1 В каждой строке найти лишнее слово. 1. Shrovetide, Epiphany, Birthday, Christmas 2. Souvenir, perfume, gift, present 3. Holiday, festival, celebration, custom 4. Tradition, habit, custom, party 2). Дополнить предложения подходящими окончаниями и перевести вопросы: 1. The Day of the Russian Air Force is celebrated on the 12th of August, ? 2. Many people in Russia don’t even know that there are several special occasions in the Russian celebrations calendar, ? 3. Easter is the most important Christian holiday in Russia, ? 4. People shouldn’t forget some important dates connected with the history of the country, ? 5. A foreigner will always find an interesting occasion to celebrate in Russia, ? 6. Russian Winter Festivals attract many tourists to Russia, ? 7. There are new special occasions in the Russian celebrations calendar, ? 8. The British are considered to have a strong sense of humour, ? 9. You have heard a lot about the British traditions of talking about the weather and drinking a lot of tea, ? 10.Russia is made up of 89 subjects of the Federations, ? 3). В связный текст о британском празднике вставить вместо пропусков подходящие по смыслу слова из рамки: Hallowe’en is… on the night of October 31. It is … … with ghosts and witches. Many years ago people … that the …of the dead appeared on that night. Now people have Hallowe’en … and dress as … and … . They cut eyes and a mouth in …, potatoes and other vegetables and put … inside. In old times children dressed in white sheets, knocked at doors and asked: “Trick or treat”. If people gave them something nice, they went away, if people didn’t, they played a “trick” on them СЛОВА: believed , parties , traditionally, pumpkins , celebrated, witches, funny , ghosts , connected, candles, spirits.