1) They reflect the history of the country and its cultural and religious traditions. 2) Americans celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. 3) The 1st of January is not so widely celebrated in the United States as we do it in Russia. 4) The most important holiday in America is the 4th of July, The Independence Day. 5) The 4th of July is the day-off and people don't go to work. Other holidays when people don't go to work are: Martin Luther King's day on the 20th of January, Labour Day on the 7th of September and Thanksgiving on the last Friday of November. 6) It is a big white stone on the shore in Plymouth in Massachusetts, that the pilgrims landed on. It is called «The Plymouth Rock». 7) Halloween is children's most favourite holiday.
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b) сравнительная more wonderful, more necessary, more quickly, more interesting, more comfortable, more popular, more active, more famous, more pleasant, more beautiful, more slowly, more clearly
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2. 1. Winter is the coldest season of the year 2. Moscow is larger than St.Peterburg 3. Which is the longest day of the year? 4. The Alps are the highest mountains in Europe 5. Even the longest day has an end 6. It is one of the most important questions of our conference 7. Your English is better now 8. Who knows him better than you? 9. We have less interest in this work than you 10. Health is better than wealth 11. Your son worked the best of all 12. Today you worked more slowly than usually