МБОУ лицей № 4 г. Данкова
Лицейское научное общество
«Синяя птица»
Конкурс исследовательских работ
«Первые шаги в науку»
Секция: языкознания.
Тема проекта: Apple Day in Great Britain and
Yablochniy Spas in Russia.
Авторы проекта:
Кожемякин Руслан
Дьякова Ольга
8 класс
Руководитель проекта:
Ростова Оксана Евгеньевна
Учитель английского языка
г. Данков
2014 г.
Contents
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………...2
2. Why apples?..........................................................................................................3
3. “An apple a day keeps a doctor away”…………………………………………..4
4. Some good reasons why you should eat an apple a day…………………………5
5. Some interesting apples facts……………………………………………………6
6. Apple Day in Great Britain………………………………………………………7
7. Yablochiy Spas in Russia………………………………………………………..9
8. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...11
9. Bibliography……………………………………………………………………12
Introduction
Every country has its own holidays. Some of them appeared ages ago and are unique for one particular country, others can be found all over the world. The way people celebrate this or that holiday can tell us much about the culture and the history of the country, its traditions and customs.
So, the object of our research has become one of the most popular and widely used fruit in Britain and Russia – the apple. It appears in many religious traditions and folktales as a symbol of love and sexuality, rebirth and beauty, health and wealth; a symbol for knowledge, immorality, temptation, the fall of man and sin.
We have decided to find out and learn all facts about holidays devoted to this wonderful fruit in Russia and Great Britain, catch and compare likeness and difference of two cultures.
We set ourselves the following tasks:
To get acquainted with useful properties of apples and prove a popular saying “An apple a day keeps a doctor away”.
To find out as much as possible about “Apple Day” in Great Britain and “Yablochiy Spas” in Russia, compare them and make a conclusion.
To activate and increase the vocabulary on the theme “Holidays”
To cultivate positive and tolerant attitude to different cultures.
The practical value of work is evident. It may be interesting and useful for pupils. It can develop and broaden their outlook, help to understand better the history and traditions of their own country and a foreign one, observe them and be proud of them.
Why apples?
There’s nothing like an apple. Not a thing
In summer, fall, millennium or spring
The crisp, collapsing clutter in the mouth
Wet sugar squirting east, west, north and south!
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree in the rose family. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits that are used by humans. Apples grow on small, decidius trees. The tree originated in Central Asia. Apples have been grown for thousand of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have been present in the mythology and religions of many cultures, including Greek and Christian traditions. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples and last year over 80 million tons were grown.
“An apple a day keeps a doctor away”
Have you heard the old saying about an apple a day keeping the doctor away? Of course, you have. The origin of the phrase is explained in an article in a Welsh magazine from 1886. The saying printed there was “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread”.
It means that an apple is a healthy, fresh and nutrient – rich food. The proverb tells us that if we eat an apple every day, it will help us to stay in good health.
According to recent research, there may be a great deal of truth to this statement. The unassuming apple often gets overlooked for more exotic produce, but it has some pretty powerful health benefits in its own right. Here are four good reasons why you should eat an apple a day.
Eat an Apple a Day to Prevent Cancer
Apples have shown some convincing anti-cancer benefits. The inside of an apple is a good source of flavonoids that help to fight cancer, but the real anti-cancer compounds are in the outer skin. Apple peels are a good source of chemicals called triterpenoids that stop cancer cells cold in the laboratory. Another recent study showed that an apple extract given to mice reduced the size of their breast tumors. Extracts from the apple have also been shown to reduce the growth of colon and liver tumors in rats.
Eat an Apple a Day to Lose Weight
Apples are a good source of fiber and a fiber-like substance known as pectin. Pectin slows down how [link]
