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The 13 th of January.
Christmas in Great Britain
Phonetic exercise
Celebrate present midnight strike
wish card
sweetheart decorate
Please match the English words with their Russian equivalents.
Christmas поздравительная открытка
Presents индюк
Lights украшать
Christmas tree Санта Клаус
Pudding праздновать
Celebrate подарки
Decorate рождественская ёлка
Turkey пудинг
Santa Claus огоньки
Greetings card Рождество
Christmas symbols
bell
wreath
candle
fireplace
reindeer
Christmas tree
gift
Father Christmas
stocking
Christmas traditions
Eat a Christmas pudding and roast turkey
Sing carols
Give each other presents
Decorate a Christmas tree
Send Christmas cards
History of the holiday
- Christmas is a religious holiday.
- It’s celebrated on the 25-th of December.
- On this day British people celebrate
- the birth of Jesus Christ .
- This holiday means the beginning
- of the new year and the new life.
- Every Christmas British people are presented a big Christmas tree by Norway. They put it up in Trafalgar Square in London.
- Streets and houses are decorated with lights.
- Christmas Day is the greatest holiday in England. It is interesting to visit the shops before this holiday. There are a lot of nice Christmas cards and presents there.
- One of Christmas traditions is singing carols
- Sending Christmas cards is another tradition .People send Christmas cards to their relatives and friends and wish them a Merry Christmas
- Christmas is a family holiday and people try to celebrate it with their
- People put up a Christmas tree near the fireplace and decorate it with toys, lights and sweets. British families always go to churches on Christmas
- Schoolchildren have two-week Christmas holidays
- Children write letters to Father Christmas and ask him for presents.
Christmas meal
English families gather to have Christmas dinner. They eat traditional Christmas food :a roast turkey and a pudding .
Father Christmas comes at night and puts presents in the colorful stockings and under the Christmas tree
In the morning children find their presents there.
Name the odd word.
1. Turkey, pudding, pumpkin pie, vegetables.
2. Santa Clause, holiday, Christmas tree, birch tree.
3. Christmas pudding, Easter, ring, horseshoe.
4. Trousers, stockings, presents, socks.
5. 23rd December, 24th December, 25th December, 26th December.
6. Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.
Now I suggest listening to a recording. Listen very carefully and complete the sentences. (Each pupil gets this card:
1.Mary likes Christmas because… she likes tasty food
she likes Christmas gifts
she meets her family
2.Last December Mary’s grandmother didn’t visit her because…
she was ill
she likes a quiet life
she was visiting her children in the city
3. Mary bought for her granny…
a) a Christmas tree and a Christmas cake
b) a Christmas tree and some gifts
c) some Christmas gifts and a Christmas cake
4) Mary and her granny… together.
a) decorated the Christmas tree
b) made tea
c) had tea
Say whether these sentences are true or false . Correct the false sentences
1. Christmas is an important autumn holiday .
2. There is a big tree in the center of London in December.
3. People get a lot of presents on Christmas Day .
4. Christmas dinner consists of fruit and salad.
5. On Christmas Eve people usually decorate their trees and houses .
6. Englishmen celebrate Christmas on the 1 st of January.
prepositions at , on , in
Look at the sentences and complete them with missing prepositions .
1.I like to be with my family __ Christmas.
2.People in Russia don’t celebrate Christmas ___ December ,they celebrate it ___ January.
3.All my family are very busy___New Year’s Eve.
4.People believe that Santa visits their houses ___ midnight.
Guess the Rebus
Ответ:
1. Cherry – вишня,
Сh = m Merry
2. Chair – cтул
Меняем буквы = chri 3. star – звезда, mask – маска
MERRY CHTISTMAS!!!
Homework:
You should write a letter to your friend how you spent your holiday.