For our country the phrase “May Holidays” usually means first ten days of May even though we only celebrate May 1 and May 9. At the same time in the USA May 5 is also a holiday – Cinco de Mayo. Haven’t heard of it? Then watch its brief history from ABC News and find a reason to celebrate Mexican style. And don’t forget to watch extra video about princess Charlotte.
Background information:
In order to understand this video we’ll need to know the following words. |
Для нашей страны фраза "майские праздники" обычно означает первые 10 дней мая, хотя фактически мы празднуем только 1-го и 9-го мая. А вот в США 5 мая также праздник – Синко де Майо. Вы о таком не слышали? Тогда смотрите краткую историю праздника от ABC News и найдите причину праздновать по-мексикански. И не забудьте посмотреть дополнительное видео принцессу Шарлотту.
Полезная информация:
Для того, чтобы понять видео, вам понадобятся следующие слова. |
Vocabulary:
campus |
the grounds and buildings of a university or college |
кампус, территория университета |
to down |
to drink or eat something quickly |
глотать |
misconception |
an idea which is wrong or untrue, but people believe because they don’t have enough information |
неправильное представление |
to commemorate |
to recall and show respect for something in a ceremony |
чествовать |
troops |
army, soldiers |
войска |
to recapture |
to take control of a place again by fighting for it |
отвоевать |
massive |
exceptionally large |
огромный |
booze |
alcohol, especially hard liquor |
алкоголь |
revenue |
income |
доход |
serving |
a quantity of food suitable for or served to one person |
порция |
to claim |
to say that something is true typically without providing evidence or proof |
заявлять |
descent |
the origin or background of a person in terms of family |
происхождение |
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.
booze |
А теперь замените выделенные фразы в этих предложениях на те, что мы изучили. Если у вас возникли проблемы с этим заданием, попробуйте еще раз посмотреть видео и одновременно вставлять необходимые фразы.
to claim |
1. Today college grounds and bars across the country are packed with people enjoying guacamole and wearing big hats, drinking a lot of tequila.
2. First, let's get a common wrong idea out of the way.
3. Cinco de Mayo remembers a big battle.
4. The three countries sent army to Mexico to demand payment.
5. The French would return just a year later to take back Puebla and the rest of Mexico.
6. But in the U.S. Cinco de Mayo has become a huge holiday.
7. Festivities in the US, like most important holidays, usually meant to use lots of alcohol and food
8. 39,06 cases of beer, 87,3 million pounds of avocado were sold on Cinco de Mayo week in 2013 making 658 billion in booze income and 349 million portions of guacamole.
9. 33,6 million U.S. residents say to have Mexican origin and others party just because.
Language
Although the French would return just a year later to recapture Puebla and the rest of Mexico, the battle of Puebla created a sense of national pride and it was declared a national holiday.
Would return – is an example of what is called Future in the Past in English grammar. This means that we want to say that in the past we believed something would happen in the future or, like in this case, we talk about future events regarding the time that is described.
Structure:
For example:
Note: |
Would return – пример того, что мы называем будущим в прошлом в грамматике английского языка. Это значит, что мы хотим сказать, что в прошлом мы верили, что случится в будущем, или как в данном случае, мы говорим о предстоящих событиях с точки зрения прошлого времени, что описывается.
Структура:
Например:
Внимание: |
Language Task
Continue the following sentences using Future in the Past so that they are true about you. |
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I’m waiting for your answers in the comments or my e-mail: [email protected]
PS. Of course, I couldn’t miss the news of a new royal baby. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana got her name. Watch this report to hear more about little princess’s name. |
Жду ваши ответы в комментариях или по электронному адресу: [email protected]
ЗЫ: Конечно же, я не могла пропустить новость о еще одном королевском ребёнке. Принцесса Шарлотта Элизабет Диана получила имя. Смотрите эту новость, чтобы узнать больше об имени маленькой принцессы. |
Answers to the previous issue about CBS: 10 years since the first YouTube video
Vocabulary Task Keys
1. popped up
2. gained fame, dramatic
3. embarrassing, infamy
4. spread the word
5. phenomenon
6. founded, decade
7. uploaded
8. making profit, made a difference, repository
Language Task Keys.
1. adverb (kind of)
2. adverb (kind of)
3. adjective (beautiful)
4. adverb (kind of)
5. adjective (beautiful)
6. adverb (kind of)
7. adverb (kind of)
8. adjective (beautiful)
Here you can download the script to the first video!
Prepared by Olha Yankova