My family and I celebrate Easter. My mom cooks delicious Easter dishes. But we do not set the big table. We cook the dishes we love. This time I won the egg-fighting. I was taught how to do it right.
Ես ու ընտանիքս նշում ենք Զատիկը։ Մայրս Զատկի համեղ ուտեստներ է պատրաստում։ Բայց մենք մեծ սեղան չենք դնում։ Մենք պատրաստում ենք մեր սիրելի ուտեստները։ Այս անգամ ես հաղթեցի ձվի կռիվում։ Ինձ սովորեցրել են, թե ինչպես դա անել ճիշտ:
Easter is a Christian festival which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For many Christians, Easter is a celebration of the triumph of life over death, and a very important time of the year. Many non-Christians also have a holiday at this time, so it is a popular time to travel or spend with friends and family. We see lots of symbols of new life at Easter, especially eggs, chicks, flowers and rabbits. These symbols go back to ancient pagan traditions which celebrated fertility, rebirth and new growth after the long, winter months.
The dates of Easter change from year to year but it usually falls sometime between the end of March and the end of April. In Western Christianity, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which starts on 21 March. The Eastern Orthodox churches, which use a different calendar, have a slightly different way of calculating Easter and usually celebrate Easter a little earlier or later.
The week before Easter is called Holy Week. The first day of Holy Week is Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter. Many Christians celebrate this as the day that Jesus entered Jerusalem and people threw down branches from palm trees on the road to welcome him. Four days later is Maundy Thursday, which marks the Last Supper, when Jesus ate bread and drank wine with his twelve disciples. The following day is Good Friday, which is significant for Christians as the day that Jesus was put to death on the cross. Many Christians believe that Jesus was killed and buried in a tomb on the Friday and that God raised him from the dead on the Sunday. So Easter Sunday is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.
In many countries there are religious processions during Holy Week, and practising Christians attend special church services. On Palm Sunday, many churches bless palm branches and people put them on the ground during processions to mark the day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. The Last Supper on Maundy Thursday is celebrated in many Christian traditions in the form of the Communion, when believers share bread and wine. Good Friday is traditionally a day of fasting, reflection and sadness. A lot of church services start at midnight the night before Easter Sunday with the lighting of candles or, in Greece, fireworks. This represents the triumph of light over darkness. On Easter Sunday, churches are filled with flowers representing new life, and at home chocolate Easter eggs are given as presents.
There are many different Easter traditions around the world. In some places, people eat lamb on Easter Sunday, but there are many other foods, such as hot cross buns – spiced, sweet bread buns made with raisins – that are traditional in the UK.
In some places in Eastern Europe, boys and girls throw water at each other, while in Corfu, Greece, there is a tradition of throwing pots and pans out of windows and from balconies, breaking them on the street. In the United States, a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter has evolved into making Easter bonnets – fancy hats decorated with flowers, rabbits and other symbols of spring. For fans of crime fiction, Norway is the place to be at Easter, when it has become traditional to read crime novels and solve mysteries.
Eggs are a popular part of Easter celebrations. Traditionally, people paint chicken eggs and decorate them with bright colours to give as presents. Nowadays, chocolate eggs are more popular than the traditional kind, especially with children. They are often hidden around the house and garden so that children can find them in an Easter egg hunt.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION. CHOOSE IN , ON OR AT.
1. I wake up at 7.00.
2. I sometimes work on Saturdays.
3. I never work on the weekends.
4. I see my family in Christmas.
5. I go on holiday in August.
6. I go to bed at 11 p.m.
7. I watch TV in the evening.
8. I do my English homework at night.
9. I read the newspaper in the morning.
10. I have lunch at 1.30 p.m.
11. I always go out on Friday nights.
12. I go to a restaurant at New Year’s Eve.
13. I start a new school year in September.
14. I go skiing in the winter.
15. I was born in 1977.
16. I get up late on Saturday mornings.
17. I usually have a cup of coffee in the afternoons.
18. My birthday is in July.
19. The party is in the first of October.
20. We have a meeting on the first Thursday of the month.
Fill in the correct form of the verb given.
Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).
1.yes. 2.yes. 3.yes. 4.yes. 5.no. 6.no. 7.yes
Let/ allowed to
1. My roommate reminded me that passengers —- (are not allowed to / don’t let) use electronically operated devices on the plane.
2. The hotel management —- (is allowed to / lets) us use the mini bar in our room.
3. Holidaymakers —- (are not allowed to / do not let) interfere with the timetable arranged by the tour guide.
4. John’s parents —- (are allowed to / let) him have an expensive and comfortable holiday.
5. I —- (am not allowed to / don’t let) go out in the evenings.
6. Students —- (are not allowed to / don’t let) use their calculators during the exams.
7. The guards —- (are not allowed to / don’t let) visitors in after dusk.
8. Pets —- (are not allowed / don’t let) in the classrooms.
9. Jim —- (is not allowed to / doesn’t let) Jeffrey talk bad about him.
10. Nobody —- (is allowed to / lets) smoke at the gas station.
Choose the correct form to complete the question tags below.
1You are a student, aren’t you?
2It isn’t too cold today, is it?
3He was at the concert, wasn’t be?
4You like chocolate, don’t you?
5She arrived too late, didn’t she?
6Tom couldn’t find the place, could tom?
7Henry and Juliet have just arrived, haven’t day?
8Your little Angie can’t walk yet, can you?
9When you arrived, she had already left hadn’t she?
10You would never tell him would you?
Translate into English
Նրանց պատվիրակությունը կժամանի այսօր երեկոյան, այդպես չէ?
Ինչ էիր խոսում Թոմի հետ, երբ ես ներս մտա?
Աննան արդեն խոսել է և Մերիի և Անիի հետ։ Նրանք երկուսն էլ համաձայն են գալ մեզ հետ։
Ես հասկացա, որ շատ դժվար կլինի անել այդ աշխատանքը մենակ։
1.Their deligation will arrive today it evening, will not they?
2.What were you speaking to Tom, when i came it?
3.Ann has already talked either to Marry or to Ani.
4.I understand that it would be very diffecult to do that work alone.
IN THE COTTAGE.
The little children wept and wailed;
Heart-rending were the tears they shed.
“Mamma, mamma, we want our food!
Get up, mamma, and give us bread!”
With bitter sorrow in her heart
Groaned the sick mother from her bed:
“We have no bread, my little ones;
Papa has gone to get you bread.”
“No, you are cheating, bad mamma!
You are deceiving us! You said
That when the sunlight struck the banks
Papa would come and bring us bread.
“The sun has come, the sun has gone;
Still are we hungry, still unfed.
Mamma, mamma, we want our food!
Get up, mamma, and give us bread!”
“No bread your father yet has found;
Without it he dares not come back.
Wait but a little while, my dears!
Now I will follow in his track.
“In heaven there is a great Papa;
Abundant store of bread has he.
He loves you much, so very much,
He will not let you hungry be.
“There will I go and say to him
That you are faint with hunger sore.
Plenty of bread I’ll ask for you,
That you may eat, and weep no more.”
So spake the mother, and she clasped
The starving children to her breast.
On her pale lips the last kiss froze
That to their faces thin she pressed.
The mother’s arms unclosed no more—
She shut her eyes and went away
Bread to her little ones to send—
And lifeless in their sight she lay.
The little children wept and wailed;
Heart-rending were the tears they shed.
“Mamma, mamma, we want our food;
Get up, mamma, and give us bread!
I don’t know a person who hasn’t problems . That problems can be big or small. As a human being I have my problems. They are not many and not big but they are. I like to solve all my problems myself. I hate when someone try to do it instead of me. There are some children, it teacher who make problems from a small thing. But I egnor such people. I don’t have such people between my friend. I and my friends never make problems to each other. We are good friends.
In our school very often we go to the camp. It is very exciting and interesting. We do different things during our camp. We play outdoor game or indoor game. We prepare different tasty thing. We travel very often. one day during our camp we went to Sevabert which is Zar village. We climbed the mountain. There we spent an excellent time. We went to “Jrvej” there are many interesting things to do. In winter we went to. Skate park and to the museum . We went to the “Megeyan carpet how” company where we see how the carpet are made. An I say we make tasty meals . We make pancake it very good we like it very much. I like the period when camp time comes . It is very interesting.
~Սյուզաննա Գալստյան~ 