The Earth
We live on the earth. It is very, very big. There is a lot of water
on the earth. It is in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. There are a
lot of forests and fields, hills and mountains on it. The earth is
full of wonders. Different animals live on the earth. Different
plants grow on it. The earth is beautiful.
There are large countries and small countries.
There are warm countries and cold countries. There are some
countries where there are four seasons in a year and some countries
where there are only two.
When the sun shines it is day. When the sun does
not shine it is night. When it is day in one country it is night in
another. You can see the moon and the stars in the sky at night.
People live in different countries. They speak different
languages.
Our country is one of the largest in the world.
It is so large that when it is morning in the east, it is evening
in the west. People who live in our country speak more than two
hundred different languages. The English year
The are four seasons in the year: spring, summer, autumn and
winter. The winter months in Great Britain are November, December,
January and February. The winter months are cold. In Great Britain
in winter it snows and rains. November, There 30 days
in November. It is the first winter month in Britain. In November
there is a great holiday in America - Thanksgiving Day. Families
come together for the day. They decorate the houses with autumn's
fruts and flowers and eat traditional American food: roast turkey
and pumpkin pie.
December. There are 31 days in December. On the 25th
of December there is the greatest holiday of all in England -
Christmas or X-mas. People give each other presents and send
Christmas cards. Pupils have their Christmas holidays. Most of the
banks, offices and industrial enterprises close for holidays too.
The traditional English dinner on Christmas Day is roast turkey and
Christmas pudding. The Queen's speech is on television at 3. 00 p.
m. During Christmas in Trafalgar Square there is a Christmas
tree.
January. There 31 days in January. There is a
lot of dancing, eating, and drinking during New Year Holidays.
There is an interesting New Year tradition in Scotland: you can go
"first footing". It means you visit you friends, so you are "the
first foot" of the New Year in their houses. The Scots believe that
the First Foot brings luck to the family for the New Year. The
First Foot must be a man ( or a boy ), not a woman! And he must
have dark hair. February. There are twenty eight
or twenty nine days in February. The 14th of February is St.
Valentine's Day. People buy or make Valentine cards and send them
to their beloved. They don't sign their cards - you must guess who
sent the card to you. Boys and girls, husbands and wives, relatives
and friends send cards to each other. There are different cards to
suit all tastes.
In Great Britain there are two spring months:
March and April March. There are 31 days in March. In England
spring begins in the end of March. The 17th of March is a national
holiday in Ireland - St. Patrick's Day. People send greeting cards.
On that day people wear a shamrock. A shamrock is a plant with
three leaves. It is the national emblem of Ireland. In March there
is also a holiday for English women - Mother's Day. People in the
family try to make it a day off for Mother and help her in any way
they can. On that day they visit their mothers and give them some
presents. If they can't do it they send their mothers "A Mother's
Day Card".
April. April is the second and the last spring month.
There 30 days in April. In April or at the end of March people
celebrate Easter Day. They celebrate it as the start of spring or a
religious festival. In England it is time to give and get presents.
On Easter Sunday children get chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits. The
Easter holidays are at the end of March and in the first half of
April. Pupils go back to school after Easter. In April there is a
day for fun -April Fool's Day. It's on the first of April. English
children like this day very much. They play jokes and tricks on
other people: other children, parents, friends, relatives, school
teachers. "Oh, Ted, look, your right shoe is on your left foot! "
When the boy looks at his feet and sees that he has got them all
right, the one, who is playing the joke, says, "April Fool! " So
children play different jokes and tricks.
May, June. July. August, In Great Britain summer
begins in May. So there are four summer months. The weather is
usually warm, but not always. It is often changeable. The days are
long and the nights are short. When the sun is high in the sky, it
is hot. People wear light clothes - cotton shirts, jeans, skirts,
T-shirts and light shoes. In May on the first Monday English people
celebrate the May Day holiday. In June the English people celebrate
Father's Day. On that day children send cards and give presents to
their fathers. On the 4th of July the Americans celebrate their
most important holiday - the Independence Day. They display their
flags, decorate their houses and hold street parades on that day.
If the weather is fine, there are a lot of people on the beaches in
July and August. September. October. Autumn comes in September.
Autumn is usually a nice season in England. It is warm and dry. But
it can rain a lot too. The summer holidays are over in September.
The parks, beaches and streets of Britain are very quiet. It is
time to go back to school. In Great Britain school begins in the
second week of September. On the 31t of October there is a nice
holiday for children Halloween. People put pumpkins on the
window-sills. They draw eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins and
put candles into them. So the pumpkin looks like a face. Children
dress up in tunny clothes. Ihey go from house to hous
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