Aster is the most important holiday of the year.Easter egg is called pysanka. Pysanka shells have been found in archaeological sites from more than 3000 years ago, and many of those designs are still being used on pysanka today.Preparation for Easter starts seven weeks ahead of time with the advent of Lent. Believers don’t eat meat and animal products.Palm Sunday, the week before Easter, is known as Willow Sunday. People bring home willow branches which have been blessed in church.The week is dedicated to preparing for Easter. The Thursday before Easter is called Clean Thursday. According to the tradition one should bathe before sunrise on this day. The house must be clean too.Good Friday is the day that the women of the family bake “paska”, Easter bread.On Saturday children dye Easter eggs to add to the Easter basket which will be blessed in church. It also includes pysanka, salt, paska, sausage and ham. In the evening people go to church for the Easter mass, which lasts all night.Easter Sunday is a day of singing songs and eating. Young girls dance and sing about nature and spring. People exchange pysanky.
Dear Barbara, Thank you for your letter. It was so nice to hear from you. I hope your trip was wonderful.
I also traveled a lot this summer. In August, Elena and I were abroad. We spent two weeks in Scotland in the summer school. We lived and studied in a good public school. Would you like to know what is there?
Well,in the morning we spent 3 hours learning English. In class we read and discussed texts, learned poems by heart in English, played , asked questions, learn new words used in the computer and wrote their own stories. But we did not do the translation in Russia, on our the lesson because we are not done, they speak Russian. We also learned about English history and traditions.
Now we speak and read English much better, we did it last year . I have made many friends in Scotland. We also spent 3 days in London. I tried to call you but you were not available. Our impression of the UK and hope to visit it again. Best wishes from all of us. Your "lazy children." Elena and Olga.
1. When we met him, he was going to the shop. He wanted to buy some food. 2. What were you looking for when I opened the door? 3. Was your daughter skating on the pond from five till six? 4. What were they laughing at when he came in? - They were laughing at a funny story. 5. Where was he going when rain began)? - He was going to the office. 6. What was she playing when I rang her up? - She was playing the violin. 7. Who was quarrelling at that time? - His friend was quarrelling. 8. Beth and Tom were watching a TV programme when their mother asked them to help her. 9. Were you helping your mother while she was washing up? 10. The scientist working in the laboratory when somebody switched off the light. 11. Whom were you talking on the phone to, when I came into the room? 12. Jane was having a walk in the park when it began to snow. 13. Why weren't you having classes at nine o'clock? - Our teacher was ill. 14. Yesterday the whole lesson we revised grammar. 15. While Helen was taking a shower mother was washing the dishes. 16. I was laying the table when I broke a plate. 17. When I met them in the yard, they were laughing. 18. She didn't get up at six o'clock yesterday. She got up at eight. 19. They were just leaving the house when we arrived. 20. When he came to the station, his friend were already waiting for him.
