Презентация по английскому языку по теме "Holidays" (6 класс)

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  Holidays
  Презентация по английскому языку для 6 класса
  
  Ходаковская Анна Николаевна
  Шахтёрская СШ № 1
  

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  New Year in England
  In England the New Year is not so popular as in our country.
  Almost nobody celebrates New Year’s Day in the South of England.
  People go to bed at the same time as usual on New Year’s Eve.
  But in some parts in the North and in Scotland it is a great holiday.
  

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  How do English people celebrate the New Year?
  Well, usually there is a New Year party, either a family party or one held by some young people. This usually begins at eight o’clock in the evening and ends in the early hours of the morning.
  
  

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  The most famous celebration is in the centre of London where people gather and sing.
  
  
  
  Another popular way of celebrating the New Year is to go to a New year ‘s dance. Many hotels and dance halls hold a dance on New Year’s Eve. The hall is decorated, there is much music and everybody is very happy.
  

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  The First OF January
  The 1st of January, New Year’s Day, is now a holiday, people do not go to work. They send New Year postcards, eat festive dishes and some people give presents to each other.
  New Year’s Day is the time for making New Year resolutions, to decide to do or stop doing something in the new year.
  

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  Let us speak about the way you celebrate the New Year
  What kind of New Year party did you have at school?
  Did you help to prepare it?
  Did you enjoy the party?
  What did you like?
  Did you have a family party on New Year’s Eve? How many people were at the party?
  What did you wish each other at 12 o’clock?
  How long did you watch TV on New Year’s Eve?
  How did you spend your time on the 1st of January?
  
  

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  May Day
  

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  The great international worker’s holiday
  The 1st of May is the great international worker’s holiday. On this day working people of all lands show their solidarity in the fight for peace.
  
  

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  May Day Birthday
  *May Day was born in the United States of America almost one hundred years ago and it became the world worker’s holiday in 1889.
  *First in America, then in Europe, the workers began to meet on May Day to fight for an eight-hour working day.
  *In 1890 the first May Day meeting was held in Hyde Park, London. So many people came, one newspaper man thought “the whole of London” was there.
  *Since that time May Day has become an international workers’ day to demonstrate working-class unity.
  

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  May day in England
  In England, people have often celebrated May Day on Sunday nearest to the first day of the month. Now it is a public holiday and labour organizations in England can show their solidarity with the workers in other countries on the 1st of May.
  

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  May Day in Russia
  In Russia, the first May Day marches and meetings were organized on May 1, 1890.
  In our country May Day became a festival of labour, peace and spring, the day of solidarity with the struggle of workers.
  

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  Answer the questions about May Day celebrations:
  What kind of day is the 1st of May?
  
  When did May Day become an international holiday celebrated by people round the world?
  
  What does May Day show as an international worker’s holiday?
  
  How do the people in our country celebrate May Day?
  

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  Celebration of May Day in old England
  

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  In old England May Day was a spring holiday. Young people celebrated this day with flowers, dancing and games on the village green.
  
  On the first Sunday of May a maypole was put up, that was a tall pole decorated with flowers. In later times ribbons of different colours were tied to the maypole. They were held by the dancers.
  
  

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  May day celebrations
  On that day the girls of the village wore their best summer dresses, put flowers in their hair and waited with great interest for the May Queen. The most beautiful girl was crowned as the May Queen. Her crown was made of beautiful flowers. After this there was dancing and games.
  

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  This Holiday
  Nowadays
  Now in England this holiday has almost died out, but in many parts of the country a beautiful girl is still crowned as the May Queen.
  In many village schools, a maypole with long and bright ribbons is put up and children dance around it.
  

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  Speak about May Day and May Queen
  spring holiday
  with flowers, dancing and games
  a maypole…
  decorated with
  
  put on their best summer dresses
  put flowers in their hair
  was crowned as the May Queen
  

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  Happy May Day!