The document discusses various traditions and symbols associated with holidays. It mentions activities like toasting hot cross buns, caroling, gift wrapping, and laying wreaths for Christmas. It also mentions traditional pastimes like egg rolling and two-minute silences. The text then explains that the word "holiday" comes from the Old English word for holy day, originally referring only to religious celebrations, but now meaning any day of rest. It lists various symbols associated with different holidays like New Year, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The last paragraphs describe traditions of Maslenitsa, a Russian winter holiday before Easter involving pancakes, straw scarecrows, and festivities.

2. - to concentrate on smth., hot cross buns, to be
toasted, to be cracked and broken, to hold a
carol service, to wrap up gifts, to lay wreaths,
to confess the sins;
- traditional pastime, provision, egg-rolling, two-
minute silence, greeting cards, pancakes,
annual ceremony, Father Christmas, artificial
poppies.

3. The word "holiday" comes from the Old
English word hāligdæg. The word originally
referred only to special religious days. In
modern use, it means any special day of rest
or relaxation, as opposed to normal days off
work or school. The word derived from the
notion of "Holy Day", and gradually evolved
to its current form.

4. • M: I associate the word … with …
Chocolate
Cassettes
Fireworks
Juice
Cola
Dancing
Flowers
Picnic
Birthday
Cards
Champagne
Parades
Coke
Wedding
Anniversary

5. • I suppose
• In my opinion
• To my mind
• It’s no doubt
• It seems to me
• I guess
E.g. I think it is birthday because every family has a
cake for a Birthday. etc.
New Year – because the fur tree is the symbol of the
New Year.
St. Valentine’s Day – because it is the day of love and
a heart with an arrow is a symbol of this holiday.Halloween – Jack-o-lantern is the symbol of this holiday.
Thanksgiving Day – because roust turkey is the
traditional American food on this day.
Christmas – Santa Clause is
the symbol of this holiday.
Easter – People dye eggs on Easter.Birthday – people always buy
a cake on each birthday.
Do you know about this emblem?
This is a shamrock. It is the symbol
of Ireland. 17 March is the
national holiday in Ireland – St.
Patrick’s Day. On that day people
wear a shamrock. A shamrock is a
plant with three leaves.

8. Maslenitsa is a cheerful farewell to winter and meeting of spring, bringing
solar heat, the holiday symbolizes awakening of nature from a winter
dream. Maslenitsa in Russia was celebrated when there was still no
Christianity. In those days this holiday had another meaning. It was
connected with the name of the God of fertility- Velesa.
Maslenitsa is celebrated 7 days before the Easter. The main attribute of
Maslenitsa are pancakes and national festivities. The last day of Maslenitsa
is called Forgiven Day.
During this day people make a straw scarecrow, put old woman’s clothes
on it, place it on the pole, and walk with such scarecrow around the village.

9. True False Not stated
1 3
2 5
4
6

10. Stolb Fortune-telling
Blin A straw scarecrow in old clothes
Chuchelo A sledge
Coster A pancake
Ryazhenye Clowns playing tricks
and jokes
Scomorokhi A short song on topical,
humorous or lyrical theme
Sancki A pole where a person
climbs to get a prize
Chastushka A fire
Smetana, icra National festivities
Narodnye gulaynya People in national costumes and
masks singing and dancing
Gadaniya Sour cream, caviar

11. Easter comes but once a year
Easter comes but once a year
But when it does, we all know its here
Children filling themselves with chocolate
Dad's down the pub for a pint of beer!
We go to the church for the wine and bread
Dad's half asleep, and jerking his head
Baby sister is here too, munching away
On the free Easter egg that the Priest gave us today
But remember we must, that the Lord died for us
And ascended into heaven to give us fresh lives
For each and every one of us.
Easter comes but once a year
... comes but once a ...
But when it does, we all ... its here
... filling themselves with ...
Dad's ... the pub for a pint of ...!
We go to the ... for the wine and ...
Dad's half asleep, and jerking his ...
Baby ... is here too, munching ...
On the free ... egg that the Priest gave us ...
But ... we must, that the ... died for us
And ascended into ... to give us fresh ...
For ... and ... one of us.
Easter comes but once a year
... comes but ... a ...
But ... it does, we all ... its ...
... filling themselves with ...
Dad's ... the ... for a pint of ...!
We ... to the ... for the ... and ...
Dad's half ..., and jerking his ...
Baby ... is here ..., munching ...
On the free ... egg ... the Priest ... us ...
But ... we ..., that the ... died for us
... ascended into ... to give ... fresh ...
For ... and ... one ... us.

12. His curiosity getting the better of him – любопытство взяло
над ним верх;
a middle-aged, balding man – лысый господин средних
лет;
Divorсe – развод.
Choose the best ending:
a) “I'm a divorce lawyer”, the man replies.
b) “I hate this holiday”, the man replies.
c) “I have one thousand of lovers”, the man replies.

13. fulfilled the
task
was active,
emotional
Positive emotions
joy
proud
success
admiration
surprise
happiness
satisfaction
Negative emotions
fear
irritation
boredom
sadness
anxiety
unsatisfaction
I feel …..
Because I’…
was (not)
bored
worked
hard
didn’t relax
answered
properly
got a good
markgot much new
information
about the UK
saw interesting
pictures showing
the life in the UK