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ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES’ HOLIDAYS
Bank Holidays, the peculiar English holidays, were appointed by Act of Parliament in 1871. They come four times a year Easter Monday, Whit-Monday, the first Mon­day in August and December 26th. December 26th is Box­ing Day. The "boxing" refers to the boxes of Christmas pre­sents which are usually given to the people who have given service during a year. Other public holidays are: Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and May Day. On these days all banks and all places of business are closed and practically everyone takes a holiday.

But besides public holidays the British people observe cer­tain traditions on such i^ s as Pancake Day, Bonfire Night, St. Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, Mother's Day, which unless they fall on a Sunday are ordinaiy working days.

In the USA Constitution there is no provision for national holidays. Each state has the right to decide which holiday to observe. Many states have holidays of their own. There are eight major holidays observed in tne USA. Columbus Day is observed on October 12 in 34 States of the USA and in Puerto Rico. It commemorates the discovery of America.

Independence Day is the holiday, commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4tn. On this day in 1776 the final draft of the Declaration of Inde­pendence, written by Thomas Jefferson was adopted. The celebration of it began in the American Revolution. Since then it has been a patriotic holiday. Traditionally it is cele­brated with firing of guns and fireworks, parades and open- air meetings.

Thanksgiving Day is the holiday commemorating the har­vest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of starvation and privation. The first national Thanksgiving Day, proclaimed by G. Washington, was celebrated on No­vember 26, 1789. Lincoln revived the custom in 1863. In 1941 Congress passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of Novem ber. The day is observed by church services and family re unions.

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SPORT
Sport is very popular in our country. Thou­sands of people go in for sports, because sports help people to keep in good health. The most popular sports in our country are field-and-track athletics, foot­ball, volleyball, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing and skating. There are lots of stadiums, sports clubs and sports grounds in our country.

In every school pupils spend much time going in for sports. First of all they have their physical training les­sons. And after the school is over they may train at dif­ferent sports clubs and sections. Prom time to time every school organizes competitions in different kinds of sport.

The most popular kinds of sport in our school are foot­ball, basketball, gymnastics, wrestling. Some boys are also fond of boxing. Among girls callisthenics is very popular. In winter we spend much time outdoors, skat­ing and skiing. Boys like to play hockey. In summer we like to swim most of all. Because swimming makes a man healthy and strong.

As for me, I am a hockey-fan. I try to watch every hockey match on TV. So, I watched the last champion­ship held in Finland. Our team played very well, it was about to win gold medals. But it lost the last game to the National team of Sweden. I felt very much upset. As a result our team was the third and got only the Bronze medals.