Famous People of Great Britain

Ванькаева Алла Анатольевна, учитель английского языка МБОУ СОШ № 6

г. Краснодар, 2014

The Greatest Britons of all Time chosen by the people of Britain

Famous British People According to a poll by the BBC the Top 10 Greatest Britons are

1. Winston Churchill (28.1%)2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (24.6%) 3. Princess Diana (13.9%)4. Charles Darwin (6.9%) 5. William Shakespeare (6.8%) 6. Sir Isaac Newton (5.2%) 7. Queen Elizabeth I (4.4%) 8. John Lennon (4.2%)9. Horatio Nelson (3%) 10.Oliver Cromwell (2.8%)

The most famous British people currently living include:

Gordon Brown

David Beckham

Richard Branson

JK Rowling

English ClubP1: Dear friends! I’ve got good news for you! A group of British boys and girls has come to see us. They are the winners of the international competition “What do you know about Russia?”

P2: Oh! That’s great! We are going to have a very interesting meeting.

P3: Are they from London?

P1: Not only from London, I think. They are from different cities and towns: London, of course, Liverpool, and Stratford-on-Avon.

English Club

P1: Let’s invite them to take part in the meeting of our club. Come in, please. Take your seats and make yourselves comfortable.P2: Dear friends. We are pleased to welcome you in our school. I am the 8th form student. I am the president of the English club at our school.E: Nice to meet you. You see, I am also the president of the Friendship club at our school. Let me introduce you all members of our group.

My name is Olivia Osborne.

English Club

This is Gloria Grant. She likes to travel very much. She wants to visit different countries. This is Franklin Milton. He is very good at learning foreign languages. He knows English, Russian and French, a little bit. This is Mary Morris, a good – looking girl. Our Mary is very merry. She plays the guitar. She likes to sing songs for my friends. This is Michael Denton. He is crazy about pop-music and sport.

English Club

This is John Brown. He has many friends. He is fond of music, especially pop-music. His favourite pop-group is “Queen” and “Pink Floyd”

First of all I’d like to tell you that we are proud of our country and famous people. We are fond of English poetry and music, science and technology, of course

English Club

First of all I’d like to tell you that we are proud of our country and famous people. We are fond of English poetry and music, science and technology, of course.

Franklin Milton is interested in the Royal’s family life. Frank, please, speak about the Queen Elizabeth the Second and the members of her family.

Royal’s family

The Queen’s husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

The Queen’s son is Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn.

Camilla Parker Bowles

Princess Ann

The Queen’s son is Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

Queen's grandsons: William and Harry

The Queen’s son is Charles, Prince of Wales

Queen Elizabeth II

English Club

P1: Oh! Thank you for your wonderful story!

E: Gloria Grant is from Stratford-upon-Avon. She’ll tell us about some facts from Shakespeare’s life.

Stratford-on-Avon

Stratford-on-Avon is a small town in the centre of England. It is situated on the banks of the river Avon.

River Avon & Canal

Butterfly and Swans

Shakespeare’s Birthplace

Today we can see Shakespeare’s house with a collection of books, pictures, connected with the life and works of the poet, the school where Shakespeare learned.

The Shakespeare’s Memorial Theatre is situated there. Now it is one of the most popular theatres in the world. It stages only Shakespeare’s plays.

Shakespeare’s Statue

On the places of interests in Stratford is Shakespeare’s statue. It is surrounded by the statues of the main character’s of his works.

Shakespeare’s FestivalEvery year the Shakespeare’s

Festival takes place in Stradford. On the 23-d of April they have a birthday ceremony.

Visit the church where

Shakespeare was christened

more than 400 years ago.

Let me recite some sonnets which can be heard there.

English ClubE: The people living in Gr. Britain are very fond of music. Rock and pop- music are popular among young people.

“The Beatles” became the most successful pop- group in the 60-s and 70-s.

The Beatles in 1968

Michael Denton will tell us about “The Beatles”.

The BeatlesM: The story of the Beatles rises from the back- street of the Liverpool. Four working – class boys organized their group in 1959. They were just one of a dozen bands that played in clubs and got only 5 shillings each for it. Soon they were invited to Hamburg where they recorded their song. Later they signed their first recording contract in London and their first record was a success. In year their songs became hits they went on tours of Gr. Britain, sand before the queen, they took part in TV shows and films.

The Beatles

The Beatles became “the most famous men in the world” as the press wrote. To young people they meant a life- style, dress, humour and hair. The names of John Lennon, Paul McCartney ,

George Harrison and Ringo Starr were on the lips of grannies, kings and kids all over the world.

The most popular songs by Beatles

SHE LOVES YOU

FROM ME TO YOU

WE CAN WORK IT OUТ

HELP!

MICHELLЕ

YESTERDAY

I FEEL FINЕ

FOREVER

I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND

YELLOW SUBMARINЕ

CAN'T BUY ME LOVЕ

A HARD DAY'S NIGНТ

TICKET TO RIDЕ

ELEANOR RIGBY

LET IT BE

STRAWBERRY FIELDS

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

IMAGINE

Studio albumsPlease Please Me (Parlophone, 1963) With The Beatles (Parlophone, 1963) A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone, 1964) Beatles for Sale (Parlophone, 1964) Help! (Parlophone, 1965) Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965) Revolver (Parlophone, 1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone,1967) Magical Mystery Tour (U.S. only. Released as a Double EP in the UK) (Capitol, 1967) The Beatles ("The White Album") (Apple, 1968) Yellow Submarine (Apple, 1969) Abbey Road (Apple, 1969) Let It Be (Apple, 1970) The Indra Club, where

The Beatles first played

Wellcome to LiverpoolAnd now we’ll listen to

YESTERDAY

NO REPLY

MICHELLЕ

I’M A LOSER

BACK IN THE USSR

YELLOW SUBMARINЕ

LET IT BE

THANK YOU

FOR ATTENTION

Презентация подготовлена учителем английского языка МБОУ СОШ № 6 Ванькаевой А.А.