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2.   Anotace  Didaktický materiál je určen především žákům 4. ročníků maturujících z anglického jazyka. Prezentace obsahuje téma určené k ústní části maturitní zkoušky.  Očekávaný výstup:  Studenti by měli být schopni aplikovat získané znalosti jak v jejich ústním, tak písemné projevu.

4.   New Year´s Eve (31 st December)  New Year´s Day (1 st January)  Hogmanay (1 st January)  Celebration of the New Year in Scotland  St. Valentine´s Day (14 th February)  Is celebrated in many countries all over the world  People send a card to the one who they love  As gifts are typical roses, chocolate or some jewellery GREAT BRITAIN

5.   Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesady)  Is day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent  On Pancake Day people make and eat a lot of pancakes  Some towns have a pancake racea on this day  Easter  Holiday celebrating the idea of new birth of Jesus Christ  People give each other chocolate eggs which are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday  Easter Monday is a holiday, people travel to the seaside for the day or go and watch one of the many sport events, such as football or horse-racing. GREAT BRITAIN

6.   May Day (1 st May)  Festival of children  Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night (5 th November)  British celebrate by fireworks and bonfires  Christmas Eve (24 th December)  children hang up their Christmas stockings hoping that Santa Claus (Father Christmas) will come down the chimney during the night and bring them small presents  The English do not celebrate Christmas this day GREAT BRITAIN

7.   Christmas Day (25 th December)  One of the most important festival of the year  Most families decorate their houses with brightly-coloured paper, holly and mistletoe, and they usually have a Christmas tree in the room  There is a wreath of green holly with its red berries and red bow with the letters MERRY CHRISTMAS on the front door  Families open their Christmas presents under their Christmas tree at breakfast time  As a main food they have roast turkey with roast potatoes and Christmas pudding  They watch fairy tales and listen to Christmas carrols GREAT BRITAIN

8.   Boxing Day (26 th December)  It is also a pulblic holiday  It is day for visiting relatives and friends  It is still a custom to give a present of money to the tradesman – the postman, the milkman etc.

9.   Bank Holidays  Public holidays when the post offices, banks, shops are closed  Twelfth Night (6 th January)  April Fool´s Day (1 st April)  Mother´s Day (second Sunday in May)  Father´s Day (third Sunday in June)  Remembrance Sunday (second Sunday in November)  Honors veterans who died in the two World Wars Some other special days

10.   Americans celebrate a lot of holidays and festivals because there are many nations from all over the world and practise many religions  Besides the holidays celebrated in the USA, Britain and most countries of the world (Christmas, New Year´s Eve, New Year´s Day, St. Valentine´s Day Easter)  There are numerous typically „American“ holidays THE USA

11.   Thanksgiving  One of the most important festivals celebrated in the last Thursday in November  The Pilgrim fathers and their rich harvest in 1621 laid the foundations of this festival  Typical thanksgiving dinner includes roast turkey cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and pumkin pie  Haloween (All Saint´s Day, 31 st Ocrober)  Celebration of witches, ghosts, black cats and candy, which is very attractive for children  Typical feature of this day are pumpkins with horrible faces with candles inside (jack – o´- lanterns)  Childres dress up and go trick – or treating during whicg they get treats from neighbours THE USA

12.   Independence Day (4 th July)  The greates American national holiday which celebrate freedom from Great Britain  Typical are parades, patriotic music, fireworks, various funny competitons, barbecues and picnics  Columbus Day (12 th October)  Memorial Day (last Monday in May)  Honours people who died in the Americal Civil War  Veterans Day (second Sunday in November)  Honours those who died in any American War  Presidents´ Day  Martin Luther King Day THE USA

13.   Do you know history of the Pilgrims?  Do you celebrate St. Valentine´s Day? How?  How do you celebrate Easter in your family?  How do you celebrate Christmas in your family?  How do you celebrate New Year´s Eve and New Year´s Day?  What is your favourite national holiday and why?  It is important to keep traditions of the country you live in? QUESTIONS

14.   BRENDLOVÁ, Světla. Basic Facts on English- Speaking-Countries. Plzeň: Fraus, 2006, ISBN 80- 7238-307-8  Zdroj obrázků  www.office.microsoft.com www.office.microsoft.com  http://pixabay.com/cs/ru%C4%8Dn%C3%AD- sparklers-r%C3%A1dio-sprej-113546/ http://pixabay.com/cs/ru%C4%8Dn%C3%AD- sparklers-r%C3%A1dio-sprej-113546/ RESOURCES