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Answer the questions.

328. How do people celebrate the New Year?

329. What do people do at midnight?

330. What is St. Valentine’s Day? When is it celebrated?

331. What is a Valentine card?

332. How is Easter celebrated?

333. What is Easter connected with in people’s mind?

334. Who celebrates May Spring Festival?

335. Who is the May Queen?

336. What folk holiday do British people celebrate in August?

337. Where do people usually go to celebrate Bank holiday?

338. What is the main public holiday in Great Britain?

339. Why do many shops become busy long before Christmas?

340. Is Christmas a religious holiday?

 

Speaking.

Name interesting facts you have learnt about British traditions, holidays and customs, especially those different from the Russian ones.

 

Comment on the following statements.

341. It is generally believed that English people respect their traditions very much.

342. There a lot of traditional ceremonies in the UK that have been preserved since old times and are still regularly observed.

343. One of the well-known English traditions is 5 o’clock tea.

344. Christmas is the main public holiday in Great Britain.

 

Make a presentation of the most famous Russian holidays and traditions.


Appendix 1. Do you know Britain well?

 

The Land

345. Give the names of:

a. the longest river,

b. the highest mountain,

c. the largest lake,

d. the largest city outside London,

e. the busiest port in Great Britain.

345. What islands do the British Isles consist of?

346. What waters separate the British Isles from the continent of Europe?

347. What natural regions can the territory of Great Britain be divided into?

348. Which are the most important rivers and lakes in Great Britain?

349. Which river does Oxford stand on?

350. What is the main difference between the Cumbrians and the Cambrians?

351. What climate does Great Britain enjoy?

352. What is the average winter temperature in Great Britain?

353. What mineral resources is Great Britain rich in?

 

The State

346. What is the state order in the United Kingdom?

347. What does the term English Constitution mean? Can you name some important documents which contain the leading principles of British legislation?

348. Which are the three branches of state power in the United Kingdom and what bodies are they represented by?

349. What is the position of the monarch in the British constitution?

350. What are the main functions of British Parliament today?

351. What do you know about the House of Lords/Commons?

352. What political parties of Great Britain do you know?

353. What is the British Commonwealth of Nations?

354. What is the name of the English state flag?

355. What do the crosses on the state flag of the UK stand for?

356. What flower is the national emblem of England/Scotland/ Wales/Northern Ireland?



357. What is the name of the building in which the British Parliament sits?

358. Why did the Romans call Britain Albion?

359. Which of the two Houses of Parliament has more power?

360. What is Downing Street in London known for?

361. Where are most of the government offices situated in London?

362. Why is a district in the centre of England called The Black Country?

 

 

The Economy

347. What industries are mostly developed in Great Britain?

348. What branches of industry appeared in the 20th century?

349. What agricutural activities are developed in different regions of the country?

350. What is the name of one of the biggest textile industry centres in England?

351. What is the name of the biggest city in Scotland, famous for its shipyards?

352. Where is woolen industry concentrated?

353. What do Britains’s major imports/exports include?

 


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