внеклассное мероприятие по теме"Holidays"
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They say, only children like holidays, but it is not true. Everybody likes holidays, because they make our lives more beautiful. Now I’d like you to listen to the description of several holidays, such as  birthday , Thanksgiving day,  The New Year’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, Shrovetide, Christmas, Halloween,  Independence Day, Guy Fawkes’ Night and guess which holiday is described.

1. It is the most loved holiday of the year. The old year finishes and loses its power, while the new one comes into power and ready to bring something new into our lives. There is a belief, that you will live the coming year the way you celebrate this holiday. That’s why since pagan times people have been preparing lots of food and drinks, trying to do no work on the eve. People dance and play, they are busy with merry-making. Everyone gets a lot of presents. There are fireworks and parades.

The most famous places of festivities are Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square in London where crowds of people greet this holiday with the linked-arm singing of "Old Lang Syne", kissing total strangers, blowing whistles and automobile horns and shooting firecrackers. Someone usually falls into the fountain in Trafalgar Square. Unfortunately for all these midnight celebrators, January 1st is not a public holiday in England.

2. This holiday is a great holiday for everyone.  1 like these parties. There are many traditions connected withthis holiday. I think the tradition to celebrate it with friends is a great one. We usually invite and receive many guests who are my classmates, colleagues and other friends.

       An important feature of the holiday is cooking. We have a lot of fun cooking food. Another important feature is great cleaning. Everything has to be washed, dusted, cleaned, tidied and polished. It is done to create a special holiday atmosphere. The third feature is a new dress or another article of clothing to be put on. It is usually a present from my parents or from my grandparents.

In the morning I get up and see many presents on the table. These are presents from my family. They usually give me clothes, books, records, sometimes money. When the guests come, they give me their presents and we sit down to the table to have the holiday meal. Then we dance, sing songs, play games and act out small scenes. After that we may go for a walk.

3. This holiday became popular just a few years ago, but has many fans now, especially among the young. This holiday is named in the honour  of the Saint.Numerous generations of young people honoured  him as the holy patron of love and lovers. There are many legends about him. Some people say he was a priest who married lovers against the Roman laws. Others don't agree with this. They say that this day, February, 14, was the day when young Romans chose their sweethearts for the year and exchanged the tokens of love. Since then the day has become very popular. There are two types of gifts and congratulations given on the day — love ones and humorous ones. Lovers exchange postcards, red roses, boxes of chocolates and sweet little toys. Children, colleagues and friends exchange humorous gifts.

4. It had been the most loved Slavic pagan holiday, but after Russia was baptized its meaning slightly changed. After the October Revolution it was prohibited and forgotten. Now it becomes more and more popular and we learn about its traditions.  It is celebrated during a whole week and so its complete name is butter-week or cheese-week. These are the meanings of the days of this week:

       Monday - seeing in

Tuesday - making advances

Wednesday - delicacies

Thursday — big Thursday

 Friday — mother-in-law evening

 Saturday - daughter-in-law gathering

Sunday - seeing off.

      This week is followed by Lent. That's why people wanted to eat and drink at pleasure. The traditional dish isbliny with different fillings such as jams made of all imaginable berries and fruit, butter, meat, cottage cheese, sour-cream and even caviar. People spend time tobogganing, riding sledges, watching skomorokhs and merry-making. Sunday, is the day when Winter is seen off. The most important act of the day was burning of the guy of Winter. Now it is celebrated the way it was celebrated years ago with out-door parties, shows and the guy of Winter burnt in the end.

5. The holiday is symbolically associated with death and the supernatural. Originally a festival of the dead, All Saints' Day was established by the Catholic Church in the 9th century to honor Christian saints. All Souls' Day, a holy day established by the Catholic Church in the 10th century, is also closely linked to this holiday . Though it is not a public holiday, it is very dear to those who celebrate it, especially to children and teenagers. According to old beliefs it is the time, when the veil between the living and the dead is partially lifted, and witches, ghosts and other supernatural beings are about.

              The most celebrated decoration is a hollowed-out pumpkin carved to resemble a grotesque face and illuminated by a candle placed inside. Now children celebratethis holiday in unusual costumes and masks. Dressing in costume is one of the most popular customs, especially among children. Traditional costumes usually represent witches, ghosts, and other supernatural beings.

       Trick-or-treating is another tradition, in which costumed children go from house to house soliciting candy or other treats from their neighbours. According to this custom, children greet each homeowner with the cry "Trick or Treat," suggesting that some sort of prank will be played unless treats are provided. Today, many parents accompany children when they go trick-or-treating.

       It is a festival of merrymaking, superstitious spells, traditional games and pranks. It is a time for fun.

The Americans celebrate this  holiday in summer. By the mid 1700's, it became difficult for thirteen British colonies in the New World to be ruled by a king 3000 miles across the ocean. The British empire imposed high taxes upon the colonies.

In 1774, the First Continental Congress drew up a list of grievances against the British crown. This document was the first draft of the document that would formally separate colonies from England.

In 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress presented a second draft of the list of grievances. On July 4, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of independence. But the War of independence lasted until 1783. After the war this day became an official holiday.

On July 4, Americans have holiday from work. People have day-long picnics with favourite foods like hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans. Lively music is heard everywhere. People play baseball or compete at three-legged races or pie-eating or water-melon-eating contests.

Some cities have parades with people dressed as the original founding fathers who march to the music of high school bands. In the evening people gather to watch firework displays.

Wherever Americans are around the globe they will get together to celebrate this holiday.

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This man is a well known figure from British history. He was a British conspirator involved in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Along with twelve other young Catholic men, he planned to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant King James I. Unfortunately forhim, the conspiracy was discovered by King James.

An anonymous letter warning Catholics of the plot to blow up Parliament was passed on to King James, and a search of the basement was ordered. On November 5th, the man was caught in the cellar beneath the House of Lords. He was guarding over 36 barrels of gunpowder. The man was questioned, tortured and sentenced to death for his role in the failed assassination attempt. In January of 1606, he jumped to his death at his public execution.

This holiday is sometimes referred to as Bonfire Night. Each year on the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder Plot, the British people light bonfires to celebrate that King James’ life was spared. Fireworks light up the sky and people burn effigies of this man.

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Almost in every culture in the world there is a celebration of thanks for rich harvest. In 1620, a religious community sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. Their first winter in America was difficult. They arrived too late to grow a rich harvest. Moreover, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow corn. Indians showed them also how to grow other crops and how to hunt and fish.

In the autumn of 1621 they got a beautiful harvest of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so they planned a feast. Local Indian chief and ninety Indians were present. The colonists learned from Indians how to cook cranberries and dishes of corn and pumpkins.

In following years many of the colonists celebrated the harvest with a feast of thanks. Later, George Washington suggested the date November 26 as a day of celebrating this holiday. Then, after the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln suggested the last Thursday in November to be the day of celebrating this holiday.

On this day, family members gather at the house of an older relative, even if they live far away. All give thanks for everything good they have. Charitable organizations offer traditional meal to the homeless.

Foods, eaten at the first feast, have become traditional. The traditional meal consists of roast turkey stuffed with herb-flavoured bread, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie. Other dishes may vary as to region: ham, sweet potatoes, creamed corn.

9. This  is a joyful religious holiday when people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The story of this holiday comes from the Bible. An angel appeared to shepherds and told them that a Savior had been born to Mary and Joseph in a stable in Bethlehem. Three Wise Men from the East (the Magi) followed a wondrous star which led them to the baby Jesus to whom they paid homage and presented gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

       To people all over the world, is a season of giving and receiving presents. In Scandinavian and other European countries Saint Nicholas, comes into houses at night and leaves gifts for the children. Saint Nicholas is represented as a kindly man in a red cloak and long white beard. He visited houses and left gifts, bringing people happiness in the coldest months of the year. Another character, the Norse God Odin, rode on a magical flying horse across the sky in the winter to reward people with gifts.

       American children believe that he lives at the North Pole with his wife. All year he lists the names of children, both those who have been good and those who have been bad. He decides what presents to give to the good children. He oversees the manufacturing and wrapping of the presents by his helpers.

The  festive dinner is usually eaten at midday or early afternoon. It traditionally includes roast turkey, vegetables and potatoes. Dessert is a rich, fruity cake called pudding.

People sometimes go carol singing, which means singing carols in the street, outside people’s houses.

Vocabulary

independence — независимость

to celebrate — праздновать

gradual — постепенный

painful — болезненный

to impose taxes — облагатьналогами

grievance — претензия

draft — проект

Revolutionary War — войназанезависимость

War of independence = Revolutionary War

Continental Congress — континентальныйконгресс

to approve — утвердить

Declaration of independence — Декларациянезависимости

tree-leggedraces — бег наперегонки в парах; у каждой пары две ноги связаны

pie-eating/water-melon-eating contests — соревнование, цель которого съесть как можно больше пирога или арбузов

founding fathers — отцы-основатели

firework — фейерверк

Shrovetide-  |ˈʃroʊvˌtaɪd|- Масленица

Festivities- |feˈstɪvɪtɪz| -        праздники

Festive - |ˈfestɪv| - праздничный

Belief - |bɪˈliːf| - вера, верование

Pagan -|ˈpeɪɡən|- языческий

 Piccadilly Circus- площадьПикадилли

Eve -  |iːv| - канун

The linked-arm singing of "Old Lang Syne"- пение, взявшись за руки «Старых добрых времен»

strangers – незнакомцы

blowing whistles and automobile horns and shooting firecrackers - свистя в свистки, гудя в автомобильные гудки и запуская фейерверки.

Holy patron – святой покровитель

To honour - |ˈɒnə| - почитать

the tokens of  love - |ˈtoʊkən| - знаки любви

after Russia was baptized – после крещения Руси

was prohibited and forgotten - |proˈhɪbətəd| |fəˈɡɒtn|  был запрещен и забыт

seeing in - встреча

making advances - заигрыши

delicacies - лакомства

bigThursday – Великий Четверг

mother-in-law evening – тещин вечер

daughter-in-law gathering – золовкины посиделки

seeingoff – проводы

Lent – Великий пост

cottagecheese - творог

sour-cream|ˈsaʊəkriːm| - сметана

caviar - [ˈkævɪɑː] - икра

toboggan|təˈbɒɡ(ə)n| сани

riding sledgesкататьсянасанях

the guy of Winter –чучело зимы

All Souls' Day День всех Святых

Veil[ veɪl] –завеса, покрывало, покров

Is partially lifted|ˈpɑːʃ(ə)li| - частично приподнята

ghost - |ɡəʊst| привидение, призрак

supernaturalbeings|ˌsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)r(ə)l| |ˈbiːɪŋ| сверхъестественные существа

hollowed-out|ˈhɒləʊd| - зд. вычищать

toresemble agrotesque face|rɪˈzɛmb(ə)l| |ɡroʊˈtesk| напоминать фантастическое лицо

represent представлять

  Trick-or-treat[ˌtrɪkɔːˈtriːt] – угощение или трюк

Neighbour|ˈneɪbə| сосед

Soliciting|səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ| - прося

Homeowner|ˈhəʊməʊnə| домовладелец

suggesting that some sort of prank will be played unless treats are provided – предполагая, что какая-то шалость произойдет, если не будет трюков

accompany - сопровождать

superstitious spells заклинания

conspirator involved

a search of the basement was ordered

public execution –публичная казнь

failed assassination attempt – провалившаяся попытка убийства

referred to as Bonfire Night – Ночь костров

was spared- оберегали

effigies of this man – изображения этого человека

the Iroquois Indians |ˈɪrəkwɔɪ| Ирокезы

barley- ячмень

cranberries - клюква

relative родственник

Charitable organizations - благотворительные организации

roast turkey stuffed with herb-flavoured bread, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie – фаршированная хлебом с приправами индейка, клюквенное желе, картофельное пюре, тыквенный пирог

Other dishes may vary as to region: ham, sweet potatoes, creamed corn – другие блюда могут быть разными в зависимости от региона: ветчина, сладкий картофель, кукуруза в сливках

Shepherds - пастухи

Savior - Спаситель

Magi |ˈmeɪdʒʌɪ| - волхвы

wondrous star |ˈwʌndrəs| удивительная звезда

homage – |ˈhɒmɪdʒ| почтение, уважение

frankincense , and myrrh - |ˈfraŋkɪnsɛns| |məː| ладан и смирна

He oversees the manufacturing and wrapping of the presents by his helpers – он контролирует, как его помощники производят и упаковывают подарки