Номер 2, страница 120 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Вербицкая, Каминс Карр

Dialogue of Cultures 3 - номер 2, страница 120.

Условие.

2 Read the text and say which elements of the dance described are rooted in pagan traditions and which are influenced by modern times?

Morris Dance

There are several types of folk dance, a variety of dances developed by groups or communities, as opposed to being made up by a choreographer. They include: clogging, English country dance, Scottish dance, Irish dance, international folk dance, Maypole dance, Nordic polka dance, square dance, and many more. Folk dances are often performed at social events. The morris dance is one of the most widely known forms of traditional English folk dance.

If you happen to be in England in springtime, you may enjoy a celebration of a very colourful old festival. It used to be a pagan festival when people danced and sang and asked the gods to give them a good year. Today the festival celebrates the beginning of summer and takes place around Spring Bank Holiday, the first Monday in May, when most people don't go to work and there's no school.

Morris dancers are easily recognized: they are usually male, they dress in white (or at least in a white shirt), with crossed baldrics or rosettes and ribbons and, most importantly, with pads of bells strapped under their shins, which ring loudly when they move. They wave white handkerchiefs or clash short sticks together as they dance to the sound of a fiddle or melodeon. There is also a 'Fool', or clown, to entertain the crowd and a 'Cake-Bearer', who carries a whole fruitcake impaled on a sword. Pieces of this cake, which are considered lucky, are presented to members of the audience if they give a donation.

The real explosion of interest to morris dance came with the postwar folk revival in 1960s, and there are still several hundred morris-dance clubs in Britain.

Решение.

Решение 2.

2 Прочитайте текст и скажите, какие элементы описанного танца уходят корнями в языческие традиции, а какие находятся под влиянием современности?

Ответ:

Elements rooted in pagan traditions:
The Morris dance festival originated as a pagan festival where people danced, sang, and asked the gods for a good year. The celebration of the beginning of summer, occurring in May, is also rooted in these ancient traditions. Additionally, the figures of the 'Fool' or 'clown' and the 'Cake-Bearer' who presents pieces of a lucky fruitcake (impaled on a sword) for donations, seem to have roots in older, perhaps ritualistic, customs.

(Перевод: Элементы, уходящие корнями в языческие традиции:
Фестиваль Моррис-данс зародился как языческий праздник, на котором люди танцевали, пели и просили богов о хорошем годе. Празднование начала лета, происходящее в мае, также уходит корнями в эти древние традиции. Кроме того, фигуры "Дурака" или "клоуна" и "Носителя пирога", который раздает кусочки счастливого фруктового пирога (насаженного на меч) за пожертвования, по-видимому, имеют корни в более старых, возможно, ритуальных, обычаях.)

Elements influenced by modern times:
The modern influence is seen in the timing of the festival, which now coincides with the Spring Bank Holiday on the first Monday in May, a time when most people don't go to work or school. The resurgence of interest in Morris dance with the postwar folk revival in the 1960s and the existence of several hundred Morris-dance clubs in Britain today represent its modern continuation and popularization.

(Перевод: Элементы, находящиеся под влиянием современности:
Современное влияние проявляется в привязке фестиваля к празднику Весны (Spring Bank Holiday) в первый понедельник мая, когда большинство людей не ходят на работу или в школу. Возрождение интереса к Моррис-данс послевоенным фолк-движением в 1960-х годах и существование нескольких сотен клубов Моррис-данс в Британии сегодня представляют собой его современное продолжение и популяризацию.)