Презентация "Обычаи и традиции в Англии"

Traditions and Customs of Great Britain

Красько Любовь Николаевна,

учитель английского языка

МОУ СОШ №7 села Стародубского Буденновского района

Traditions and Customs of Great Britain

What are your reasons for traveling to Britain?

British nation is considered to be the most

conservative in Europe. It is not a secret that every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions.

Traditions and customs…

Bonfire Night

Another tradition is the holiday

called Bonfire Night.

On November 5,1605, a man

called Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament where the king James 1st was to open Parliament on that day. But Guy Fawkes was unable to realize his plan and was caught and later, hanged.

Traditions and customs…

The British still remember that Guy Fawkes' Night. It is another name for this holiday. This day one can see children with figures, made of sacks and straw and dressed in old clothes. On November 5th, children put their figures on the bonfire, burn them, and light their fireworks.

New

Year

In the end of the year, there is the most famous New Year celebration. In London, many people go to Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve. There is singing and dancing at

12 o'clock on December 31st.

English Сharacter

It’s interesting to discuss the English character, because most people think in stereotypes. For many one of the most striking features of English life is the self-discipline and courtesy of the people of all classes. There is little noisy behavior, and practically no loud disputing in the streets. People do not rush excitedly for seats in buses or trains, but take their seats in queues at bus stops in a quite and orderly manner

Traditions…

In Great Britain people attach greater importance

to traditions and customs than in other

European countries. Englishmen

are proud of their traditions and

carefully keep them up. The best examples are

their queen, money system, their weights and measures.

Traditions…

The State Opening of Parliament

Traditions…

They make a nation special. They are remembered by the people of Great Britain and they are a part of their life. Thanks to keeping their traditions and customs the British are a special nation, an interesting nation, the nation that everyone wants to know better, to understand better, to learn better.

Morris Dancing is an event where people, worn in beautiful

clothes with ribbons and bells,

dance with handkerchiefs or big

sticks in their hands, while

traditional music- sounds.

Customs and traditions of Great Britain

There are many customs and some of them are very old. There is, for example, the Marble Championship, where the British Champion is crowned; he wins a silver cup known among folk dancers as Morris Dancing.

Traditions…

There are many celebrations in May, especially in the countryside.

Traditions…

Another example is the Boat Race,which takes place on the river Thames, often on Easter Sunday. A boat with a team from Oxford University and one with a team from Cambridge University hold a race.

Traditions and Customs

Halloween

Halloween is a day on

which many children dress up in unusual costumes. In fact,

this holiday has a Celtic

origin. The day was

originally called All Halloween's Eve, because it happens on October 31, the eve of all

Saint's Day. The name was

ater shortened to

Halloween. The Celts

celebrated the coming

of New Year on that day.

British Holidays

May, Second Sunday

The English always give people's weight in pounds and stones. Liquids they measure in pints, quarts and gallons. There are two pints in a quart and four quarts or eight pints are in one gallon. For length, they have «inches» foot, yards and miles.

Customs and traditions

They have a pound sterling, which is divided into twenty shillings, half-crown is cost two shillings and sixpence, shilling is worth twelve pennies and one penny could be changed by two halfpennies.

Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.