- •Топики English Topics (топики по английскому языку) для школьников и абитуриентов
- •Английские сочинения для школьников и абитуриентов
- •Содержание
- •1. Моя биография About Myself (1) (обо мне)
- •About Myself (2)
- •My Family (1)
- •My Family (2)
- •My Flat [flxt](1) (моя квартира)
- •My Flat (2)
- •My Friends
- •My School (1)
- •My School (2)
- •My School (3)
- •My Day (мой обычный день)
- •My Hobbies and Pastime (Мое хобби и времяпровождение)
- •My Favourite Holidays and Celebrations (Мои любимые праздники)
- •My Favourite Writer (Мой любимый писатель)
- •My Biography (Моя биография)
- •My School (Учебный день)
- •My Day Off (Выходной день)
- •Hobbies (Увлечения)
- •My Household Chores (Помошь по дому)
- •My Room
- •My Best Friend
- •My Girlfriend (Моя подруга)
- •My Future Career (Моя будущая профессия)
- •Introducing Yourself (Моя визитная карточка)
- •Curriculum Vitae (Резюме)
- •2. Россия - мой дом My Country (Моя страна)
- •Moscow(1) Москва
- •Moscow(2)
- •Yaroslavl (Ярославль)
- •Russian Holidays and Traditions (Праздники и традиции России)
- •Education in Russia (1) (Образование в России)
- •Education in Russian Federation(2)
- •Russian Sports
- •Russia — a Market-oriented Economy (Россия - страна с рыночной экономикой)
- •Russia's Foreign Policy (Внешняя политика России)
- •Saint Petersburg
- •3. Выдающиеся люди России Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765) (1) Михаил Ломоносов
- •Mikhail Lomonosov (2)
- •Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) Александр Пушкин
- •Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Юрий Гагарин
- •Evgenij Pluschenko Евгений Плющенко
- •4. Англоговорящие страны Great Britain (1)
- •Great Britain (2)
- •Great Britain (3)
- •Stratford-upon-Avon (Стратфорд на Эйвон)
- •British Holidays and Traditions (Праздники и традиции Великобритании)
- •Education in Britain (Образование в Великобритании)
- •British Sports (Спорт в Великобритании)
- •American Holidays and Traditions (Праздники и традиции Америки)
- •Education in the usa (Образование в сша )
- •American Sports (Спорт в сша)
- •Canada (Канада)
- •Australia (Австралия)
- •New Zealand (Новая Зеландия)
- •London(1)
- •London (2)
- •London (3)
- •The Weather in uk (Погода в Великобритании)
- •Some Outstanding Places of Great Britain (Достопримечательности Великобритании)
- •English Schools (Школы Великобритании)
- •American School (Школы в Америке)
- •The United States of America (1) (Соедененные Штаты Америки )
- •The United States of America (2)
- •Washington. D. С. (Вашингтон)
- •5. Выдающиеся люди Великобритании William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Уильям Шекспир
- •Alexander Bell (1847-1922) Александр Бэлл
- •Robert Burns (1759-1796) Роберт Бернс
- •Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Чарльз Диккенс
- •Princess Diana (1961-1997) Принцесса Диана
- •6. Выдающиеся люди Америки Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Альберт Эйнштейн
- •Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Эрнест Хемингуэй
- •Martin Luther King (1929-1968) Мартин Лютер Кинг
- •Madonna (1958 -)
- •7. Мир вокруг меня Choosing a Career (Выбор профессии)
- •Doing Sport and Keeping Fit (Занятия спортом и здоровый образ жизни)
- •Learning Foreign Languages (1) (Изучение иностранных языков)
- •Learning Foreign Languages (2)
- •Travelling (1) (Путешествие)
- •Travelling (2)
- •Environmental Problems (Проблемы окружающей среды)
- •Mass Media (Средства массовой информации)
- •Arts (Искусство)
- •Music (Музыка)
- •Museums and Art Galleries (Музеи и художественные галереи)
- •Books (Книги )
- •Youth Problems (Проблемы молодежи)
- •Shopping (1) (Поход по магазинам)
- •Shops and Shopping (2)
- •Wars and Peace (Войны и мир)
- •Sport in Our Life (Спорт в нашей жизни )
- •Learning Languages (Почему мы учим иностранные языки)
- •Books in Our Life (Книги в нашей жизни)
- •Newspapers and Magazines (Газеты и журналы )
- •Television (Телевидение)
- •The Theatre (Театр)
- •Cinema (Кино )
- •Seasons (Сезоны года)
- •Environmental Protection (Защита окружающей среды)
- •Meals and Cooking (Еда и ее приготовление )
- •Our Health (Наше здоровье)
- •My family - Моя семья (2)
- •My family - Моя семья (3)
- •My family - Моя семья (4)
- •My family - Моя семья (5)
- •My family - Моя семья (6)
- •The family relationships - Семейные отношения
- •Choosing a career - Выбор карьеры (1)
- •Choosing a career - Выбор карьеры (2)
- •Choosing a career - Выбор карьеры (3)
- •Choosing a career - Выбор карьеры (4)
- •I have a dream to be a doctor - я мечтаю стать доктором
- •It is difficult to choose a profession - Сложно выбрать свою профессию
- •My future career - Моя будущая карьера
- •My future profession - Моя будущая профессия (1)
- •My future profession - Моя будущая профессия (2)
- •My plans for the future - Мои планы на будущее (1)
- •My plans for the future - Мои планы на будущее (2)
- •Problems of unemployment of young people - Проблемы безработицы молодых людей (1)
- •Problems of unemployment of young people - Проблемы безработицы молодых людей (2)
- •Studies and my plans for the future – Учеба и мои планы на будущее
- •The working day of an engineer – Рабочий день инженера
- •World of jobs - Мир работы
- •Топики по английскому "About myself (1)"
- •"About myself (2)"
- •"About myself (3)"
- •"About myself (4)"
- •"Introducing myself (1)"
- •"Introducing myself (2)"
- •"My biography"
- •"My birthday"
- •"My district and my flat"
- •"My duties about the house"
- •"My flat (1)"
- •"My flat (2)"
- •"My grandmother country house"
- •"My home is my castle"
- •"My little sister"
- •"My working day (1)"
- •"My working day (2)"
- •"My working day (3)"
- •"My working day (4)"
- •"My working day (5)"
- •"My working day (6)"
- •"My working day (7)"
American Holidays and Traditions (Праздники и традиции Америки)
I would like to tell you about holidays and traditions in the United States of America. The so-called legal holidays include Christmas, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and others.
Christmas is a religious holiday celebrated on the 25-th of December. On this day Americans celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and sing Christmas carols. Another important tradition is sending Christmas cards. People start sending cards to their relatives and friends early in December, Going home for Christmas, is another good tradition. Christmas is considered to be a family celebration and every person must come back home on this day. This means that at Christmas, American houses are full of aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives who might not see each other for a year. Americans put up a Christmas tree and decorate it with toys and sweets. There are religious ceremonies at churches on Christmas Day and families usually attend them. The Christmas table is very big. You can see turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, pies and other food. In the morning children hurry to the Christmas tree to look for presents. They hang big colourful socks for Santa Claus to put presents inside. Everybody starts unwrapping presents and thanking each other.
New Year's Day is celebrated on the 1-st of January but Americans begin celebrating it on the 31-st of December, There is a big celebration in Times Square in New York City on this day. New Year's Day is not as widely celebrated as Christmas. On January 1 Americans visit friends, relatives and neighbours. There are parties and а lot of food. People watch television together and write New Year’s resolutions.
Martin Luther King Day it celebrated on the third Monday in January. Martin Luther King was a black man who won full civil rights for black Americans. On this day schools, offices and federal agencies are closed.
Memorial Day is on the last Monday of May. On this day Americans honour the memories of their dead relatives. This day is also the beginning of summer. Americans go to relax at the beach or go to the mountains.
Independence Day is one of the most important holidays in America. It is celebrated on the 4-th of July. On this day in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. There arc picnics, parades and fireworks all over the country on Independence Day. Americans do not work: they have day-long picnics with their favourite food like hot-dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and others.
Halloween is a holiday celebrated mostly by children and the young. On the 31-st of October they dress as vampires, witches and ghosts and go from house to house saying trick or treat. People should give them a treat otherwise, the children will play a trick, on them.
Thanksgiving is one of the popular American holidays, too. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. This holiday dates back to the time when the first settlers, the Pilgrims, came to America. Their first winter was very hard, they had little food. In spring, the Indians taught them to plant and grow new crops, hunt and fish. The following autumn the colonists made a great feast for the Indians. At Thanksgiving American families gather and spend this day together. The traditional Thanksgiving food is roast turkey, pumpkin pies, cranberry jelly, ham, sweet potatoes, and other delicious food.
The United States is a young country, but it has a lot of great old and new holidays that are fun to celebrate.