Celebrations. Вводный урок

Two truths, one lie

• I graduated from art school.
• I have a cat - Monica and the hamster – Bonnie.
• When I visited England, I decided to become an English teacher.

beautiful landscapes

colourful street parades

unwanted things

customs and traditions

heavy traffic

let off firecrackers

send greetings

kidnapping

celebrations

Match the worlds and expressions with their definitions .

• 1) exchange gifts
• 2) do the rooms
• 3) send greetings
• 4) festivity
• 5) customs

a) congratulate

b) give presents to each other

c) traditions

d) celebration

е) clean the house

Read the story and find the appropriate heading.

• This festival is very popular in Russia. It is celebrated in springtime, usually April or early May. People prepare for this celebration beforehand. They clean their houses and bake special cakes. Many people go to the church. The tradition of this celebration is to exchange dyed eggs and kiss 3 times on the cheek .

1) Maslenitsa

2) Victory Day

3) Easter

Splatfest

Pirates of the Carribean

Марш чучел

March of the Scarecrows

Maslenitsa

• Spare
• Messy
• Mock
• Huge
• Typical
• Bright
• Beginning
• Award

огромный

яркий

награда

типичный

запасная

грязный

инсценированное/фальшивое

начало

make

raise

change

enter

strong

street

bright

cooking

transforms

experience

firework

takes

Match the names of the holidays with dates.

• 1. March of the Scarecrows
• 2. Splatfest
• 3. Christmas
• 4. New Year s Day
• 5. Maslenitsa
• 6. Pirates of the Carribean

a. around the end of February

b. 25th of December

c. the sixth of October

d. last week of August

e. ten days in November

f. the 31st of December

Fill in the gaps: decorate, celebrations, fireworks, fancy, firecrackers, favourite

There are a lot of ____________ in our country. But my ____________ holiday is New Year. We always buy a fir-tree and ____________ it with different toys. My sisters usually wear ____________ costumes. In the evening we let off __________ and watch ____________.

celebrations

favourite

decorate

fancy

firecrackers

fireworks

Home task: Read and translate the texts on page 10-11, ex. 9, page 11.