Занятие
лингвистического кружка «Говорим правильно»
(ПДО)
12
марта 2020 г.
Учитель английского языка
МБОУ
«Лицей № 21» г. Курска
Аксентьева
С.В.
T: Good afternoon, dear boys
and girls. Glad to see everybody at our regular meeting of the Linguistic Club!
To start with, I want you
to see a sketch and guess the topic of today’s meeting (сценка
«Принцесса и
аквалангист»).
While listening, write down the words with different meanings in your
copybooks.
A young man was keen on diving. A princess liked
wandering along the seacoast. As for the princess, she lived more than 200
years ago, and the diver keeps enjoying his hobby. But one day something
unusual happened to him. He dived in 2017 and emerged in 1800. Perhaps, he got
into a hole in time.
When the diver saw a girl wearing an old-fashioned dress
he smiled…
So, what is the topic of
today’s meeting? Your ideas?
S1: I think we’ll talk
about translation.
S2: In my opinion, we’ll
discuss difficulties which people can face when they translate from English
into Russian.
T: OK. I wonder, why
did the princess run away?
T: Right you are. You
shouldn’t forget that the language is constantly changing, and the words which
were used a hundred years ago, nowadays are obsolete. Some of them have new
meanings today.
So, what words have you
written down? Open the presentation, the second slide. Check, please.
Well, the word
cool is translated as “neither warm nor cold”, in Russian it is «прохладный». In everyday English, it is used when you want to say "здорово!", "класс!" Sometimes we can say “great” in the same meaning. The
difference is who is speaking. If it is pronounced by a gentleman with a
bow-tie, it means "грандиозно", by a girl or a boy in your neighborhood "круто", "здорово".
T: Now, what is the
topic of today’s meeting?
S3: Difficulties in
translation.
T: Yes, but let’s call it
LOST IN TRANSLATION.
Therefore, today at our
meeting we’ll do the following:
1. discuss some questions
related to the topic;
2. do some tasks to
practise the vocabulary;
T: By the way, do you
know the difference between the words “translator” and “interpreter”?
OK, now click on the
keyboard of your laptops and you’ll see the article from the English-English Defining
Dictionary. Study the article carefully. Now answer my question – What do you
want to be: an interpreter or a translator? Why?
S 4-6 give answers.
T: Well, the topic is
clear. Now I’d like you to look at the board, think a little and answer the
questions.
1. Who
cannot do without translation from English into Russian and vice versa?
2. What
difficulties can people face when they translate from one language into
another?
S
7-10 give answers.
T: Yes, you are right.
I think there is a group
of words that is worth studying. It’s called ‘false friends’ of a translator.
Do you know why they are called so? Can you give any examples?
Well, I asked two
students in your group to prepare a mind map on this topic. They are ready to
tell us about these words. You are welcome.
T: Thank you. Any
questions? I have one. Where did these words come from?
Yes,
very often such words have the same roots, but sometimes a simple coincidence
creates funny examples.
So,
listen to the students who will tell you about lexical parallels in
Russian and English languages.
S 1-5
T : Thank you. I’ve also
prepared some tasks for you to practise the translation of such words. You can
do the first task in these sheets of paper. You see three columns…The first
word is translated. Work in groups. You have 5 minutes.
T: Your time is up. Now I
want you to look at the board, listen to the pronunciation and correct
translation of the words. Check your notes. If your translation is correct, put
a tick. OK, let’s start.
Well, how many words have
you translated correctly?
OK. The second task is in
your laptops. You are to find mistakes and correct them. You have 3 minutes.
Look at the board to check.
Well done! And the third
task is to translate the words into English. You may use the sheets of paper.
And you have 3 minutes. Look at the board. How many words have you translated
correctly?
T: Now, it’s high time to
discuss the last question. Are there any ways to overcome difficulties you
deal with when you translate texts from English into Russian and vice versa?
Well, I want you to give
some advice to those who start learning English and help them not to be lost in
translation.
(open the last slide)
T: OK. Hand in your
papers.
To sum up, there are various
kinds of dictionaries nowadays to help translate. It goes without saying, we
need different dictionaries for different purposes.
What dictionary to
choose? Which one is better? Is there a universal dictionary?
We’ll try to answer these
questions at our next meetings. And I’m sure, some of you will take this topic
for your research.
At home, you are to do
the following: 3 individual tasks.
As for the rest, you are
to find 10 new words (not mentioned today) which have similar pronunciation in
English and Russian, but their meanings are different. You should white them
down here.
That’s all for today. Thank
you very much! Good-bye!
FALSE FRIENDS OF TRANSLATORS
|
|
Word
|
False
Translation
|
Correct
translation
|
|
1
|
accurate
|
аккуратный
|
точный
|
|
2
|
actually
|
|
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3
|
aspirant
|
|
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4
|
attention
|
|
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5
|
baton
|
|
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6
|
benzene
|
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7
|
buiscit
|
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8
|
cabinet
|
|
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9
|
camera
|
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10
|
cession
|
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11
|
compositor
|
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12
|
corpse
|
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13
|
data
|
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14
|
Dutch
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15
|
fabric
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16
|
family
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17
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intelligent
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18
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magazine
|
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19
|
mark
|
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20
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mayor
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21
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motorist
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22
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physician
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23
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prospect
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24
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replica
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25
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satin
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26
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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