BRAIN Number 28, 2016 WAVE

Hello dear 150th anniversary of the first friends! Elvis isn't dead; he's alive Russian stamp and well in the small town of Parkes in Australia. The first Russian postage stamp was officially issued on Thousands of Elvis Presley fans 22 December (10 December) 1857, but people started to gathered in the Australian town of use them to pay internal correspondence in on 1 Parkes, dressed in jumpsuits and January 1858, by the circular of the Postal Department capes, to celebrate what have been the "On the bringing of postal stamps for the common use". late singer’s 81st birthday. It was an imperforate 10-kopeck stamp depicting the For the five-day Parkes Elvis Festival, coat of arms of Russia, and printed using typography in the population of the New South brown and blue. The first Russian stamps are recognized Wales town doubles in size as fans of experts in the field of philately most beautiful two-color all ages come together to pay tribute to stamps in the world. Depending on the catalogue and the type of damping the ‘king of rock and roll’. amount of the first Russian stamp The theme of the festival for this year is ranges from $ 275 to $ 700 per the star’s 1963 movie Fun in Acapulco. mark hydrated and from 12.5 to 20 This is the main reason many fans are wearing sombreros as they relive the thousand dollars - at face. Stamp exhibitions and other late star’s work and music. memorable philatelic events have January was identified as the best also been organised. Research on month to celebrate the festival, as the the history of the first stamps of King was born on January 8. The first the is a subject of festival was held in January 1993. numerous publications including Parkes is now recognized as the Elvis newspaper and journal articles and Capital of Australia. books. number 28, 2016 news BRAINWAVE

The The War Year of of the Russian Worlds Cinema

This book was written by Herbert Wells in 1897. 2016 year is named «The Year of Cinema» in Russia. There is one main character— But what we actually know about cinema and Russian unnamed young man, a resident cinematography? of Victorian England, beginning The movies are truly an art of our time. It is the greatest of XX-th century, who tries to aesthetic and educational force in the world today. The survive in war of the worlds, invention of the photography in 1828 played a very which begins with the Martians’ important role in the development of the cinema. 1895 invasion of England. became the year when the cinema was born. After the Next events show their evil brothers Lumier had invented the cinematography, the intentions. Many inhabitants cinema widely spread all over the world. of the country are killed by the The spreading of cinematography in Russia started unknown Terrain weapon — the with the demonstration of the Lumiere brothers’ film heat ray. People don’t understand in May 1896 in St. Petersburg and and later in the seriousness of the threat, they Nizhniy Novgorod. The first sound films simultaneously believe that the Martians will not appeared in three countries, the USSR, the USA and be able to move because of gravity. Germany at the end of the 1920’s. In October 1929 the However, the Martians are able first sound cinema house started its work. Since that to fix their vehicles and begin to time the Russian film industry was going its own way. enslave the Earth. This book is very interesting for Now film industry in Russia is rapidly developed. More science fiction fans. It is a very than 20 films are produced every year. serious book, because Herbert One of my favourite films is the film «Hipsters» Wells saw in the Martians humans («Stilyagi»). The film is directed by Valery Todorovsky, from the future. Many science based on the book Boogie Bones byYuri Korotkov. This fiction writers and critics admit is the story of young Muscovites in the 50s who had to influence of Wells and his "War of fight for the right to be different: to listen to different the worlds" on their work. music, to boogie, and to wear different clothes. It’s a It is is certainly worth reading. You truly celebratory movie. The film became popular all will like it from the beginning! over the world.

Alexander Mal’kov, 7B Seda Gasanova, 10A 2 BRAINWAVE contests number 28, 2016

Cheburashka. Then and now. Guess, what

This year Cheburashka is celebrating his 50th anniversary. city of the UK Cheburashka was created by Eduard Uspenskiy. In 1966 he wrote a book “Crocodile Gena and his friends”. Actually, is described? in his childhood the author had a toy with defects which, according to Edurad`s parents, was exotic species of an 1. It is an administrative animal from the tropical forest. centre of Suffolk, a port at the At the beginning this character looked awfully with little ears head of the Orwell estuary? and brown fur but after coming out of the Soviet cartoon, 2. This town was chosen as the Royalist headquarters during the Civil War. It is also a seat of one of the oldest and most famous universities. 3. In Elizabethan times it was Britain’s chief port. The town is also famous because it was the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to the New World. 4. This city is situated in England. It is famous for the manufacture of steel, cutlery and silverware. 5. It is a city, situated in Cheburashka got his usual appearance – a strange animal Scotland. It is known as a with pretty eyes and big ears. There were 4 puppet cartoons centre of the offshore North about adventures of Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka Sea oil industry. based on the book of Eduard Uspenskiy who also took part 6. The English town founded in writing of the script. This cartoon made Cheburashka by the Romans, who called it very popular, Later in 2004 on Summer Athens Olympic in Latin «Aquae Sulis». It was Games he became a national mascot of our Olympic team. a fashionable spa in the 18th Talking about popularity of Cheburashka in the world, and early 19th centuries. Japanese animation studio has bought rights on showing our 7. The town is famous English cartoon about strange animal on Japanese television. There resort-centre. From c. 1780 to are successful anime series “Cheburashka Arere?”( Who is 1827 it was patronized by the Cheburashka?). Prince of Wales (later George In conclusion, Cheburashka is one of the most famous IV), that was reflected in the symbols of children`s idols. And it`s popular all over the Regency architecture. world that makes us proud of this character.

Sergey Sharaevsky, 11 3 number 28, 2016 news BRAINWAVE

Happy Birthday, Winnie-the-Pooh!

Winnie-the- Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional teddy bear created by the English author A. A. Milne. This teddy bear was owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne. Pooh was in fact Christopher Robin's Edward Bear, who was renamed after a black bear at London Zoo called Winnie who got her name from the fact that her owner had come from Winnipeg, Canada. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. 'Winnie-the-Pooh' was published on October 14th, 1926, the verses 'Now We are Six' in 1927, and 'The House at Pooh Corner' in 1928 The Pooh-books became firm favourites with old and young alike and have been translated into almost every known language. Here, in Russia, we also have our Winnie-the-Pooh. And this year the film will celebrate its 45 th anniversary. Winnie-the-Pooh (Russian: Винни-Пух) is a 1969 animated film by directed by Fyodor Khitruk. Khitruk studied the original book by Milne first in English, later in Russian, translated by Boris Zakhoder who became a co-writer of the first two parts of the trilogy. Khitruk had not seen the Disney adaptations while working on his own. He created the prototype drawings of the characters together with Vladimir Zuikov. .Khitruk followed the original book by A. A. Milne and based his first two parts of the trilogy on the Pooh's love for honey. Khitruk removed Robin and made Pooh the leading character. Pooh is balanced by the ; they are best friends and are present in all parts of the story. While Pooh always takes the initiative, he often seeks advice and help from the Piglet. His animation was relatively simple and slowly paced compared to other Milne adaptations. Khitruk put much emphasis on the dialogues and timing – every move of his characters and every character line are intended to bring hidden details and irony to viewers of all ages.

Andrey Smirnov, 11 4 BRAINWAVE curiosity page number 28, 2016

The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. R.L. Stevenson It is raining cats Seven Wonders of Russia and dogs Mount Elbrus

Mount Elbrus is certainly a natural wonder. It’s the highest mountain in Russia and in Europe. At almost 5,500 metres high, this beautiful mountain is a magnet for mountain-climbers, skiers and snowboarders from all over the world. People also come here to go skiing. In the past, Mount Elbrus was an active volcano, but its last eruption was about two thousand years ago. Elbrus has two summits: the West Summit and the East Summit. The West Summit is higher than the East by only 21 metres. According to Greek mythology, Prometheus, who stole When the rain is heavy fire from the gods to give it to people, was chained to British normally say that it the mountain, with one hand on the East and the other is raining cats and dogs. But one on the West peak. Every day Zeus sent an eagle why cats and dogs? to peck out his liver, but Heracles killed the eagle and In the past, when the rain was freed Prometheus. torrential, dead animals from the basements and cellars of the houses were washed out onto the streets. If there were dead cats and dogs on the streets, the rain was really heavy. Thus, it was raining cats and dogs. People inhabiting Britain also noticed that the length of particular sounds is different depending on various weather patterns.

Учредитель: ГБОУ СОШ № 263 с углублённым изучением английского языка Руководитель проекта: Гильманова Зинфира Мадияровна Участники проекта: учителя кафедры иностранных языков, учащиеся ГБОУ СОШ № 263 5