Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays. The exact date of the holiday changes from year to year but it usually falls on April.
Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks before the actual holiday. It’s called the advent of Lent. Many Christian people don’t eat meat and animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy because people start thoroughly preparing for the holiday.
The traditions of Easter celebration vary from country to country. For example, in our country the Sunday before Easter is called a Willow Sunday. On this day people bring home some willow branches which have been blessed in church. Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. Traditionally people should bathe before sunrise on this day. Houses and flats should be cleaned too.
There is also a Good Friday. It’s the day when women bake Easter bread called “paska” or “paskha”. On Saturday children dye Easter eggs, which are called “pysankas”. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night. Sunday is the actual day of Easter. People visit each other on this day and exchange colourful “pysankas”.
In English-speaking countries the official symbol of this holiday is Easter bunny. Children are especially fond of this day because they get lots of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a present.
Cobras are among the best-known snakes. It's a reptile. It is very dangerous, because it has poison in the teeth. They say, a large king cobra has enough poison in one bite to kill 20 human beings or an elephant. The Cobra is famous for its hood, which is formed when a snake gets angry and is ready to attack. Cobras can be found mainly in Africa and Asia. They typically live in hot, tropical areas.They like to spend time underground, under rocks and in trees. They come in different colours: yellow, brown and black. Cobras eatmice, rats, rabbits, lizards, snakes, eggs and birds, but they can easely live without eating for days or months. Like other snakes, cobras do not hear, they are death, but they cansense the ground vibrations. Cobras lay eggs. They build nests for their eggs and guard them very carefully until babies are born. It's interesting to know that cobras smell their prey using their tongue.
Mass media play an important role in our present life. СМИ играют большую роль в нашей жизни. Mass media include the press, the television, the radio and the Internet. СМИ включают в себя прессу,ТВ, радио и интернет. It has become one of the most powerful and wide branches of reality. За последнее время СМИ стало одним из самых мощных отраслей реальности. . Now computers are almost in each family. Сейчас компьютеры есть в каждой семье. We have got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle-machine and Internet/ Мы привыкли пользоваться ими и уже не представляем наше времяпрепровождение без этих чудо-машин и Интернета. Now people cannot live a day without checking of mail and visiting their favorite sites Сегодня люди не могут прожить и дня без проверки почтового ящика или их любимых сайтов.
Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays. The exact date of the holiday changes from year to year but it usually falls on April.
Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks before the actual holiday. It’s called the advent of Lent. Many Christian people don’t eat meat and animal products during this period. The week before Easter is quite busy because people start thoroughly preparing for the holiday.
The traditions of Easter celebration vary from country to country. For example, in our country the Sunday before Easter is called a Willow Sunday. On this day people bring home some willow branches which have been blessed in church. Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. Traditionally people should bathe before sunrise on this day. Houses and flats should be cleaned too.
There is also a Good Friday. It’s the day when women bake Easter bread called “paska” or “paskha”. On Saturday children dye Easter eggs, which are called “pysankas”. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night. Sunday is the actual day of Easter. People visit each other on this day and exchange colourful “pysankas”.
In English-speaking countries the official symbol of this holiday is Easter bunny. Children are especially fond of this day because they get lots of chocolate and fluffy bunnies as a present.
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