Great Britain: a Country of Traditions

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Great Britain a Country of Traditions
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I. English Proverbs

• With the Foxes we Must Play Fox.

• When in Rome Do as the Romans Do

• So Many Countries, so Many Customs.

With the Foxes we Must Play Fox.
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II.

• Guy Fawkes Day
• Christmas
• St.Valentines Day
• Easter
• Halloween
• Country Defendant Day
• The 8th of March
• Thanksgiving Day

• New Years Day
• Fathers Day
• Victory Day
• Maslenitsa
• May Day
• Independence Day
• Pancake Day
• Remembrance Day

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• New Years Day
• Fathers Day
• May Day
• Pancake Day
• Remembrance Day

• Guy Fawkes Day
• Christmas
• St.Valentines Day
• Easter
• Halloween

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III.The Holidays and Their Dates

• 1 March
• 1 May
• 14 February
• April/ May
• 1 January
• 5 November
• 25 December
• 31 October

• Guy Fawkes Day
• Christmas
• New Yers Day
• Easter
• Halloween
• St.Davids Day
• May Day
• St. Valentines Day

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IV. What do You Know

• 1. English families prefer to live
• a). In flats b). In own houses
• 2. On Sundays theatres and shops are
• a). Closed b). opened
• 3. British buses are
• a). Single-decked b). Double-decked
• and yellow and red
• 4.The cars keep to the
• a) left of road b). Right of road
• 5. The most popular English game is
• a). Cricket b). Football
• 6. English people have tea
• a). For breakfast b). The whole day
• and supper
• 7. The Englishmen have sentimental love for
• a). New things b). Old things
• 8. The traditional English house has
• a). Three floors b). Two floors
• 9. They have in their houses.

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V. Is It True or False

• 1.The New Years tree is a present from people
  of America to people of Great Britain.
• 2.The day after Christmas is New Year.
• 3. For Christmas Dinner the English eat
  hamburgers.
• 4.The Edinburgh Military Tattoo takes place 5 or
  6 nights a week in August and September.
• 5. The name of the British national flag is The
  Stars and Stripes
• 6. The Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival, devoted to
  music and poetry.

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Let's Have a Rest.
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Crossword St. Valentine's Day
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Trooping the Colour
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State Opening the Parliament
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Highland Games
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Guy Fawkes Day
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1. Before every State Opening of
Parliament, the men of the guard in their scarlet

and gold uniforms, gather in the
Princes Chamber of the house of Lords. Ignoring
the a) Pancake Racing
existence of electric light, they search
every corner of the cellars beneath the Palace
of
Westminster by the light of old candle-lanterns.
When they are satisfied that all is

well a message is sent to the Queen and
Parliament is free to assemble.

• 2. The original Easter eggs were hard-boiled
  eggs, often beautifully decorated. The custom of
  rolling Easter eggs downhill is observed every
  Easter Monday at Avenham park, in Lancashire,
  although chocolate eggs, or even oranges, can
  be used nowadays.

• b) Clootie Wells

• c) Egg Rolling

• 3. Tossing pancakes, especially while running
  is nationally famous. The women
  of Olney and nearby Warmington
  wear aprons and headscarves for the occasion
  and, armed with pancakes and
  frying pans, gather in the village square. From
  here they
  race for some 400 metres to the church, tossing
  their pancakes three
  times on the way. The winner receives a
  prayerbook, after which all the frying
  pans are laid
  around the church and a service of blessing is
  help.

d) Searching the Houses of Parliament
4. In Scotland, some wells are decorated by
passers-by with strips of cloth,
representing problems, prayers or
wishes. It is traditional to visit the wells
before or on the fist
Sunday in May.

• 5. The Tower of London, started in 1708 by
  William the Conqueror, is one of the citys
  oldest buildings, guarded still be soldiers and
  Yeoman Warders of the Tower of Befeaters in
  bright Tutor-style costume. One of the Towers
  many traditions is the ancient Ceremony of the
  Keys, when each night at 953 p.m., the chief
  Warder locks the Tower Gates and carries the Keys
  ceremonially to the Resident Governor.

• e) Ceremony of the Keys

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Intellectual Game

• 1. They show visitors the main places of interest
  in the Tower of London.
• 2. She ruled the country for the longest period
  of time in the British history.
• 3. The official residence of the Queen in London
  and in Scotland.
• 4. This ceremony is held in front of Buckingham
  Palace every day.
• 5.The second name of New Year Eve in Scotland.
• 6. How do they call the first person to enter a
  house on New Years Day.
• 7.This holiday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday
  in March. In the past the girls who worked in
  rich houses could go home to see their parents.
• 8. Little chicks, baby rabbits and spring-time
  flowers are the emblems of this holiday.
• 9.The tradition of marking the royal swans on the
  river Thames

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Thank You for the Lesson
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The End