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							Great Britain: a Country
     of Traditions
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.
II.  Guy Fawkes Day           New Year’s Day
      Christmas               Father’s Day
      St.Valentine’s Day      Victory Day
      Easter                  Maslenitsa
      Halloween               May Day
      Country Defendant       Independence Day
       Day                      Pancake Day
      The 8th of March        Remembrance Day
      Thanksgiving Day
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 Guy Fawkes Day        New Year’s Day
 Christmas             Father’s Day

 St.Valentine’s Day    May Day

 Easter                Pancake Day

 Halloween             Remembrance
                         Day
III.The Holidays and Their Dates
   Guy Fawkes Day           1 March
   Christmas                1 May
   New Yer’s Day            14 February
   Easter                   April/ May
   Halloween                1 January
   St.David’s Day           5 November
   May Day                  25 December
   St. Valentine’s Day      31 October
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.
        a). A fireplace         b). Central heating
   10. In Great Britain the favourite topic to discuss is … .
        a) hobby                  b). weather
V. Is It True or False:

   1.The New Year’s 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.
1.
State Opening the Parliament
     1. Before every State Opening of Parliament, the men of the guard in their scarlet
and gold uniforms, gather in the Prince’s 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               •        b) Clootie Wells
         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.

•       3. Tossing pancakes, especially while running is nationally famous. The women           •     c) Egg Rolling
        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.


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


•       5. The Tower of London, started in 1708 by William the Conqueror, is
        one of the city’s oldest buildings, guarded still be soldiers and Yeoman            •        e) Ceremony of the
        Warders of the Tower of “Befeaters” in bright Tutor-style costume. One of                    Keys
        the Tower’s many traditions is the ancient Ceremony of the Keys, when
        each night at 9:53 p.m., the chief Warder locks the Tower Gates and
        carries the Keys ceremonially to the Resident Governor.
                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
    Year’s 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