April Fool’s Day or all Fool’s Day is the first of April.
The fun of the holiday is to play silly but harmless jokes on family members and friends. The victim of these jokes is called an April fool. This holiday first appeared in France when the French began to use the Gregorian calendar, some people continued to use the old calendar and to celebrate New Year’s Day in April 1. These people were called April fools. Playing jokes on this day became popular first in France and then in many other countries.
Today, April Fool’s jokes are played mostly by children, who enjoy the holiday very much.
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День веселых обманов или День всего Дурака - первого апреля.
Забава праздника должна играть глупые но безопасные шутки на членах семьи и друзьях. Жертву этих шуток называют Жертвой первоапрельской шутки. Этот праздник сначала появился во Франции, когда французы начали использовать Грегорианский календарь, некоторые люди продолжали использовать старый календарь и праздновать Новый год в апреле 1. Этих людей называли Жертвами первоапрельской шутки. Игра шуток в этот день стала популярной сначала во Франции и затем во многих других странах.
Сегодня, шутки Жертвы первоапрельской шутки играются главным образом детьми, которые наслаждаются праздником очень.
Использованная литература:
1. 100 тем английского устного (Каверина В., Бойко В., Жидких Н.) 2002
2. Английский язык для школьников и поступающих в ВУЗы. Устный экзамен. Топики. Тексты для чтения. Экзаменационные вопросы. (Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И.А., Мыльцева Н.А.)
3. English, 120 Topics. Английский язык, 120 разговорных тем. (Сергеев С.П.)
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Тема по английскому языку: Летние каникулы
Топик по английскому языку: Летние каникулы (My summer holidays). Данный текст может быть использован в качестве презентации, проекта, рассказа, эссе, сочинения или сообщения на тему.
Любимое время года
Лето – мое любимое время года, потому что в это время тяжелые и напряженные школьные дни остаются позади и нас ждут длинные каникулы. Я всегда планирую множество интересных вещей на летние каникулы.
Куда обычно езжу
Почти каждый год я провожу каникулы в деревне в доме бабушки и дедушки. Я обожаю это место, потому что там очень красиво. Там есть река и лес, куда мы с друзьями ходим собирать грибы и ягоды. В хорошую погоду мы также любим купаться в реке и загорать. Кроме того, я всегда рад помочь бабушке и дедушке по дому или в саду – полить растения или собрать фрукты и овощи. Я люблю ходить на рыбалку с дедушкой и потом жарить рыбу на костре. И что немаловажно, у меня есть возможность подышать свежим деревенским воздухом и на время забыть о городской пыли и смоге. Я и в самом деле прекрасно провожу время с бабушкой и дедушкой. Если бы только я мог навещать их чаще.
Как я провел прошлое лето
Прошлым летом мы с родителями ездили на море. Это были мои первые каникулы на морском побережье, и я даже не мог себе представить, что все будет настолько замечательно. Мы поехали в августе, и нам повезло, что все время была солнечная погода и теплое море. Было так приятно ничего не делать, а только загорать и плавать. Там было много всяких развлечений, но больше всего мне понравилось катание на водных мотоциклах и дискотеки. Я также строил замки из песка с моей младшей сестрой и учил ее плавать. Мне также удалось завести новых друзей, и мы весело провели время вместе. Мы также ездили на экскурсии. Больше всего мне запомнилась поездка на джипах через реки и горы. К сожалению, время пролетело очень быстро, и нам нужно было возвращаться домой. Однако, до школы оставалось еще несколько недель, и я провел это время, читая книги, слушая музыку, смотря телевизор, играя в компьютерные игры и гуляя с друзьями.
Заключение
В заключение хотелось бы сказать, что я обычно с радостью возвращаюсь в школу, потому что могу встретиться с друзьями учителями, но потом я начинаю снова ждать летних каникул.
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Summer Holidays
My favourite season
Summer is my favourite season of the year because hard and busy school time is over and long holidays are waiting for me. I always plan a lot of wonderful things to do during my summer vacation.
My holidays
Almost each year I spent my holidays in the country at my grandparents’. I adore that place for its landscape. There is a nice river and the woods where my friends and I can gather berries and mushrooms. We also enjoy swimming in the river and sunbathing when the weather is fine. Apart from this, I’m always ready to help my grannies around the house or in the garden watering plants and gathering fruit and vegetables. I like going fishing with my grandpa and cooking the fish over the fire. And one more thing which is worth saying is that I have a chance to breathe fresh country air and forget about the dust and the smokes of the city. Indeed I have a great time in the country with my lovely grandparents. I wish I could visit them more often.
Last summer
Last summer I spent my holidays at the seaside with my family. It was for the first time and I couldn’t even imagine such excellent holidays. We were there in August and were lucky to have sunny weather and warm sea all the time. It was so pleasant to have a rest doing nothing except taking sunbathes and swimming. There were different kinds of entertainment but best of all I liked water scooters and discos. I was also playing with my little sister on the sand and taught her to swim. Besides, I made some new friends and we had a lot of fun together. We went on several field trips. The one I will never forget was riding a jeep across numerous rivers in the mountains. Unfortunately the time passed very quickly and we had to return back home. However, there were still two more weeks left before school. I spent that time reading books, listening to music, watching TV, playing computer games and going out with my friends.
After each term in school we had our holidays. It"s fun to have holidays, you can do whatever you like, you don"t have to get up too early, do your homework or think of troubles which occur very often at school.
Most of all I liked summer holidays, they were the longest ones, though, when winter was snowy and and frosty, I enjoyed my winter holidays skating and skiing, sledging and making a snowman or having a fight with snowballs.
I"d like to tell you about my summer holidays I spent in Sochi. It was just three years ago. My parents and me were sitting in the living-room discussing our plans for the summer holidays. My father suggested that we should go to Sochi. On hearing that I jumped up with joy and said it was a wonderful idea. My mother wasn"t against the idea either.
So one summer morning we started for our journey to Sochi. First, we travelled to Odessa by plane and from there we got to Sochi by boat. We stayed in Odessa for three days, our relatives live there and they gave us board and lodging. So we had an excellent opportunity to go round the city, to see beautiful monuments to the famous people who had lived in Odessa, museums and the Odessa Opera House.
We enjoyed our trip from Odessa to Sochi. The Black Sea was calm. We sat on deck in the lounge chairs and looked at the sea. I like Sochi very much, we bathed and went boating and swim-ming, lay in the sun on the beach. In the evenings we went for a walk or dropped in at a cafe to have ice-cream or juice. My father showed us the famous Botanical Gardens, we went for hikes in the mountains, we saw the magnificent Augura Waterfalls.
The sea was nice and warm. The weather was fine. When it was time to go home, we were sorry to leave the marvellous town of Sochi.
Мои каникулы
После каждой четверти в школе у нас были каникулы. Классно иметь каникулы, когда вы можете делать все что угодно, вам не надо вставать рано, делать домашние задания и думать о неприятностях, которые очень часто происходят в школе.
Больше всего мне нравились летние каникулы, они были самые длинные, хотя, когда зима была снежная и морозная, я наслаждался моими зимними каникулами, катаясь на коньках и лыжах, санках, делая снеговика или играя в снежки.
Я хотел бы рассказать вам о моих летних каникулах, которые я провел в Сочи. Это было всего лишь три года назад. Мои родители и я сидели в гостиной и обсуждали наши планы на летние каникулы. Мой отец предложил, чтобы мы поехали в Сочи. Узнав об этом, я вскочил от радости и сказал, что это прекрасная идея. Моя мать была не против этой идеи тоже.
Итак, одним летним утром мы отправились в путь в Сочи. Сначала, мы полетели в Одессу на самолете, а оттуда мы поплыли в Сочи на корабле. Мы жили в Одессе в течение трех дней, наши родственники живут там, и они дали нам питание и проживание. Таким образом, мы получили прекрасную возможность походить по городу и увидеть красивые памятники знаменитым людям, которые жили в Одессе, музеи и Одесский оперный театр.
Нам понравилось наше путешествие из Одессы в Сочи. Черное море было спокойным. Мы сидели на палубе в шезлонгах и смотрели на море. Я очень люблю Сочи, мы купались и плавали, загорали на солнце на пляже. По вечерам мы ходили на прогулки или шли в кафе, чтобы поесть мороженого или выпить сок. Мой отец показал нам знаменитый ботанический сад, мы отправились в поход в горы, мы увидели великолепный водопад Аугура.
Море было красивым и теплым. Погода была отличная. Когда пришло время возвращаться домой, нам жаль было расставаться с чудесным городом Сочи.
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Having a holiday is always great fun in many ways. Firstly, people have a day off from work, secondly it’s a variety and relaxation from everyday routine. Every country has got its own public (national) and religious holidays. In our country there are ten public holidays that are observed nationwide and are official days off.
I love all kinds of holidays but most of all I admire the national traditions connected with them. My best loved holidays are the New Year with a New Year tree, Christmas with plenty of delicious food to eat and Easter with red eggs and an Easter pie. The preparation for these holidays starts long before they come. Thus about a fortnight before the New Year streets are decorated with colourful lights, the shop windows display a wide choice of New Year toys and Christmas gifts. It should be pointed out that unlike Catholic Christmas, Orthodox Christmas comes a week after the New Year and this week in Russia is called Kalyady. During the Christmas week street festivals of all kinds take place.
We are not a religious family and we don’t regularly go to church, but we respect national traditions and my grandmother always dyes eggs red and makes Christmas cakes and Easter pies.
On public holidays like the Independence Day or May Day people stay away from work or school and have a rest. There are two very special holidays in the country: the Eighth of March and the Ninth of May. On the Eighth of March women are traditionally presented with flowers and gifts and words of love and respect are addressed to them. The Ninth of May is both a happy and a sad day. On this day we celebrate our victory over fascism in the Great Patriotic War and at the same time pay tribute to those who gave up their lives for the liberation of our motherland. Deep respect and warm gratitude are shown to war veterans. The day is made special by a military parade in the morning and grand fireworks at night. The look of elderly people proudly wearing numerous orders and medals cannot leave anyone unmoved, I think.
Apart from national holidays there are family holidays like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. We have a family tradition to celebrate birthdays of each member of the family. On these days we usually have a party. Friends and relatives come with flowers and presents. A festive dinner is served with plenty of delicious food to eat, which is a famous Slavic tradition, you know. Afterwards the guests either dance or sing, listen to music or just chat. Such parties usually go late into the night and people are unwilling to leave which, frankly speaking, I don’t like. But the last celebration of my birthday was different. We had an outing on that day. My friends and I, a group of ten in all, went to the «Youth» hotel. My parents saw how happy I was and agreed that I had become a grown-up person and had the right to go out with my friends. We had barbeques in the forest, stayed for the night, in the hotel and came back home the next day. We enjoyed ourselves greatly.
Indeed, life would be dull and grey without holidays.
I think it’s hard to find a person, especially among the young, who doesn’t like holidays, as they mean rest and entertainment, when you can forget for a while about the work undone and enjoy yourself. In my view rest and recreation are as important as work.
Like other countries Russia has its own holidays. They are either of a political, social or religious kind. The New Year, the 8th of March and the Victory Day are probably the most popular national holidays in our republic. Among religious holidays that are widely observed in most families are Christmas and Easter.
National holidays are both a public celebration and a personal event in the family. Different people choose different ways of celebrating them. New Year is traditionally a family holiday with a New Year tree, plenty of delicious food, presents and good wishes.
On other holidays people either take part in public entertainments arranged in parks and squares or go to parties at somebody’s place or restaurants. My family are not an exception in our attitude to holidays and we always look forward to them and make all kinds of preparations. We observe most public holidays which are printed in red in the calendar. But the most exciting for me are the New Year, Christmas, Easter and the Women’s Day.
At the same time every family has some holidays which are a special event only for them. They are usually anniversaries, birthdays and weddings. I love our family holidays and I think I loved them even more when I was a child. I was thrilled when all the relatives and most of the friends got together, dressed up and smiling, and they brought presents, danced and sang songs. On the eve of the party the house was given a big clean and a lot of delicious food was cooked. The atmosphere of the coming holiday was felt and made me happy and excited. I still look forward to celebrations, though, perhaps, with less enthusiasm.
Our last family holiday was my mother’s birthday. We wanted to make it a special day, since it was her 45th birthday Mother was not very happy about her age, so we tried to do our best to cheer her up saying that she was young as ever and even looked ten years younger than her age. We had selected a nice present for her and my sister and granny had done all the cooking. The table was nicely laid up with a candle and cakes on it, the walls of the sitting-room were pinned up with mother’s photos when she was a baby, a little girl and a young woman. The party was fantastic. All the guests seemed to enjoy themselves a lot.
The only disadvantage of holidays in my opinion is that they are short or, perhaps, it’s one of their attractions. You wouldn’t enjoy things that take place every day.
Holidays
What is the best time for schoolchildren? Holidays, of course!
Autumn, winter, spring and definitely summer holidays. These are
the times when you can forget about homework, school and
teachers.
Usually autumn holidays are not very exciting. The weather is
getting worse, it"s raining and you don"t have much opportunity
to walk outside for a long time. During autumn holidays my
friends and I usually spend time at each other"s places playing
computer games.
Winter holidays are much more interesting! I like skating and my
family usually goes to the skating rink in a nearby park.
Sometimes my friends and I go outside the city to the ski lodge.
We rent skis and go cross-country skiing in the forest. Just
before the New Year"s Day a big fir tree is set in our park. It
is decorated with garlands and large toys. Ice hills are also
made in the park. I like going to the park with my younger
sister and my friends. At New Year"s night my family usually
goes outside. My father and I make a fireworks display. My
mother always says that it is dangerous, but we all know that
she likes our fireworks. We also congratulate everyone who we
meet with the New Year and they congratulate us back. I like it
that people are so kind during this holiday!
The longest term is behind and spring holidays come. It is
getting warm every day, streams are flowing in the streets. It
is fun, but you should be careful not to slip on the spring ice
and fall in a puddle! I walk with my friends, go to the cinema,
ride a bike or roller-skate.
At last summer has come! The books have been taken back to the
library, now other children will use them next year. Summer is
my favourite season. I can wear only a T-shirt, jeans or shorts
and light trainers or flip-flops. I have three months of rest
which I can devote to myself and to my friends. During the first
two weeks of summer holidays my family and I go to some resort.
We have already been to Turkey and Egypt and this year we are
going to Spain. We like sunbathing and swimming in the sea. I
wish we could do this all year round!
Then we go back to the city and my sister and I go to our
grandparents" country house. It is not worse than holidays at
the sea. Our country house is rather far from our city - about
two and a half hours by car. But it is worth going there anyway.
I take a bike and a games console with me. I meet my friends
there. I see some of them every day at school and I don"t see
others for the whole year, so I have an opportunity to meet them
again and catch up. We ride bikes, sunbathe on the river bank,
swim in the river and communicate with each other.
I wish holidays were all year round!
ПЛАН-ОТВЕТ. HOLIDAYS
1. Вступление (What is the best time for schoolchildren?
Holidays, of course! Autumn, winter, spring and definitely
summer holidays. These are the tunes when you can forget about
homework, school and teachers.).
2. Рассказать о школьных каникулах и о том, чем обычно
занимаются во время них (autumn holidays: not very exciting,
weather getting worse, my friends and I...; winter holidays:
much more interesting; I like...; my family...; New Year"s Day;
spring holidays: the longest term; it is getting warm; streams;
I walk with my friends/go to the cinema/ride a
bike/roller-skate, etc.; summer holidays: I can wear...; three
months; my family and I...; this year we...; Then...; country
house; meet my friends, etc.).
3. Заключение (I wish holidays were all year round!).
QUESTIONS
1. What are holidays?
2. What school holidays are there in Russia?
3. What are your favourite holidays?
4. When are autumn holidays?
5. What do you usually do during autumn holidays?
6. When are winter holidays?
7. What do you usually do on winter holidays?
8. Do you like winter holidays? Why (not)?
9. Are spring holidays long or short?
10. What can schoolchildren do during spring holidays?
11. What do you usually do?
12. How long are summer holidays?
13. Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?
14. Do you go with your family?
15. Do you prefer to swim in the sea or in a swimming pool?
16. What do you think of spending a holiday in a village?
17. What is better to spend holidays with the family or with
friends?
18. Have you ever been camping? if so, where?
19. Do you take any school books to revise?
20. Do you read during your holidays?
21. Do you meet any English-speaking people during your
holidays?
22. What do you think of spending your holidays learning
languages?
23. What do you think of working during your holidays?
24. What do you think of people who work in summer?
25. How do you feel when your holidays are over?
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
Indoor activities Занятия в помещении
dance танцевать
listen to music слушать музыку
play board games/computer играть в настольные
games игры/компьютерные игры
read читать
study учиться
watch TV смотреть телевизор
Outdoor activities Занятия на открытом воздухе
birdwatching наблюдение за птицами
(downhill) skiing катание на горных лыжах
(ice) skating катание на коньках
(rock) climbing . скалолазание
(whitewater) rafting сплав по реке
camping идти в поход
canoeing заниматься греблей
cross-country skiing кататься на лыжах по пересе-
чённой местности
diving ныряние (дайвинг)
figure skating фигурное катание
fishing ловля рыбу
gardening садоводство
jogging бег
karting . картинг
make sandcastles строить замки из песка
paintballing пейнтбол
picnic пикник
play volleyball/football играть в волейбол/футбол
rowing гребля
sailing плавание (на яхте, на лодке)
scuba diving ныряние с аквалангом
sightseeing/doing the sights осмотр достопримечательностей
skateboarding скейтбординг
snorkeling плавание под водой с маской
snowboarding сноубординг
sunbathe загорать
surf сёрфинг
swim плавать
toboggan катание на санках
walk гулять
waterskiing катание на водных лыжах
windsurfing виндсёрфинг
zorbing зорбинг (катание/спуск со склонов внутри прозрачного
двухслойного шара «зорба»)