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1、英美国家概况TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandUnit9HolidaysandFestivalsTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandThinkaboutthesequestionsbeforewestart:WhatarethetraditionsofChristmasinBritain?DoyouknowthemainreligiousholidaysinBritain?Warming-upActivitiesContentsApril~JuneJuly

2、~SeptemberJanuary~MarchⅠⅡⅢOctober~DecemberIVIIINewYear’sDayNewYear’sDayisthefirstdayoftheyear,intheGregoriancalendar2.Inmoderntimes,itisthe1stJanuary.Itisatimeforlookingforwardandwishingforagoodyearahead.Itisalsoaholiday.January~MarchNationalDayNationalDaysarenotcelebratedinBritaininthesame

3、wayastheyareinanumberofothercountries.StValentinesDayTherearemanytraditionsandtalesassociatedwithromanceactivitiesincluding:January~MarchcoldmonthandthedayoftheyearEachyearinBritain,around£503marespentoncards,flowers,chocolatesandothergiftsforValentine’sDaythefirstmananunmarriedwomansawon14

4、thFebruarywouldbeherfuturehusband;ifthenamesofallagirl’ssuitorswerewrittenonpaperandwrappedinclayandtheclayputintowater,thepiecethatrosetothesurfacefirstwouldcontainthenameofherhusband-to-be.ifawomansawarobinflyingoverheadonValentine’sDay,itmeantshewouldmarryasailor.Ifshesawasparrow,shewoul

5、dmarryapoormanandbeveryhappy.Ifshesawagoldfinch,shewouldmarryarichperson.January~MarchAprilFool’sDayAprilbeginswithadayoffunandjokes-AprilFool’sDay.Noonereallyknowswhenthiscustombeganbutithasbeenkeptforhundredsofyears.GoodFridayThesaddestdayoftheChristianYear,whenJesuswasputtodeath.April~Ju

6、neMayDayThefirstdayofthemonthofMayisknownasMayDay.Itisthetimeofyearwhenwarmerweatherbeginsandflowersandtreesstarttoblossom.TroopingtheColourTheofficialbirthdayofQueenElizabethIIismarkedeachyearbyamilitaryparadeandmarch-past,knownasTroopingtheColour(CarryingoftheFlag).Theofficialnameis“theQu

7、een’sBirthdayParade”.April~Junepeoplecelebratethecomingofsummerwithlotsofdifferentcustomsthatareexpressionsofjoyandhopeafteralongwinter.EachJune,theQueenandothermembersoftheRoyalFamilyattendtheTroopingtheColourceremonyonHorseGuardsParade,WhitehallinLondo