Задача №96 по английскому языку (5 класс, Ваулина Ю.Е.)

8a Celebrations Vocabulary 1. Think of popular celebrations in Russia. Which of the activities in the pictures do you do? A: On Victory Day we have street parades. B: We also set off fireworks. Reading 2. a) Read the dictionary entry. When is harvest time in your country? b) Look at the title of the text and the first sentence in each paragraph. What do you expect to read about? Read and check. 3. a) Complete the gaps (1-5). Listen and check. Explain the words in bold. b) Read and list all the festivals. How do people celebrate them? Harvest time around the world Autumn Thanksgiving 0) ► is a big festival in the USA and Canada to celebrate the harvest. Canadians celebrate it in October, and Americans in November. Some cities have parades and people have family dinners. Turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are popular foods 1) .... this day and there’s always some sweet pumpkin pie for dessert. Winter In Northern India, they harvest their wheat in winter, which is in late February or early March. This / / is also the time for Holi, a Hindu harvest festival that lasts two or three days. People dress up 2) .... light fires. Farmers decorate their cows with flowers and let them run free 3) .... the streets! Spring In late March or early April, some people in the Philippines celebrate the Banana Festival! This 4) .... a harvest festival about different varieties of bananas. During the festival, children dress up in banana costumes and dance in the streets. There is also a cookery competition where cooks use only bananas to make their dishes. Summer Chuseok is the Korean harvest moon festival and an important holiday in Korea. The festival lasts for three days, usually/ sometime between Augnust and October. Children dress up 5) .... people make sweet rice cakes with fresh fruit.