Текст для читання "Christmas Day" та завдання за змістом тексту

Read the text and do the tasks below.

CHRISTMAS

 The 25th of December is Christmas Day. It’s a happy holiday for many people in different countries. Some week before Christmas English people are busy. They send greeting cards to all their relatives and friends. You can buy Christmas cards in the shops or you can make them. Many children make their cards at school.   People buy a Christmas tree and decorate it with toys, coloured balls and little coloured lights.

On Christmas Eve people put their presents under the tree. When children go to bed, they put their stockings near their beds or above the fireplace . At night Santa Claus comes. He has got a big bag of presents for children. He puts the presents in the children’s stockings above the fireplace.

There is a very big Christmas tree in the centre of London every year, in Trafalgar Square. This is a present from the people of Norway to the people of Great Britain. They send it to Londoners every year and Londoners decorate the Christmas tree.  In the evening before Christmas people like to come to Trafalgar Square to look at the tree. On Christmas Eve streets in London are decorated with multicoloured lights, too.

The shops are very busy at Christmas. People want to buy presents for their family and friends (for their nearest and dearest). And they buy a lot of food and drink for all the Christmas parties. People open their presents on Christmas morning and they all are happy with what they get.

For Christmas lunch people eat turkey, potatoes and green vegetables. Then they have the Christmas pudding. At five o’clock it’s time for tea and Christmas cake. On Christmas people wish the members of their families and friends a merry Christmas.

The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. People usually visit their relatives and friends. They do not work on that day. It’s a rest day.

1.   Match the word combinations:

1. the twenty-fifth of  December                  a) панчохи над каміном
2. fruit pudding                                             b) у переддень Різдва
3. for their nearest and dearest                      c) купувати різдвяні листівки
4. wish a merry Christmas                            d) індичка з овочами
5. buy Christmas cards                                  е) прикрашати різдвяну ялинку
6. On Christmas Eve                                      f) для своїх найближчих і найдорожчих
7. Turkey and vegetables                               g) фруктовий пудинг
8. visit their relatives                                      h) 25 грудня
9. stockings above the fireplace                      i) побажати веселого Різдва
10.                    decorate Christmas tree                      j) відвідувати їх родичів

2.  Complete the sentences on the text.

1. Many children make their cards at …….
2. Father Christmas puts the presents in the children’s ………..
3. There is a very big Christmas tree in the centre of ………
4. On Christmas Eve streets ……..
5. On Christmas people wish their nearest and dearest a ……….
6. They do not………. on that day.

3. Answer the questions.

1. Why are people busy some weeks before Christmas?
2. Where can people get Christmas cards?
3. How do people decorate Christmas trees?
4. Where is a Christmas tree from?
5. Where does the main Christmas tree stand in London?
6. What are the traditional Christmas dishes?
7. Why are the shops very busy before Christmas?
8. When is Boxing Day?
9. What do people do on Boxing Day?
10.                      Do English people like Christmas?

 4. Find true (T) or false (F) sentences.

1. People celebrate Christmas in Great Britain on the twenty-fifth of December.
2. Christmas is a happy holiday for a lot of people in many countries.
3. One or two weeks before Christmas English people don’t do anything.
4. The shops are closed before Christmas.
5. We can see a big Christmas tree in the centre of Trafalgar Square in London.
6. The traditional Christmas dish in England is borshch and varenyky.
7. The people of Norway give a Christmas tree to the people of Great Britain every year.
8. The day after Christmas is called the Independence Day.
9. English people have a tradition to give Christmas cards to their families and friends.
10.                      British people usually drink tea and eat Christmas cake at five o’clock in the evening.