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ACTIVATE Write three true and three false sentences about
Newville for your partner. Use the words in exercise 1 and
There's / There are / There isn't / There aren't. Then correct
your partner's false sentences.
( There's a library in the park.)
( False. There isn't a library in the park.)
The word "holiday" comes from the words "holy day". Holidays were first religion festivals. Now many holidays have nothing to do with religion. Almost every country has holidays honouring important events in its history.
Some holidays come on the same date of the same month, for instance, New Year's Day or Cristmas. But some do not. Some, such as Easter, are movable holidays.
New Year's Day is very popular all over the world. It is my favourite holiday. We usually get together, we like celebrate this holiday at home.
We celebrate the first day of Cristmas on the 7th of January. On the 6th of January people tidy the whole house, cook much tasty food because the day after we must not work, we must have a rest. On this day we have a sacred supper. It begins when the first star lights up. As the legend says, this star announced the birth of the God's Son. We celebrate Christmas for two days. In the evening a group of boys comes. They sing songs. By these songs they congratulate on holiday, wish good crops, long life, no illness and so on. It is interesting to know that only boys must congratulate.
Women's Day is on the 8th of March.
Then on the 1st of May goes next holiday the Day of Labor.
Another religious holiday is Easter. It is movable. It is usually the first Sunday after the first fullmoon after the begining of spring. In Russia we have special attributes of Easter: Easter eggs, and Easter "paska" that are baked according to the special recipe. It is a very nice spring holiday.
Victory Day is on the 9th of May. It is a sacred holiday for every Russian citizen. We are thankful to our grandfathers for the victory in the World War II.
Undoubtedly holidays are part of our lives. Feast is a kind of entertainment, and even we can say is that for which we can grasp in our lives so as not to end up badly.
2. ArealOcelot is widespread in Central America and the northern and central parts of South America. The northernmost habitat ocelots region - the US state of Texas. Its population is concentrated in tropical forests, open spaces avoids ocelot.
3. BehaviorOcelots live alone and hunt primarily at night. During the heat of the day like to hide in the hollows of trees. Despite the excellent ability to climb trees and rocks to hunt on the ground. By extraction ocelots are mostly small mammals and birds, but sometimes they do not disdain, and snakes. The largest specimens ocelot osilivayut as small donkeys and pigs.Ocelots are extremely attached to their habitats. The ranges of males reaching 31 km², overlap with the ranges of one or more females, reaching 14 km². Mating can occur at any time of the year. Two and a half months later the light appears one or two cubs, who are fed their mother's milk for seven weeks. At the age of about two years of leaving their native habitat.
4. The history of the extermination of speciesSkin ocelot has long been a popular commodity. For example, in 1969 in the United States were imported over 133 thousand skins of ocelots. In the 1980s, fur fur ocelot sold for $ 40 000, and a live ocelot as a pet, on sale for $ 800. Due to intensive hunting him, ocelot in our time has become extremely rare animals. Thanks to the new inter-state agreements on hunting ocelot, and the sale of any products made of ocelots is prohibited.