St Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave.

Watch a story of St Paddy:

 He escaped but returned about 432 to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on March 17, 461, he had established monasteries, churches, and schools. Many legends grew up around him—for example, that he drove the snakes out of Ireland and used the shamrock to explain the Trinity. Ireland came to celebrate his day with religious services and feasts.

It was emigrants, particularly to the United States, who transformed St. Patrick’s Day into a largely secular holiday of revelry and celebration of things Irish. Cities with large numbers of Irish immigrants, who often wielded political power, staged the most extensive celebrations, which included elaborate parades. Boston held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1737, followed by New York City in 1762. Since 1962 Chicago has coloured its river green to mark the holiday. (Although blue was the colour traditionally associated with St. Patrick, green is now commonly connected with the day.) Irish and non-Irish alike commonly participate in the “wearing of the green”—sporting an item of green clothing or a shamrock, the Irish national plant, in the lapel. Corned beef and cabbage are associated with the holiday, and even beer is sometimes dyed green to celebrate the day. Although some of these practices eventually were adopted by the Irish themselves, they did so largely for the benefit of tourists.

Here you can check yourself and do a trvia quiz:

https://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/saint-patricks-day-quiz

Good luck


Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day

Here you can find a song for kids:

Top documents of the United States 10 to 1 part 14

1. Declaration of Independence (1776) 

Thomas Jefferson drafted the statement , submitted drafts to Adams and Franklin who made some changes, and then presented the draft to the Congress. In the afternoon of July 4th, the Declaration was adopted.

The Declaration of Independence is the statement which announced that the thirteen American colonies,  then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule

2. Constitution of the United States (1787)

The Constitution's first three words—We the People—affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. 

Golden globes 2017. 10to1

Have you heard about Golden Globes? Visit the website:

 http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees

and check out the best actors and movies of last year! The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards.

Edinburgh - part 1. The city, the capital

Edinburgh: capital of Scotland

One of the loveliest cities of Europe, historic Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. It lies on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, a long arm of the North Sea. The city is built on a series of rocky hills separated by valleys, and its buildings harmonize with its natural setting.

HOLIDAYS in Britain

Poniżej znajduje się lista świąt obchodzonych na wyspach Brytyjskich. Do KONKURSU!

There are many holidays in Great Britain. Some are public - and will allow people to celebrate at home, and some of them you need to celebrate at work. Here is the list you should know.

Trivia Ciekawostki o krajach anglojęzycznych.

Zebrane informacje to tylko hasła, których warto mieć świadomość - nazwy geograficzne, symbole narodowe, sławne wydarzenia historyczne, znane zabytki / miejsca , polityka, edukacja, popularne sporty,  święta, znani ludzie oraz  powiązane słownictwo. 

 Kraje i obszary anglojęzyczne
The United Kingdom - Zjednoczone Królestwo (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
USA - United States of America - Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki
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Presidents of the USA

 George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are sculpted on Mount Rushmore since 1920. It has become an iconic symbol of presidential greatness

There were many presidents of the United States. 45 to be exact with Donald Trump as the 45th. Here are some iconic presidents in history.

1. Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died.

Superbowl (10 to 1)

Z tego linku możecie pobrać arkusze z dwóch poprzednich lat do konkursu SuperBowl. W nich znajdują się ciekawe pytania dotyczące gramatyki, słownictwa, fraz, idiomów angielskich oraz kultury USA i UK.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_9JnL-IdCtRcTlCWDZmeVpUbTBNeWtHaUFwSTRsVFRFajhj


Btw, what is Super Bowl? Why did the organizers of the competition choose this name?

Read to find out.

Pop culture videos! 10 to 1

So, if you are not interested in reading all of the information on this website, maybe you'd like to watch the summary of all the countries that we learn about. I have chosen for you the youtube films that I found extremely informative and fun to watch and altogether will take you around 1 hour to watch.

There is so many pop culture classics that I would like you to know about!
Here are some that you should know, and you should ENJOY :)

Kulturoznastwo z konkursów kuratorium.

Each year during the official competition of English for gimnazjum, there is a section of culture questions. Please check them out!

Stąd można pobrać ostatnie arkusze testów do konkursu kuratoryjnego z j. angielskiego województwa pomorskiego. 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8VvGEKc_abaR0liM1BxWTM3WFU

Questions - school:
2014/2015

91.The United States is a presidential republic consisting of ___states and a federal district.
a)45 b)50 c)55 d)58
92.The official US anthem is “The Star- Spangled ___”
a)Flag b)Banner c)Cloth d)Ribbon