British traditions and customs
British traditions are rather interesting and unusual. If you arrive in Great Britain, you’ll hear the word “tradition” everywhere. Englishmen have a sentimental love for things and traditions because they are old. They never throw away old things. In many houses of Great Britain they have fireplaces and though their bedrooms are awfully cold, the English people don’t want to have central heating because they don’t want to have changes. Therefore the Yeomen-Warders are dressed in traditional medieval clothes and the traditional dress of the House Guards regiment has existed since the 12 th century. This dress costs a lot of money and seems very funny nowadays but Englishmen stand for it because it’s a tradition. f you enter the Houses of Parliament, you’ll see the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
In Great Britain people attach greater importance to traditions and customs than in other European countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. The best examples are their queen, money system, their weights and measures. There are many customs and some of them are very old. There is, for example, the Marble Championship, where the British Champion is crowned; he wins a silver cup known among folk dancers as Morris Dancing. Morris Dancing is an event where people, worn in beautiful clothes with ribbons and bells, dance with handkerchiefs or big sticks in their hands, while traditional music- sounds. Another example is the Boat Race, which takes place on the river Thames, often on Easter Sunday. A boat with a team from Oxford University and one with a team from Cambridge University hold a race.
Exercise 6. Make a plan to the text.
E
xercise
7. The
down given nouns are phrasal words, complete the sentences with them:
telling-off, falling-out, rip-off, flash-back, stop over.
1. Three years after the accident, I’m still getting........
2. The town makes a good....... before heading further north.
3. She gave both boys a....... and sent them to bed.
4. Many of the guided tours are a complete......
5. He had a........with his business partner. (Use 100 words).
C
heck
yourself
1. Find the suitable adjective to complete the collocation: Unshakeable_______.
a) village
b) faith
c) change
d) construction
2. Find the suitable adjective to complete the collocation: Utter…?
a) madness
b) fire-place
c) rush
d) village
3. What does the Lord Chancellor sit on?
a) a sack of wool
b) fire-place
c) central heating
d) greengrocers
4. How is the English bus called?
a) double-decker
b) village-boxe
c) fire-place
d) big construction
Glossary
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English
Kazakh
Russian
celebration [‚selə'breɪʃən]
атап өту
отмечать
bizarre [bɪ'zɑ:r]
оғаш, ерсі
странный , причудливый
fireworks ['faɪər‚wɜ:rks]
фейерверктер
фейерверки
trick-or-treating [‘trɪkɔ'triti ŋ]
ептілік, ынғайлылық
сноровка, ловкость
inspired [ɪn'spaɪərd]
шабыт алған, жігер алған
воодушевленный
search [sɜ:rtʃ]
іздеу
искать
pint [pint]
пинта
пинта
explosion [ɪk'spləʋʒən]
жарылыс
взрыв
warning letter[‘wɔ:niŋ ‘letə]
ескерту хат
письмо предупреждение
to blow up[ t ə ‘ blou ʌp]
жарылу
взорваться
LIW № 23 |
Prepare a presentation on the topic ‘British Traditions and Customs’.
LIW № 24 |
Make a report on your favorite holiday in Kazakhstan.
Be ready for its discussion.