1、British traditional festivals,contents:1. 新年(New Years Day):每年1月1号。2. 情人节(Valentines Day):每年2月14日。3耶酥受难日(Good Friday):复活节前一周的星期五。4复活节(Easter/Easter Sunday):春分月圆后的第一个星期日。,5.愚人节(April Fools Day):每年4月1日。6.五月节 (May Day):每年5月1日。7. 母亲节(Mothers Day ), 5月第二个星期日 8万圣节(Halloween):10月31日。 9. 圣诞节(Christmass Day)
2、:每年12月25日。,New Years Day,New Years Day is an international festival. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones.,Good Friday,Good Friday is the Friday befor
3、e Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). It commemorates(庆祝) the crucifixion(苦难)and death of Jesus at Calvary.,Valentines day,February 14 is Valentines Day.It is celebrated as a lovers holiday today,with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love.Valentines Day has roots
4、 in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages.,The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word “Easter“ is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).,East
5、er, anniversary(周年纪念日) of the Resurrection(复活) of Christ(基督), observed on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March.,April Fools Day,In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Years Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. Bu
6、t some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you.,Labor Day,Labors Day is on May 1st. The Labors Day is workers holiday and workers can enjoy themselves to their hearts content.
7、 Many people choose to travel. And some others will go to the cinema. Some will go to parks. And others will stay at home.,Mothers Day,In the UK. Mothers Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. First observance in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907, it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe
8、(朱莉娅沃德豪)in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis(安娜.贾维斯) in 1907.,Although it wasnt celebrated in the U.K. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece. Later, in the 1600s, in England there was an annual observance called “Mothering Sunday.“,Mothers Day,Halloween,Halloween was
9、called Samhain(夏末节) by the Irish. Time: October 31 through to November 1. During this period. To celebrate the festival, the Irish would dress up in bizarre(奇异的) costumes and parade through their villages,causing destruction and saying “Trick-or-Treat”, in-groups scare off any recently departed soul
10、s who might be prowling for bodies to inhabit . Irish immigrants brought several customs with them, including one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween - the “Jack OLantern(南瓜灯)“.,Christmass DayChristmas is a religious festival. it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus. T
11、he name christmas is short for christs mass. There are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world.,Thank you,商务英语一班:江华,