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1. How many public holidays or Red-Letter Days are there in Britain? Name them. 8 public holidays in Britain: two at Christmas, one for the New Year(which was only introduced in the late 1970s) two at Easter and three Bank Holidays. 2. What is the same and what is different about the way Christmas is celebrated in England and Estonia? In England, there's common to sing Carol's and for children, Christmas means pantomimes plays based on fairy tales which combine comedy, dance and song. A traditional Christmas dinner includes roast turkey with roast potatoes, a range of vegetables, cranberry sauce etc., followed by Christmas pudding and Christmas cake
They thought that this evening ghosts arose from their graves and witches flew through the air. From that Celtic festival comes the custom to dress up and the symbols of Halloween: ghosts, skeletons, devils, witches, owls and black cats. The jack-o'-lantern is also Celtic origin. The jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin with a candle inside. The Irish people also introduced trick-or-treating. Many parents, children and schools plan Halloween parties. It's one of the favourite holidays. 8) SOME ENGLISH TRADITIONS In England, Shrove Tuesday is the day for pancakes. The popular name for Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day. The most common form of celebration in the old days was the all-over-town ball game or tug-of-war. Today the only custom that is consistently observed throughout Britain pancake eating. But here and there some of other customs, too, still survive. Among these pancake races, the pancake fight, and
discovered gravity, filmmaker Charlie Chaplin who is known for his many black and white silent films, musician and singer John Lennon, who is known as a member of legendary band The Beatles. English sportsmen are also known all over the world. Right now, it could be said that one of the most famous ones is footballer David Beckham, who plays for L.A. Galaxy in USA but is currently on loan in AC Milan, in Italy and is the most-capped player in England’s national football team. Traditions and holidays There are a lot of holidays in England and some of them are centuries old. They all have their own traditions. Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is celebrated on 5 November. In 1606 Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators attempted to blow up the House of Parliament but they didn’t succeed. The celebrations involve firework displays and building bonfires on which stuffed figures of Guy Fawkes are burnt. Several foods are traditionally
Järvakandi. In previous years the festival has been purely a rock festival, but this year sees it cater for more varied tastes. The lineup still features plenty for hard rock fans like Scandinavian acts Truckfighters, Los Bastardos Finlandeses and Kotiteollisuus. Electric Eel Shock, Black Lips and Danko Jones also rock pretty hard, while Vaiko Eplik & Eliit are an experimental local outfit. Krautrockinfluenced British band Fujiya & Miyagi offer a more spacey sound HOLIDAYS People's cultural activities are mostly based upon ancient traditions.The costums of the Estonians are those of the countryfolk, because rites usually sprang up in rular communities. They were passed on from generation to generation and quite often the actions were later performed without any thought being given to the original. As time passed, rural costums penetrated towns, where they were adapted to modern living conditions. The townfolk also introduced customs with an
During this period, Britain was largely uninvolved in European affairs, apart from the Crimean War from 1853 - 1856. Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were celebrated with great enthusiasm. Having witnessed a revolution in British government, huge industrial expansion and the growth of a worldwide empire, Victoria died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. 23. National emblems, patron saints, holidays. England: flower - the Rose; animal lion; saint - St George; national day - 23 April St George's Day. Scotland flower - the Thistle and Scottish Bluebell; animal unicorn; saint - St Andrew, national day - 30 November St Andrew's Day Wales flower - the Daffodil; animal red dragon; saint - St David, national day 1 March St David's Day Northern Ireland flower - the Shamrock; saint St Patrick, national day 17 March St Patrick's Day More national holidays:
When do you use a capital letter? 4Use a capital letter for the first letter in a sentence: The dog is barking. Come here! 4Always use a capital letter for the word I : I am eight years old. Tom and I are good friends. 4Use a capital letter for the names of people: Alice, Tom, James, Kim, Snow White 4Use a capital letter for the names of places: National Museum, Bronx Zoo, London, Sacramento 4Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays, days of the week, months of the year: New Year's Day, Christmas, Labor Day, Mother's Day, Sunday, Monday, Friday, January, May, July, October Exercise 1 Circle the letters that should be CAPITALS. Then write the correct letter in the space above them. 1 peter and i are good friends. we are going to chicago during our summer 2 vacation. 3 there is an interesting football game on sunday. 4 jason lives on thomson avenue.
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Sylvia Day Bared to You Sylvia Day Bared to You The first book in the Crossfire series, 2012 This one is for Dr. David Allen Goodwin. My love and gratitude are boundless. Thank you, Dave. You saved my life. Acknowledgments My deepest gratitude to my editor, Hilary Sares, who really dug into this story and made me work for it. Basically, she kicked my ass. By not pulling her punches or letting me shortchange the details, she made me work harder and because of that, this story is a much, much better book. BARED TO YOU wouldn't be what it is without you, Hilary. Thank you so much! To Martha Trachtenberg, copy editor extraordinaire. This book is an important one for me and she treated it that way. Thank you, Martha! To Victoria Colotta, for all her hard work on the i
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