TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE

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Черняк А., Тарасов Д.Черняк А., Тарасов Д.

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What are Britain's Social Customs?

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• Життя і культура народів Англії, Шотландії, Уельсу та Північної Ірландії

• Традиції та звичаї британських народів

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• What do you know about Great Britain? • What are the symbols of the countries of the UK?• What traditional holidays are there in Great Britain?• What are leisure and hobbies of the British?• What are the English?• What are Britain’s social customs?

SOME HISTORICAL FACTS

• Location of United Kingdom

• – on the European сontinent

• Capital - London

• Official language(s) English (de facto)

• Recognised regional languages:Irish, Ulster Scots, Scottish Gaelic , Scots, Welsh, Cornish

• Government Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

• Legislature Parliament

• - Upper House House of Lords

• - Lower House House of Commons

• Area - Total 243,610 km2 (79th)

• Population - 61,113,205 estimates

IT’S INTERESTING TO KNOW:• The United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland (GB or UK), is a sovereign state in northwest Europe. It is made up of four countries: Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The capital city of Wales is Cardiff. The capital city of England is London. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh and the capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

EVERY COUNTRY IN THE UK HAS GOT ITS OWN SYMBOL

ENGLAND and THE ENGLISH• The symbol of English is a red

rose. • English people are crazy

about gardening. • The English are also famous

for their love of animals.• A lot of families have pets.• English people like to talk

about the weather• English football is famous, of

course, but there is another national sport too, cricket.

SCOTLAND and THE SCOTTS

Scottish symbol is the thistle. Scotland is very famous for its beautiful scenery and the lakes called lochs. An important symbol of Scotland is a special kind of material called tartan. Traditional tartan skirts are called kilts and many Scotts wear them – women and men!People in Scotland play very unusual musical instruments called bagpipes.

WALES and THE WELSH• A red dragon is probably the

oldest symbol of Wales• Another symbol of Wales is a

vegetable called the leek. • People wear them on their

coats on St. David’s Day, • the Welsh national holiday,

although some people wear another symbol of Wales – the daffodil. Welsh people are famous for their singing and their musical festivals.

• Rugby is their national sport.

Double-decker bus is a real sight of UK Double-decker bus is a real sight of UK

NORTHERN IRELAND and THE IRISH

• The most famous symbol of Ireland is the shamrock.

• In Ireland you may see different shades and tones of green.

• Green is one of the symbols of Ireland and everybody wears

• green on St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish national holiday.

• The Irish are famous for their playing, singing and dancing.

 

HOLIDAYS

• British people are British people are famous for its famous for its traditional holidays traditional holidays which have some which have some specific featuresspecific features

April FoolApril Fool’’s Days Day• April Fools' Day is celebrated in April Fools' Day is celebrated in

the Western world on April 1st the Western world on April 1st of every year. Sometimes of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1st is not a legal holiday, April 1st is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day which celebrated as a day which tolerates practical joke and tolerates practical joke and general foolishness. The day is general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes good humoured or funny jokes hoaxes and other practical hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work teachers, neighbors, work associates, and others with the associates, and others with the aim to embarrass the stupid aim to embarrass the stupid and naive.and naive. Traditionally, in Traditionally, in some countries, such as New some countries, such as New Zealand, the UK, Australia, and Zealand, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last South Africa, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool"an "April Fool"

LEISURE AND HOBBIES IN BRITAINAs working hours get shorter, the British have

more and more time for leisure. Most people work a five-day week and have plenty of time in the evening and at weekends to fill with hobbies and leisure pursuit of all kinds.

There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching television. In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of TV a week. That’s about 3 or 4 hours a day. Almost 100% of households contain a television and more than 50% have two or more.

The second most popular leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends or relatives. Listening to music and reading follow in third and fourth position.

• Many people prefer more active leisure persuits. Do-it-yourself and gardening are the most popular of these, followed by going out for a meal. Next comes voluntary work. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organizations in the United Kingdom: Save the Children, the Red Cross etc.

• Perhaps the most traditional leisure activity is sport. This is divided into participation and spectators sport. Football, rugby, cricket and athletics are the most popular spectator sport. The most popular participation sport is walking, swimming. For men snooker and darts, squash and cycling are the most popular.

• For women, keep-fit is the most popular. Such activities as sailing, horse racing and tennis are, in fact, only popular with a small minority of people.

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WHAT ARE THE ENGLISH?• One of the most striking features of English life is

self-discipline and courtesy of people of all classes. There is little noisy behavior, and practically no loud disputing in the street. People do not rush excitedly for seats in the busses or trains, but take their seats in queues at bus stops in a quiet and orderly manner.

• Englishmen are naturally polite and are never tired to say “Thank you”, “I’m sorry”, “Beg your pardon”. If you following anyone who is entering a building or a room, he will hold the door open for you. Many foreigners have commented on the remarkable politeness of the English people.

• English people don’t like to display their emotions even in dangerous and a tragic situations, and ordinary people seem to remain good-tempered and cheerful under difficulties. They are famous for their politeness, self-discipline and especially for their sense of humour: they have a strong sense of humour which sometimes can be hard for foreigners to understand.

• The Englishman does not like to boast or to show off in manners, dress or speech. The Englishman prefers his own house to an apartment in a block of flats, because he doesn’t wish his doings to be overlooked by his neighbours. “An Englishman home is his castle”.

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