TheEarthWe live on the earth. It is very, very big. There is alot of water on the earth. It is in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. There are alot of forests and fields, hills and mountains on it. The earth is full ofwonders. Different animals live on the earth. Different plants grow on it. Theearth is beautiful. There are large countries and smallcountries. There are warm countries and cold countries.There are somecountries where there are four seasons in a year and some countries where thereare only two. When the sun shines it is day. Whenthe sun does not shine it is night.
When it is day in one country it is nightin another. You can see the moon and the stars in the sky at night. People livein different countries. They speak different languages. Our country is one of the largestin the world.It is so large that when it is morning in the east, it is eveningin the west. People who live in our country speak more than two hundreddifferent languages.The English yearThe are four seasons in the year spring, summer,autumn and winter.
The winter months in Great Britain are November, December, January and February. The winter months are cold. In Great Britain in winter itsnows and rains. November, There 30 days inNovember. It is the first winter month in Britain.In November there is a greatholiday in America - Thanksgiving Day. Families come together for the day. Theydecorate the houses with autumn s fruts and flowers and eat traditionalAmerican food roast turkey and pumpkin pie. December.
There are 31 days inDecember. On the 25th of December there is the greatest holiday of all inEngland - Christmas or X-mas. People give each other presents and sendChristmas cards. Pupils have their Christmas holidays. Most of the banks,offices and industrial enterprises close for holidays too. The traditionalEnglish dinner on Christmas Day is roast turkey and Christmas pudding.TheQueen s speech is on television at 3.00 p.m. During Christmas in TrafalgarSquare there is a Christmas tree. January.
There 31 days inJanuary. There is a lot of dancing, eating, and drinking during New YearHolidays.There is an interesting New Year tradition in Scotland you can go first footing . It means you visit you friends, so you are thefirst foot of the New Year in their houses. The Scots believe that theFirst Foot brings luck to the family for the New Year. The First Foot must be aman or a boy , not a woman! And he must have dark hair. February.There are twenty eight or twentynine days in February.
The 14th of February is St. Valentine s Day. People buyor make Valentine cards and send them to their beloved. They don t sign theircards - you must guess who sent the card to you. Boys and girls, husbands andwives, relatives and friends send cards to each other. There are differentcards to suit all tastes.In Great Britain there are two spring months Marchand April March. There are 31 days in March. In England spring begins inthe end of March. The 17th of March is a national holiday in Ireland - St.Patrick s Day. People send greeting cards.
On that day people wear a shamrock.A shamrock is a plant with three leaves. It is the national emblem of Ireland.In March there is also a holiday for English women - Mother s Day. People inthe family try to make it a day off for Mother and help her in any way theycan. On that day they visit their mothers and give them some presents.If theycan t do it they send their mothers A Mother s Day Card . April. April is the second and thelast spring month. There 30 days in April. In April or at the end of Marchpeople celebrate Easter Day. They celebrate it as the start of spring or areligious festival.
In England it is time to give and get presents.On EasterSunday children get chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits. The Easter holidays areat the end of March and in the first half of April. Pupils go back to schoolafter Easter.In April there is a day for fun -April Fool s Day. It s on thefirst of April. English children like this day very much. They play jokes andtricks on other people other children, parents, friends, relatives, schoolteachers.
Oh, Ted, look, your right shoe is on your left foot! Whenthe boy looks at his feet and sees that he has got them all right, the one, whois playing the joke, says, April Fool! So children play differentjokes and tricks. May, June. July. August, InGreat Britain summer begins in May. So there are four summer months.Theweather is usually warm, but not always.
It is often changeable. The days arelong and the nights are short. When the sun is high in the sky, it is hot.People wear light clothes - cotton shirts, jeans, skirts, T-shirts and lightshoes. In May on the first Monday English people celebrate the May Day holiday.In June the English people celebrate Father s Day. On that day children sendcards and give presents to their fathers.On the 4th of July the Americanscelebrate their most important holiday - the Independence Day. They displaytheir flags, decorate their houses and hold street parades on that day. If theweather is fine, there are a lot of people on the beaches in July and August.
September. October. Autumn comes in September. Autumn is usually a niceseason in England. It is warm and dry. But it can rain a lot too. The summerholidays are over in September. The parks, beaches and streets of Britain arevery quiet. It is time to go back to school.In Great Britain school begins inthe second week of September.
On the 31t of October there is a nice holiday forchildren - Halloween. People put pumpkins on the window-sills. They draw eyes,noses and mouths on the pumpkins and put candles into them. So the pumpkinlooks like a face. Children dress up in tunny clothes. Ihey go from house tohous.