Презентация к открытому уроку по английскому языку на тему "British holidays" (Праздники в Великобритании)

BRITISH HOLIDAYS

Royal wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton

Alice

When did they have their parties?

Ben

Whom did they invite?

What presents did they get?

How did they entertain their guests?

Did they enjoy their birthday parties?

Mother’s Day in Great Britain”.

In many places around the world people celebrate mothers’ day on various days because the day has a number of different origins.

In Britain there is also a holiday which people call Mother's Day.

In the old days many girls from poor families in the country worked in rich houses. They did all the house work and their working day was usually very long. They often worked on Sundays, too.

Once a year, it was usually a Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers.

They went home on that day and brought presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They could stay at home only one day and then they went back to their work. People called that day Mothering Day or Mothering Sunday.

Later workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother's Day .

On that day sons and daughters visit their mothers and bring them flowers and presents. The eldest son must bring his mother a good cake. If sons or daughters cannot be with their mother on that day, they usually send her presents. Mother's Day must be a day of rest for the mother of the family, so her daughters cook the dinner on that day and the sons help to wash the dishes.

Now Mother's Day in Britain is the second Sunday in May. In the United States and Canada Mother's Day is also the second Sunday in May .

• 1 ) Where did the girls from poor families work?
• 2) What day could they visit their mothers?
• 3) How did people call that day?
• 4) When do people celebrate Mother's Day in Great Britain?

5) How do people celebrate this holiday in the UK? 6 ) When do Russians celebrate Mother's Day?

“ M” is for the million things she gave me.

“ O” means only that she’s growing old.

“ T” is for the tears she shed to save me.

“ H” is for her heart of purest gold.

“ E” is for eyes , with love lights shining.

“ R” means right , and right she’ll always be.

Put them altogether; they spell “mother”,

A word that means the world for me.

1.People celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. What holiday is it?

a) New Year b) Christmas c) the First Foot

2. People send special cards to someone they love. They don’t sign their names.

a) St. Valentine’s Day b) New Year c) Mother’s Day

3. People visit their mothers and give them flowers and small presents.

a) St. Valentine’s Day b) New Year c) Mother’s Day

What do you know about British holidays?

7. People give each other eggs and go to church. a) St. Valentine’s Day b)Easter c) New Year 8. When is the Queen’s actual birthday? a) the 1 st of April b) the 21 st of April c) the 21 of March  

9. When is the official Queen’s Birthday?

a) the second Saturday in June b) the second Saturday in July c) the 21 st of April