Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Holidays"

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  Questions
  1. Are there many holidays in Great Britain?
  2. What is the most popular holiday in Britain?
  3. What do the British do on Boxing Day?
  4. What are traditional symbols of St. Valentine`s day?
  5.  What is the church holiday in England?
  6.  Why the 1st of April is called April Fool day?
  7. What is the scared symbol of Halloween?
  

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  Holidays
  in
  Great
  Britain
  

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  Every country and every nation has
  own traditions and customs. It's very important to know traditions and customs of other countries. It helps to know more about the history and line of different nations.
  English are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up, as you know all English people celebrate Christmas on the 25th of
  December.
  

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  It's the season of good will. It's the most beautiful time of the year - the time of love, joy and hopes. Before Xmas groups of singers go from house to house. They collect money for charity and sing carols traditional Xmas songs.
  

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  The fun starts the night before, on the 24 of December. This is the day when people decorate their trees. Children hang stocking at the end of their beds, hoping that Santa Claus will come at night and full them with toys and sweets. Xmas is a family holiday. Relatives’ prepare for the big Xmas dinner of turkey and Xmas pudding and every one gives and gets presents.
  

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  The 26th of December, Boxing Day, is an extra holiday after Christmas Day. This is the time to visit friends and relatives.
  
  
  
  
  
  New Year's Day is less popular in Britain than Christmas. But in Scotland, Hogmanay is the biggest festival of the year.
  

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  Another best-loved holiday is St.Valentine's Day on the 14th of February - the holiday of love and affection, the day of sending and giving presents to those you love - Englishmen with these word ask to become friends or companion Valentines often are decorated with symbols of love - red hearts and roses, ribbons and laces.
  

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  You can also send a card to a person you do not know. But traditionally you must never write your name on it. Some British newspapers have got a page for
  Valentine’s Day messages on February 14th.
  

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  In England tradition of celebrating Easter is deep-rooted in the history of the nation . Easter is a church holiday . There is a popular belief that wearing 3 new things on Easter will bring good luck.
  

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  April 1st is April Fool’s Day in Britain. This is a very old
  tradition from the Middle Ages (between the fifth and
  fifteenth centuries). At that time the servants were masters for one day of the year. They gave orders to their masters, and their masters had to obey.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Now April Fool’s Day is different. It is a day for jokes
  and tricks. One of the most interesting
  competitions is the university boat race.
  

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  Halloween is the day or evening before all Saint's Day. Children dress up in Halloween costumes and masks over their faces. They go out into the streets to beg. People give them sweets, cookies and apples. A favourite Halloween custom is to make a jack-o-lantern (the children scrape our a pumpkin and cut the eyes, nose and mouth). They light a candle inside the pumpkin to scare their friends.
  

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  Some people dress up as ghosts and witches and go into the streets to beg. And children go from house to house and say: “Trick or treat!”, meaning “Give me a treat or I’ll play a trick on you”. Some groups of
  “ghosts” chant Beggars’ Night rhymes:
  Trick or treat,
  Smell our feet.
  We want something
  Good to eat.
  

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  Questions
  1. Are there many holidays in Great Britain?
  2. What is the most popular holiday in Britain?
  3. What do the British do on Boxing Day?
  4. What are traditional symbols of St. Valentine`s day?
  5.  What is the church holiday in England?
  6.  Why the 1st of April is called April Fool day?
  7. What is the scared symbol of Halloween?