Контрольные задания > 102 a) Look at the greeting cards. Say when people celebrate these holidays.
Use the Cultural Guide if necessary.
b) Read the texts and match them with the greeting cards.
① ... is usually in March. People visit their mothers and
give them flowers and small gifts. If they cannot visit
their mothers, they send a 'Mother's Day' card. On this
day, fathers and children help mothers with meals
and washing-up.
② At midnight on ..., everybody joins hands and sings a
special song. In Scotland and the north of England,
people go to their friends' houses after midnight. They
try to be the first person to wish good luck to their
friends in the new year.
③ At ..., schools close for two weeks. People give each
other chocolate eggs on the Sunday holiday. The eggs
are usually hollow¹ and have sweets inside.
④ ... is on 14th February. People send flowers, chocolates
and special cards to someone they love. Usually they
don't sign their names. The person who gets the card
has to guess.
⑤ On 25th December children get up early in the morning.
They want to see stockings full of small gifts on their
beds. Other gifts are around the Christmas tree. A tra-
ditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey, roast potatoes
and Christmas pudding.
Вопрос:
102 a) Look at the greeting cards. Say when people celebrate these holidays.
Use the Cultural Guide if necessary.
b) Read the texts and match them with the greeting cards.
① ... is usually in March. People visit their mothers and
give them flowers and small gifts. If they cannot visit
their mothers, they send a 'Mother's Day' card. On this
day, fathers and children help mothers with meals
and washing-up.
② At midnight on ..., everybody joins hands and sings a
special song. In Scotland and the north of England,
people go to their friends' houses after midnight. They
try to be the first person to wish good luck to their
friends in the new year.
③ At ..., schools close for two weeks. People give each
other chocolate eggs on the Sunday holiday. The eggs
are usually hollow¹ and have sweets inside.
④ ... is on 14th February. People send flowers, chocolates
and special cards to someone they love. Usually they
don't sign their names. The person who gets the card
has to guess.
⑤ On 25th December children get up early in the morning.
They want to see stockings full of small gifts on their
beds. Other gifts are around the Christmas tree. A tra-
ditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey, roast potatoes
and Christmas pudding.
Ответ:
Here are the answers:
* 1 - A (Mother's Day)
* 2 - D (New Year)
* 3 - B (Easter)
* 4 - C (Valentine's Day)
* 5 - E (Christmas)