WORDS TO LEARN Africa / African America /American Austria / Austrian Australia / Australian custom Denmark / Danish Europe / European Finland / Finnish folklore folk song Germany / German Gipsy Greece / Greek Hungary / Hungarian Japan /Japanese minority nationality national symbols prejudice Russia / Russian Spain / Spanish stereotype Switzerland / Swiss The Nederlands / Dutch The United States of America tradition /-al Wales / Welsh
Asia / Asian China / Chinese England / English folk dance France / French Great Britain / British Italy / Italian national flag Norway / Norwegian Scotland / Scottish Sweden / Swedish The United Kingdom (UK) Turkey / Turkish
1) Name the countries that flags of which you can see in the pictures.
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3) Match the words with the definitions. custom
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1. a fixed idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong 2. the traditional stories and culture of a group of people 3. an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge 4. a small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc. 5. being part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that have not changed for a long time 6. an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality 7. a way of behaving or a belief which has been established for a long time 8. a group of people with the same language, culture and history who form part of a political nation 4) Complete the sentences with the words listed and translate the sentences into your language. custom
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It's _______________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. It is always the _______________ that hold the key of progress. (Raymond B. Fosdick) At the International School they have pupils of 46 different _______________. In Irish _______________, the leprechaun had a large piece of gold.
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5. The 50 stars on the American _______________ represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the 13 British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union. 6. He doesn't fit the national _______________ of a Frenchman. 7. It is the _______________ in that country for women to marry young. 8. Laws against racial _______________ must be strictly enforced. 5) Translate the following sentences from Hungarian into English. 1. Afrikában sok olyan ország van, ahol nincs elég víz. 2. Ki fedezte fel Amerikát? 3. A világ legnagyobb területű országa Oroszország. 4. Angliában még mindig szokás ötórai teázni. 5. A dán nyelv nagyon hasonlít az angolhoz és a némethez. 6. Magyarország Európa szívében van. 7. Finnországot az ezer tó országának is szokták nevezni. 8. Azok, aki szeretik a néptáncot, sok népdalt is ismernek. 9. A cigány néphagyomány fontos része a zene és a tánc. 10. Franciaország az Európai Unió legnagyobb tagállama. 11. Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok, Kína, Japán és Németország a világ legnagyobb ipari és gazdasági vezetői. 12. Skócia és Wales Nagy-Britannia részei, és nem szeretik, ha angoloknak hívják őket. 13. Az ókori görög kultúra ma is hatással van a művészetekre és az emberek gondolkodásmódjára. 14. Az olasz ételeket, például a pizzát és a spagettit, szinte mindenki nagyon szereti. 15. Sajnos még mindig sok előítélet és sztereotípia van a kisebbségekkel szemben. 16. A nemzeti lobogó az egyik legfontosabb nemzeti jelkép. 17. Norvégia jelenlegi uralkodója V. Harald király. 18. A Real Madrid és a Barcelona is híres spanyol focicsapatok. 19. A svéd popegyüttes, az ABBA, még ma is népszerű. 20. Svájc híres a függetlenségéről, bankjairól és óráiról. 21. Hollandiában a legnépszerűbb közlekedési eszköz a bicikli. 22. II. Erzsébet több mint 60 éve az Egyesült Királyság uralkodója. 23. A török hagyományokban Nasreddin az egyik legnépszerűbb figura.
EXTENDED VOCABULARY AND FURTHER EXERCISES Further words to learn Argentina / Argentinian Belgium / Belgian Bosnia / Bosnian Brazil / Brazilian Bulgaria / Bulgarian Canada / Canadian Chile / Chilean Croatia / Croatian Cuba / Cuban Cyprus / Cypriot Czech Republic / Czech Egypt / Egyptian Georgia / Georgian Iceland / Icelandic India / Indian Iraq / Iraqi Ireland (Irish Republic) / Irish Latvia / Latvian Lithuania / Lithuanian Mexico / Mexican Mongoloia /Mongolian Montenegro / Montenegrin Morocco / Moroccan New Zeland / New Zelander Nicaragua / Nicaraguan Northern Ireland Pakistan / Pakistani Paraguay / Paraguayan Peru / Peruvian Poland / Polish Portugal / Portuguese Romania / Romanian Saudi Arabia/ Saudi Serbia / Serbian Slovakia / Slovak(ian) Slovenia / Slovenian South Africa / South African Thailand / Thai The Ukraine / Ukrainian Uruguay / Uruguayan Venezuela / Venezuelan Yugoslavia / Yugoslavian 3
6) Complete the sentences giving the adjectives meaning the nationality. eg. She is Portugese. → She’s from Portugal. He is Cuban. → He’s from Cuba. 1. She is from Japan. She’s ………………… 2. He is Canadian. He’s ……………….. 3. She is from Germany. She’s ………………… 4. He is from Chile. He’s ………………… 5. She is Turkish. She’s ………………… 6. He is French. He’s ………………… 7. He is from Argentina. He’s ………………… 8. She is from the USA. She’s ………………… 9. He is Greek. He’s ………………… 10. She is Uruguayan. She’s ………………… 11. He is from Poland. He’s ………………… 12. She is from Switzerland. She’s ………………… 13. He is Mexican. He’s ………………… 14. She is Russian. She’s ………………… 15. He is from the Netherlands. He’s ………………… 7) Write sentences by the example. eg. London → I am from the United Kingdom. I am British. I speak English. 1. Rome 2. Madrid 3. Brasilia 4. Budapest 5. Moscow 6. Berlin 7. Helsinki 8. Washington 9. Paris 10. Brussels 11. Beijing 12. Prague 13. Warsaw 14. Tokyo 15. Vienna 16. Oslo 17. Copenhagen 18. Stockholm 19. Athens 20. Ankara
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8) Give the nationality and the language to the countries. Eg. Country: Spain
People: Spaniards
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Country: China
People: the Chinese
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11. Country: Russia
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KEY TO THE EXERCISES
1 ) 1. Germany 2. Sweden 3. Denmark 4. France 5. Russia 6. Hungary 7. Austria 8. Spain
2 ) Sweden Switzerland Chinese Germany stereotype Welsh
3 ) 1. stereotype 2. folklore 3. prejudice 4. minority 5. traditional 6. national flag 7. custom 8. nationality
4 ) 1. traditional 2. minorities 3. nationalities 4. folklore 5. national flag 6. stereotype 7. custom 8. prejudice
5 1. There are a lot of countries in Africa where there isn’t enough water. 2. Who discovered America? 3. The country with the biggest area in the world is Russia. 4. It is still a custom in England to have 5-o’clock tea. 5. The Danish language is very similar to English and German. 6. Hungary is in the heart of Europe. 7. Finland is also called the country of a thousand lakes. 8. Those who like folk dance know a lot of folk songs. 9. Music and dance are important parts of gipsy folklore. 10. France is the biggest member state of the European Union. 11. The United States of America, China, Japan and Germany are the biggest industrial and economic leaders in the world. 12. Scotland and Wales are parts of Great Britain and they don’t like to be called English. 13. Ancient Greek culture still has an effect on arts and people’s way of thinking. 14. Almost everybody loves Italian food like pizza and spaghetti. 15. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of stereotypes and prejudice against minorities. 16. The national flag is one of the most important national symbols. 17. Norway’s present monarch is king Harald V. 18. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are famous football teams. 19. The Swedish pop group, ABBA, is still popular. 20. Switzerland is famous for its independence, banks and watches. 21. The most popular vehicle in the Netherlands is the bicycle. 22. Queen Elizabeth II has been the monarch of the United Kingdom for more than 60 years. 23. In Turkish traditions Nasreddin is one of the most popular figures. 6 ) 1. Japanese 2. from Canada 3. German 4. Chilean 5. from Turkey 6. from France 7. Argentinian 8. American
9. from Greece 10. from Uruguay 11. Polish 12. Swiss 13. from Mexico 14. from Russia 15. Dutch
7 ) 1. Italy, Italian, Italian 2. Spain, Spanish, Spanish 3. Brazil, Brazilian, Portugese 4. Hungary, Hungarian, Hungarian 5. Russia, Russian, Russian 6. Germany, German, German 7. Finland, Finnish, Finnish 8. the USA, American, English 9. France, French, French 10. Belgium, Belgian, French / Dutch / German
11. China, Chinese, Chinese 12. Czech Republic, Czech, Czech 13. Poland, Polish, Polish 14. Japan, Japanese, Japanese 15. Austria, Austrian, German 16. Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian 17. Denmark, Danish, Danish 18. Sweden, Swedish, Swedish 19. Greece, Greek, Greek 20. Turkey, Turkish, Turkish
8 1. Italians, Italian 2. Germans, German 3. Greeks, Greek 4. Brazilians, Portugese 5. the Japanese, Japanese 6. Mexicans, Spanish
7. Thai people, Thai 8. New Zelanders, English 9. the Turkish, Turkish 10. Americans, English 11. Russians, Russian 12. Italians, Italian
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