Spotlight 6. Celebrations

Celebrations

celebrations

• Do you like celebrations?
• What do you do on celebrations?

Celebrate

• To celebrate – праздновать, отмечать
• Celebration – праздник, празднование
• Holiday – праздник, каникулы.

Dress up

• - одеваться, наряжаться
• I like to dress up on…

street parades

• Уличные парады
• We have street parades on Victory Day.

Exchange gifts

• Обмениваться подарками
• People often exchange gifts on Christmas Day

Family dinner

• Семейный ужин (ужин в кругу семьи).
• Americans usually have a family dinner on Thanksgiving Day.

Cook special food

• Готовить особую еду.
• We cook special food on Easter Day.

Set off fireworks

• Запускать фейеверки.
• People like to set off fireworks on the New Year’s Day.

Light bonfires

• Разжигать костры
• We often light bonfires during the May holidays.

Decorate the house

• Украшать дом
• Some people decorate their houses on Christmas holidays.

harvest

• Урожай
• People in different countries celebrate the harvest in different time.

Thanksgiving festival

• Canada, October
• The USA, November

Holi

• Holi is a Hindi harvest festival
• India, late February or early March

Banana festival

• Philippines, late March or early April

chuseok

• Korean harvest moon festival
• Between August and October