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2 Топика по иностранному языку \english\
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We
live on the earth. It is very, very big. There is a lot of water on the earth.
It is in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. There are alot of forests and fields,
hills and mountains on it. The earth is full of wonders. Different animals live
on the earth. Different plants grow on it. Theearth is
beautiful. There are large countries and small
countries. There are warm countries and cold countries. There are somecountries
where there are four seasons in a year and some countries where there are only
two. When the sun shines it is day. When the sun does
not shine it is night. When it is day in one country it is nightin another. You
can see the moon and the stars in the sky at night. People live in different
countries. They speak different languages. Our country
is one of the largest in the world. It is so large that when it is morning in
the east, it is eveningin the west. People who live in our country speak more
than two hundred different languages. 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. There 30
days in November. It is the first winter month in Britain. In November there is
a greatholiday in America - Thanksgiving Day. Families come together for the
day. They decorate the houses with autumn's fruts and flowers and eat
traditionalAmerican food: roast turkey and pumpkin pie. There are 31 days in December. On the 25th of December there is
the greatest holiday of all inEngland - Christmas or X-mas. People give each
other presents and send Christmas cards. Pupilshave 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. TheQueen's speech is on television at 3.00 p.m. During Christmas in
Trafalgar Square there is a Christmas tree. There 31 days in January. There is a lot of dancing, eating, and
drinking during New YearHolidays.There is an interesting New Year tradition in
Scotland: you can go first footing . It means you visit you friends,
so you are thefirst 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 aman ( or a boy ), not a woman! And he must have dark
hair. There are twenty eight or
twentynine 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
theircards - 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
differentcards to suit all tastes. 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 theycan. 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 is the second and
the last spring month. There 30 days in April. In April or at the end of
Marchpeople 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
EasterSunday 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
schoolafter 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
andtricks on other people: other children, parents, friends, relatives, school
teachers. Oh, Ted, look, your right shoe is on your left foot!
Whenthe 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
differentjokes and tricks. In Great Britain summer begins in May. So there are four summer
months. Theweather 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
Americanscelebrate their most important holiday - the Independence Day. They
display their flags, decorate their houses and hold street parades on that day.
If theweather is fine, there are a lot of people on the beaches in July and
August. Autumn comes in September. Autumn is usually a
niceseason 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
arevery quiet. It is time to go back to school. In Great Britain school begins
in the second week of September. On the 31t of October there is a nice holiday
forchildren - Halloween. People put pumpkins on the window-sills. They draw
eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins and put candles into them. So the
pumpkinlooks like a face. Children dress up in tunny clothes. Ihey go from house
to hous
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