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~ English teacher
The first day of the month of May
is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins
and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is said to be a time of love
and romance. It is when people celebrate the coming of summer with lots
of different customs that are expressions of joy and hope after a long
winter... Read more: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm
Thirty years ago — on April 26, 1986 — an explosion at a nuclear power
plant about 14 kilometers from the town of Chernobyl, Ukraine, killed 28
of the site’s workers and produced fallout that harmed thousands who
lived nearby... https://share.america.gov/remembering-chernobyl-disaster/
William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet, widely
regarded as one of the greatest ever English writers. Some of
Shakespeare’s better known plays include ‘Romeo & Juliet’, ‘Hamlet’
and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 before moving to
London to become an actor at age 21. Shakespeare wrote different genres
of plays throughout his career, starting out mainly with comedies and
histories before moving on to tragedies as he grew older. In 1599, along with some fellow actors, Shakespeare built a theatre
on the South Bank of the River Thames which he named ‘The Globe’. It was
here that many of his plays were performed. Today, visitors to London
can still watch Shakespeare plays at the restored Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare was a very well-known character in Tudor England. It is thought that Elizabeth I was a fan of his plays.
Fun fact: William Shakespeare was the only member of his family that could read or write! ;) "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
William Shakespeare
St. George is believed to have been born in Cappadocia (now Eastern Turkey) in the year A.D. 270. He was a Christian. At the age of seventeen he joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. He served under a pagan Emperor but never forgot his Christian faith. When the pagan Emperor Diocletian started persecuting
Christians, St. George pleaded with the Emperor to spare their lives.
However, St. George's pleas fell on deaf ears and it is thought that the
Emperor Diocletian tried to make St. George deny his faith in Christ,
by torturing him. St George showed incredible courage and faith and
was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine on 23 April, 303. In 1222, the Council of Oxford declared April 23
to be St George’s Day and he replaced St Edmund the Martyr as England’s
patron saint in the 14th century. In 1415, April 23 was made a national
feast day.
'Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children'. Kenyan proverb
Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth
Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into
Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The
brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar
protests of the late 1960s, Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a
mass environmental movement. It began as a “national teach-in on the
environment” and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of students
that could be reached on university campuses. By raising public
awareness of air and water pollution, Nelson hoped to bring
environmental causes into the national spotlight. Read more : http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day
Z okazji Dnia Ziemi kilka wyrażeń ze słowem 'Earth' ;)
What on earth? - Used to emphasize shock, anger, etc. / Co do licha? Why on earth? - 'Why' with emphasis
down to earth – practical / twardo stąpający po ziemi Where on earth? - No gdzie? - z naciskiem cost the earth – to cost a fortune / kosztować fortunę Earth to someone (Earth to John) – Hello, are you listening? Back to earth – to return to a more usual condition / wrócić na ziemię
The
Queen with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest
grandchildren that was taken in the Green Drawing Room, part of the
Castle's semi-State apartments. The children are, from bottom left:
Mia Tindall (holding The Queen's handbag), the two year old daughter of Zara and Mike Tindall; James, Viscount Severn (aged 8) and Lady Louise (12), the children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex and the youngest of The Queen's eight grandchildren; Savannah (5) and Isla Phillips (3), daughters of The Queen's eldest grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn;
Prince George (2) and, in The Queen's arms and in the tradition of
Royal portraiture, the youngest great-grandchild, Princess Charlotte
(11months), children of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The Queen walking in the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Queen is seen on steps at the rear of the East Terrace and East
Garden with fourof her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi),
Vulcan (dorgie), Candy (dorgie) and Holly (corgi).
The Queen with her daughter The Princess Royal, taken in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.
Oto 'świeżutkie', dzisiejsze arkusze egzaminacyjne! Popróbujcie swoich sił i sprawdźcie czy dalibyście radę - szczególnie uczniowie z klas drugich. Wcale nie takie trudne, prawda? ;)
Whose ghost does Hamlet see in the castle one day? What does it tell him? Watch and find out! Hamlet is one of our 'Shakespeare Lives' videos, which tell the stories of some of William Shakespeare's most famous plays.
What do the three ugly witches tell Macbeth about his future? Watch and find out! Macbeth is one of our 'Shakespeare Lives' videos, which tell the stories of some of William Shakespeare's most famous plays.
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