New Year’s Day in England — Новый Год в Англии

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2. New Year in England In England the New Year is not as widely or as enthusiastically observed as Christmas. Some people ignore it completely and go to bed at the same time as usual on New Year’s Eve. Many others, however, do celebrate it in one way or another, the type of celebration varying very much according to the […]...
3. Роберт Бернс Топик — Topic Robert Burns Роберт Бернс был величайшим поэтом 18 века. Он известен во всей Шотландии. Стоит только поговорить с шотландцем, чтобы почувствовать глубокую любовь и восхищение выдающимся соотечественником. Бернс родился 25 января 1759 в Шотландии. Его отец, хоть и был бедным человеком, пытался дать детям хорошее образование, и Роберт, который был страшим, пошел в школу в соседней деревне […]...
4. First Foot The first visitor to enter a house on New Year’s morning is commonly known in Great Britain as the First Foot. In Yorkshire he is sometimes called the Lucky Bird, in the Isle of Man, the Quaaltagh. Wherever he appears, he is a personage of great importance. He may be a chance caller, or a […]...
5. Топики на английском каникулы, Holidays — Праздники There are many national holidays in the world, when people all over the country do not work and have special celebrations. For example in Russia the major holidays are: New Year’s Day, Victory Day. The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day. People greet the new year with champagne and listen to the […]...
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7. New Year’s Day — Новый Год At midnight on 31st December bells will ring out around the world to welcome the New Year. Although certain countries and religions calculate time by other calendars most countries in the world now number their years according to the Gregorian calendar introduced in the 16th century by Pope Gregory XIII. This calendar was intended to […]...
8. Роберт Бернс, топик английский менеджер Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, was born on January 25, 1759 in Scotland. His father, William Burns, was a poor farmer. There were seven children in the family, and Robert was the eldest. His father knew the value of a good education, and he tried to give his children the best education he could afford […]...
9. Биография Mohandas Gandhi, биография махатма ганди Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a national icon who led the struggle for India’s independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. Throughout the struggle he opposed any form of terrorism or violence, instead using only the highest moral standards. Early life. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into a Hindu family […]...
10. Биография Эмили Дикинсон на английском языке, Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Though virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded with Walt Whitman as one of the two great American poets of the 19-th century. Her life has inspired numerous biographers and voluminous speculation; mostly about her sexuality, of which little is definitively known. Life. Dickinson […]...
11. Новый год английский топик, New Year’s Day — Новый Год I like New Year’s Day, it is my favourite holiday. The 1st of January is a winter holiday and now it is the first day of the New Year. Peter the First changed the Russian calendar in 1699. He made the 31st of December, 1699 the last day of the year. The first of January […]...
12. Топики по английскому языку праздники, Holidays and traditions in Russia and English-speaking countries, Праздники и традиции в России и Англоговорящих странах Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. But there are also international holidays which are celebrated in all countries worldwide. They are: Christmas, New Year, Easter and St. Valentine’s day. Christmas is a traditional family reunion day. On this day, many people attend a church service, open their presents and eat […]...
13. Nasreddin’s Visitors One day a visitor came to Nasreddin’s house. «I am your cousin from Konya,» he said, «and I have brought you a duck to celebrate the visit.» Nasreddin was delighted. He asked his wife to cook the duck, and served the visitor a fine dinner. The next day another visitor arrived. «I am the friend […]...
14. Биография Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is a highly influential American songwriter, musician, and poet. Much of Dylan’s best known work is from the 1960s, when he became a documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest. Many involved in the civil rights movement found an anthem in his song «Blowin’ In The Wind». Millions of young people embraced «The […]...
15. Биография Элвиса Пресли на английском языке, Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley, also known as The King of Rock and Roll or The King, was an American singer and actor. Early in his career he was referred to as The Hillbilly Cat. Later, his friends referred to him as «E». Rolling Stone magazine said «Elvis Presley is rock ‘n’ roll» and called his body […]...
16. New Year’s Eve in Great Britain. Новый Год в Великобритании The first of January, New Year’s Day, is a big holiday in Scotland. Scottish people celebrate New Year’s Eve in every family. Friends usually come on that day. They have a good dinner. After dinner there are apples, other fruit, and different sweets to eat. Then all the family and the friends begin to play […]...
17. Скороговорки на звуки [m, n, dƷ,l,η,t] Скороговорки относятся к фольклорному жанру. Их особенностью в любом языке является труднопроизносимое сочетание звуков и слов между собой, которое затрудняет их произношение. Все скороговорки делятся на рифмованные и нерифмованные. Также их принято делить на взрослые и детские, хотя грань между ними провести достаточно сложно. Польза скороговорок. Английские скороговорки — незаменимый инструмент в обучении языку. Во-первых, […]...
18. Биография Jesus Christ, биография Иисуса Христа Jesus, or Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, is Christianity’s central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians, as God incarnate. In Islam and the Bahá’í Faith, he is regarded as a major prophet. The primary sources about Jesus are the four canonical Gospel accounts, which depict him as a Jewish preacher, […]...
19. Биография Альберта Эйнштейна на английском языке, Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a German-born Jewish theoretical physicist of profound genius, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20-th century and one of the greatest scientists of all time. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 and «for his services to […]...
20. Русские традиции Топик — Topic Russian traditions Россия — уникальная страна, которая сохраняет национальные традиции, уходящие корнями не только в христианскую религию, но и в язычество. Христианство дало России такие великие праздники как Пасха и Рождество. А язычество — Масленицу. Древние традиции передаются от поколения к поколению. Новый Год — самый большой праздник для русских. Считается, что как встретишь Новый Год, так […]...
21. Holidays In Russia. Праздники в России There are many national holidays in Russia, when people all over the country do not work and have special celebrations. The major holidays are: New Year’s Day, Women’s Day, May Day, Victory Day, and Independence Day. The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day. People see the new year in at midnight on […]...
22. Количественный падеж в английском языке. Партитивный падеж На данной странице вы можете ознакомиться со словами, которые используются для определения количества: — слова, называющие емкости — слова, употребляемые с неисчисляемыми существительными — слова, употребляемые с абстрактными существительными — слова, употребляемые с существительными, состоящими из двух частей — слова, употребляемые с группами предметов или людей Существует большое количество слов, используемых для определения количества. Обычно […]...
23. Топик по английскому праздники, American Holidays — Американские праздники There are a number of holidays in the USA which are celebrated every year. Here are some of them. The 1st of January is New Year’s Day. People do not go to bed until after midnight on December 31. They like to see «the old year out and the new year in». Many people give […]...
24. Public holidays and celebrations in Great Britain — Выходные дни и праздики в Великобритании There are only 6 public holidays in GB. Those are days on which people need not go into work. These are days: Christmas Day, Boxing day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday. Most of these holidays are of religious origin, though it would be right to say that for […]...
25. Топики по английскому holidays, Holidays in Russia — Праздники в России There are many national holidays in Russia. The major holidays are: New Year’s Day, Women’s Day, May Day, Victory Day and Independence Day. The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day. People see the new year in at midnight to the 31st of December. They greet the new year with champagne and listen […]...
26. Обычаи и традиции в Британии Топик — Topic Customs and traditions in Britain Как в любой другой стране, в Британии существуют множество обычаев и традиций. Британцы гордятся своими традициями и стараются их хранить. Лучшими примерами являются их системы мер и весов и денежная система, которые остаются неизменными вот уже много лет. Некоторые из обычаев очень древние. Таким примером является мраморный чемпионат, где коронуют британского чемпиона. Его награждают серебряным […]...
27. Биография Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger is a German-born American diplomat and statesman. He served as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State in the Nixon administration, continuing in the latter position after Gerald Ford became President in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. An admirer of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign […]...
28. My favorite holiday — Мой любимый праздник Many great holidays and anniversaries are celebrated in our country. On the 1st of May there is May Day — the holiday of spring and labour. On the 8th of March there is Women’s Day — the holiday of all women and girls. We celebrate Day of Independence of Russia on the 12th June and […]...
29. Биография Michael Jackson, биография Майкла Джексона Michael Joseph Jackson, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist. He began his career as the lead singer of the Motown act, The Jackson 5, in the 1960s, and made his first solo recordings in 1971 as part of the Jackson 5 franchise. Jackson began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and […]...
30. History of basketball — История баскетбола Basketball is an extremely popular all around the world. The object is to put a ball through a hoop, or basket, and thus score more points than the opposing team. Teams comprise of ten players, with a maximum of five on court at any one time. Substitutions are unlimited during the course of the game. […]...
31. Christmas In Ukraine. Рождество в Украине Christmas is a wonderful holiday, it’s a feast of Christ’s birth and it’s celebrated on the eve of 7th of January. In the mid-4th century it was established by the Roman Catholic church as a separate feast and was celebrated on 25 December according to the Julian calendar. In the 10th century with the introduction […]...
32. The Night of Hogmanay Nowhere else in Britain is the arrival of the New Year celebrated so wholeheartedly as in Scotland. Throughout Scotland, the preparations for greeting the New Year start with a minor «spring-cleaning». Brass and silver must be glittering and fresh linen must be put on the beds. No routine work may be left unfinished; stockings must […]...
33. Education system in GB, the USA and Russia — Образовательные системы в Великобритании, США и России If all good people were clever and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever. I think that education is a key to a good future. And schools are the first step on the education-way. Schools help young people to choose their career, to prepare for their future life, they make […]...
34. Биография Jimi Hendrix, биография Джимми Хендрикса James Marshall Hendrix was an American musician, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, widely regarded as the best electric guitarist in the history of popular music. Mostly self-taught on the instrument, the left-handed Hendrix used a right-handed guitar that was restrung and played right side up. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists […]...
35. Robert Burns — Роберт Бернс His father W. Burns was a hardworking farmer. He knew the value of a good education and he was determined to give his children the best schooling possible. There were 7 children in the family and Robert was the eldest. When he was 6 his father sent him to school to Alloway. His mother’s friend […]...
36. British Holidays — Британские праздники There are a number of holidays, which are celebrated in Great Britain every year. One of them is, of course, New Year’s Day on the first of January. It is not so popular in England as in our country, but it is rather popular in Scotland. On that day people usually visit their friends and […]...
37. Скороговорки на звуки [h, k, b, dg, l, r, t, z, p, t, d, l, k, f] Если вы хотите улучшить свое произношение английских слов и предложений, то самый эффективный для этого метод — это, конечно же, скороговорки на английском языке. Уже давно логопеды используют этот способ усовершенствования речи, начиная с маленьких детей и заканчивая взрослыми. Это не только полезно, но и поднимает настроение. Благодаря скороговоркам, обучение становится веселее и приобретает развлекательный […]...
38. Taras Shevchenko. Тарас Шевченко Artist, poet, national bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko was born on 9 March, 1814 in Moryntsi, Kiev gubernia. He was born a serf. When he was a teenager he became an orphan, and grew up in poverty. When he was 14, his owner, Engelhardt took him to serve as a houseboy. And Taras travelled with […]...
39. Биография Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. At various times a soldier, journalist, author and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in British and world history. […]...
40. Christmas Day — Рождество The word «Christmas» is derived from the words «Christ’s Mass» — the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But although Christmas is undoubtedly a Christian celebration, it is also true to say that it is an unusual combination of pagan and Christian festivities. A Christmas tree stands in everybody’s living room at Christmas, shining […]...