Патриотическое воспитание на уроках английского языка

Готовясь к празднованию 70-летия победы советского народа в Великой Отечественной войне, на своих уроках английского языка я использовала многие имеющиеся у меня ресурсы для патриотического воспитания. Мы разучивали некоторые военные песни, которые попробовали перевести на английский язык, либо найти перевод в интернете; о самых известных битвах Великой Отечественной рассказывали кратко на английском языке и задавали слушателям вопросы на понимание, читали военные стихи.

Для одного из своих уроков я нашла очень интересный текст в книге «Читай и говори по-английски» Военного издательства обороны СССР (Москва, 1969), который называется “How He Won The Duel”.  Привожу текст рассказа:

"A Soviet Unit was defending the approaches to a small town on the south-western front and for two weeks the Germans had made no attacks on Soviet positions. The snipers on both sides, however, were active.

            One morning, when our snipers were observing some bushes on the enemy’s side, where, the scouts said, there was a nazi strong point, one of our snipers through his field glasses saw a board on a tree with the inscription: “I am Kurtz Meier, the supersniper. I’m going to finish you off, Russian sniper!”

            Our sniper read it and thought it over. It wasn’t any too polite but it was straight talk at least. The next day the sniper put up a similar board with the answer “Kurtz Meier, you’d better make your will before it’s too late!”

            That was the beginning of the duel between Kurtz Meier and our sniper. Here is what the Soviet sniper said about this duel: “I soon learnt that the enemy sniper was not only a good shot, but very cunning too. Several times I worked hard to make a good shelter for myself. Every time it was camouflaged so well that even our boys were unable to find it easily. I used to sit in my shelter all day long without moving, waiting for the enemy sniper to show himself. It was enough for me to fire once to hear the enemy sniper’s bullet fly right over my head from some unexpected direction. At last I thought of a plan of how I might discover the enemy sniper’s hiding place without showing myself.

            Two dark nights I worked with my comrades to build two well-covered shelters. The third night I took two rifles and went to my new hiding places. I put one of my rifles in position in the first shelter, fastened a rope to it which I then stretched to my second hiding place where I waited a whole day carefully studying every inch of ground in front of me. Finally I noticed a bit of sand between two bushes on the other side. It looked as if it had been dug up recently.

            I considered the situation and after some time pulled the rope and fired the rifle which I had put in position in the other shelter. The next moment there was an answering shot and I could see a small cloud of dust on the other side. So that was where the German supersniper was hiding.

            Now I was sure of two things: that the spare rifle had not hit any mark and that the enemy sniper had hit his.

            Kurtz Meier had every reason to believe that I was dead now. But he was clever enough not to show any sign of life. But I was prepared to stay in my shelter and pretend that I was dead for several days if necessary as I had some chocolate and excellent canned food. A whole day passed before the German sniper became finally sure that he had killed me. Suddenly a bush near the sand moved. I fired at its roots. The bush went up and fell over. There was no answering shot from the other side because Kurtz Meier was dead”.

            Мы читали этот текст в 7, 8 и 9-х классах. Для чтения текста в  каждом классе мы разбились на три группы, каждая из которых представила нам свой перевод. Таким образом, я удостоверилась в том, что текст хорошо понят. Следующий этап состоял из упражнений. Я приготовила два упражнения, которые мы должны были выполнить после прочтения текстов, расширив свой словарный запас и получив возможность развить навыки поискового чтения.

            Первое упражнение заключалось в том, чтобы найти английские предложения, соответствующие русским.

1. У Курта Майера были все основания полагать, что я был мёртв.
2. Так вот где прятался немецкий суперснайпер.
3. Через полевой бинокль один из наших снайперов увидел на дереве дощечку с надписью.
4. Это было начало дуэли между Куртом Майером и нашим снайпером.
5. Наконец, я придумал план, как мне обнаружить расположение вражеского снайпера, не выдав своего.
6. Я ждал целый день, тщательно изучая каждый сантиметр земли перед собой.

Во втором упражнении нужно было продолжить английское предложение.

1. One morning …
2. That was the beginning …
3. Which I then stretched …
4. Finally I noticed …
5. The third night I took two rifles …
6. Every time it was camouflaged …

В качестве домашнего задания нужно было сделать краткий пересказ текста.