Say how British people celebrate Christmas.
Outline
1) Christmas is an important religious festival.
2) People prepare gifts for Christmas.
3) On Christmas Eve people decorate a Christmas tree.
4) People have a traditional Christmas dinner.
5) Why a lot of people like this holiday.
Write Dictation 3, CD(68).
Read the text and match the paragraphs (1 − 3) with their names (a − c).
Names
a) Shopping at Christmas
b) A Present from the Country in the North of Europe
c) Christmas Lights in London
London at Christmas
1. London is a great place to be at Christmas! Every Christmas London gets a present from Norway – a Christmas tree which is 23 metres high and has got 500 white lights.
2. At this time London is a great place to go shopping, but the shops are very busy. 200 million people go to Oxford Street every year! There are a lot of shops there. The most famous shops are Hamleys (a toyshop), Selfridges, Marks and Spencer and Tower Records for music and CDs. Hamleys is in Regent Street, it is next to the Disney Store. Selfridges is in Oxford Street near to Bond Street underground station and next to Selfridges is Marks and Spencer.
3. London is famous for its decoration at Christmas. Many people come to London to see the Christmas lights. Every year an actor or pop star switches (зажигает) on the Christmas lights in Regent Street and Oxford Street. The Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square is always beautiful.
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