4.British and American Festivals
Are the sentences true or false?
1. People always follow their good resolutions given on New Year’s Day. (…)
2. Christmas and Easter have a religious origin. (…)
3. Halloween, a holiday of Celtic origin, takes place on the eve of All Saints’ Day. (…)
4. American families celebrate Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the survival of their great ancestors. (…)
5. If there’s no chimney Santa Claus can’t get in. (…)
6. People dye eggs at Christmas. (…)
7. Friday before Easter is called "Holly Friday". (…)
8. In Britain the New Year is more popular than Christmas.(…)
9. People in Scotland mark St David’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland, on the 30 November. (…)
10. In Scotland Hogmanay is the biggest festival of the year. (…)
11. Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. (…)
12. At Halloween children give treats to people. (…)
13. A traditional May Day dance is known as May pole dancing. (…)
14. People don’t always sign their Valentine cards. (…)
15. British people have fireworks on 5th November because it’s the date when Guy Fawkes killed the King in 1605. (…)
16. The First Foot is the first visitor to enter the house on New Year’s morning. (…)
considerate people are very tactful and attentive to other people
ill-mannered people behave terribly. they are rude
naive people aren't very wise and experienced. they need to learn more
grumpy people are terrible. they are difficult to get on with as they are often angry or fussy. they are bad-tempered
big-headed people are very boastful. they like to tell everybody about themselves. such people aren't interested in somebody's problems. they are quite egoistic
In June I went to the seaside with my parents. The water in the Black Sea was very warm. We swam and sunbathed. There were different kinds of entertainments there. Best of all I liked water scooters and discos. We also played volleyball on the beach and made sculptures of sand.
Then I spent two weeks in the summer camp. I made a lot of new friends. Every day we enjoyed something special - games, competitions, performances.
There was no river, but there was a swimming pool where we could swim. We had discos every night. It was a real fun.
In August I visited my grandparents. There I enjoyed fresh air and helped my grandparents to dig the garden, to gather fruit and vegetables. I went fishing with my grandfather.
During my summer holidays I made new friends, read a lot of interesting books, knew many useful things.