BRAIN Number 21 (may 2014) WAVE School News World News Hello dear Alexander Victory Day! Vasilyevich Suvorov friends! This is the last copy of our newspaper this year. Less than a month left before your summer holidays start, however, I believe you will use the remaining time wisely preparing for tests and exams. I wish you good luck! You will have much liesure On 8 May pupils from 5А draw time soon. How are you going pictures on the paving in front of to spend it? Probably, you will the shopping and entertainment find time to read books as it do The winner of the contest complex «Warsaw Express» celebrities. You will be surprised «The Name of Victory» dedicated to our main holiday to learn that favourite books of became the Count Suvorov “Victory Day”. some foreign ones are Russian of Rymnik, Prince of Italy, authors. For example, George Count of the Holy Roman Clooney spend time reading Good luck, school-leavers! Empire, national hero of «War and Peace» by Tolstoy, Russia, a Generalissimo Daniel Radcliffe-«Master This year our 11th formers will of the Russian Empire. He and Margarita» by Bulgagov, hear the sound of the school bell won more than 60 battles DAvid Schwimmer-«Idiot» by on 24 May. We wish your dreams and never lost one. His Dostoevsky, Orlando Bloom- come true. prowess, military wisdom, «The Karamazovs brothers» and daring remain in by Dostoevsky, Jim Carrey- high regard. There are «Crime and Punishment» by a lot of monuments to Dostoevsky. him in different cities And what will you read? and countries. In 1942 the Order of Suvorov was Zinfira Madiyarovna established in the USSR. Gilmanova BRAINWAVE news may 2014 Greetings Emerald Island cards There are many traditions in Russia, one of them is sending greetings cards. Greetings cards are very popular in our country. The most popular kinds of greetings cards are birthday cards, congratulations cards and cards for special days. Usually people send these cards to their relatives, friends, teachers, colleagues I have recently visited one of the most interesting, gorgeous, and many other people. wonderful countries in the world – Ireland. Though we stayed Traditional cards have in Dublin, we also went to some places in the country. pictures of flowers, emblems Dublin – is an ancient town, which was founded in 830 A.D. of different holidays, scenery. The spirit of history is felt everywhere and in everything – But the greetings cards are in its old buildings, in its narrow streets, in the monuments changing, and now they are to famous people. Celts, Vikings, Saxons – different peoples different: there are greeting made its history. cards with already written When we speak about Guinness Book of Records we don’t words of congratulations; associate this name with Arthur Guinness who is one of there are 3D-cards, musical the most prominent Irish not only because of this book, but cards, funny cards and so on. because of the world well-known beer. People can buy greetings cards Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Bernard Show, W. Yeats – are at the post-office, in different famous writers and poets who were born in Dublin. We saw shops, in supermarkets. the monuments to them in very unexpected places and poses. Many people like to send Famous Irish Molly Mallone is still selling the cockles and and to get greeting cards. mussels and pushing her wheel-barrow along the crowded Some people send them streets of the old city. traditionally from the post- However, Ireland is not only Dublin. It is a great green space offices, but many modern of pastures where sheep and cows are grazing. Its nature is a people send greetings cards mixture of hills and mountains, cliffs and sea, which surrounds by the Internet. As for me, I the Emerald island. Traditional industries of weaving and prefer to send greetings cards cheese-making are wide-spread in the farms of the country. by the Internet or to make It was a wonderful experience of visiting this amazing country them myself. and if you have an opportunity to see Ireland – don’t miss it! It is wonderful! You will never regret! Ekaterina Viktorovna Klementyeva Soboleva Darya, 7 A 2 may2014 contests BRAINWAVE Long live, Saint Petersburg! How well you know Saint Petersburg? Quiz 1.Who is Patron Saint of Petersburg? 2. Who is the governor of Saint Petersburg? 3. How long was the Siege? The city was built by conscripted peasants from all over Russia; 4. What are the symbols of the a number of Swedish prisoners of war were also involved in city? some years under the supervision of Alexander Menshikov. 5. Where is the monument to Tens of thousands of serfs died building the city. Many famous Krylov situated? architects build the city: Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, 6. What is the highest sculpture Antonio Rinaldi, Yury Felten, Giacomo Quarenghi, Andrey group in Petergof called? Voronikhin, Andreyan Zakharov, Jean-François Thomas de 7. How old was Peter the Great Thomon, Carlo Rossi, Vasily Stasov, Auguste de Montferrand. when he died? St Petersburg is a city of three revolutions: the revolution of 1905, February revolution and October revolution. 8. How many departments are The city has been renamed three times: during the World there in the Hermitage? War I the Imperial government renamed the city Petrograd 9. Who did the Mikhailovsky to remove the German words Sankt and Burg. On January 26, Castle belong to? 1924, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad. In 1991 the city got its 10. What do the statues on historical name - Saint Petersburg. base of the Rostral columns During World War II, German forces besieged Leningrad for represent? 872 days. The Siege of Leningrad proved one of the longest, most 11. Whose monuments can destructive, and most lethal sieges of a major city in modern history. be seen in front of the Kazan The Saint Petersburg Mint, founded in 1724, is one of the largest Cathedral? mints in the world, it mints Russian coins, medals and badges. 12. Which street is 22 meters The city has 221 museums - the largest one is the Hermitage, wide, buildings there 22 the Russian Museum is a large museum devoted specifically meters high and 220 metres to Russian fine art; 2000 libraries; more than 80 theaters; 100 long? concert organizations; 45 galleries and exhibition halls; 62 13. How long did it take A. cinemas and around 80 other cultural establishments. Every Montferrand to built St Isaac’s year the city hosts around 100 festivals and various competitions of art and culture, including more than 50 international ones. Cathedral? Citizens and tourists enjoy visiting the suburbs of St Petersburg: 14. How many atlases support Petergof, Pushkin, Pavlovsk with their wonderful palaces, parks the New Hermitage? and fountains. 15. Who liberated the peasants St Petersburg inspired many of our great poets, writers, painters, of Russia from surfdom? sculptors, composers and actors. Much of the life and work of 16. How old is the city? Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky, Repin and Kramskoi was Good luck! connected with the city. 3 BRAINWAVE curiosity page may 2014 The world is so full International of a number of things, Left-Handers Day I’m sure we should all be 13 August as happy as kings. R.L. Stevenson August 13 is designated Events that you shouldn’t miss International Stonehenge Summer Solstice Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders Each year on 21 June visitors International. It from around the orld gather at was first observed Stonehenge overnight to mark on the 13th of August, 1976. It the summer solstice and to see celebrates their uniqueness and the sunrise above the stones. differences, who are from seven The Summer Solstice is the most to ten percent of the world's important day of the year at Stonehenge and a truly magical time population. Left-handers Day to be there. It's akin to a spiritual experience. Anyone who has is now celebrated world-wide. witnessed the crowd become silent as the sky begins to brighten Interesting fact: left-handers can attest to that. are far more likely to develop schizophrenia than right- Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! handers, for reasons not well understood. Most left-handers The Queen celebrates two birthdays: draw figures facing to the right. her actual birthday (April 21) and her There is a high tendency in "official" birthday (marked either the twins for one to be left-handed. first or second Saturday in June; this Stuttering and dyslexia occur year's will be celebrated on June 7). more often in left-handers. Why two birthdays? The tradition of Here are some famous left- having an "official" birthday for the handers people: Barack Obama sovereign began for practical reasons (1961- ) 44th, Queen Victoria when monarchs born in winter of England, Prince William of months were prevented from having England, Winston Churchill, parades and outdoor celebrations due Lewis Carroll, Carl Philipp to cold and wet weather. King Edward Emanuel Bach, Michelangelo, VII, born on Nov. 9, was the first Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, sovereign to mark his official birthday on a day that wasn't his Marilyn Monroe and many actual birthday. The Queen continues this tradition. She celebrates others. It is fun to celebrate this her real birthday privately with friends and family; her official day when right-handed family birthday is marked by ceremonies at Buckingham Palace. members, friends, colleagues do everything left-handed for the whole day. Руководитель проекта: Учредитель: ГБОУ СОШ №263 Главный редактор, вёрстка, Гильманова Зинфира с углублённым изучением дизайн: Людмила Фролова Мадияровна английского языка 4.