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Before you watch

1) Discuss the following questions.

A) What do you know about holidays in Great Britain?

B) How do people in your country celebrate the New Year?

C) Can you guess how people in Great Britain celebrate the New Year?

2) Match the words to the definitions:

a) to chime                    1) slow speed, relaxed

b) to quit                      2) the action of a bell or a clock when it rings

c) superstition              3) to look after, to take care of

d) custom                     4) to think carefully about

e) slow paced                 5) an irrational belief that something will result in bad luck

f) to consider               6) to come together, to collect

g) to gather                  7) to stop doing something that you have been doing

h) to nurse                   8) a traditional and usual action

First watching and listening

Read the following questions, then watch the video and answer them.

A) When do British people celebrate the New Year’s Day?

B) What is the New Year’s Eve?

C) What is the song “Auld Lang Syne” about?

Watching and listening for details

1) Watch the video again and fill in the gaps.

New Year’s Eve is a big party night in ... . People all over the country … with parties and … to ring in the new year. In Scotland especially it is a big … known as Hogmanay. When Big Ben chimes …, to signal the … of the new year, we join hands and sing the … song Auld Lang Syne, a song about … and .... . A new year is seen as a new …, where we can say goodbye to the year that has … and welcome the year that is coming. It is traditional to … a New Year’s Resolution and this is a goal or a change that we want to … to ourselves or our lives. Popular New Year’s Resolutions are to … the extra pounds put on over Christmas, or to quit … .

2) Watch the video and answer the questions:

A) What is a New Year’s Resolution?

B) How do people in Great Britain call the first person to enter a house in the New Year?

C) How many people gather in London to watch the New Year’s fireworks?

3) Read the statements below and determine whether they are true or false.

A) New Year’s Eve is a big party night in Britain.

B) In Scotland it is not a big event.

C) When Big Ben chimes midnight people in Britain sing the traditional song “Auld Lang Syne”.

D) The song “auld Lang Syne” is about winter and holidays.

E) About 10000 people gather every year along the River Thames to watch the fireworks.

After you watch

Answer the following questions:

What superstitions about the New Year exist in your country? How do you usually celebrate this event?