Газета научно-исследовательского общества учащихся гимназии (НОУ)

SCHOOL RESEARCH PAPER

""Enjoy English"

"Anyone who stops learning is old,

whether at twenty or eighty.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young."

Henry Ford

HI, EVERYBODY! HELLO, FRIENDS!

We are from Voronezh, one of the most wonderful cities of Russia. Gymnasium №7 named after V.M.Vorontsov is one of the best in Voronezh. We are proud to be its students. Our gymnasium has a history of 50 years. It's a school for about 1000 pupils. We study different subjects, such as: Art, Biology, Russian, English, German, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics and Information Technology. We are sure that good knowledge of foreign languages will help us in future career and in our life in general. Even if you are not going to enter linguistic University it will be helpful and useful for us.

King of languages

We've had a full and rewarding year. What we`ve learned during this school year. We have learned a lot of new things about the world around us: about Great Britain and its traditions, about ecological problems on our planet, about families and friends, travelling, sports. We are different but we have much in common: we prefer spending our free time going for sports, we like Maths and English.

As the year draws to a close, we remember how many of us contributed to the blessings we have experienced. In 2010- 2011 we have taken part in some English competitions, and we hope that our project will be successful in this year too. So thanks very much!

So, together we are "Enjoy English".

Our emblem and our motto are: LIVE AND LEARN, AND USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

We look forward to 2012 as the time to grow, to learn and to live life more and more fully.

CONTENTS

• • «GUESS WHICH PROVERB»

• ENGLISH HUMOUR

• ЗАПОМИНАНИЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ СЛОВ

• THE STRANGE FEATURES OF ENGLISH

• COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH ARTICLES AS NECESSARY

• WHO LIVES IN BRITAIN?

• «GUESS WHICH PROVERB»

• ENGLISH HUMOUR

1. It is raining cats and dogs.

2. One hand washes the other.

3. So many men, so many minds.

4. Two is company, but 3 are none.

5. Two heads are better than one.

6. The devil is not to black as he is painted.

7. There is no smoke without fire.

8. A new broom sweeps clean.

A shoplifter (магазинный вор) was caught (был пойман) red-handed (на месте преступления: "красноруким, с красными руками") trying to steal a watch from an exclusive jewelry store (при попытке украсть наручные часы из эксклюзивного ювелирного магазина; exclusive [ıks`klu:sıv]).

"Listen (послушайте)," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either (я знаю, вы также /как и я/ не хотите никаких неприятностей). What do you say I just buy the watch and we forget about this? (что вы скажете - я просто покупаю часы и мы забываем об этом)"

The manager agreed and wrote up the sales slip (менеджер согласился и заполнил бланк с ценой). The crook (воришка) looked at the slip (посмотрел на бланк) and said, "This is a little more than I intended to spend (это несколько больше, чем я намеревался потратить). Can you show me something less expensive? (вы не могли бы показать мне что-нибудь менее дорогое)".

• ЗАПОМИНАНИЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ СЛОВ

Для того, чтобы запомнить иностранное слово, нужно пройти 3 этапа:

«ЗРИТЕЛЬНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ - АССОЦИАЦИЯ - АССОЦИАЦИЯ + ПЕРЕВОД»

Рассмотрим пример. Возьмем английское слово - HOME.

1-й этап

- должна работать зрительная память. Хорошо запомните, как пишется это слово - HOME.

2-й этап

- теперь нужно запомнить транскрипцию, или произношение слова HOME [хом] и подумать, какое слово русского языка похоже на его транскрипцию. В нашем случае это хом - то есть хомяк. Теперь надо хорошо представить себе хомяка.

3-й этап

- узнать перевод этого слова и связать его с ассоциацией. Перевод данного слова - дом. Мы связываем его с ассоциацией - получилось - хомяк, бегающий по дому. Хорошо представьте и запомните эту картину в вашем воображении. Успеха!

English world

• READ THE POEM. Choose the phrase which best summarises its meaning. The poem is about:

• the strange features of English

• the beauty of English

• learning foreign languages

• COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH ARTICLES AS NECESSARY

What is happening to our weather?

Although most of us say we love the hot weather, I wonder if we would feel (0) the same if every day was the same with predictable sunshine and heat? Never having lived in (1)... hot country for more than (2)... few weeks I am not sure what my (3)... opinion would be. Maybe I would miss (4)... rain? There is something about (5)... freshness that is in (6) ... air after (7)... summer rainfall. When I was younger I was scared of (8)... thunder and my mum used to tell me it was only God moving his furniture around!

To pass (9) ... time we counted between (10)... lightning flashes and thunder, (11) ... number we got to was supposed to be (12)... number of miles away we were from (13) ... storm.

It is shame that today we don't have those heavy snowfalls, these should be part ot everyone s childhood! Sledging down (14) ... nearest slope until your fingers feel as though they will drop off was all part of (15) ... fun! These days with (16)... first flurries of snow we are given weather warnings and told not to go out unless our journey is "essential". There is (17) ... outcry if schools are closed, but is (18)... journey to school "essential" in such weather conditions? A debatable point! I remember having to struggle through deep snow to get to (19)... school, but as it was only (20)... short distance from home and the teachers all lived locally, that was no problem. Nowadays it is somewhat different. Our seasons seem to have disappeared - or have they merged into each other?

WHO LIVES IN BRITAIN?

GOOD LUCK!

BYE-BYE!

Performed by " Enjoy English "

Woronesh 2011