Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Английские праздники

Lyceum № 4

long-lived traditions. We would like to lean more about them.

Aim:
to acquaint our classmates with holidays popular in the UK.

Tasks:
to improve cultural awareness of students, to perfect their knowledge about British history and culture.

it many churches hold a carol service where special hyms are sung. Most houses are decorated with holly and there is usually a Christmas tree in them Children hand their stocking on their beds. The family usually meets for a traditional dinner of turkey and Christmas pudding. Everyone exchanges gifts.

from the old giving workers an annual presents in Christmas Boxing. Today thus is the time to visit friends and relatives, give them presents or to sit in front of TV.

After midnight people go “first-footing”. They call at friends’ houses, trying to be the first person through the door after midnight. The appearance of the first-footer is associated with luck in the next year. The luckiest type of the first-footer is atall, dark man.

It is a happy little festival in honour of St. Valentine. It is the day that you show your friends or loved one that you care. Most people send «valentines», a greeting card named after the notes that St. Valentine wrote from jail. «Valentines» can be heart-shaped, or have hearts, the symbol of love, on them. They can be anonymous.

can eat and do everything before the fasting Lent. It also has a popular name «Pancake Day» because many people traditionally eat pancakes on this day. Christians usually go to the church and confess their sins to a priest on Shrove Tuesday.

fourth Sunday in Lent in March. In the old days, girls from poor families in the country worked in rich houses. Once a year, it was usually a Sunday, they went home to visit their mothers and brought them presents. Now, on that day children and adults come to their mother`s home to express their love and gratitude and give them presents and flowers.

before Easter is called «Good Friday». People usually make special buns which are marked with a cross on top. On this day the Church marks Jesus Christ`s death. On Easter day most people go to church services and give each other chocolate Easter eggs.

of April.
On April Fool`s Day people play jokes and tricks on each other.

on the first Monday after May. Day (May 1st) People celebrate the coming of spring. They also select the most beautiful girl on this day, who becomes May Queen.

get gift cards and a lot of attention from their children

that day in 1605 Roman Catholics made a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. One of them was Guy Fawkes. The King discovered the plan, his soldiers found Guy Fawkes and executed him. Since then British people mark this day by burning a dummy made of straw and old clothes on a bonfire. This dummy is called «guy» (like Guy Fawkes).

Its roots go back to a time when people dress in colorful costumes of witches, ghosts, cats or bats, and go to fancy dress parties. Children go from one house to another and say: «Trick or treat». The symbol of the holiday is a pumpkin lantern. It looks like a face with burning eyes.

a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states, to remember all those men and women who were killing during the two World Wars and other conflicts. Special services are held at war memorials and churches in Britain. It is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear in artificial poppy.

celebrated in the UK. St. David`s Day is on March 1st in Wales. St. George`s Day is on April 23rd in England. St. Andrew`s Day is on November 30th in Scotland. And St. Patrick`s Day is on March 17th in Northern Ireland. People celebrate These days to honor their revered patron saints.

of British life. They help to unite people, preserve national history and culture, make people feel proud of their nation and, of course, have fun and enjoy themselves. And if we know British holidays and celebrations, their traditions, we will better understand British people, their history, culture and way of life.