Answer the questions
1. What is the main holiday in our country? And in Great Britain? And in the USA?
2. When is Christmas celebrated in Russian and in Europe?
3. On what day do people honour veterans in the UK and in the USA? In Russia?
4. What is a bank holiday?
5. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving today? What is the origin of this holiday?
6. What is Boxing Day?
7. What holidays does your family celebrate?
8. What is your favourite holiday? Why?
9. Does your family have any special New Year traditions?
10. Do you cook and eat any special holiday meals?
11. Do you celebrate any religious holidays?
12. What new holidays have appeared in our life during the last few years?
13. Have you ever tried to celebrate any foreign holidays?
14. Translate the underlined expressions and use them in your own sentences.
I'm so happy to get your letter. It's wonderful that reading is your hobby!
As for me, I like reading and books play a very important role in my life. Unfortunately I don't have enough time for reading because I 'm busy with my studies. That's why I don't spend a lot of time on reading. I read a lot in summer when I 'm on holiday. Of course, I like adventure novels best of all.
At the same time I read newspapers and magazines. As for my favourite book in my childhood, it was Cinderella. I read it a lot of times.
Write back soon!
With love, (твое имя) .
I live in Russia. Russia is the largest country in the world. The official name ofour country is the Russian Federation. The first President of Russia was BorisEltcin. At the moment the Russian President is Dmitri Medvedev. The PrimeMinister of my country is Vladimir Putin. V.Putin is a very popular politic. Thehighest law of our country is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Moscow is the capital ofour country.
The St. Petersburg is a very important city. Rostov Veliky, Suzdal, Vladimir, Zvenigorod andYaroslavl are very important cities too. They are known as Zolotoe Koltso (the Golden Ring ofRussia).