четверг, 22 декабря 2016 г.

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Little Snowflake | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs








The Dancing Christmas Tree Song








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Песня Jingle Bells с текстом. Рождество.








Santa Claus is coming to town (Children version)






воскресенье, 21 февраля 2016 г.

International Mother Language Day | Междунаро́дный день родно́го языка́

International Mother Language Day worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, it was formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.

Междунаро́дный день родно́го языка́
учреждён решением 30-й сессии Генеральной конференции ЮНЕСКО в ноябре 1999 года и отмечается 21 февраля с 2000 года с целью защиты языкового и культурного многообразия. ЮНЕСКО намерена создать систему превентивного мониторинга, призванную отслеживать состояние языков, находящихся под угрозой исчезновения, и содействовать исправлению ситуации.
По оценкам ЮНЕСКО половина из 6 тысяч языков мира находится под угрозой исчезновения. В 2009 году ЮНЕСКО признала 136 языков на территории России находящимися под угрозой исчезновения.
Генеральная Ассамблея ООН поддержала решение об объявлении Международного дня родного языка (Резолюция № Α/RES/56/262) и призвала государства-членов ООН и Секретариат ООН способствовать защите и сохранению всех языков народов мира. 
International Mother Language Day has been being observed since 2000[4] to promote peace and multilingualism. The date corresponds to the day in 1952 when students from the University of Dhaka, Jagannath University and Dhaka Medical College, demonstrating for the recognition of Bengali as one of the two national languages of East Pakistan, were shot dead by police near the Dhaka High Court in the capital of present-day Bangladesh.
“Mother language” is the calque of a term used in several Romance languages: lengua materna (Spanish), lingua madre (Italian) and langue maternelle (French). The more literal and more common English translation is “mother tongue”, while “native language” has the same meaning and is also in common use. In linguistics, “mother language” refers to an ancestral or proto-language of a language family.
UNESCO chooses a theme for each International Mother Language Day, and sponsors related events at its Paris headquarters on or around 21 February each year. In 2008, the International Year of Languages formally began on International Mother Language Day.
People have shaped the way of celebrating International Mother Language Day. The celebration of the day among with the topic of multilingual diversity has inspired a number of international, national and provincial award ceremonies.
Информация частично и картинка взяты с сайта wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Международный_день_родного_языка

воскресенье, 3 января 2016 г.

Биг Бен и Вестминстер








Big Ben Chimes ~ The Palace of Westminster : London



Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London,[1] and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower,[2] officially named the Elizabeth Tower, as well. Elizabeth Tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower.[3] It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009,[4] during which celebratory events took place.[5][6] The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its tenants, the Palace lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex that was destroyed by fire in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today. For ceremonial purposes, the palace retains its original style and status as a royal residence.

The first royal palace was built on the site in the eleventh century, and Westminster was the primary London residence of the Kings of England until a fire destroyed much of the complex in 1512. After that, it served as the home of Parliament, which had been meeting there since the thirteenth century, and the seat of the Royal Courts of Justice, based in and around Westminster Hall. In 1834, an even greater fire ravaged the heavily rebuilt Houses of Parliament, and the only structures of significance to survive were Westminster Hall, the Cloisters of St Stephen's, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft and the Jewel Tower.
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