The British People As They Are

The British People As They Are

Stay-at-Home People

Answer the questions 1) Why do we say that the English are stay-at home people? 2) How many English proverbs and sayings do you know to prove that? What are they? 3) What are the English very much fond of? 4) Do the English have love of gardening?

The Devotion to the Animals

Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1) People have dogs and cats as pets.2) Every year the British spend more than 1,5 billion pounds on pet food.3) People in Britain never help charity.4) Only rich people help RSPCA.5) Animals are protected by law.

English Food “If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything”. George Bernard Shaw, a writer.

True or False. 1) British food is tasteless.2) Tea and coffee are national drinks.3) Tea is drunk without milk.4) Lunch is usually light.5) People have dinner at 6 p.m.6) The morning meal is the main meal of the day.7) Supper is light like lunch.8) Eating out in Britain is not an easy thing.

Answer the questions. 1) What do the British people have for breakfast? 2) What is a national drink? 3) What do you know about “Five o’clock tea”? 4) What do the British people have for lunch? 5) Is lunch on Sundays different from the lunches on other days of the week? 6) Eating out in Britain is very easy, isn’t it?

St. Valentine's Day

There are several legend about St. Valentine's Day One of the legend says that Valentine was Christian priest .He was put into prison by for his teaching and was beheaded on February 14.

Another legend says that the St. Valentine wrote to children and friends who loved him, from the jail.

According to another legend, Valentine was an bishop who lived at about the same time. He was thrown into prison because he secretly married couples, contrary to the laws of the Roman empire. The legend says that he was burnt at the stake.

People buy valentines or make them themselves. Valentines can be sentimental and romantic, or funny and friendly.

Answer the questions. 1) Christmas is the main holiday of the year, isn’t it? 2) What are Christmas carols? Where do people sing them? 3) Why do children hang their stockings on the back of their beds on the night before Christmas? 4) What does a typical Christmas dinner consist of? 5) Why is the 26th of December called Boxing Day?