Презентация на тему Проект “Different Countries – Similar Flowers”

the town Nyasepetrovsk in South Ural. Our village is

situated in picturesque place. Its history dates back to the 18th century. Nyasepetrovsk was founded in 1747 by Peter Osokin. It is situated on the banks of two small rivers –Ufa and Nyasa. Nyasa means “fir tree” in Bashkor. The town is surrounded by fir forests since present days.

is biology. I read a lot of books about

different plants. There are many flowers, which have similar names in English and Russian. Some names of the flowers have different pronunciation, but their meaning is similar. I try to tell you about origin of some names.

white as snow, and appear in forests, when there

is still snow there.
Some people mind that at once its name in English was «eardrop» ancient form of ear-ring, due to the form.
Snowdrops are disappearing in our forests, we must protect this nice shy flowers.

(примула), (from Greek 'primus' — ранний, первый). Primroses can

be white, yellow, pink, purple and orange. The flowers look like small stars. They grow wild in many countries in Europe. In England people believed that fairies were living in these flowers. That’s why these flowers are very popular in Britain.

– Latin – Greek origin and means “an earth

– apple”, because it has a strong aromatic scent and a bitter taste, which makes it unsuitable for cooking. Russian word ромашка has Latin origin from Anthemis romana with Russian suffix.

with blue or purple blossoms, their leaves look like

small green hearts and blossoms are like bells. Flowers open early in the morning, when hot sun appears in the sky they close. Another Russian name of it is climber (вьюнок)

the countryside or in gardens, with small blue flowers

shaped like bells. In Russian the name of the flower appeared from Latin word “calo” (восклицать созывать), similar word is колокол.

bright flowers. Russian «василек» is Greek by origin, “basileus”means

«король», in English there is plant basil (базилик). There is a legend, that mermaid tried to pull young boy in water, couldn’t do it and turned him into a blue flower.

of them told about knight, who picked up flowers

for his sweetheart and fell down in a river.
Falling down he cried:  «Forget me not!»

that has large yellow flowers with a round brown

center. Heliotrope is "following the sun". The Greek noticed its trick and gave it the name made up of "helios", sun, and "-tropos", turning to go into.

large yellow flower that changes into a furry white

ball of seeds called a dandelion clock.
The name of the flower in English appeared from Middle French dent de lion, literally "lion's tooth" (from its toothed leaves). Russian name is formed from одуван , суффиксальное производное от одувать (дуть).

Adonis. Adonis was a Greek youth who was very

handsome. Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was deeply in love with him. When he was killed in a boar hunt, she was stricken with grief. The gods of the lower world agreed to allow the young man to come up to earth and pass a part of each year with her. In Russian it is also called «горицвет» in spite of very bright colour.

this flower name leads us into a love story

of the Greek gods. Echo, daughter of air and earth, served to Hera, queen of heavens.

She happened to offend her mistress, and for punishment was deprived of all speech. She could only repeat words said by others. She fell hopelessly in love with the beautiful youth, son of a river god. But the young man rejected her and Echo faded away until only her bones and her voice were left. In order to punish the youth for his cruelty Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, made this youth fall in love with his own reflection in the waters of a fountain. Since such love as this could never be satisfied, the youth pined away and finally changed into a flower.

white, purple, or pink flowers
became their name from

Greek aster star (звезда), due to the form.
In ancient time some people believed that this flowers protect from evil spirits.

it so because of its pungent smell. Its Latin

components are: "nasus", nose, and "torqueo", twist.

Geranium is related to "geranos", a Greek word for "crane", it looks like the bill of a crane. Its house variety, though, is named "pelargonium", from the Greek word "pelargos", meaning "stork". So it's all a matter of picking your bird.

cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus

Rosa. Old English rose, from Latin rosa, probably ultimately related to Iranian root “vrda “- "thorn, bramble." The form of the English word was influenced by the French. Used as a color name since 1520s. In English civil wars of 15c., the white rose was the badge of the House of York, the red of its rival Lancaster.
There are many legends about this flower. In one of them roses appeared from drops, which were fallen down from Afrodita, when she came out from water.

a
garden plant, 1570s, from snap + dragon. So called

from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth, in Russian Lion + snap

The word “calenda” had meaning the first and the

last day of month. The Flower became this name because it blossoms for the whole month.

white flower with a yellow centrer became its name

due to the form in English. Daisy means “day’s eye”. Russian word has Greek origin “margarites” – pearl (жемчужина)

flowers:
Naked lady (обнаженная леди) – амариллис
Baby’s breath (дыхание ребенка) (US, Canada) or

soap wort (сусло) (GB) – гипсофила
Bleeding heart (кровоточащее сердце)- “разбитое сердце”, дицентра великолепная, сердцецвет великолепный
Bluebonnet (голубой колпачок) – люпин
Sweet william – турецкая (бородатая) гвоздика и так далее и так далее)

Naked lady (обнаженная леди) 
– амариллис

Bluebonnet (голубой колпачок) – люпин