Card # 26

LISTENING (7 minutes)

Task 1. Listen to the text [T. 26] ‘Presenter and Cavin Allan’ and complete the test

(listening- 2 minutes, time for fulfillment – 1 min., for checking – 1min.)

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1	People all over the world are not busy thinking about their annual holidays.
2	Holidays is a chance to put one’s feet up, relax and do nothing for some time.
3	Fighting your way through the crowds may not be the best relaxed holiday mood.
4	New kind of tourism is slowly developing.

Task 2. Give a short content of the text you have listened to. (time for preparation - 2 min.,

time for answer - 1 min.)

SPEAKING (10 minutes)

Task 1. (time for preparation -2 min., time for answer -2 min.)

Discuss the following questions.

1. When is the public holidays in your country? (What does it celebrate? What are you planning to do?)

2. Do people in your country generally know what public holidays celebrate? (Why/ Why not)?

3. What holiday should be abolished?

4. Do you have any special family traditions?

Task 2. Speak on a given topic. A large company or a small company? (time for preparation - 5 min., time for answer – 1 min.)

READING (9 minutes)

Task 1. Read the text (silent reading – 1 min., reading aloud – 2 min.)

Make a plan to the text (time for preparation- 1 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

British Holidays

British Holidays. It may seem surprising but the British have fewer holidays than many other countries. Some of them are named Bank Holidays due to the fact that on those days the banks are closed. In England and Wales they comprise at present five bank holidays New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, spring and late summer holidays at the end of May and August respectively, and Boxing Day); they also have two common holidays (Good Friday, Christmas Day). New Year’s Day. It is a bank holiday though many British do not celebrate on New Year’s Eve. In Scotland New Year’s Eve is called Hogmanay and is an occasion for joyous celebration. In London Scottish people gather on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral and sing at midnight. April,3. Easter. Every spring European peoples celebrated the festival to honor the awakening of new life in nature. Christians related the rising of the sun to the resurrection of Jesus and their old spiritual rebirth. This “holy” day is celebrated in many countries of the world. November,11

Christmas. In England Christmas is the most important of all the bank holidays of the year. It is celebrated much the same way as in the United States of America. On December 26, the Boxing Day, traditionally people give each other Christmas presents, which used to come in boxes. It is a very pleasant custom indeed. Trooping the Color. This ceremony is held on the Sovereign’s official birthday in June. This is the most colorful of all London’s annual events with the Queen riding side-saddled on a highly trained horse. On Horse Guards’ Parade in Whitehall the Queen inspects the Brigade of Guards, dressed in ceremonial uniforms. Then comes the Trooping ceremony, followed by the March past of the Guards to the music of the bands.

Task 2. Translate the highlighted paragraph of the text

(time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering - 1 min.).

WRITING (14 minutes)

Write an essay to the given topic ‘Money and friendship’. (100 words)

(time for preparation -13 min., time for answer -1min.)