FEAST AND CELEBRATIONS

*UNIT 10

a. How do you celebrate Mother’s Day in your country?

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b. Read the passage and find out which flower is the symbol of this special day

We love and care for our mothers every single day of the year but the second Sunday of May is a special day to show our love. People almost everywhere in the world celebrate Mother’s Day. The date and the ways may be different, yet the idea is still the same - to honour our mothers in some special way. In some countries carnations symbolize this special day – pink to be worn for a living mother and white if the mother has died. We honour our mothers with gifts and visits on this special day.

Mothers are angels on earth. They guide us through the difficulties in our life. No relationship we form can ever be as close as the one we have with our mothers.

Here are some sayings of famous people on what mothers mean to us:

‘A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.’ Victor Hugo‘All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.’ Abraham Lincoln

‘A mother has a slender, small body, but a large heart – a heart so large that everybody’s grief and everybody’s joy found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.’ Mark Twain

c. The sentences below are the paraphrases of the quotation of the famous people above. Match the sentences with the quotes.

Mothers are ready to share the feelings of people around them.

We feel comfort and peace when we are with our mothers.

Our mothers wish the best for us all through our lives.

Abraham LİNCOLN

Victor HUGO

Mark TWAIN

d. Find the words in the passage which mean:

1. show close attention ...............2. to respect ...............3. presents ...............4. advise ................5. quotations ................6. delicacy ................7. be in debt to ................8. stuck to ................9. sorrow ................10. happiness ................

love and careto honourgiftsguidesayingstendernessto owe cling togriefjoy

*Ba. Complete the following sentences using the correct form the verbs given in parentheses.1. The Dragon Boat Festival ................. (hold) to honour the memory of Qu Huan, a politician and poet in China.2. The Rio Carnival ................. (take place) before the start of Lent.3. The first true valentine card ................. (send) in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife.4. In Germany, Santa ................. (call) Nikolaus and he ................. (wear) a red suit and ................. (have) a long white beard. 5. There ................. (be) a fancy dress ball last weekend. I ................. (dress up) as a fairy.

is held

takes place

was sent

is calledwears has

wasdressed up

6. We ................................ (look for) a nice present for our mother for hours, but we ............................ (not buy) it yet.

7. They .......................... (celebrate) my father’s birthday when I ................. (phone) them last night at nine o’clock.

8. On the graduation day the students ................. (queue up) in the order in which they ......................... (call). Their names ................... (read out) one by one and students ................. (go) up onto the stage to receive their degrees.

9. He ................................ (look forward to) his 18th birthday party, because it ................. (be) a really different occasion and his parents ................. (buy) him a car.

10. Everybody ................. (be) very busy at the moment. We .......................... (decorate) our living-room with balloons, streamers and coloured lights, and our mother ................. (make) delicious food for the party.

have been looking forhave not bought

were celebrating phoned

queue upare being called

are read out go

was looking forward towas

bought

isare decorating

is making

b. Put the following into reported speech.1. ‘It’s a wonderful wedding reception’, said Carol.................................................................................

2. ‘I’m going to a birthday party tonight’, said Sue. ...................................................................................

3. ‘Blow all the candles’, said his mother to Tim. ...................................................................................

4. ‘I’ll buy a gift because tomorrow is Father’s Day’, said Paul. ..............................................................................................................

5. ‘You needn’t send birthday cards to them’, says Leo. ...................................................................................

6. ‘Decorate the new planted tree with ribbons and painted eggshells, please’, told Catherine Anna. ..............................................................................................................

Carol said that it was a wonderful wedding reception

Sue said that she was going to a birthday party that night.

His mother told to Tom to blow all the candles.

Paul said that he would buy a gift because the following day was Father’s Day

Leo says that you did not need send birthday cards to them

Catherine Anna requested to decorate new planted tree with ribbons and painted eggshells.

7. ‘In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th’, said James. .............................................................................................................................................8. ‘When I came home, I found lots of flowers with a message yesterday’, said Pauline. .............................................................................................................................................9. ‘While we were coming back from my friend’s birthday party, we saw a terrible accident’, said Sila. ....................................................................................................................................................... 10. ‘I’ve been preparing for my graduation ball these days and I’m very busy indeed’, says Didem. .............................................................................................................. ……………………………………..11. ‘If you sacrifice an animal, it must be healthy. What’s more, it must not be pregnant’, says my grandfather. ..................................................................................................................................... ……………………………………….12. ‘Festival areas used to be like fairs in the past’, said my mother. .............................................................................................

James said that wooden spoons had being carved and given as gifts on February 14th in Wales.

Pauline said that when she had come home, she had found lots of flowers with a message the previous day

Sıla said that while they were coming back from her friend’s birthday party, they had seen a terrible accident.

Didem says that she has been preparing for her graduation ball thesedays and she is very busy indeed.

My grandfather says that if you sacrifice an animal, it must be healty and what’s more, it must not be pregnant.

My mother said that festival areas had used to be like fairs in the past.

c. Rewrite the following dialogues in reported speech

1.Mrs Candan : I’m going to Istanbul for a wedding reception. Would you mind looking after my house while I’m away? Mrs Do¤ru : No, I wouldn’t mind at all. When will you be back? Mrs Candan : I’ll be back next week.

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Mrs. Candan told that she was going to Istanbul for a weddingreception and requested Mrs Dogru if she would mind looking after her house while she was away.

Mrs Dogru answered her that she would night mind at all and asked her when she would be back

Mrs Candan answered that she would be back the following week

2. Armagan: Have you written the invitation cards for the party? Nilden: No, not yet. Can you help me to finish them?

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Armağan asked if Nilden had written the invitationcards for the party.

Nilden answered that she had not yet and asked if Armagan could help her to finish them.

d. Put the following into reported questions.

1. ‘Are you enjoying the party?’, asked Jane’s mother. .........................................................................................

2. Have you ever been in a henna ceremony?’, Fatma to Sevil. .........................................................................................

3. ‘How many people are we going to invite to our wedding, Baris, asked Elif. .............................................................................................................

4. ‘Have you made up your mind about dressing up as a butterfly?’, Henry asked Felicity. .............................................................................................................

5. ‘Did you go shopping for Christmas, Jane?’, asked Barnie. ..........................................................................................

Jane’s mother asked if we were enjoying the party.

Fatma asked Sevil if she had ever been in henna ceremony.

Elif asked Baris how many people they were going to invite to their wedding

Henry asked Felicity if she had made up her mind about dressing up as a butterfly

Barnie asked Jane if she had gone shopping for Christmas.

6. ‘What kind of places do you prefer for anniversary celebrations?’, the secretary asks her boss. .............................................................................................................

7. ‘What are your plans for the next bayram?’, Nermin asks to Sevim. .............................................................................................................

8. ‘Where’s the party?’, asked Deniz. ...........................................................................................

9. ‘What time are we supposed to be here?’, asked her husband. ...........................................................................................

The secretary asks her boss that what kind of places he perefersfor anniversary celebrations.

Nermin asks Sevim that what her plans are for the following Bayram.

Deniz asked where the party was.

Her husband asked what time they ere supposed to be there.

10. ‘Where’s your wedding suit?’, asked the bridegroom’s mother.

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11. ‘Shall we dance a waltz?’, her father asked Angelica.

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12. ‘How can I decorate the room for the party?’, Günes asked to Feride.

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The bridegroom’s mother asked where his wedding suit is.

Her father asked Angelica if they should dance a waltz.

Gunes asked Feride how he could decorate the room for the party.

*C

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses.

Students who deserve (1) ....................... (graduate) sit in rows facing the stage. They are all (2) ....................... (dress) in caps and gowns waiting (3) ....................... (patience) to be moved right to left to signal the end of school. A graduation ceremony is not complete without a speaker. Students need to hear (4) ....................... (encourage) words from a parent, an elected official or a minister. They clue the students into some (5) ....................... (real) which they may have been told before – but may not have caught the first time. After the (6) ....................... (announce) of the names one by one, students get their diplomas in honour of their parents. They are the ones who are always with their children when they need (7) ....................... (motivate).

GRADUATION DAYto graduate

dressedpatiently

encouraging

reality

announcement

motivation

a. Have you ever Abeen to a ceremony (wedding / circumcision / funeral etc.)? If so, tell about the event.

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WEDDING ?

b. Listen to a gourmet who is giving some information about feasts to a group of tourists in Turkey and name the occasions he is mentioning.

c. What is traditional to do:

1. a wedding feast in Anatolia?

2. during the holidays in Turkey?

3. after the death of someone?

henna ceremony

visits to grand families

serving halvah

*Ea. February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day - the day when lovers send each other cards with secret messages. Read the letters in bold in order to find out who the valentine’s poem is for.

1. MECNUN

2. FERHAT

3. ROMEO

b. Prepare your own valentine’s card writing your own poem as the ones above.