- •Синельник ю.Е. Лингвострановедение и страноведение
- •Содержание
- •«Лингвострановедение и страноведение»
- •Планы ответов на экзаменационные вопросы по дисциплине «лингвострановедение и страноведение» Question 1: Early History (Celts – Danes)
- •Question 2: Early History (Danes – Normans)
- •Question 3: The Hundred Years’ War
- •Question 4: The War of Roses
- •Question 5: Reign of Henry VIII
- •Question 6: Civil War. Republic. Protectorate
- •Question 7: Victorian Era
- •Question 8: Franco-British Relations
- •Question 9: Geography of the uk
- •Islands
- •Question 10: Monarchy: History. Functions
- •Question 11: British Government
- •Question 12: British Parliament: History. Functions
- •Question 13: Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections
- •Question 14: Political Parties of the uk
- •Question 15: Capital of the uk
- •Question 16: Political relations between the uk and the usa
- •Question 17: Economy of the uk
- •Question 18: Education in the uk
- •Question 19: British Culture (Anglo-Saxon – Enlightenment)
- •Question 20: British Culture (Romanticism – Post-Modernism)
- •Question 21: British School of Painting
- •Question 23: Architecture and Places of Interest in London
- •Question 24: The British as They are Seen by Other Nations
- •Question 25: Influence of History on the Development of English
- •Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian
- •53 Countries United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations nato nafta ukusa
- •Question 26: Early History of the usa
- •Question 27: The War of Independence
- •Question 28: Formation of the New Country (usa)
- •Question 29: The War between the North and the South
- •Question 30: The usa in XIX - XX
- •Question 31: The usa in the wwi & wwii
- •Question 32: The Vietnam War
- •Question 34: Modern History: 9/11. Iraq War
- •Iraq War
- •Question 35: Population: General overview. Immigrants
- •Immigration
- •Question 36: Population: Native Population
- •Question 37: Geography of the usa
- •Question 38: Government: Congress
- •Question 39: President of the usa
- •Question 40: Political Parties and Elections in the usa
- •Question 41: Capital of the usa
- •Question 42: Local Government (uk & usa)
- •Independent locally elected Councils
- •36 District Councils
- •Question 43: Russian-American Relations
- •Question 44: Modern Foreign Policy of the usa
- •Question 45: Economy of the usa
- •Industry
- •Question 46: Education of the usa
- •Question 47: us Culture and Literature
- •Question 48: The Americans as They are Seen by Other Countries
- •Question 49: us Mass Media and Film Industry
- •Question 50: us Places of Interest
- •Question 51: us and uk National Holidays
- •Question 52: us Family. Stereotypes
- •Glossary
- •Литература, рекомендуемая для подготовки к экзамену
Question 51: us and uk National Holidays
Plan:
UK:
-Workers in the UK are not automatically entitled to time off on a public holiday but time off can be provided for in an employment agreement or by expending annual leave.
-In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, public holidays are often called bank holidays.
-There are calls for public holidays on the patron saints' days
January 1 New Year's Day
March 17 St. Patrick's Day Northern Ireland only
variable Good Friday
Easter Monday
1st Monday in May Early May Bank Holiday
Last Monday in May Spring Bank Holiday
July 12 Orangeman's Holiday Northern Ireland only
Last Monday in August Late Summer Bank Holiday
December 25 Christmas Day
December 2 Boxing Day
Total 8 (England & Wales) 10 (Northern Ireland)
In 2012, there will be a special holiday on Tuesday, 5 June to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Therefore, to make it a four-day weekend, the Spring Bank Holiday that would usually occur at the end of May will be pushed back to Monday, 4 June 2012.
Scotland – St. Andrew’s Day (November 30th)
-Guy Fawkes’ Night
USA
-does not have national holidays i.e., days where all employees in the U.S. receive a day free from work and all business is halted.
-it is at the discretion of each state or local jurisdiction to determine official holiday schedules. –
-There are eleven "Federal holidays", ten annual and one quadrennial holiday.
-Private businesses often observe only the "big six" holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).
Most American holidays recognize events or people from U.S. history, although two are shared in common with many other countries: Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Thanksgiving in the United States is on the fourth Thursday in November.
If a holiday falls on a Saturday it is celebrated the preceding Friday; if a holiday falls on a Sunday it is celebrated the following Monday.
Date January 1 Third Monday in January January 20, the first January 20th following a Presidential election Third Monday in February Last Monday in May July 4 First Monday in September Second Monday in October November 11 Fourth Thursday in November December 25 |
Official Name New Year's Day Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inauguration Day Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day |