christmas around the world – Ingyenes Angol online nyelvtanulás minden nap

Christmas in China – unusual customs

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:58:18 +0000

Practice your prepositions!

in	at	of	in	on
with	in	for	about	in
of	for	in	to	of

Christmas in China

1 ………………… China, only about one per cent 2 ………………… the population are Christians, so most people only know a few things 3 ………………… Christmas. Because 4 ………………… this, Christmas is only celebrated 5 ………………… the major cities. In these big cities there are Christmas Trees, lights and other decorations 6 ………………… the streets and in department stores. Santa Claus is called ‘Shen Dan Lao Ren’ and has grottos in shops just like in Europe and America.

Only a few people have a Christmas Tree 7 ………………… home. If people do have a tree it is normally a plastic one and might be decorated 8 ………………… paper chains, paper flowers, and paper lanterns (they might also call it a tree of light). The strange thing is that most 9 ………………… the world’s plastic Christmas Trees and Christmas decorations are made in China, but the people making them might not know what they are for!!!

A tradition that’s becoming popular 10 ………………… Christmas Eve is giving apples. Many stores have apples wrapped up in coloured paper 11 ………………… sale. People give apples on Christmas Eve because 12 ………………… Chinese Christmas Eve is called ‘Ping An Ye’ (which means quiet or silent night) and the word 13 ………………… apple in Chinese is ‘Ping Guo’ which sounds similar. Some people go carol singing, although not many people understand them or know about the Christmas Story. Jingle Bells is a popular Carol 14 ………………… China!

People who are Christians in China go to special services. Going 15 ………………… Midnight Mass services has become very popular.

answers: 1-in 2-of 3-about 4-of 5-in 6-in 7-at 8-with 9-of 10-on 11-for 12-in 13-for 14-in 15-to

Normal
0

false
false
false

EN-GB
X-NONE
X-NONE

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:””;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0cm;
mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0cm;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
table.MsoTableGrid
{mso-style-name:”Table Grid”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-priority:59;
mso-style-unhide:no;
border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;
mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;
mso-para-margin:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}

Karácsony Indiában

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:10:17 +0000

Christmas in India

Fill in the gaps with the following words to read about Indian Christmas customs.

a) feast	e) flat	i) homemade
b) banana	f) midnight	j) compared to
c) over	g) religious	k) cart
d) in	h) between	l) churches

Compared to other 1 ………………… festivals, Christmas is quite a small festival in India, due to the number of people who are Christians (about 2.3%) 2 ………………… people who belong to other religions. Having said this, the population of India is over 1 Billion, so there are 3 ………………… 25 million Christians in India!

4 ………………… mass is a very important service for Christians in India, especially Catholics. The whole family will walk to the mass and this will be followed by a massive 5 ………………… of different delicacies, (mostly curries) and the giving and receiving of presents. 6 ………………… in India are decorated with Poinsettia flowers and candles for the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass service.

In India, Father Christmas delivers presents to children from a horse and 7 …………………. Instead of having traditional Christmas trees, a 8 ………………… or mango tree is decorated (or whatever tree people can find to decorate). Sometimes people use mango leaves to decorate their homes. In Southern India, Christians often put small oil burning clay lamps on the 9 ………………… roofs of their homes to show their neighbours that Jesus is the light of the world.

Christians in Mumbai often display a manger 10 ………………… a front window and there’s great competition in making the nativity scene. Also families go to great lengths to hang giant paper lanterns, in the shape of stars, 11 ………………… the houses so that the stars float above you as you walk down the road. Every household also makes sure that they have a stock of 12 ………………… sweets ready for visitors.

source: www.whychristmas.com

answers: 1-g 2-j 3-c 4-f 5-a 6-l 7-k 8-b 9-e 10-d 11-h 12-i

Normal
0

false
false
false

EN-GB
X-NONE
X-NONE