ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-ТВОРЧЕСКАЯ
КОМПОЗИЦИЯ
«ДИАЛОГИ
ОБ АМЕРИКЕ»
Сцена 1
Действующие
лица: Турист из России, гид американец
Оснащение:
Изображение статуи свободы в Нью-Йорке.
Американец:
You
are a foreigner, aren’t you?
Турист:
Yes,
that’s right.
Американец:
Where
did you come from?
Турист:
I
come from Moscow in Russia.
Американец:
Oh,
I’m sorry, I can’t speak your language. I don’t see many Russian tourists in
America. So, welcome to our country. I’m so glad you’ve come. Are you enjoying
staying in America?
Турист:
Yes,
I’m having a wonderful time. The first thing I was impressed by is the people
living in America. There is a great variety of different nationalities here.
Американец:
So
I will be glad to be your guide round the “wheel” of the American history. Let’s start from the very beginning.
Сцена 2
Действующие
лица: Турист из России, гид американец,
Колумб, Пилигрим 1, Пилигрим 2, индеец 1, индеец 2.
Оснащение:
Изображение средневекового корабля с пилигримами, изображение
Карты Колумба.
На экране высвечивается
изображение средневекового корабля с пилигримами. На
сцену выходит
Колумб.
Колумб:
In
the Middle Ages Spain was very interested in new lands. So I made many voyages
to discover them. One day I decided to find the seaway to India, which was
famous of unknown exotic fruit, vegetables and different kinds of spice.
But
my route was mistaken. When I arrived in the Caribbean I thought I landed in
India in Asia, so I called the people there “Indians”. In fact they were Native
Americans.
Колумб уходит
со сцены.
Вместо него
появляются пилигримы.
Пилигрим
1: In fourteen hundred and ninety-two
Пилигрим
2: Columbus sailed the ocean blue...
Пилигрим
1: Let's sing together this old song
Пилигрим
2: About the voyage that took him long,
Пилигрим
1: About the sailors, those strong brave men.
Пилигрим
2: Let's sing and remember them all again!
Пилигримы подходят
друг к
другу
Пилигрим
1: Are
you unhappy because you’re leaving England?
Пилигрим
2: No, I’m not. In England many people were unkind to us because
our religion is different. We have a very simple life so people think we’re
strange. Finally, we decided to sail to America.
Пилигрим
1: Land
ahoy! There is a land in the distance!
Пилигрим
2: I am sure it’s a wonderful country for us.
Турист:
Who
are you?
Пилигрим
1: We
are Pilgrims, the fist white settlers in North America. We came here in 1620 on
the ship “Mayflower” from England.
Пилигрим 2: We took 66 days to sail to America and when we arrived many of the
Pilgrims were sick and weak from the terrible weather. When we landed in
America we were worried about Indians and wild animals.
Пилигрим 2: But the land was good. Many of the fruits and vegetables were
different from those in England. There were also animals to hunt and tasty fish
to catch. We started building our first houses.
Пилигрим
2: The winter was very cold and it snowed. A lot of people died and
finally there were only 52 of us. One day an Indian suddenly appeared.
Появляются индейцы
Индеец 1: Who are you?
Пилигрим
1: My
name is Lizzie and this is John. We are Pilgrims from a far country
called England. We came here to start a new life. And who are you?
Индеец 1: We are Native Americans. We
live in small groups of about 20-50 people. We are very peaceful
people, and live by hunting and collecting food. Some of us have farms.
Индеец 2: So we can teach you how to
cultivate the plants that we now eat: potatoes, beans, maize, tomatoes,
pineapples, cacao and many more.
Американец: After that the Native Americans and the white people smoke a pipe
of peace which means friendship. Soon everything went well for the pilgrims. A
year later they invited all the Indians to a big meal to thank them for their
help. Nowadays this day is celebrated in America every autumn and called
“Thanksgiving Day”
Сцена
3
Действующие
лица: Турист из России, гид американец,
президент Линкольн, темнокожий Американец.
Оснащение:
Изображение рабов на плантациях. Изображение военных
действий с Британией в войне за независимость.
Президент
Линкольн за рабочим столом.
Американец:
When
Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent
and the first pilgrims landed here, who thought that this was the place where
the future of the world would be made! The declaration of independence was
proclaimed in. The war with Britain lasted for eighty years. Slavery grew in
the South. The 16-th American President Abraham Lincoln had to lead the
country through the four terrible years of the Civil War. And he hated slavery.
Турист входит в кабинет президента.
Президент:
Good
afternoon to you.
Турист:
Good
afternoon, Mr. President.
Президент:
So,
you wanted to see me.
Турист:
Yes, Mr.
President.
Президент:
You are not American, aren’t you?
Турист: No,
Mr. President.
Президент:
And
you’ve come to ask me some questions.
Турист:
That’s right, Mr. President.
Президент:
All right. Stay and ask your questions.
Турист: Where
were you born, Mr. President?
Президент:
I was born in Kentucky.
Турист:
Did you spend all your childhood in Kentucky?
Президент:
No.
When I was seven my family had to leave Kentucky.
We
moved to Indiana.
Турист: What
do you remember of your childhood?
Президент:
Many,
many things. I remember the death of my dear mother.
Турист:
How
old were you then?
Президент:
Nine.
A young lad of nine.
Турист: And
did your father marry again?
Президент:
Yes,
he married Sarah Bush Johnson. She was a new mother to me. A wonderful person.
Турист: Did
she encourage you to study?
Президент:
Yes,
I didn’t like farm work. I knew it wasn’t going to be my life. My new mother
saw it and encouraged me to read.
Турист: What
did you like to read?
Президент:
Anything and everything. I liked “The Life of George Washington”, Shakespeare,
Aesop’s “Fables”.
Раздаётся стук в дверь.
Excuse me.
Come
in.
Входит афроамериканец.
Президент:
Good
afternoon. Who are you?
Афроамериканец:
Good
afternoon, Mr. President. My name is John.
Президент:
Where
did you come from?
Афроамериканец:
I
was born here in America. But my grandfather came from Gambia in Africa and my
grandmother came from Ghana.
Президент:
So
you have the roots from both countries?
Афроамериканец:
Yes,
my grandfather was about fifteen when he arrived in America. White slave
traders took him from his village in Gambia one day and put him on a ship to
the New World.
Президент:
A
long journey?
Афроамериканец:
Yes, many slaves died from hunger and diseases during this journey.
Президент:
And
your grandmother, his wife, how old was she when she came here?
Афроамериканец:
About 7 years old. She came with her mother.
Президент:
Where did they meet?
Афроамериканец:
On
a cotton farm. One day my grandfather tried to run away but his master caught
him and punished. He nearly died. My grandmother looked after him.
Президент:
So,
slavery have been existed in America for hundreds of years. Slaves have no
rights at all – they are the property of their owners. They live in very bad
conditions, receive minimal amounts of food and are treated very badly.
Now
it is the year of 1863. I sign the Emancipation Proclamation – the great
historical document that makes all slaves free!
Сцена
4
Действующие
лица: Турист из России, гид американец,
Китаец.
Оснащение:
Видео материал
Звучит китайская музыка
Турист:
Chinese
music? here in America?!
Китаец:
This
is San Francisco. I am a Chinese American. I have lived here all my life.
Турист:
Oh!
I would like to know much about the history of Chinese people in America.
Китаец:
My
ancestors came here in 1850s. Before they lived in towns and villages in China.
The men used to work in the fields and women used to stay at home cooking and
looking after the children. Their life was difficult then and very poor. So
over 20 thousand people came to California to find gold. They had a dangerous
life. Their work was extremely hard. Some people found gold and became rich.
But many people found nothing.
So many Chinese got jobs building rail ways from the West coast to the East
coast. That was a difficult life too. Thousands of people died from cold,
deceases, accidents and explosions.
A lot of Chinese came to live in San Francisco. They built homes in the centre
of the city and called it “China Town”. For a long time their life was hard.
The government didn’t allow them to get education. More than that, in 1906 a
huge earthquake hit the city and completely destroyed China Town. But they
rebuilt it.
This is
China Town today. San Francisco has changed a lot. But some traditions have
remained. And people do many of the same things they used to do. For example,
we celebrate Chinese New Year with bright dragons, a symbol of China.
Все
участники проекта выстраиваются в линию на сцене.
Американец:There
are fifty states in the United States of America. The people of the United
States are a mixture of many different nationalities. So, the United
States is a big melting pot of countries. People from many different countries
came to the US and made one country out of many.
Все
вместе поют песню, положив руки друг другу на плечи.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(words and
music by Woody Guthrie)
This land is your land,
this land is my land,
From California to the
New York island,
From the red-wood forest
to the Gulf Stream water;
This land was made for
you and me.
As I was walking
That ribbon of highway
I saw above me
That endless sky-way,
I saw below me
That golden valley,
This land was made for
you and me.
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