Презентация к уроку "Волшебная Пасха"

risen!" [kraist hǽz rizn]
consecrate [′konsikreit]
congratulate [kəngrǽtju′leit]
exchange [iks′t∫eind3]

ritual [′rit∫juel]
the Easter Parade [pe′reid]
the

Easter Egg Roll
the Easter Egg Hunt
mould [mould]
procession [pro′se∫n]
the Anglo-Saxon goddess
dawn [do:n]
equinox [′i:kwinoks]
lawn [lo:n]

first Sunday after the first spring new moon. It usually

fell in April. People celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. On meeting each other people exclaim: "Christ has risen!"

The joyous Easter feast continues for the whole week.

People

congratulate and kiss one another, go to each other’s houses and exchange gifts.

sweets and raisins.
Paskha is a ritual dish made from

sour cream, sugar, eggs, raisins and butter. The kulich was round in shape and the paskha – square. There were decorations on the walls of the mould which symbolized the feast of Resurrection.

on the first Sunday after the first full moon in

spring. Easter marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
People buy new clothes to wear on Easter Sunday. There is a popular belief that wearing three new things at Easter will bring good luck in the year.

Christ, the son of God. It is at the end

of Lent during which children all over the world give up sweets and make other sacrifices in preparation for the highest festival of the church year.

Easter

a gigantic egg! On Easter Sunday families and friends exchange

chocolate eggs.
This custom dates back to ancient times when Egyptians and Persians used to paint eggs in bright colours to represent the sunlight of spring and give them to friends as a symbol of new life.

life and birth. All round the world, many children believe

that the Easter rabbit (or bunny) brings eggs and hides them for children on Easter morning.

loved children. Each year she gave children presents to celebrate

spring. But one year she had nothing to give because it was a bad year and she had become very poor. All she had were some eggs. So she coloured the eggs and hid them in the grass. When the children arrived, she told them to run out into the yard to find their presents there. Just as one of the children uncovered the eggs, a large rabbit hopped away. So the children thought that the rabbit had left the eggs for them! And ever since children have searched for the eggs left by the Easter Rabbit on Easter morning. It is called the Easter Egg Hunt.

(The first Sunday after the first full moon in spring)
What

is the colourful procession of people dressed in new spring clothes called?
(The Easter Parade)
What can bring you good luck on Easter?
(Wearing new things.)
What Easter games do you know?
(Easter Egg Hunt, Easter egg Roll).
What Easter symbols do you remember?
(The Cross, Eggs, Rabbits).