PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

                      PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

1.Read and translate the text:

        There are only six public holidays a year in Great Britain. These are days on which people need not go in to work. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday. In Scotland, the New Year’s Day is also a public holiday.

        Most of these holidays are of religious origin, though it would be right to say that for the greater part of the population they have long lost their religious significance and are simply days on which people relax, eat, drink and make merry. All the public holidays, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day observed on December 25th and 26th respectively, are movable, that is they do not fall on the same day each year. Good Friday and Easter Monday depend on Easter Sunday which falls on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21st . the Spring Bank Holiday falls on the last Monday of May or on the first Monday of June, while the Late Summer Bank Holiday comes on the last Monday in August or on the first Monday in September, depending on which of the Mondays is nearer to June 1st and September 1st respectively.

          Besides public holidays, there are other festivals, anniversaries and simply days, for example Pancake Day and Bonfire Night, on which certain traditions are observed, but unless they fall on a Sunday, they are ordinary working days.

2. Write the words in correct order to make sentences:

1. in Great Britain/There are /six / a year/ only/ public holidays.

2. religious origin/ Most/ are /of/ these holidays/ of.

3. are movable/ they do not fall/ on the same day /

that is /each year /All the public holidays.

3. Answer the question on the text:

1. How many public holidays are there  in Great Britain?

2. When do the British people celebrate Christmas?

3.Are all the public holidays movable?

4. Are the public holidays simply days on which people relax, eat, drink and make merry?

5.In what country the New Year’s Day is also a public holiday?