Упр.1 Unit 5 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 5 класс

People in different countries celebrate Christmas in different ways.

1) Read the articles and find out in which country:

• not all people send greetings cards;
• people celebrate Christmas in January;
• people eat dishes from different countries;
• people can visit the place where Father Christmas lives.

Finland

Finnish people think that Father Christmas lives in Finland. There is a big tourist theme park ‘Christmas Land’ or ‘Lapland’ where people can visit Father Christmas’s house. Christmas Eve is a very special time. People eat rice and drink plum juice in the morning. Then they decorate a Christmas tree in the house. In the evening people eat a traditional Christmas dinner: macaroni, potato, ham or turkey.

France

In France, people call Christmas ‘Noel’ [nou’el]. Everyone has a Christmas tree. People often decorate trees in the garden with lights. Father Christmas is called Pere Noel. The Christmas dinner is very important for the family. Not everyone sends Christmas cards.

Russia

Christmas and New Year is the important time — when ‘Father Frost’ brings presents to children. The Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th. This is not usual for Europe. Special Christmas food is duck, cakes and pies.

The United States of America

In the USA, you will find many different ways of celebrating Christmas. A girl writes about Christmas food, “Our family likes turkey. My grandparents prefer Polish sausage, vegetable dishes, and soups. My friend’s Italian family likes lasagna”. Santa Claus brings presents at midnight.

2) Father Christmas has different names in different countries. What are they? Fill in the table.

3) Letters, signs and sounds. Classify the words from the articles according to the rules of reading of the letter Cc.