Позакласний захід "English Tea Party"

 

English Tea Party

 

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Тема: English Tea Party

 

Цілі: Цілі:

 навчальні:

-         ­­­­розвиток мовних та мовленнєвих навичок учнів з

англійської мови;              

-         удосконалення артикуляційних навичок;

-         розвиток уміння вести діалоги;

освітні:

-         прилучення учнів до культури країни, мова якої

вивчається;

-         розширення філологічного кругозору;

розвиваючі:

-         розвивати мовленнєву реакцію учнів;

-         розвивати естетичне сприймання дійсності;

-         розвивати культуру спілкування;

-         розвивати творчість учнів;

виховні:

-         прищеплювати любов до мови, яка вивчається, та

зацікавленість в її вивченні;

-         виховувати взаємоповагу та бажання взаємодопомоги;

-         виховувати самостійність.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Хід заходу

 

1. Музичний вступ

 

2. На фоні тихої музики звучить вірш “Enjoying a good cup of tea”

 

 

P1: You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

 

P2: Only in the awareness of the present

       your hands can feel the pleasant warmth of the cup.

 

P1: Only in the present you can savor the aroma,

       taste the sweetness,

       appreciate the delicacy.

 

P2: If you are thinking about the past

       or worrying about the future,

       you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea.

 

P1: You will look down at the cup

       and the tea will be gone.

 

P2: Life is like that.

 

P1: If you are not fully present,

      you will look around and it will be gone.

 

P2: You will have missed the feel,

      the aroma,

      the delicacy and beauty of life.

 

P1: It will seem to be speeding past you.

 

P2: The past is finished. Learn from it and let it go.

 

P1: The future is not even here yet.

       Plan for it,

       but do not waste your time worrying about it.

 

P2: Worrying is worthless.

 

P1: When you stop thinking about what has already happened,

       when you stop worrying about what might never happen,

       then you will be in the present moment.

 

P2: Then you will begin to experience joy in life. In Tea...

3.  Вступне слово учителя:  Good morning, dear friends! I am glad to see you at our party. Today we’ve gathered together to speak about one of the most wonderful drinks in the world, about tea.

We drink tea in the morning and in the evening, in winter and in summer, we drink hot tea and iced tea, we drink black tea and green tea, we drink tea when we feel good and drink it when we feel bad. It seems so easy and so usual to drink a cup of tea. But ask yourself, “How much do I know about tea?” Almost all of us will say, “Not much, really”.

So, today our aim is to get to know more about the origin of tea-drinking, about traditions and customs of tea drinking, to become familiar with the sayings of famous people about tea. At the end of our party I think you’ll be able to make and serve good tea.

 

Compere 1: Good morning, dear friends! Welcome to our tea party! It’s common knowledge that the English are very fond of tea. They like to have a nice cup of tea from 6 to 8 times a day, sometimes even more.

 

Compere 2:  Millions of people in factories and offices look forward to their tea breaks in the morning and afternoon. They are called elevenses and 5 o’clock tea.

Let’s read some quotations to see what the English think of tea.

 

“Where there is tea, there is hope.”

Sir Arthur Pine

“Tea … will always be the favored beverage of the intellectual”.

Thomas DeQuincy

“If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty”.

Japanese Proverb

“Nobody can teach you how to make the perfect cup of tea. It just happens over time.”

Jill Dupleix

“Angel came down from heaven yesterday, she stayed with me just long enough for afternoon tea…”

Jimi Hendrix

“Drink your tea slowly, evenly, without rushing towards the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.”

 Thich Nat Hahn

“I love tea. It’s my elixir of eternal youth. Physical youth and mental youth.”

Regina Helker

“If you are heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you.”

 William Gladstone

 

Compere 1: And this is what common English people say about tea:

 

P1: The English know how to make tea and what it does for you.

P2: Seven cups of it make you up in the morning; nine cups will put you to sleep at night.

P1: If you are hot, tea will cool you off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up.

P2: If you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you for further thought.

P1: The test of good tea is simple. If a spoon stands up in it, then it is strong enough; if the spoon starts to wobble, it is a feeble makeshift.

 

Вчитель: Famous poets and composers were fond of tea too. They composed songs and poems about this wonderful drink. Let’s listen to some of them.

(Учні розповідають вірші на фоні музики)

 

Poems: 

 

When the world is all at odds

And the mind is all at sea,

Then cease the useless tedium

And brew a cup of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance,

There is solace in its taste;

And the laden moments vanish

Somehow into space.

And the world becomes a lovely thing!

There's beauty as you'll see;

All because you briefly stopped

To brew a cup of tea.

 

I had a little tea party, this afternoon at three.

It was very small, three guests in all: I, Myself, and Me.

Myself ate up the sandwiches, while I drank up the tea,

It was also I who ate the pie and passed the cake to me!

 

When you’re feeling sad and blue

And have no clue what to do,

Sit down and have a cup of tea

And a hug or two or maybe three,

Feel those troubles melt away

And start you on a better day.

 

On Drinking Tea Alone...

In my own hands I hold a bowl of tea;

I see all of nature represented in its green color.

Closing my eyes I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart.

Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become part of me.

 

On Drinking Tea With Friends...

What is the most wonderful thing for people

like myself, who follow the Way of Tea? My answer:

The oneness of host and guest,

created through 'meeting heart to heart',

and sharing a bowl of tea.

 

Song “Katie's Tea”

 

No, I just can't seem to give it up

cause her tea runs in my veins.

Won't you please pour me another cup:

only tea teases,

only tea eases my pain.

 

Lipton Twinings PJ tips Tata tea ou Tetley

Lapsung suchang Breakfast Tea Darjeeling ou Earl Grey

 

No, I just can't seem to give it up,

I sip it all at 5 p.m.

Won't you please pour me another cup

till my blood turns green,

until Katie's tea turns red.

 

Lipton Twinings PJ tips Tata tea ou Tetley

un thé sans Catherine c'est un thé sans tartines ni théière

Lapsung suchang Breakfast Tea Darjeeling ou Earl Grey

un thé sans Catherine c'est un thé sans le nuage de lait

 

Oh Lord, my tea!

Oh Lord, all mighty !

oh mon thé ! mon thé ! monté au cieux!

 

 

Учитель: I think that all of you like to drink tea but I also think that you know too little about this magnificent drink. The students of our group have found some interesting and useful information from the history of tea. So, let’s listen and see what they know.

 

Types of Tea

 

Tea breaks down into three basic types: black, green and oolong. Over 90 percent of the tea is black tea. Some of the popular black teas include English Breakfast, Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe.

Green tea has a more delicate taste and is light green/golden in colour. Green tea is gaining popularity.

Oolong tea is a cross between black and green tea in colour and taste.

Herbal teas contain no true tea leaves. Herbal teas are created from the flowers, berries,   leaves and roots of many different plants.

 

 

The Legendary Origins of Tea

The story of tea began in ancient China over 5,000 years ago. According to legend, the Shen Nong, an early emperor was a skilled ruler, creative scientist and patron of the arts. He required that all drinking water be boiled. One summer day while visiting a distant region, he and the court stopped to rest. The servants began to boil water for the court to drink. Dried leaves from the nearby bush fell into the boiling water, and a brown liquid was infused into the water. As a scientist, the Emperor was interested in the new liquid, drank some, and found it very refreshing. And so, according to legend, tea was created.

 

Europe Learns of Tea

While tea was extremely popular in both Japan and China, information about this drink began to reach Europe. Earlier caravan leaders had mentioned it, but didn’t know what to do with it. (One reference suggests the leaves be boiled, salted, buttered, and eaten!) The first European to encounter tea and write about it was the Portuguese Jesuit Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560. Portugal, with its advanced navy, was successful in gaining the first right of trade with China. The Portuguese developed a trade route by which they shipped their tea to Lisbon, and then Dutch ships transported it to France, Holland, and the Baltic countries.

 

Tea Arrives in England

 The first samples of tea reached England between 1652 and 1654. Tea quickly proved popular enough to replace ale as the national drink of England.

It was the nobility that approved of it. King Charles II had married the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza. Charles himself had grown up in the Dutch capital. As a result, both he and his Portuguese bride were tea drinkers. They brought this foreign tea tradition to England with them.

 

Afternoon Tea in England

 

Tea mania swept across England as it had earlier spread throughout France and Holland. Tea was drunk by all levels of society.

Before the introduction of tea into Britain, the English had two main meals-breakfast and dinner. Breakfast was ale, bread and beef. Dinner was a long, massive meal at the end of the day. It was no wonder that Anna, the Duchess of Bedford experienced a "sinking feeling" in the late afternoon. She invited friends to join her for an additional afternoon meal at five o'clock. The menu centered around small cakes, bread and butter sandwiches, sweets, and, of course, tea. The practice of inviting friends to come for tea in the afternoon was quickly picked up by other hostesses.

 

Tea Gardens

 

The English developed the idea of Tea Gardens. Here ladies and gentlemen took their tea out of doors surrounded by entertainment such as orchestras, flowered walks, concerts, gambling, or fireworks at night. It was at just such a Tea Garden that Lord Nelson, who defeated Napoleon by sea, met the great love of his life, Emma, later Lady Hamilton.

Tipping as a response to proper service developed in the Tea Gardens of England. Small, locked wooden boxes were placed on the tables throughout the Garden. Written on each were the letters "T.I.P.S." which stood for the sentence "To Insure Prompt Service". If a guest wished the waiter to hurry he dropped a coin into the box. Hence, the custom of tipping servers was created.

 

Вчитель: Tea gardens soon turned into social occasions where people talked, laughed and listened to good music and songs.

Song (performed by a student)

 

Учитель: Every country has its own tea-drinking habits. When tea was first brought to England, people didn’t know how it ought to be used. They boiled the leaves and put them on a piece of bacon, and than ate them. Can you imagine how tasty it was? No? You are welcome to see our drama “Tea Leaves”.

 

Scene 1

 

In the room the old woman is sitting in the arm chair knitting.

 

Story teller: Once there lived an old woman. She had the only son who was a sailor. He often sailed to India and every time he returned to Britain from a far-away country he brought her something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

 

The woman’s son appears.

 

Woman: My dear son, here you are! How are you? I was missing you so badly!

 

Son: Hello mom. I’m fine, thanks. I’ve brought a nice present for you.

 

Woman: Oh, how interesting! What is this?

 

Son: It’s a box of tea. It’s very popular in the East. It is food.

 

Woman: But I don’t know how to cook it.

 

Son: Nothing particular. Just put tea leaves into the pot and pour hot water into it. In five minutes it will be ready. Believe me, you’ll enjoy it greatly.

 

Woman: What a flavouring smell. I’ll invite my friends to try out what it is.

 

Story-teller: So the old woman cooked tea as her son had told her and invited her friends to taste it.

 

Scene 2

 

In the room the table is laid for dinner.

 

Friends (coming in): Hello. Glad to see you.

 

Woman: Oh you are welcome! Please, come in, come in. Feel at ease!

 

F1: How many things you have cooked!

 

F2: And so many salads. They seem to be so delicious.

 

Woman: Help yourself to tea leaves.

 

F1: And what’s this? I’ve never seen such food.

 

F2: I also have never tasted it.

 

Woman: My son brought it from India yesterday. He said it was very popular in the East. Help yourselves to tea leaves.

 

F2 (with the face showing unsatisfaction): It’s very tasty, just fantastic.

 

F1 (putting leaves on a peace of bread): M… m… m… It’s really lovely. The smell is so delicious.

 

Son (entering the room): Good afternoon to everybody. I’m very pleased to meet you. And where is the tea, mom?

 

Woman (pointing to the dish): Over there.

 

Son: Oh, mum. These are only the leaves of the tea. They are not eaten. This is the infused water that is drunk

 

Woman: And I threw the water away, of course.

 

Compere 1:  Do you know how to cook tea? Listen to the main recipe of making English tea.

 

 

Compere 2:  Lera can tell you how the Englishmen make tea. Here is the recipe.

 

1. Fill in the kittle with fresh water and boil it.

2. As soon as the water is hot put a little of it into the tea pot to warm it.

3. Then dry the pot and put in one spoonful of tea for each person and one extra for the pot.

4. Pour the freshly boiled water into the pot.

5. Let the tea infuse for five minutes, then stir and serve.

 

Compere 1:  Hot tea is good when it’s cold. But who would drink tea in summer when it’s hot? Iced tea is much better for hot weather. Iced tea is an American invention. It was made in St. Louis, Missouri for the first time in 1904. You’ll be taught how to make iced tea.

 

Compere 2:  The best way to make this is to make a pot of tea and after the tea has been infused for five minutes, pour the tea off into a jug and put it in the fridge to cool. Serve with ice cubes, lemon or orange to flavor and sugar if you wish. This is an excellent, economical and refreshing summer drink.

 

Вчитель: England is a country of customs and traditions. There is one nice custom connected with tea. If you have close friends or relatives and you miss them or want to thank them for something, you can send a card with a warm poem and a bag of tea to show your love and respect.

(Учні розповідають вірші на фоні музики і дарують листівки з пакетиками чаю всім присутнім)

 

Poems:

A little cup of friendship

With a bag of tea

When you drink this

Think of love from me.

 

I wish we could sit down together

And have a cup of tea

But since we can’t

When you have this one

I hope you’ll think of me.

 

I cannot sit and chat with you

the way I'd like to do.

So brew yourself a cup of tea,

I'll think of you, you think of me.

 

A cup of tea to say thank you

For all the things you've done,

And wishes that the day will bring

You happiness and fun.

 

 If I could take your Troubles, 

I would toss them in the Sea. 

But since I can't, I'm sending you

My favorite cup of tea.

 

Here's a gift for perfect day:

With this gift, I’m trying to say

Thanks for all you do for me,

Relax and have a cup of tea!

 

I'm sending you love and tea

To warm your winter's day.

Think of me as you pour your cup

And all the good things we would say.

 

If we could be together now

Instead of miles apart,

We'd sip our teas and memories,

The sweet warmth fills the heart.

 

 

Compere 1: People keep customs and traditions. A lot of them have very long histories. Some are funny and some are strange. But they are all interesting.

 

Compere 2: Some British customs and traditions are famous all over the world: Bowler hats, drinking tea and talking about the weather, for example.

 

Compere 1: Here are some ABC of Table manners for the English Tea drinking. During drinking tea you must follow the next rules:

You must lay sugar in the tea carefully.

 

You must eat the pie with the help of spoon but not hands.

 

You mustn’t tap the spoon for a cup stirring tea.

 

And one more: during drinking tea Englishmen speak only about pleasant things

 

There is an order in which tea party foods are to be eaten: first, scones or muffins, then sandwiches, and lastly, sweets.

 

Take small bites.  Never stuff the whole sandwich or dessert in your mouth even though it seems small enough.

 

Do not dine with gloves on.

 

When seated at a table, raise only the teacup to drink, not the saucer.  Place the teacup gently back on the saucer.

 

 If you are not seated at a table, simply hold the saucer in your lap with your left hand and raise the teacup with your right hand.  Return the cup to the saucer between sips.

 

Never sip or slurp tea.

 

Place all forks or spoons on their corresponding plates.  Never lay a serving utensil on the tablecloth or table.

 

Be sure to unfold your napkin and place it in your lap.  Leave your napkin on the chair, not the table, if you must leave the table.

 

When you have finished with your tea and meal, you should place your napkin to the right of the plate on the table.

 

If your tea is formal you should use cloth napkins. Elegant paper napkins are fine for less formal tea parties.

 

Compere 1:  And now we invite everybody to Tea Drinking. You are welcome!

 

Звучить пісня

 

Oh honey!

Picture me upon your knee,

With tea for two and two for tea,

Just me for you and you for me, alone!

Nobody near us, to see us or hear us,

No friends or relations

on weekend vacations

We won't have it known, dear,

That we own a telephone, dear.

 

Day will break and I'm gonna wake

and start to bake a sugar cake

for you to take for all the boys to see.

We will raise a family,

a boy for you , and a girl for me,

Can't you see how happy we will be.