Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Соединенное Королевство и его традиции.

people’s psychology.
Most of this traditions have been kept up without interruption since the thirteenth century
Some are funny and some are strange. But they're all interesting

public holidays
( Bank holidays)

Royal ceremonies

traditional
sporting events

Shetlands. These were the Vikings. They came to Britain in ships and carried away animals, gold, and sometimes women and children, too. Now, 1 ,OOO years later, people in the Shetlands remember the Vikings with a festival. ". Every winter the people of Lerwick, a town in the Shetlands, make a model of a ship. It's a Viking "long-ship", with the head of a dragon at the front. Then, on Up-Helly-Aa night in January, the Shetlanders dress in Viking clothes. They carry the ship through the town to the sea. There they burn it. They do this because the Vikings put their dead men in ships and burned them. But there aren't any men in the modern ships. Now the festival is a party for the people of the Shetland Islands.

love, and St Valentine's Day is February 14th. On that day, people send Valentine cards and presents to their husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends.

day for Welsh people. He's the "patron" or national saint of Wales. On March 1st, the Welsh celebrate St David's Day and wear daffodils in the buttonholes of their coats or jackets

is celebrated on the 30 of November
in Scotland.
St. Andrew is the "patron" or national saint ofScotland.

the 23 d of April in England.
St George is the "patron" or national saint of England.

th of March in Northern Ireland
St. Patrick is the "patron" or national saint of Ireland.

April 1st
This is a very old trаdition from the Middle Ages .At that time the servants were masters for one day of the year. They gave orders to their masters, and their masters had to obey. Now April Fool's Day is a day for jokes and tricks.

in May.
Is held since 1880
You can see the
crowning of
London May
Queen.

Wales
It lasts four days
Here the love of song and poetry of the Welsh is organized to make a spectacle unique in the world.

is the longest day of the year. On that day you can see a very old custom at Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge is one of the Europe's biggest stone circles. A lot of the stones are ten or twelve meters high. It's also very old.

ghosts that night. Hallowe'en is an old word for "Hallows Evening", the night before "All Hallows" or "All Saints' Day" On that one night of the year, ghosts and witches are free..
. But now in Britain it’s time for fun. There are always a lot of parties on October 31st. At these parties people wear masks and they dress as ghosts and witches, or as Dracula or Frankenstein's monster. And some people make special Hallowe'en lamps from a large fruit  , the pumpkin..

O C T O B E R

All over the country people build wood fires or “bonfires”, in their gardens. On top of each bonfire is a guy. That's a figure of Guy Fawkes. People make guys with straw, old clothes and newspapers. But before November 5th, children use their guys to make money They stand in the street and shout "Penny for the guy". Then they spend the money on fireworks. But how did this tradition start? Who was Guy Fawkes and why do the British remember him on November 5th? On November 5th 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to kill King James I. He and a group of friends put a bomb under the Houses of Parliament in London. But the King's men found the bomb  and they found Guy Fawkes, too. They took him to the Tower of London and there the King's men cut off

is a Day of family
reunions.
On this day
absent sons
and daughters
return to their
homes and give
gifts to their mothers.

held in October.
Many years ago in that period young people used to help their parents to gather potatoes. But nowadays the British visit their parents and other relatives during the Potato holidays .

Middle Ages. In the very early morning, young girls went to the fields and washed their faces with dew. They believed this made them very beautiful for a year after that. Also on May Day the young men of each village tried to win prizes with their bows and arrows, and people danced round the maypole.   Many English-villages still have a maypole, and on May 1st, the villagers dance round it.

Norway give the city of
London a present.. It's a big Christmas tree
and it stands in Trafalgar Square. Also in
central London, Oxford Street and Regent
Street always have beautiful decorations at
Christmas.

down the chimney and leaves lots of presents. Some people leave something for him, too. A glass of wine and some biscuits, for example. In Britain the most important meal on December 25th is Christmas dinner.

of Jesus. It is celebrated on the 1st Sunday after the full moon which occurs on the next day after March 21 and is celebrated between March 22 and April 25 inclusive. Many people dye eggs and present their relatives and friends with them., make paskha and kulich, go to the church and stay for a service.

before the fasting of Lent.
On this day Christians confessed their sins to a priest. Many people still traditionally eat pancakes on that day. One of the main event is the pancake race that is the race between housewives.
They have to make pancakes and run from the village square to the church.

this Day people usually gave “Christmas Boxes”, or gifts of money, to servants . Today many people still give Christmas gifts to paperboys and girls.

January.
In Scotland it is called Hogmanay

the ceremony
of First
Footing  

Queen. On this Day all radio and TV stations celebrate the Queen.

THE TROOPING OF THE COLOUR
The Queen is the only person in Britain with two birthdays. Her real birthday is on the 21 of April, but she has an "official" birthday, too. That's on the second Saturday in June. And on the Queen's official birthday, there is a traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the Colour. It's a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers at Horse Guards' Parade in London. A "regiment" of the Queen's soldiers, the Guards, march in front of her. At the front of the parade is the regiment's flag or "colour". The Guards are trooping the colour. Thousands of Londoners and visitors watch in Horse Guards' Parade. And millions of people at home watch it on television.

Palace, the Queen's home in London. Soldiers stand in front of the palace. Each morning these soldiers (the "guard") change. One group leaves and another arrives. In summer and winter tourists stand outside the palace at 11.30 every morning and watch the Changing of the Guard.

is the day before Good Friday, at Easter. On that day the Queen gives Maundy money to a group of old people. This tradition is over 1,000 years old. At one time the king or queen washed the feet of poor, old people on Maundy Thursday. That stopped in 1754.

there are hundreds of swans. A lot of these beautiful white birds belong, traditionally, to the king or queen. In July the young swans on the Thames are about two months old. Then the Queen's swan keeper goes, in a boat, from London Bridge to Henley. He looks at all the young swans and marks the royal ones. The name of this strange but interesting custom is Swan Upping.  

very old people. On his or her one hundredth birthday, a British person gets a telegram from the Queen.

in front of the Queen. She touches first his right shoulder, then his left shoulder with a sword. Then she says "Arise, Sir. . . [his first name]", and the knight stands

you come across in Britain is a result of a long history. The British are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
Foreigners watch with disbelief the cere­mony of the keys at the Tower of London. This strange ceremony takes place every night and is 700 years old! Locking a door or a gate seems to be a simple thing. Not, however, if the gates are of the Tower of London. At 21.53 the Chief Warder of the Tower, carrying a lantern and the keys, meets the Escort of the Key. They march to the various gates and lock them ceremonially. But at the Bloody Tower the party is stopped by a sentry with the words:
'Halt! Who comes there?' (as if he wouldn't know after 700 years.)
'The Keys.'
'Whose Keys?'
'Queen Elizabeth's Keys.'
'Advance Queen Elizabeth's Keys.' 'All's well.'
'God preserve Queen Elizabeth.'
'Amen!'
And the keys are carried to the Governor of the Tower for the night.

in to work. It’s an official holiday when all banks and postoffices are closed. Most factories, offices and shops are closed too.

They are:
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
New Year’s Day
Easter Sunday
Good Friday ( before Easter )
Easter Monday ( after Easter)
May Day
Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday of May)
Late Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August )
These holidays do not fall on the same date every year

the weight and throwing the hammer ) , dancing and piping competitions take place.

Conker Contest- nearest to the 20th October on Wednesday. The conkers are collected by children. They are examined and numbered on their flat sides, then bored and threaded on nylon cord. Each competitor is allowed an agreed number of strikes.
Marbles Championship. This game dates back to Roman times. Teams of six compete on a circular, sanded rink. Forty –nine marbles are placed in the centre of a rink. And the players try to knock out as many as possible with their marble.

Three –legged race – a pair of runners have the right leg of one tied to the left of the other. If they try to go too fast they are certain to fall.

Egg-and-spoon race. Each runner must carry an egg in a spoon without letting it drop. If the egg does fall, it must be picked up with the spoon, not the fingers)
Boat –race between Oxford and Cambridge

Pancake races on Shrove Tuesday

Egg –rolling -traditional Easter pastime. It takes place on Easter Sunday or Monday and consists of rolling colored, hard boiled eggs down a slope untill they are cracked and broken after which they are eaten by their owners
Cheese –race

Royal Ascot

Grand National  races

Floral Marathon ,
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