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Various ethnic and religious groups in America celebrate days with special meaning to them even though these are not national holidays. Christians, for example, celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter, Jews observe their high holy days in September, Muslims celebrate Ramadan, African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa, Irish Americans celebrate the patron saint St. Patrick on March 17, and Mardi Gras is a big occasion in New Orleans, Louisiana, where huge parades and wild revels take place on the day before the Christian season of Lent begins. There are many other such religious and ethnic celebrations in the United States.
Do the following tasks:
1 Match the holidays with the date of celebrating:
| A) late March or early April |
| B) December 25th |
| C) January 1st |
| D) April 1st |
| E) February 14th |
| F) July, 4th |
| G) October 31st |
| H) November, forth Thursday |
| I) September, first Monday |
1. Answer the questions about Independence Day:
- When do Americans celebrate this holiday?
- What is the symbol of freedom?
- The Statue of Liberty is a gift of people of France, isn`t it?
- Where is it situated?
- Do you know how American flag is called?
- How many stripes and stars on it? What do they stand for?
- Who was the first President of the USA?
- Which are the main slogans of this holiday?
- What is the symbol of Belarus?
- Will you describe Belarussian flag?
- When is Independence Day celebrated in Belarus?
2. Guess the holiday:
1. It’s a day of love and friendship. We send greeting cards to our sweethearts and friends and ask them to: “Be my Valentine”. We celebrate this holiday on February, 14.
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2. The week before this holiday we color eggs. It’s celebrated on a Sunday in April or May.
3. It is the start of a new year. Americans celebrate this holiday on the first day of January, but the celebration actually begins on December 31, New Year Eve, the night before this holiday.
4. It is one of the best holidays for children. Children wear masks and colorful costumes. The most popular costumes are ghosts, witches and skeletons. The children walk door to door in the neighborhood and shout “trick or treat!”. Most people give them a treat- candy or fruit. The symbol of this holiday is jack-o-lantern. Jack-o-lantern are pumpkins we carve to look like faces.
5. It’s a family holiday. People gather to give thanks for all the good things in our lives. They make a big turkey dinner.
6. It is a religious holiday. It is the day that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. American people decorate a tree with ornaments and lights. Santa Claus visits people in this day and bring presents in bright paper and ribbons.
3. That’s right/ That’s wrong:
a) St. Valentine’s Day is on 12 February.
b) A traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey, roast potato and Christmas pudding.
c) Halloween is a traditional Russian holiday.
d) People give each other chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday.
e) American people celebrate Mother’s Day on the 12th of May.
5. Translate into Russian:
1.COLUMBUS DAY is an American holiday. They celebrate it on the Second Monday in October Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and explorer who discovered America on the twelfth of October in 1492. In New York State, Columbus Day is a holiday, all offices and schools are closed. The most popular song of this holiday is:
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
Ocean blue, ocean blue.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
In 1492.
2.On the eleventh of November, American people celebrate Veterans Day. It is a holiday to remember the heroes of The First WorldWar, The Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War. People bring flowers to the monuments and watch the parade
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