1. прочитайте текст, переведите его: british traditions, customs and holidays. it may seem surprising the british have fewer holidays than other countries. some of them are named bank holidays due to the fact that on those days the banks are closed. in england and wales they comprise five bank "holidays (new year's day; easter monday; spring and late sumrrier holidays at the end of may and august respectively, and boxing day; they also have two common holidays (good friday and christmas in scotland and northern ireland they have six bank holidays plus two other public holidays. in england christmas is the most important of all the holidays, it is celebrated the same way as in the usa. on the 26-th of december, the boxing day, people traditionally give each other christmas presents which used to come in boxes. they also like easter. every spring the british celebrate the festival to honour the awakening of new life in nature. each country and each nation has its own traditions and customs. we can't speak of england without speaking of them. the british carefully keep their traditions and customs. here are some of them. the english are stay-at-home people. they prefer spending their days off at home with their families. people all over the world know the saying "the englishman's home is his castle". they are fond of living in cottages with a garden round it and a fireplace inside. many traditions are connected with the houses of parliament: the arrival of the queen for the state opening of parliament sittings; the traditional woolsack in the house of lords and the ceremony of changing the guard in front of the buckingham palace, the residence of the queen. sport is also a tradition among the british. the traditional kinds of sports arc golf, cricket, lawn tennis, horseraces and boat races. it's a wise thing to keep to traditions. it is necessary as it helps educate and bring up children, respect the ancestors and enrich life. ответить на вопросы письменно: 1.what holidays in great britain do you know? 2.what holiday is the most important of all the holidays in great britain? 3.what does the saying "the englishman's home is his castle" mean? 4.what traditions arc connected with the houses of parliament? 5.is sport a tradition among the british? 6.what are the traditional kinds of sports?
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на русском:
Как вы, вероятно, знаете, Маргарет Уокер была афроамериканкой, и ее поэма относится к силе и выносливости ее предков женского пола, которые были рабами.
- Они коснулись земли, и зерно выросло."
В предыдущей строке говорится, что они сеяли семена на вспаханном поле. Очевидно, они сеяли семена вручную (не с машин), поэтому их руки приближались к земле и даже касались земли (земля здесь означает почву, а не планету Земля), и из этих семян зерно росло в полях.
-У них есть много чистых слов, чтобы сказать."
Их мысли и слова были чисты. Они не говорили плохо о людях и не использовали плохие слова.
на английском:
As you probably know, Margaret Walker was African-American, and her poem refers to the strength and endurance of her female ancestors who were slaves.
"They touched the ground, and the grain grew."
The previous line says that they sowed seeds in a plowed field. Obviously, they sowed seeds manually (not using machines), so their hands came close to the ground and even touched the ground (earth here means soil, not planet Earth), and from these seeds the grain grew in the fields.
"They have a lot of clean words to say."
Their thoughts and words were pure. They didn't say bad things about people or use bad words.
The universe is enormous, so the chances of us being the only living creatures are small. Although we think we are intelligent and that we know a lot about Space, we have only explored a very small area. We might be the only creatures that can travel in Space, but it is unlikely.
In fact, some people say that we might have been visited by aliens. These people point to ‘wonders’ such as Stonehenge in Britain and the Nazca lines in Peru as proof that aliens have been here.
So, what are the chances that there is life out there?
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