Traditions and manners.

TRADITIONS & MANNERS

I Read the text & do the following tasks:

British have not so many holidays. They have small number of bank holidays such as New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday, Christmas Day & Boxing Day. Only when the UK joined the EEC did New Year’s Day become a public holiday. Patron Saints’ days celebrated as a holiday. They are St. David’s Day(March 1^st) in Wales, St. George’s Day(April 23^rd ) in England & St. Andrew’s Day(November 30^th ) in Scotland. Only Ireland, both North & South, has a holiday on St. Patrick’s Day.

Halloween means “holly evening”, and takes place on 31^st October. A lot of people in Britain celebrate it. It is particularly connected with witches & ghosts. At parties people dress up in strange costumes & pretend they are witches.

As for the Christmas Day (25^th of December) , many people try to go home and spend the holiday with relatives.

So we can say that British people have some traditional holidays but they are not so many and they have their peculiarities.

I Write true or false:

1. British have a lot of holidays

2. New Year’s Day is a bank holiday

3. Patron Saints’ days are celebrated as holidays

4. Halloween means “holy day”

5. The day of ghosts celebrated on the 1^st of December

6. People like to wear strange costumes on the Halloween

7. People celebrate Christmas Day with their families

II Choose the right answer:

1 Do the British have many holidays?

a) yes b) no

c) I don’t know d) yes, I’m sure

2 What type of holidays is Easter Monday?

a) office holiday b) shop holiday

c) bank holiday d) school holiday

3 What holiday do people in Scotland celebrate on 30 November?

a) St. Patrick’s Day b) St. David’s Day

c) St. George’s Day d) St. Andrew’s Day

4 What costumes do British wear on Halloween?

a) marvelous costumes b) ugly costumes

c) strange costumes d) ordinary costumes

5 Where do British celebrate Christmas Day?

a) at home b) at the cinema

c) in church d) at school

III Match the events & dates:

New Year’s Day 17 March

St. Patrick’s Day 25 December

St. George’s Day 23 April

St. David’s day 30 November

St. Andrew’s Day 31 October

Halloween 1 January

Christmas Day 1 March

IV Translate into English:

• Официальный выходной

• Страстная пятница

• Первый понедельник после пасхи

• Весенний день отдыха

• Европейское экономическое общество.