I. Прочитайте тексты о праздниках в Великобритании и соотнесите тексты и названия праздников: Christmas, Halloween, Mother’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Day, Easter. 1. On this day, people visit their mothers and give them flowers and small presents. Husbands and children help with the meals and washing up. 2. On this day people usually visit their friends. They try to be the first person to wish good luck to their friends in the new year. There is a lot of dancing and eating. At midnight everybody joins hands and sings a special song. 3. On this day people send cards to their friends, parents and relatives. People put trees in their rooms and decorate them with toys and coloured lights. On this day children get up early in the morning. They want to see a stocking full of small presents on their beds. A traditional dinner on this holiday is roast turkey, roast potatoes and pudding. 4. People send special cards to people they love. They shouldn’t write their names on the cards. The person who gets the card must guess who sent it. 5. At this holiday schools close for two weeks. People give each other chocolate eggs. Sometimes parents hide eggs in the house or in the garden and children look for them. 6. On this day they say ghosts and witches come out. Children make lanterns out of pumpkins. Some people have parties and dress as witches and ghosts. It is celebrated on the 31st of October. Children walk from house to house and ask “Trick or treat?”

Перевод задания: Прочитайте тексты о праздниках в Великобритании и соотнесите описания с названиями праздников.

1. Mother’s Day — День матери.
2. New Year’s Day — Новый год.
3. Christmas — Рождество.
4. St. Valentine’s Day — День святого Валентина.
5. Easter — Пасха.
6. Halloween — Хэллоуин.