Сustoms and traditions
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (6 класс) по теме

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More About British and Russian Traditions Презентация к УМК авторов И.Н.Верещагиной и О.В.Афанасьевой Учитель английского языка ГБОУ СОШ № 180 Топчиева Н.А.

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Every nation and every country has its own traditions and customs. In Britain traditions play a more important role in the life of people than in other countries. Britain is full of customs and traditions. Most of them are very old. Some traditions are so old that they look rather strange to modern people. But the British do not want to part with them. They are rather conservative. But their old customs and traditions make Britain a very attractive country for other nations who have lost their heritage.

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The British like order in everything and queuing is one of their customs. There are no disorderly crowds even at English bus-stops. People stand in a line waiting for the bus and when a new person comes he stands at the end of the queue .

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Shaking hands is an old English custom. It began in the Middle Ages when knights took off their steel gloves to show that they are going to fight and took each other’s hands as a sign of friendly intentions. This habit is spread today all over the world. Meeting a person for the first time, you shake his hand. You say, “How do you do?” This is not a question, it is a polite address. He also says, “How do you do?” If the person is of your age you can just say, “Hello”.

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Most British people have parties at home and in offices. They have them at Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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February the 14 th is the feast day of St Valentine, the patron of those who are in love. On this day English people send special Valentine cards to their husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends. Traditionally these cards are not signed. If you receive a Valentine card you have to guess who the sender is

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Gunpowder Plot conspiracy by a group of English Roman Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill James I . The explosion was planned for November 5, 1605. Guy Fawkes’ Day is another old English custom. As it gets dark on the 5 th of November children go out into the streets with a figure like a scarecrow. They stand in the streets and Squares asking for “a Penny for the Guy”. Then they buy fireworks and burn the guy on their bonfire.

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The ravens are one of the most famous sights at the Tower of London. They have lived in the Tower from its very beginning, over 900 years ago and as one of the old English legends says, only so long they are here will the Tower stand. If the ravens leave the Tower of London, the Crown and England will fall. One can say the ravens hold the power of the Crown itself.

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In the 17 th century King Charles II ordered that six ravens should always live in the Tower of London and since then they have been under Royal protection. The ravens are black. Each raven has got its name and keepers carefully look after them.The keepers cut the birds’ wings a bit as they are afraid that they may fly away.

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People in Russia have their own special traditions. One of them is Maslenitsa - the holiday, which lasts for a week, to say goodbye to winter. People celebrate it at the end of February or at the beginning of March. During this holiday they celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

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In old times people usually cooked pancakes, had fires, burnt straw figures of winter, they sang songs and danced.

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Now during “ Maslenitsa week” people always cook pancakes. They invite their friends, their nearest and dearest , to see each other and eat pancakes with sour cream, fish, caviar or butter, sugar, honey.