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NEWS in BRIEF the Time Spent with Your Families Idling Around and TOEFL JUNIOR EXAM Will Be Held in Our School Meeting Those You Really Care About o 65 N April 2014 EASTER AT LINGUATON Easter in Exercises 2 Easter Days in the UK 3 Spring marks the beginning of a truly beautiful season when flowers appear with the first rays of Egg Idioms 3 the sun, the grass turns green and the whole world Easter Trivia 3 seems to be joyful. Easter, commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the time of hope, a Easter Rhymes 4 new life symbolised by the egg, and a firm belief in rebirth and renewal. Spring is also the time of hard Easter Crossword Puzzle 4 work before the examinations scheduled for the end of the semester. Symbols of Easter 5 I wish you Happy Easter and hope that during TOEFL JUNIOR 6 the break you will find time to wind down, think about your priorities, and charge your batteries for the months to come. I also trust that you will enjoy NEWS IN BRIEF the time spent with your families idling around and TOEFL JUNIOR EXAM will be held in our school meeting those you really care about. on 10, 17, and 31 May. The due date for signing up is 30 April. Talk to your teacher about the On behalf of Linguaton Teachers, details and read the last page of this newsletter! The exam is free of charge Aneta Janiszewska EASTER IN EXERCISES Complete this text with appropriate words or endings to learn the basic facts about Easter. egg Resurrection world bunny On Easter, Christians around the __________ celebrate the __________ (= the coming to life again) of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity. According to Christian beliefs, he was the Son of God. Easter is always on a Sunday, but the date varies from year to year. Symbols of rebirth, new life, and fertility are common Easter decorations. These include the Easter __________ and decorated __________. It’s also traditional to wear new spring clothes on Easter, and many communities have an Easter parade. Easter has also become a very popular time for holidays, since many schools close for several days or more. founder – założyciel rebirth – odrodzenie according to – według fertility – płodność to vary – różnić się communities – społeczności Now read some facts about Easter and Easter preparations. Cross out unnecessary words. v Easter marks the [beginning / end] of the [fourteen / forty] days of Lent. Lent is a period when we prepare for Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday. v Palm Sunday is the Sunday [before / after] Easter. On this day Christians celebrate Jesus’ arrival in [Jerusalem / Bethlehem], when people spread palm leaves on the ground for his [donkey / elephant]. v Holy Thursday commemorates the [First / Last] Supper, when Jesus washed the [feet / clothes] of his Apostles. In the UK, this day is known as Maundy Thursday. The Queen traditionally distributes Maundy money. v Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, when Christians remember the crucifixion of Christ. It is a [public / private] holiday in the UK. v Holy Saturday is also known as [Silent / Loud] Saturday because churches are very quiet, as there are no masses on this day. v On Easter Sunday people celebrate the [resurrection / birth] of Christ. v In some countries, Easter lasts [three / two] days. The second day is called Easter Monday. Here are some definitions of Easter words. Decide which words given below they describe: to dye / Lent / a hot cross bun / Holy Week / fasting / spring / a rabbit / a race / an egg / a lamb a) an oval, hard-shelled food a b) forty days before Easter b c) to colour eggs c d) a time of a year d e) a small animal with long ears e f) a young sheep f g) a running contest g h) a round cake h i) the week before the Easter i j) not eating certain foods j page 2 EASTER DAYS IN THE UK Match the days with their descriptions PALM SUNDAY MAUNDY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY ASH WEDNESDAY EASTER SUNDAY EASTER EVE SHROVE TUESDAY a) Special services are held on this day to commemorate the Last Supper. The British a Queen traditionally attends a special service and offers money to poor people. The number of people who receive the money corresponds to the Queen’s age. b) People believe that Jesus rose from the dead on this day. Families gather for b dinner and afterwards children play games such as ‘egg hunt’ or ‘egg roll’. c) This day begins Lent – 40 days of fasting. Christians go to church and have their c heads sprinkled with ash. d) The Holy Week begins with the observance of this celebration. It commemorates d Christ’s ride into Jerusalem where people greeted him with palm branches. e) This is the day when Christ lay in the tomb and on this day Catholics take food to e church to have it blessed. f) Many people in Britain still preserve the tradition of eating hot cross buns on this f day. Its name probably comes from God’s Friday and it’s a public holiday commemorating Christ’s death on the cross. g) Pancakes are the favourite food on this day. g EGG IDIOMS v have egg on your face - be made to look stupid v kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s) - destroy sth that would make you rich, successful, etc. v as sure as eggs is eggs - absolutely certain, without any doubt v teach your grandmother to suck eggs - tell or show sb how to do sth that they can already do well, and probably better than you can v you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs - you cannot make an important change in sth without causing problems for sb (gdzie drwa rąbią, tam wióry lecą) v put all your eggs into one basket - risk all your money, effort, etc. on one thing, so that if it is not successful, you have no other chance (stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę) v egg sb on (to do sth) - to encourage sb to do sth, especially sth that they should not do (namawiać, podjudzać kogoś do zrobienia czegoś) EASTER TRIVIA - DID YOU KNOW THAT...? v The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg. v Americans celebrate Easter with a large Easter egg hunt on the White House Lawn. v In medieval times, a festival of egg throwing was held in church, during which the priest would throw a hard-boiled egg to one of the choirboys. It was then tossed from one choirboy to the next and whoever held the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner and retained the egg. v The first Easter baskets were made to look like bird's nests. v Germany gets the credit of making first chocolate egg in the 19th century and is still one of the most popular Easter candies. page 3 v If you are being given a chocolate made out of a shape of a bunny, what would you like to eat first among his body parts?. .Face ? Legs ?. well, it varies from person to person but 76% of Americans prefer to bite off the ears first, 5% eat the feet first and 4% go for the tail first. Ahh ! poor bunny. EASTER RHYMES - Find rhyming words that match the clues (1) A season that rhymes with bring. 1 ....................... (2) A flower that rhymes with silly. 2....................... (3) What birds lay that rhymes with legs. 3....................... (4) A meal that rhymes with winner. 4....................... (5) Something you send that rhymes with hard. 5....................... (6) Another word for rabbit that rhymes with honey. 6....................... (7) Something to hold things and rhymes with gasket. 7....................... (8) The opposite of find that rhymes with side. 8....................... (9) A place to pray that rhymes with lurch. 9....................... (10) A search that rhymes with bunt. 10....................... (11) A jelly candy that rhymes with seen. 11....................... (12) Coloured water that rhymes with by. 12....................... EASTER CROSSWORD 1 H 2 A 3 P 4 P 5 Y 6 E 7 A 8 S 9 T 10 E 11 R 12 T 13 O 14 Y 15 O 16 U 1. a game in which children look for eggs which are hidden from them 2. an animal which represents Jesus 3. the suffering and death of Jesus 4. 12 men who followed Christ wherever he went 5. Sunday before Easter 6. symbol of abundant new life in ancient times 7. the day on which Jesus died 8. Saturday on which we have food blessed in churches 9. the meal eaten by Jesus and his disciples on teh evening before his crucifixion 10. a garden where Jesus went with his followers and where he was betrayed by Judas 11. to rise from the dead (a verb) 12. the 40 days before Easter when some Christians eat less food or stop doing something that they enjoy 13. symbol of victory over death 14. White blossom which symbolises the purity of Jesus 15. a race where children push an egg on the grass with a long-handled spoon 16. One of Jesus’s disciples, one who betrayed him page 4 SYMBOLS OF EASTER 1. Easter eggs symbolize spring and a new life. 2. Easter bunny was a symbol of abundant new life in ancient times. Now it reminds us of spring. 3. Easter lilies symbolize the purity of Jesus and his resurrection. 4. The lamb represents Jesus, who was called "the Lamb of God". 5. The cross symbolizes Jesus' victory over death. 6. Palm branches symbolise the day on which Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and people waved palm branches to welcome him.
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