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Advent
'Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!'
Christmas is the biggest festival in Britain and is celebrated on 25th December. The four weeks before Christmas are called Advent, and are traditionally celebrated in churches by lighting a candle each Sunday during Advent. Nowadays, many people in Britain are not very religious, but they still celebrate Christmas. But watch out - the preparations begin long before Advent. In fact, as early as September or October, you start to see signs that Christmas is on the way.
Рождественский и новогодний праздники живота не за горами
The first places to tell us that we should be thinking about Christmas are the shops. People in Britain spend on average over 600 pounds (around $1000) per person on Christmas every year, and the shops encourage people to spend more and more.
Shops put up Christmas decorations and play cheesy Christmas songs or carols; and some shop workers wear Christmas hats. Some big shops on Regent Street and Oxford Street in London create wonderful displays in their windows with moving characters, falling snow, colourful lights and music.
So what do people buy in preparation for Christmas? Well, Christmas decorations; Christmas cards to send to your friends and relatives; presents for your loved ones and wrapping paper to wrap them up with. And of course food! Apart from the special Christmas dinner of roast turkey or goose, people buy lots of chocolates, nuts and snacks for everyone to enjoy.
But the children are the most excited that Christmas is coming. They start making lists of presents they would like, and give them to their parents, or send them to Santa Claus. In December, they can also open their Advent calendars. Advent calendars are a way of counting down to Christmas. They have a window to open for every day from 1st - 24th December (Christmas Eve).
A basic Advent calendar has a Christmassy picture behind each window, but the children's favourite is usually a chocolate Advent calendar, with a chocolate for every day of the month. It's a great build-up to the overeating that goes on at Christmas!
NOTES:
• Advent - рождественский пост
• watch out - будьте на чеку
• is on the way - приближается
• cheesy - незамысловатые
• carols - рождественские песенки
• wrapping paper - упаковочная бумага для подарков
• аpart from - помимо
• Christmassy - рождественскую
• build-up - подготовка
• overeating - перееданию/объедаловке/празднику живота
New Year in England.
The most common type of celebration is a New Year party, either a family party or one arranged by a group of young people. This usually begins at about 8 o’clock. And goes on until the early hours of the morning . Sometimes the hosts make a big bowl of punch which consists of wine, spirits, fruit juice and water and varying proportions. There is usually a buffet supper (легкий ужин) of cold meat, pies, sandwiches and biscuits.
At midnight the radio is turned on, so that everyone can hear the chimes (куранты) of Big Ben, and at the hour a toast is drink to the New Year. The party goes on. Another popular way of celebrating the New Year is to go to a New Year’s dance. Most hotels and dance halls hold a special dance on New Year’s Eve. The hall is decorated, there are several different bands and the atmosphere is very festive.
The most famous celebration is in London, round the statue of Eros (памятник филантропу графу Шафтсбери ) in Piccadilly Circus where crowds gather and sing to welcome the New Year. In Trafalgar Square there is also a big crowd and someone usually falls into the foutain.
Those who have no desire or opportunity to celebrate the New Year themselves, can sit a watch other people celebrating on TV.
January 1st , New Year’s Day, is a public holiday. Some people send New Year cards and give presents, but it is not a widespread custom. This is the traditional time for making New Year resolutions (обещания, которые дают себе под Новый Год) for example to give up (бросить) smoking or to get up earlier. However these are generally more talked about than put into practice.
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Advent
'Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!'
Christmas is the biggest festival in Britain and is celebrated on 25th December. The four weeks before Christmas are called Advent, and are traditionally celebrated in churches by lighting a candle each Sunday during Advent. Nowadays, many people in Britain are not very religious, but they still celebrate Christmas. But watch out - the preparations begin long before Advent. In fact, as early as September or October, you start to see signs that Christmas is on the way.
Рождественский и новогодний праздники живота не за горами
The first places to tell us that we should be thinking about Christmas are the shops. People in Britain spend on average over 600 pounds (around $1000) per person on Christmas every year, and the shops encourage people to spend more and more.
Shops put up Christmas decorations and play cheesy Christmas songs or carols; and some shop workers wear Christmas hats. Some big shops on Regent Street and Oxford Street in London create wonderful displays in their windows with moving characters, falling snow, colourful lights and music.
So what do people buy in preparation for Christmas? Well, Christmas decorations; Christmas cards to send to your friends and relatives; presents for your loved ones and wrapping paper to wrap them up with. And of course food! Apart from the special Christmas dinner of roast turkey or goose, people buy lots of chocolates, nuts and snacks for everyone to enjoy.
But the children are the most excited that Christmas is coming. They start making lists of presents they would like, and give them to their parents, or send them to Santa Claus. In December, they can also open their Advent calendars. Advent calendars are a way of counting down to Christmas. They have a window to open for every day from 1st - 24th December (Christmas Eve).
A basic Advent calendar has a Christmassy picture behind each window, but the children's favourite is usually a chocolate Advent calendar, with a chocolate for every day of the month. It's a great build-up to the overeating that goes on at Christmas!
NOTES:
• Advent - рождественский пост
• watch out - будьте на чеку
• is on the way - приближается
• cheesy - незамысловатые
• carols - рождественские песенки
• wrapping paper - упаковочная бумага для подарков
• аpart from - помимо
• Christmassy - рождественскую
• build-up - подготовка
• overeating - перееданию/объедаловке/празднику живота
New Year in England.
The most common type of celebration is a New Year party, either a family party or one arranged by a group of young people. This usually begins at about 8 o’clock. And goes on until the early hours of the morning . Sometimes the hosts make a big bowl of punch which consists of wine, spirits, fruit juice and water and varying proportions. There is usually a buffet supper (легкий ужин) of cold meat, pies, sandwiches and biscuits.
At midnight the radio is turned on, so that everyone can hear the chimes (куранты) of Big Ben, and at the hour a toast is drink to the New Year. The party goes on. Another popular way of celebrating the New Year is to go to a New Year’s dance. Most hotels and dance halls hold a special dance on New Year’s Eve. The hall is decorated, there are several different bands and the atmosphere is very festive.
The most famous celebration is in London, round the statue of Eros (памятник филантропу графу Шафтсбери ) in Piccadilly Circus where crowds gather and sing to welcome the New Year. In Trafalgar Square there is also a big crowd and someone usually falls into the foutain.
Those who have no desire or opportunity to celebrate the New Year themselves, can sit a watch other people celebrating on TV.
January 1st , New Year’s Day, is a public holiday. Some people send New Year cards and give presents, but it is not a widespread custom. This is the traditional time for making New Year resolutions (обещания, которые дают себе под Новый Год) for example to give up (бросить) smoking or to get up earlier. However these are generally more talked about than put into practice.
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