- •Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •Lesson 1
- •II. Read and translate the derivatives. Mind the suffixes.
- •III. Active vocabulary:
- •IV. Read and translate the text: History as a science.
- •IV. Read and translate the text: Prehistoric communities.
- •II. Suggest the English for:
- •IV. Read and translate the text. Ancient Rome.
- •Viil Read the text. Translate it into Russian without a dictionary.
- •I. Give Russian equivalents of the following:
- •Active Vocabulary.
- •Capitalist System.
- •Active Vocabulary
- •I. Read the text. Divide it into logical parts. Find the topic sentence of
- •II. Read the sentences below and say if the statements are true or false:
- •III. Can you answer the following questions?
- •IV. Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •Lesson VIII
- •VI. Make up a plan of the text in the form of questions.
- •VII. Retell the text, using expressions given in task 4.
- •Lesson IX. The native american.
- •II. How well have you read? Can you answer the following questions?
- •IV. Give English equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •V. Put all types of questions to the text.
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •Lesson XI. Black america
- •I. Read the text. Divide it into logical parts. Find the topic sentence of
- •Lesson XIII. American holidays
- •Thanksgiving.
- •Christmas.
- •Valentine's day and halloween.
- •V. Make up dialogues on the basis of the texts.
- •VI. Speak on the main holidays of the us. Other „american" holidays
- •I. Read the text.
- •2. How well have you read? Can you answer the following questions?
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following English word combinations:
- •День независимости
- •День благодарения
- •Comprehension Check
- •Lesson XIV. Education
- •1. Read the text. Divide it into logical parts. Find a topic sentence of each part.
- •Lesson XV. Leisure-time activities
- •Содержание
V. Make up dialogues on the basis of the texts.
VI. Speak on the main holidays of the us. Other „american" holidays
Besides Thanksgiving Day there are seven other major holidays. These holidays are not national holidays: they are federal holidays. That is, they are special days, set aside by an act of Congress and signed into law by the president.
The seven major „American" holidays in calendar order are: Martin Luther King Day. Dr. Martin Luther King was a black clergyman who is ranked among the greatest of black Americans because of his crusade to win full civil rights for his people. The world was shocked when Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. By vote of Congress, the third Monday of very January, beginning in 1986, is now a federal holiday in Dr. King's honor.
Presidents' Day. In the 1970s Congress declared that in order to honor all past presidents of the United States, a single holiday, to be called Presidents' Day, would be observed on the third Monday in February. In many states, however, the holiday is known as George Washington's birthday.
Memorial Day. This holiday, on the fourth Monday of every May, is a day on which Americans honor the dead. Originally a day on which flags or flowers were placed on graves of soldiers who died in the American Civil War, it has become a day on which the dead of all wars and all other dead are remembered the same way. In many communities, special ceremonies are held in cemeteries or at monuments for the war dead by veterans of military services.
Independence Day. This day is regarded as the birthday of the United States as a free and independent nation. Most Americans simply call it the „Fourth of July" which date recalls the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776. Signed by leaders from the colonies, it stated for the first time in an official document the colonies were referred to as the United States of America.
Generally, picnics with patriotic speeches and parades are held all over the United States on the Fourth of July.
Labor Day. This holiday, which is always observed on the first Monday of September, has been a federal holiday since 1894. Its purpose is to honor the nation's working people. In many cities the day is marked by 38
parades of working people representing the labor unions.
Columbus Day. This day commemorates Italian navigator Christopher Columbus' landing in the New World on October 12, 1492. In the United States, annual observances take place on the second Monday in October. The major celebration of the day takes place in New York City, which holds a huge parade each year.
Veteran's Day. This holiday was established to honor those Americans who had served in the first World War. It falls on November 11, the day on which that was ended in 1918. It honors veterans of all the wars in which the United States has been involved. Organizations of war veterans hold parades or other special ceremonies, and the president or other high official places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.
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