My summer holidays

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. 
   What does Navruz holiday promote?
   
2. 
   Why is this holiday considered the Eastern New Year?
   
3. 
   What does the history of Navruz say?
   
4. 
   How do people prepare for Navruz holiday?
   
5. 
   Why do we call it a holiday of mercy and absolution?
   
6. 
   What do the women usually cook?
   
7. 
   What is sumalak?
   
8. 
   How do you celebrate this holiday?
   

Exercise 4. Speak on the topic using the following words and word combinations:

the holiday of Navruz; the eastern New Year; the awakening of nature; friendship, fraternity, cultural and historical traditions; the spring equinox; day is equal to night; our ancestors; the beginning of the astronomical year; Uzbek scientists and poets of the past; during the Arab invasion of Central Asia; after the downfall of the Arab Khalifate; revived again; a republic wide hasher; a holiday of mercy and absolution; forgive one another their old offences; visit lonely and disabled people; receive gifts and allowances; a wide variety of delicious foods; a high-calorie stew of germinated wheat; the women of the neighbourhood; according to custom; dreams will come true.

Exercise 5. Speak about celebration of Navruz holiday in the place where you live.