1. Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Zdeňka Hrstková. Slezské gymnázium, Opava, příspěvková organizace. Vzdělávací materiál byl vytvořen v rámci OP VK 1.5 – EU peníze středním školám. Public holidays VY_32_INOVACE_150305 23. února 2013

2. Pre-listening Why do people like holidays? What public holidays of the English- speaking countries do you know? What is your favourite Czech holiday? Why? How do you celebrate it?

3. Listening You are going to hear 6 people talking about their favourite public holiday. http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer126/T135- Holiday.htm Match the speaker and the holiday he/she mentions

4. Speaker 1 (Kat, Germany) Speaker 2 (Phoebe, China) Speaker 3 (Isma, Indonesia) Speaker 4 (Antoinette, USA) Speaker 5 (Rese, Botswana) Speaker 6 (Tony, Mosambique) Spring festival Ramadan month Thanksgiving Day Christmas Christmas and New Year Independence Day

5. Listen again Complete the information for each speaker. 1.Kat connects Christmas season with ………, snow, friends and her mom's …….. 2.For children in China, spring festival brings so called red pack with ……… 3.It is typical that Indonesian people take ……………. during Ramadan. 4.Antoinette says that one thing that she dislikes about Thanksgiving is ……………… 5.During Christmas in Botswana, people get together with family and friends and the typical activity is …………. 6.Independence Day in Mozambique celebrates the achievement of …………..

6. Match with the holidays Christmas Halloween Saint Patrick's Day reindeer pumpkin elves chimney Trick or treat shamrock Ireland cookies and milk ghosts pantomime season green colour candy apple apple bobbing jack-o-lantern stocking October March

7. Correct the mistakes: Santa Claus' favourite reindeer is called Joseph. Boxing Day is celebrated on 30th December. According to legends, St Patrick banished all spiders from Ireland. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on fourh Friday in November. A typical meal of Thanksgiving is a goose. The first historical Thanksgiving was made by Pilgrim Fathers for American cowboys. American Independence Day is celebrated on 4th June. 11th November is a day to remember soldiers killed in wars. People should wear a rose on their clothes.