понеділок, 19 грудня 2016 р.

The Story of Saint Nicholas - The Real Santa Claus

                       

Saint Nicholas has come!

Last week some of my students took part in a reciting competition. But some of them tried their best to write a short poem starting with the line "Saint Nicholas is coming...". 

Here are the results: 

St. Nicholas is coming 
Is coming he to us
and we are very happy
and we want to get surprise!  
                             
                                  by Maksym Koval, 5C  
       
                                                                              St. Nicholas is coming 
                                                                               I'm waiting for him. 
                                                                              The snowflakes are flying 
                                                                               and come true your dreams. 

                                                                                                  by Chrystyna Zaliska, 5C


  

St. Nicholas is coming 
his horses are running 
All kids behave well 
On this special day. 

                    by Viktoria Koziak, 5B


                                               St. Nicholas is coming 
                                               In the dark of night
                                               His sledge is flying quickly, 
                                               The stars are very bright

                                               His bag is full of toys 
                                               For all good gils and boys 

                                               Big cars for Jim and Sam 
                                               Nice dolls for Liz and Ann 
                                               Oranges and nuts for Betty 
                                               Sweets and chocolates for Ketty 
                                               Teddy-bear is for Bill 
                                                And the puzzles are for Jim. 

                                                All kids are quietly sleeping 
                                                In their cosy beds 
                                                The moon's through curtains peeping 
                                                To light up their heads 

                                                 When they awake next morning, 
                                                 And open their eyes, 
                                                 Imagine their gladness, 
                                                 And their great surprise 

                                                 They will be very joyfull, 
                                                 And happy with delight 
                                                 They'll promise to be clever, 
                                                 Honest, kind, polite. 

                                                                 by Anna Kiselychnyk, 5A

пʼятниця, 16 грудня 2016 р.

English Language Year

This week we've seen off the year of English. Teachers and students of Drohobych Gymnasium worked hard to do it well :)) 

In this entry I'd like to draw your attention to the winners of Shakespeare's contest. The fifthformers were competing to become the student who recites Shakespeare's sonnets best. Here are the lucky ones.    


                 
                           

                                                             





пʼятниця, 2 грудня 2016 р.

Being Lucky

It's a good thing (that)..

It's just as well...

Fortunately, / Luckily,

As luck would have it...

That was a stroke of luck.

It's lucky...

It's very/most fortunate (that)...

That was a close thing / near miss

It must be your lucky day!

You lucky thing! / You jammy bastard!

We use phrases 1 and 2 when something has prevented a disaster. We follow the phrases with a clause that describes the fortunate action or circumstance. They are both fairly informal.

We use phrases 3 and 4 when we are retelling a story and they are followed by some aspect of the situation that prevented a disaster from happening.

Phrase 5 is often used to react to a lucky story that somebody has told you. You can also use it to comment on your own good fortune at the time it occurs.

We use phrases 5, 6 and 7 in a similar way to phrases 1, 2 and 3. For example 'It's lucky you weren't wearing your best clothes when you fell over'.

We use phrase 8 when we have experienced a near disaster that was only just avoided.


Phrases 9 and 10 are used to say that you think another person has been lucky. 'You jammy bastard' is very informal and only used with people who you know very well.

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