*** Answer the questions. Write true sentences. What homework have you got this week? I've got French homework. 1 What exams have you got before the holidays? 2 What books have you got in your school bag? 3 What are your favourite lessons? 4 How many teachers have you got? 5 Have you got an ICT room? 6 Who is your favourite teacher?
On New Year's day all English schoolchildren make New Year resolutions. They make up lists of shortcomings which they intend to correct. Тheir mothers and fathers, and their friends laugh and have a good time when they read them The children promise to keep them.
In the north, and in Scotland, particularly, the Year known as Hogmanay, is very well kept up. The ceremonies are similar, but they have an added called "first foot". This means opening your door to anyone who knocks it after midnight, and who will then enter the house, carrying a piece of coal or wood, or bread. The visitor is entertained with cakes and ale.
At the Jolly parties on New Year's eve and also on Burn's night, when they commemorate their national poet (Jan. 25th), the Scottish people enjoy eating their famous Haggis. This is a pudding, made from the heart, liver and lungs of sheep or calf, minced suet, onions, oatmeal and seasoning, and cooked in the animal's stomach. It is brought into the banqueting-hall or dining room to the accompaniment of the bagpipes. Considerable quantities of good Scotch whiskey are consumed during these celebrations.