My summer holidays

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. 
   When do we celebrate the New Year Holiday?
   
2. 
   What do people usually send each other on the New Year’s Eve?
   
3. 
   How do people usually decorate their homes?
   
4. 
   What is the culmination of the holiday?
   
5. 
   What do the small children enjoy?
   
6. 
   How do young people prefer to celebrate the New Year Holiday?
   

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

among all the national holidays; the favourite one; the New Year’s Eve; send each other; decorate their homes; coloured bright lights; gather together; celebrate the holiday; a lot of delicious meals; as a culmination; in traditional clothes; with long white beard; to congratulate small children; recite poems; have a lot of fun; as a prize; receive New Year presents; from a big red sac; to celebrate the New Year Holiday; in their own manner; arrange evening parties; have a joyful time; at midnight; exchange hugs and kisses; decorated with…; the time to start new projects and programmes; give up bad habits.

Exercise 5. According to the text speak about the celebration of New Year Holiday in your family.