British Holidays Revision Czech American and British Holidays
British Holidays Revision Czech, American and British Holidays Autor: Mgr. Veronika Richterová VY_32_INOVACE_45 -10_VP_British_Holidays_Revision Projekt: CZ. 1. 07/1. 5. 00/34. 0859
BRITISH HOLIDAYS LET‘ S REVISE…. . THE BRITISH HOLIDAYS!
Public holiday is: a) a day which is free just because the government wanted so b) a day off because we remember something or somebody important from our history c) we remember something or somebody important but we still go to school and work
Tell some holidays which are celebrated but there is no day off • ST. VALENTINE‘S DAY • MOTHER‘S DAY • FATHER‘S DAY • APRIL FOOLS‘ DAY
Tick the holidays that are celebrated in the UK HALLOWEEN INDEPENDENCE DAY VETERANS DAY EASTER GUY FAWKES NIGHT ST. PATRICK‘S DAY THANKSGIVING DAY REMEMBRANCE DAY
Tell the dates of these holidays ST. VALENTINE‘S 14 th of February DAY in May MOTHER‘S DAY MAY DAY 1 st of May FATHER‘S in June. DAY APRIL DAY 1 st FOOL‘S of April NEW DAY 1 st. YEAR‘S of January
Match the facts with the holidays New Year‘s Day work St. Valentine‘s Day lentils April Fool‘s Day parents May Day love Mother/Father‘s Day jokes
Complete the chart with the words DATE HOLIDAY FEATURE 5 th of November Christmas Egg rolling, egg hunt 31 st of October Remembrance Day shamrock 11 th of November St. Patrick‘s Day pumpkin bonfire Spring (March or April) Guy Fawkes‘s Night Tree, presents, memorial 17 th of March Easter 24 -26 th of December Halloween
In the following text you are going to complete the missing words and tell the vocabulary in English
EASTER Easter is a Christian holiday. It is celebrated in spring. Because the date is not the same every year, we call this holiday moveable. Easter is a celebration of Jesus‘ death and his resurrection, but it is also a celebration of spring. The symbols are eggs and rabbits. There are religious and commercial traditions.
To some British Easter traditions belong rolling the eggs, egg hunting or wearing Easter bonnets. hledání vajec egg hunt králíček rabbit klobouček bonnet smrt death koulení vajec egg rolling křesťanství Christianity
Tick the correct option in the following text
ST. PATRICK‘S DAY St. Patrick‘s day is celebrated on ? ? ? of March all over the world. This holiday commemorates an ? ? ? patron saint – St. Patrick. He was a ? ? ? and used ? ? ? There is also a legend about small dwarfs - leprechauns who are rich and grant wishes. On that thay people wear green clothes, drink green beer or ? ? ? rivers green. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a) 18 th a) Irish a) bishop a) shamrocks a) die b) 17 th b) Ireland b) chief b) rose b) dye c) 19 th c) Scottish c) priest c) thistle c) paint
In the following exercise you are going to put the vocabulary in the boxes to the text
HALLOWEEN Halloween is a very popular holiday ____ all over the world on the 31 st of October. Although it _______ in the UK, it has become more popular in America. It is said that _______ rise from the dead people on that day. People wear _______ costumes and go ______. They decorate their houses with ____. spirits scary Trick-ortreating pumpkins celebrated originated
Decide whether the statements are true or false in the following exercises
REMEMBRANCE DAY Remembrance day is celebrated in November. TRUE It is called the same in the USA. FALSE This day commemorates the end of WWII. FALSE People visit churchyards and light candles. TRUE On this day they remember all the American presidents. FALSE
GUY FAWKES‘ NIGHT Guy Fawkes‘ night holiday originated in America. FALSE It is celebrated on 5 th of November. TRUE He wanted to destroy the Parliament. TRUE He succeeded in destroying the Parliament. FALSE He was burnt. TRUE
Translate the sentences
CHRISTMAS Christmas is a Christian holiday. Vánoce jsou křesťanským svátkem. Slaví se v prosinci. It is celebrated in December. Připomínáme si/slavíme the narození Ježíše. We celebrate/commemorate birth of Jesus. It a time joy and ahapiness. Jeisto čas ofradosti štěstí. People spend with their families orafriends. Lidé tráví častime se svými rodinami přáteli. Lidé nakupují dárky, domácnosti, pečouorcukroví People buy presents, cleanuklízí households, bake sweets decorate tree. nebo Christmas zdobí stromeček.
24 th of December – Christmas - is důležitým the first Christmas holiday. 24. Prosinec – Předvečer Vánoc je Eve prvním vánočním svátkem. Tentoisden důležitý jako v České republice. This day notnení so tak important as in the Czech Republic. People finsh their forŠtědrý Christmas or they have office parties. Lidé dokončují svépreparations přípravy na denday nebo mají firemní párty. prosinceisjethe v anglicky mluvících zemích Štědrý den. countries. 25 th of 25. December Christmas Day in the English speaking After wakening up theběží children run to find their presents in their stockngs under Po probuzení děti najít dárečky ve svých punčochách neboorpod the Christmas tree. vánočním stromem. In the midday people eatvánoční a Christmas dinnersestává which zconsists of a turkey. V poledne se jí oběd, který krocana. prosince je tzv. There is Dne a so 26. called Boxing Day. Krabičkový on the 26 thden. of December. V tento den dostávají chudí lidé nebo služebnictvo dárečky od svých On this day poor people or servants receive the presents from their employers. nadřízených.
Použitá literatura a zdroje • Klipart Power. Point • PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. Británie a USA: ilustrované reálie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2004, 407 s. : barevné fotografie. ISBN 80 -718 -2182 -9. • www. bridge-online. cz • http: //www. bridgeonline. cz/maturita/maturitni-temata/Holidays and Celebrations/The UK National Holidays
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