrainians. During the famine, which is also known as the "Famine-Genocide in Ukraine", millions of citizens of the Ukrainian SSR, the majority of whom were Ukrainians, died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukraine. Since 2006, the Holodomor has been recognized by the independent Ukraine and many other countries as a genocide of the Ukrainian people by Soviet Union ruled by Stalin.
In order to understand this video we’ll need to know the following words. |
Голодомор – величезна трагедія в історії України. І я вважаю дуже важливим те, що не тільки ми, українці, але й інші нації визнаємо і говоримо про це. Тому я пропоную подивитися цей сюжет VOA про вшанування пам’яті жертв голодомору 1932-33 років.
Корисна інформація – імена, організації таподії, які вамварто знати:
Голодомор – (“Знищення голодом” чи “Голодне винищення” походить від “морити голодом”) – голод в Ураїнській РСР у 1932 та 1933 роках, що убив приблизно 10 мільйонів українців. Під час голоду, що також відомий як “голодний геноцид в Україні” мільйони громадян УРСР, більшість яких були українцями, померли голодною смертю у мирний час, що стало безпрецендентною катастрофою в історії України. З 2006 року Голодомор був визнаний незалежною Україною та багатьма іншими країнами геноцидом українського народу з боку Радянського Союзу під керівництвом Сталіна.
Для того, щоб зрозуміти відео, вам знадобляться наступні слова. |
Vocabulary:
to commemorate |
recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony |
вшановувати пам'ять |
to acknowledge |
accept or admit the existence or truth of |
визнавати |
famine |
extreme scarcity of food |
голод |
toprevent |
keep (something) from happening or arising |
запобігати |
successor |
a person or thing that succeeds another |
наступник |
to accuse of |
charge (someone) with an offense or crime |
звинувачувати |
to detach |
todisconnect, to separate |
розʼєднувати |
to drive a wedge between smb |
to make people fight, separate |
вбити клин між |
to attent |
to be present somewhere (event, meeting etc) |
відвідувати |
to oust |
drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place |
витісняти, змістити з позиції |
to tone down |
to lessen the impact of something |
зменшити значення |
to commit a crime |
carry out or perpetrate a crime |
скоїти злочин |
to contain |
control or restrain |
утримувати |
to renew |
resume (an activity) after an interruption |
відновити |
And now replace the highlighted phrases in the following sentences by the ones we learnt. If you have difficulties with the task, try watching and inserting necessary phrases at the same time.
famine
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А тепер замініть виділені фразі у цих реченнях на ті, що ми вивчили. Якщо у вас виникли проблеми з цим завданням, спробуйте ще раз переглянути відео і одночасно вставляти необхідні фрази.
to detach
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1. Ukraine’s President on Saturday remember the millions of people who died from 1932 to 1933 during what some call a Soviet-engineered genocide.
2. Soviet leaders refused to recognize the hunger, they also confiscated grain supplies and stop travel to find food.
3. He called the Russia-backed rebels fighting in the East the successors of Stalin and named them responsible for repeating criminal experiments from the time of Holodomor.
4. Today the enemy is trying to disconnect us again, disunite us, make us fight to separate us.
5. The commemoration was visited by ambassadors from the United States and several other nations that call the Holodomor an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
6. Former president Viktor Yanukovych, who was driven from his position earlier this year, lessened the importance of previous ceremonies in support of Kremlin line.
7. They started to close archives, they contained materials about the crimes carried out during Soviet times.
8. On the contrary, they started to bring back some Soviet traditions.
Language 1
Yanukovych was trying not to talk about the crimes of the Soviet past.
In this part I want to draw your attention to –ing form and infinitives again. So you remember that we need to use one of three ways to connect verbs in the sentences: -ing form, to-infinitive or bare infinite.
Everything seems quite obvious. But here we need to pay attention to the meaning as well. Verb “try” is one of the verbs that will change the meaning depending on the fact whether they are followed by –ing form or to-infinitive.
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У цій частині я хочу знову звернути вашу увагу на форму дієслова на –ingта інфінітиви. Ми пам’ятаємо, що ми маємо використовувати один з трьох способів для поєднання дієслів: форму на –ing, інфінітив з ‘to’ чи інфінітив без ‘to’.
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Language 2
They started to close archives, they contained materials about the crimes committed during Soviet times. |
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In previous language point I told you about verb ‘try’, which changes meaning depending on the fact whether it’s followed by –ing form or to-infinitive. This language point will talk about the verbs that don’t care if they are followed by –ing form or “to-infinitive”. That’s right, such verbs actually exist.
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У попередній частині я розповіла вам про дієслова ‘try’, що змінює значення в залежності від того, чи за ними йде форма на –ing чи інфінітив з ‘to’.А у цій частині поговоримо про дієслова, яким всеодно, що після них використовується: форма на –ingчи інфінітив з ‘to’. Саме так, ці дієслова таки існують.
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Ok, are you ready for a little language task? | Ну що, готові до невеличкого мовного завдання? |
Language Task
In the following sentences use –ing form, to-infinitive or both of the verbs in brackets. |
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I’m waiting for your answers in the comments or my e-mail: [email protected]
PS.What makes people happy? I guess, little things do. Like seeing the sea for the first time in your life. Even if you’re 100 years old. Check out this BBC video to see what it was like. |
Чекаю на ваші відповіді в коментарях або за електронною адресою: [email protected]
ЗИ: Що робить людей щастивими? Думаю, дрібниці. Як от вперше в житті побачити море. Навіть якщо тобі 100 років. Подивіться це відео від BBC, щоб дізнатися як це було.
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Answers to the previous issue about NBC News:Rosetta Lander “Philae” Lands on Comet
Vocabulary Task Keys: 1. yonder
2. hurdling
3. surface, for dear life
4. overwhelmed
5. chased, pick, take a selfie
6. spinning
7. bold
8. to stay put
9. an enormous
10. Mankind, marveled at
Language Task Keys:
1. Despite the weather…we will go camping.
2. In spite of the fact that...it’s too late, you might want to try getting another loan.
3. In spite of my mother’s advice…I dyed my hair blonde.
4. Despite the common sense…Tom spent all his savings on a sports car.
5. Despite his cat…my brother got a puppy as a present for his wife.
6. Usually girls don’t dare…(to) go to a new hairdresser before important events.
7. I am always grateful when people help…(to) find a way out of difficult situation.
8. How can you ask someone to help…(to) pay for your car?
9. I’d never dare…(to) speak to our CEO.
10. One day I’ll dare…(to) sky-dive.
Here you can download the script to the first video!
Prepared by Olha Yankova