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Registrační číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0186

Název: VY_32_INOVACE_ANJ_01.10

Jméno autora: Petra Píclová

Datum vytvoření: 4.1.2013

Předmět: Anglický jazyk

Tematická oblast: Opakování a doplnění maturitních témat

Ročník: 3. – 4.

Využití ve výuce: prezentace, opakování

Jazyk: angličtina

Anotace: Holidays in the English Speaking Countries

Klíčová slova: traditions, Christmas, Easter, Great Britain, the USA

Inovace: posílení mezipředmětových vztahů, využití multimediální výuky, využití ICT

Materiál je určen pro bezplatné používání při výuce a vzdělávání na všech typech škol a školských

zařízení. Jakékoliv další využití podléhá autorskému zákonu.

Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí je, není-li uvedeno jinak, Mgr. Petra Píclová.

Holidays and Traditions in the English Speaking Countries

Introduction: • the following holidays and traditions are kept

especially in the United Kingdom and

the United States of America but also more

or less in other countries connected with

this culture such as for example Canada

or Australia

• each country celebrates the holidays in a little

different way and has its own holidays,

traditions and special days but still they have

a lot in common

New Year's Day • 1st January

• people welcome the coming year

• in the U.K. the queen gives titles and decorations

St. Valentine's Day

• 14th February

• people show their love by sending

Valentine cards and exchanging gifts

Easter

• celebrated in spring (March, April)

• connected with the crucifixion and

resurrection of Jesus Christ

• in the U.K.: Egg Hunt - a favourite activity when

children look for eggs hidden

by Easter Bunny in the garden

• Egg Rolling - people let decora-

ted eggs roll down from a hill

and the first one down wins

• Hot Cross Buns - traditionally

served on Good Friday (the cross represents Jesus)

Halloween • 31st October

• some parties take place

• children dress up in scary costumes and ask their

neighbours and friends "Trick or treat", which means

"Give us a treat or we will play a trick on you"(a treat

is usually some money, sweets or fruit and a trick

may be e.g. a soap picture on your window or some

toilet paper in your trees...)

• Jack-o'-lantern is the symbol of Halloween and

a favourite decoration, it is made from

a pumpkin, with a cut face and

a candle inside

Christmas

• 24th December - Christmas Eve

- children hang up their Christmas

stockings before they go to bed

• 25th December - Christmas Day - the most important day, the presents are found under the Christmas tree in the morning and there is a great Christmas dinner at midday (in the U.K. they traditionally have roast turkey and Christmas pudding and they have fun with Christmas crackers with a joke inside and they also eat mince-pies)

Try to label the pictures:

a cracker Christmas pudding

a Christmas stocking Father Christmas

(the U.K.) or Santa Claus (the U.S.A.)

mince-pies

26th December - Boxing Day

• the origin of the name of this day is connected with the word "box" in which money was collected for the poor people or people in need

• in the U.K. the pantomime season starts

31st December - New Year's Eve • people welcome the coming year, they hold parties

• at midnight people meet at Trafalgar Square in London and at Times Square in New York

• it is a night of fireworks

British Bank Holidays • official days off when banks and most other services

and businesses are closed

• some of them were already mentioned - New Year's Day, Easter and Christmas Day

• the others are :

May Day - 1st May

- celebrates work and labour

- some public meetings are held

Spring Bank Holiday - last Monday in May

Summer Bank Holiday - last Monday in August

Other notable days in the United Kingdom:

St.Patrick's Day • 17th March

• a public holiday in Ireland because Patrick

is the patron saint of Ireland

• people wear a shamrock or something green

• it is celebrated by people of Irish origin all over

the world

All Fools' Day • 1st April

• you can play jokes and tricks on people and then shout "April Fool"

The Queen's Official Birthday

• in June (not on the date of the real Queen's birthday)

• various ceremonies take place, e.g. the Horse Guards Parade in London

Guy Fawkes Day

• 5th November

• remembers Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up the King James I and Parliament in 1605

• bonfires, fireworks and the burning of guys

Elisabeth II.

American federal holidays • there are 10 federal holidays

New Year's Day

Christmas Day • already mentioned

Martin Luther King Day • 3rd Monday in January

• honours M.L.King who demanded racial equality, was awarded the Nobel Prize and assassinated in 1968

Autor: Yoichi R. Okamoto, White House Press Office, licence Public Domain, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._and_Lyndon_Johnson.jpg

Martin Luther King

The President’s Day

• 3rd Monday in February

• all presidents of the U.S.A. are honoured

The recent president of the U.S.A. - Barack

Obama

Independence Day

• 4th July

• commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (beginning of an independent state, free from British rule)

• each city has a ceremony and parades, concerts

and fireworks

Labor Day

• 1st Monday in September

• celebrates working people

• announces the end of summer

Columbus Day

• 2nd Monday in October

• commemorates Christopher Columbus who discovered the New World in 1492

Veterans' Day

• 2nd Monday in November

• honours all war veterans

Thanksgiving

• 4th Thursday in November

• originally thanks for a good harvest

• first celebrated by the Pilgrim Fathers (the first settlers) in 1621

• families get together for

a traditional dinner, which

usually consists of roast turkey,

mashed potatoes, cranberry

sauce, corn and pumpkin pie

Now try a short quiz: 1. What is the Egg Hunt?

Children look for eggs hidden in the garden on Easter Sunday.

2. Where and when is the President’s Day celebrated?

In the U.S.A. in February.

3. Who is Saint Patrick and when is his day celebrated?

He is the patron saint of Ireland, remembered on 17th March.

4. What is this? Which holiday does it symbolize?

It is Jack-o'-lantern. Halloween, 31st October.

5. Who was Martin Luther King?

He worked for equal rights among all races, a Nobel Prize winner.

6. On which day do the British and Americans get their Christmas presents?

On 25th December - Christmas Day.

7. Who is remembered in the U.K. on 5th November with a lot of fireworks?

Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up the King James I and Parliament in

1605.

Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí je, není-li uvedeno jinak, Mgr. Petra Píclová.

Materiál je určen pro bezplatné používání při výuce a vzdělávání na všech typech škol a školských zařízení. Jakékoliv další využití podléhá autorskému zákonu.

Objekty použité k vytvoření sešitu jsou součástí SW MS Office nebo vlastní originální tvorbou autora.