2. Выберите правильный вариант.

1) St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the…

a)March, 8

b)January, 1

c)February, 14

2) Valentine was…

a) A king (король)

b) A priest (священник)

c) God of love (Бог любви)

3) St. Valentine’s day is a holiday (праздник) of…

a) lovers

b) teachers

c) soldiers

4) Valentine’s cards have a shape of…

a) star (звезда)

b) flower (цветок)

c) heart(сердце)

5) The symbol of St.Valentine’s day is

a) a cat

b) a red rose

c) a girl

6) Valentine fell in love with the…

a) jailer’s (тюремщик) daughter

b) Queen (королева)

c) nurse (няня)

7) Valentine wrote his lover a letter and signed it…

a)“to my sweetheart”

b)“from your valentine”

c)“love”

3. Замените русские слова на их английские эквиваленты и прочитайте валентинки.

МАЛЬЧИКИ ARE SILLY

ДЕВОЧКИ ARE SMART

I LOVE YOU

WITH ALL MY СЕРДЦЕМ!

THE BIRDS WON’T ПЕТЬ

THE ЗВЕЗДЫ WON’T

SHINE

IF YOU WON’T BE

MY ВАЛЕНТИНОМ!

Christmas is in the air!

(В воздухе пахнет Рождеством!)

Эти слова помогут вам понять, о чем говорится в тексте:

Christmas-Рождество

present-подарок

decorate-украшать

together-вместе

begin-начинаться

beginning-начало

turkey-индейка

pudding-пудинг

buy-покупать

find-находить

stocking-чулок

promise-обещать

miracle-чудо

do the shopping-делать покупки

1. Прочитайте текст:

1. The shops are open every day and there are beautiful Christmas trees and decorations in the windows. People go out and buy presents. There are a lot of nice things in the shops, so you can find very good presents.

2. There is Christmas tree in very house and the family decorate it together. In the evening they drink hot chocolate by the Christmas tree and talk about Christmas miracles. Every Saturday before Christmas our friends organize big parties.

3. Children write letters to Santa Claus. In the letters they say Santa Claus what they want for Christmas and promise to be good in the coming year.

4. On Christmas Day, December 25, all the family is together. On Christmas children find a lot of presents in their stockings. Then the family has Christmas dinner. There is always a turkey and Christmas pudding on the table.

2. Выберите правильные ответы:

1. People buy

a) presents

b) food

c) Christmas trees

d) all of these things

2. There are a lot of Christmas parties for friends

a) every Saturday after Christmas

b) every Sunday before Christmas

c) every Saturday before Christmas

3. Children write letters to

a) Santa Claus

b) the Queen

c) Big Ben

4. Christmas is on

a) 25 December

b) 24 December

c) 31 December

5. Children find Christmas presents

a) in their shoes

b) in their stockings

c) under the Christmas tree

6. Traditional Christmas food is

a) turkey and chocolate cake

b) chicken and Christmas pudding

c) turkey and Christmas pudding

3. В Америке Рождество приравнивается к Новому Году в России. Составьте 5-7 предложений на основе ответов по тексту о Новом Годе в России. Например: Children in Russia write letters to Ded Moroz (Father Frost)

Fun Facts about Ice Cream

( Забавные факты о мороженом)

to lick away - слизывать

scoop – порция

adults - взрослые

eat the most – есть больше всего

share - делиться

pet - питомец

ice cream eaters – потребители мороженого

topping – наполнитель

is bought - продается

produce - производит

designated - провозгласил

appointed - назначил

third - третий

ice cream sundae – пломбир

diet – диета

1. It takes about 50 licks to lick away one scoop of ice cream.

2. Kids aged 2–12 and adults over 45 eat the most ice cream!

3. 5% of ice cream eaters share their ice cream with their pet.

4. Chocolate syrup is the most popular ice cream topping.

5. Of all the days of the week, most ice cream is bought on Sunday.

6. The U.S. produces the most ice cream in the world.

7. Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month in 1984. He also appointed the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day.

8. The biggest ice cream sundae in history was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1988, and weighed in at over 24 tons.

9. There is an ice cream diet designed for weight loss!