1. The British celebrate such public holidays as Christmas, Easter, Easter Monday, May Day, the Spring Bank Holiday and the Summer Bank Holiday.
2. There are other festivals, such as Pancake Day, April Fool’s day, Halloween, Guy Fawkes night, St Valentine’s Day and others.
3. Halloween is a day on which many children dress up in unusual costumes and go from house to house saying, “Trick or treat!”
4. It is my favourite British holiday.
5. It is of Celtic origin and happens on the 31st of October.
6. The symbols of Halloween are ghosts, spiders, skeletons, witches, black cats, and, of course, pumpkins and scarecrows.7. I do. Some British customs and traditions are very old and you can find them only in Britain. Take, for example, Changing the Guard or the Beefeaters of the Tower of London.8. How often do you say «Please» and «Thank you»? Do you stand in line in Britain? Do you shake hands when introduced? Do you open doors for other people?9. If I were you, I would buy something connected with the Royal family.10. It’s very important to know traditions and customs of different countries. It will help you to understand different people and learn their language.
1.The Court declared the book to be obscene. 2.Teachers have found the overhead projector to be invaluable as a teaching aid. 3.The majority of critics thought the film to be highly original. 4.Many of the audience considered the speaker to have overstated his case. 5.Evidence showed the man’s alibi to have been a complete fabrication. 6.The architect’s clients had assumed the construction of such a building to have been impracticable, whereas the architect himself believed it to have been perfectly feasible. 7.At a very early age, Paderewski revealed himself to be a master of the keyboard. 8.Everyone knew him to be a man of integrity. 9. Detectives investigating the robbery discovered 20,000 worth of precious stones to be missing.
1. The British celebrate such public holidays as Christmas, Easter, Easter Monday, May Day, the Spring Bank Holiday and the Summer Bank Holiday.
2. There are other festivals, such as Pancake Day, April Fool’s day, Halloween, Guy Fawkes night, St Valentine’s Day and others.
3. Halloween is a day on which many children dress up in unusual costumes and go from house to house saying, “Trick or treat!”
4. It is my favourite British holiday.
5. It is of Celtic origin and happens on the 31st of October.
6. The symbols of Halloween are ghosts, spiders, skeletons, witches, black cats, and, of course, pumpkins and scarecrows.7. I do. Some British customs and traditions are very old and you can find them only in Britain. Take, for example, Changing the Guard or the Beefeaters of the Tower of London.8. How often do you say «Please» and «Thank you»? Do you stand in line in Britain? Do you shake hands when introduced? Do you open doors for other people?9. If I were you, I would buy something connected with the Royal family.10. It’s very important to know traditions and customs of different countries. It will help you to understand different people and learn their language.
2.Teachers have found the overhead projector to be invaluable as a teaching aid.
3.The majority of critics thought the film to be highly original.
4.Many of the audience considered the speaker to have overstated his case.
5.Evidence showed the man’s alibi to have been a complete fabrication.
6.The architect’s clients had assumed the construction of such a building to have been impracticable, whereas the architect himself believed it to have been perfectly feasible.
7.At a very early age, Paderewski revealed himself to be a master of the keyboard.
8.Everyone knew him to be a man of integrity.
9. Detectives investigating the robbery discovered 20,000 worth of precious stones to be missing.