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Страноведческая конференция по английскому языку «Диалог культур: Россия и США» . Презентация

“The USA. Holidays and Traditions”.

Выполнили: учащиеся 6 «а»класса Дорофеев Илья, Закурин Антон Учитель: Стожаров Д.А.

Holidays and Traditions in the USA

Memorial Day Independence Day St' Valentine's Day President's Day Halloween New Year Day Holidays Thanksgiving Day

Halloween

Halloween is a festival that takes place on October 31.

The main Halloween activity for children is trick-or-treating. Children

• Jack-o'-lanterns are hallowed-out pumpkins with face carved into one side. • Most jack-o' lanterns contain a candle inside.

• Many ghosts met on October 31 to worship the devil. • Fortunetelling is an important part of Halloween

St. Valentine’s Day

• St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday, which is celebrated in Great Britain, in many European countries and in the USA.

Cupid, the Roman God of love

• Valentine was a Christian priest in the Roman Empire 300 years after death of Jesus Christ

• On this day, people presents or flowers to those they love, people send «valentines», greeting send whom cards, named after St.

Valentine's letters written in the jail.

Thanksgiving Day

• The in Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving day autumn 1621.They

in September, sailed to America from Plymouth, England 1620 .

The Native American Indians • The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to plant, fish, hunt and corn, survive in America, to grow pumpkins and cranberries.

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• The Pilgrims were thankful and decided to celebrate it with a Thanksgiving feast.

• Thanksgiving day in the fall. It is celebrated on the last Thursday of November

Список использованных источников • festival.1september.ru

• ru.wikipedia.org

• alleng.ru

• EngTopic.ru

• Native-English.ru

• iloveenglish.ru

• www.smiletemplates.com