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The English year
The English year
The
are four seasons in the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The winter
months in Great Britain are November, December, January and February. The
winter months are cold. In Great Britain in winter it snows and rains.
November, There 30 days in November. It is the first winter month in Britain.
In November there is a great holiday in America - Thanksgiving Day. Families
come together for the day. They decorate the houses with autumn's fruts and
flowers and eat traditional American food: roast turkey and pumpkin pie.
December.
There are 31 days in December. On
the 25th of December there is the greatest holiday of all in England -
Christmas or X-mas. People give each other presents and send Christmas cards.
Pupils have their Christmas holidays. Most of the banks, offices and industrial
enterprises close for holidays too. The traditional English dinner on Christmas
Day is roast turkey and Christmas pudding. The Queen's speech is on television
at 3.00 p.m. During Christmas in Trafalgar Square there is a Christmas tree.
January. There 31 days in January. There is a lot of dancing, eating, and
drinking during New Year Holidays.There is an interesting New Year tradition in
Scotland: you can go "first footing". It means you visit you friends,
so you are "the first foot" of the New Year in their houses. The
Scots believe that the First Foot brings luck to the family for the New Year.
The First Foot must be a man ( or a boy ), not a woman! And he must have dark
hair . February. There are twenty eight or twenty nine days in February.
The 14th of February is St.
Valentine's Day. People buy or make Valentine cards and send them to
their beloved. They don't sign their cards - you must guess who sent the card
to you. Boys and girls, husbands and wives, relatives and friends send cards to
each other. There are different cards to suit all tastes. In Great Britain there
are two spring months: March and April March. There are 31 days in March. In
England spring begins in the end of March. The 17th of March is a national
holiday in Ireland - St. Patrick's Day. People send greeting cards. On that day
people wear a shamrock. A shamrock is a plant with three leaves. It is the
national emblem of Ireland. In March there is also a holiday for English women
- Mother's Day. People in the family try to make it a day off for Mother and
help her in any way they can. On that day they visit their mothers and give
them some presents. If they can't do it they send their mothers "A
Mother's Day Card". April. April is the second and the last spring month.
There
30 days in April. In April or at the end of March people celebrate Easter Day.
They celebrate it as the start of spring or a religious festival. In England it
is time to give and get presents.On Easter Sunday children get chocolate Easter
eggs or rabbits. The Easter holidays are at the end of March and in the first
half of April. Pupils go back to school after Easter. In April there is a day
for fun -April Fool's Day. It's on the first of April. English children like
this day very much. They play jokes and tricks on other people: other children,
parents, friends, relatives, school teachers. "Oh, Ted, look, your right
shoe is on your left foot!" When the boy looks at his feet and sees that
he has got them all right, the one, who is playing the joke, says, "April
Fool!" So children play different jokes and tricks. May, June. July. August,
In Great Britain summer begins in May. So there are four summer months. The
weather is usually warm, but not always. It is often changeable. The days are
long and the nights are short. When the sun is high in the sky, it is hot.
People wear light clothes - cotton shirts, jeans, skirts, T-shirts and light
shoes. In May on the first Monday English people celebrate the May Day holiday.
In June the English people celebrate Father's Day. On that day children send
cards and give presents to their fathers. On the 4th of July the Americans
celebrate their most important holiday - the Independence Day. They display
their flags, decorate their houses and hold street parades on that day. If the
weather is fine, there are a lot of people on the beaches in July and August.
September. October. Autumn comes in September. Autumn is usually a nice season
in England. It is warm and dry. But it can rain a lot too. The summer holidays
are over in September. The parks, beaches and streets of Britain are very
quiet. It is time to go back to school. In Great Britain school begins in the
second week of September.
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