III. Answer the questions:

1. What did the word “Paskha” derive from?

2. When is Stritennia Hospodne observed? Tell about the history of the holiday.

3. Can you list peculiarities of Triennia’s celebration in Ukraine?

4. How are “hromnychny” used and what for? What do you know about the

consecrated candles?

5. What holiday is celebrated during last week before Lent? Give all the possible

variants of naming.

6. What dishes does the diet during Masliana exclude?

7. How long does Velyky Post last?

8. Why is it so difficult to fast during Velyky Post?

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9. Can you name the most important part of Lent?

10.What historical events does the Sunday before Passion Week commemorate?

IV. Give the synonyms to the words:

1. ailment (n)

2. adorn (adj)

3. properly (adv)

4. merriment (n)

5. abstinence (n)

6. mlyntsi (n)

V. Make up your own sentences with the words (see task I).

VI. Discuss the topics:

1. The role of church in the development of the Ukrainian culture.

2. Give pros and cons for observing religious rules and patterns of behaviour.

3. Do you see the contradiction between values of modern Ukrainian society and

that of the church? Offer a possible solution of this problem.

4. Give additional information about other public holidays in Ukraine. Which of

them do you usually celebrate?

5. Comment on the role of public holidays in social life.

6. Discuss the beauty of Ukrainian folk traditions and festivals. Point out the

revival of traditions.

VII. Using the supplementary material below make up a pilot school

lesson or university lecture and present your project in class.

Make use of cliches typical of oral presentations:

Мы начали с того, что… We began by saying that…

До сих пор мы обсуждали…

До сих пор мы рассматривали

только…

So far we have discussed…

So far we have considered only…

Мне хотелось бы сосредоточить

внимание на…

Мы рассмотрим кратко…

I would like to focus on …

We shall consider briefly…

Сейчас мы можем перейти…

Сейчас мы можем перейти…

Следующий момент касается…

We can now turn to…

We can now pass on to …

The next point concerns…

Общепризнанным является то,

что…

It is generally agreed that…

Здесь, очевидно, необходимо A few words of comment are

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дать краткий комментарий. obviously necessary here.

Следует иметь в виду…

Следует особо подчеркнуть,

что…

It should be born in mind that…

It should be specially emphasized

that…

Интересно было бы упомянуть

о том, что…

It would be interesting to mention

that…

Прежде, чем мы начнем…

необходимо отметить еще два

момента.

Two more remarks are necessary

before we begin to…

Примером этого является… A case in point is…

В заключение мне хотелось бы

сказать, что…

In conclusion I would like to say

that…