Chinese New Year
1. Chinese New Year http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/lunar-new-year-celebrations-begin-china 1. How many people celebrate Chinese New Year?
2. Why is the Lion dance danced?
3. How do Chinese people celebrate the festival?
4. What animal is going to be a symbol of this year?
5. According to the Chinese horoscope what kind of children are born this year?
Summarize the information about Chinese New Year.
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2. When is Chinese New Year celebrated
3. In what countries is the festival celebrated
4. What are the customs and traditions of celebrating the festival in traditional Chinese families?
2) Halloween
In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out.
Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started.
•Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain.
•Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November).
•Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en.
•Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death.
In the UK Halloween traditions are very much alive and popular, especially amongst kids and teenagers. We looked at some of the most common.
Pumpkin lanterns
These are pumpkins (an orange, football-sized vegetable) with the inside removed and a nose, eyes and mouth cut into one side. A candle is placed inside the empty pumpkin and the light creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes or turnips to make lanterns but nowadays pumpkins are more
2. Why is the Lion dance danced?
3. How do Chinese people celebrate the festival?
4. What animal is going to be a symbol of this year?
5. According to the Chinese horoscope what kind of children are born this year?
Summarize the information about Chinese New Year.
Find the information about:
2. When is Chinese New Year celebrated
3. In what countries is the festival celebrated
4. What are the customs and traditions of celebrating the festival in traditional Chinese families?
2) Halloween
In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out.
Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started.
•Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain.
•Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November).
•Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en.
•Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death.
In the UK Halloween traditions are very much alive and popular, especially amongst kids and teenagers. We looked at some of the most common.
Pumpkin lanterns
These are pumpkins (an orange, football-sized vegetable) with the inside removed and a nose, eyes and mouth cut into one side. A candle is placed inside the empty pumpkin and the light creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes or turnips to make lanterns but nowadays pumpkins are more