Vocabulary:

custom	обычай
curious	любопытный
court	суд, судебный
to mean	значить
foremost	прежде всего
generally accepted	общепринятый
way of behaving	манера поведения
poor	бедный
respectable	уважаемый
gay and cheerful	радостный и веселый
peer	сверстник
peculiar rag	своеобразная тряпка
dull and dreary	скучный и унылый
to avoid	избегать
oddity	странность
smoothly	гладко
shuttering	заикание
sense of humour	чувство юмора
to offend	обижаться
truth or lie	правда или ложь
sacred hour	священный час

1. Circle the correct answer.

1. Every country and every nation has it's own traditions and customs.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

2. It is not necessary and important to know traditions and customs of different people.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

3. Very often when speaking of English traditions, we think first of their native holidays.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

4. In England even the richest peer or motor-car manufacturer dresses in some peculiar rags.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

5. In England, if you do not repeat the phrase “Lovely night, isn’t it?” at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

6. In England people have good desk manners.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

7. In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

8. The English are not offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

9. In England they hardly ever lie, but they would not – dream of telling you the truth.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

10. The English think life is a game.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

2. Look at the pictures and tell about English customs.

e.g. The English like to dress peculiar rags.

e.g. In England Sunday paper appears on………………

e.g. In England if you want to stop a bus you……………..

e.g. In England people have ………………

e.g In England people are offended if………

e.g. In England people think that …………….

3. Write the missing word.

• Every country and every nation has it's own _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _.

• It will help you to know more about the _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ of different nations and countries. 

• In England even the richest - _ _ _ _ or motor-car manufacturer dresses in some peculiar rags, does not shave, and the country becomes _ _ _ _ and dreary.

• In England, if you do not repeat the phrase “Lovely _ _ _, isn’t it?” at least two hundred _ _ _ _ a day, you are considered a bit dull.

• In England you ring the _ _ _ _ if you want the bus to stop.

• In England only uneducated _ _ _ _ show off their knowledge.

• In England people hardly ever _ _ _ _ , but they would not – dream of telling you the _ _ _ _.