3. English festivals (1) - Christmas
The most important festival
of the year
A carol service
Houses are decorated
Christmas tree
Giving presents
Father Christmas and
a long sock at the end of the bed
Christmas Day – 25th December
4. English festivals (2)
Boxing Day – 26th December, a public holiday
New Year‘s Eve – celebrating of coming of the year at
midnight on 31st December
St. Valentine‘s Day – 14th February, sending cards,
flowers and chocolates to someone you love
Ash Wednesday – the day in February, the Christian period
of Lent begins
Pancake Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday, people
eats lots of pancakes
5. English festivals (3)
Easter – Easter Sunday - chocolate eggs,
a new birth, Good Friday – hot cross-buns,
Easter Monday – a holiday
April Fools Day – a day of fun and jokes
St. George‘s Day – 23rd April is a national day in
England, St. George is a patron of England, people do
not celebrate it much
May Day – 1st May, celebration of the end of the
winter, connected with dancing
Ascension Day – a christian holiday, it is the 40th day
after Easter Sunday
6. English festivals (4)
• Pentecost (Whitsunday) – 10 days after Ascension Day, the
coming of holly spirit
• Harvest festival - Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for
a successful harvest, usually in September
• Halloween – 31st October – holly evening, connected with
witches and ghosts, strange costumes, pumpkin latern
• All Saints Day – 1st November
• All Souls Day – 2nd November
• Bonfire Night – 5th November, the anniversary of the
Gunpowder plot, huge fireworks, burning an effigy
7. English food (1)
traditionally based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish
generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable
no national food, but the most common and typical
foods include fish and chips, sandwiches, pies and
puddings
a selection of Indian, Italian, Chinese and Greek
restaurants
take-away meals
Fish and chips
8. English food (3)
Three main meals a day : breakfast, lunch and dinner
(sometimes called supper)
Dinner is usually the main meal of the day
A typical English breakfast - a bowl of cereals, a slice of
toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee
A 'packed lunch‘ - this typically consists of a sandwich,
a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink
A typical British meal for dinner is meat and usually the
vegetables (one of the vegetables is almost always
potatoes)
9. English food (3) – Christmas dinner
the main Christmas meal
eaten at mid-day or early afternoon
roast turkey, Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, cranberry
sauce, rich nutty stuffing, tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and
lashings of hot gravy
a rich, fruity pudding which you douse in flaming brandy –
said to ward off evil spirits.
10. Pictures of Christmas Dinner
Roast turkey Brussel Sprouts and chestnuts
Roast potatoes
Parsnips and Swede
Stuffing
The Christmas pudding
11. English food (4) – Food at Easter
On Good Friday - warm 'hot cross buns'
with their combination of spicy, sweet
and fruity flavours have long been an
Hot cross bun
Easter tradition, it is also traditional
to eat fish instead of meat
Easter day - roast lamb is the traditional meat for the main
meal, served with mint sauce and vegetables, the traditional
puddings are custard tarts sprinkled with currants and flat
Easter biscuits, Simnel cake is baked for tea, chicken has long
been a modern favourite for Easter Sunday dinner mainly due
to the baby (spring) chicken being associated with birth and
new life
Simnel cake
12. Sports
An important part in the life of Englishmen
A popular leisure activity
Many of the world’s famous sports began
in England, including cricket, football,
lawn tennis and rugby
England’s national sport is cricket
To many people football (soccer) is seen
as their national sport
Rugby is similar to football but
played with an oval ball
The world’s famous tennis tournament
is Wimbledon
Horse racing, the sport of Kings,
is a very popular sport (The Grand National)
Polo is played by men on horses.
Table tennis (ping pong) was invented
in England in 1880
Fishing (angling) is also one of the most
popular sports in England
13. Media
Three public bodies are responsible for television
and radio throughout England
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The Independent Television Commission (ITC)
The Radio Authority
People in Britain watch TV on average 25 hours of every week
Television viewing is Britain's most popular leisure pastime
There are five main channels in Britain (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and
Channel 5)
The BBC has been providing regular television broadcasts since 1936
There are about 130 daily and Sunday newspapers
British newspapers include the following:
The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times,
The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Western Mail
and Echo, The Sun, The Mirror, The Herald, Written by Rachel.
14. Traditional costumes and clothes
England has no national dress
Some people think men
in England wear suits and
bowler hat but it isn’t true
English customs and traditions
involve a variety of costumes –
Beefeaters (the nearest thing
to English national costume)
„Typical Englishman“
Beefeater
15. Transport
Most people in England travel by car
Goods are transported by lorries
The red double decker buses
in London
In London, taxis are black
The name of London’s underground
system is “The Tube”
In England there are also Euro trains
There are 470 airports in England
16. Religion
The main religion is Christianity
Most Christians belong to the Church of England
there are also Roman Catholics, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim
communities
The Queen is head of Church of England.
