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Pre-​reading ex­cer­cise mix and match: Christ­mas in English-​speaking coun­tires
  • Match the vo­cab­u­lary items to their de­f­i­n­i­tions

a) a pop­u­lar side dish, es­pe­cially dur­ing fes­tive meals or as part of a Sun­day roast

1) cus­tom

b) the re­main­ing or un­eaten por­tion of a meal that has not been con­sumed dur­ing the orig­i­nal serv­ing

2) mul­ti­cul­tural

3) statue(s)

c) a spe­cial day that comes after Christ­mas Day, usu­ally on De­cem­ber 26th

d) large, solid sculp­tures or artis­tic rep­re­sen­ta­tions,

typ­i­cally made of stone, metal, or other durable ma­te­ri­als

4) ex­change (gifts)

e) pic­tures or pho­tos that show how some­thing looks

5) left­over food

f) refers to a sit­u­a­tion or so­ci­ety that in­cludes peo­ple from many dif­fer­ent cul­tures or cul­tural back­grounds

6) stock­ing(s)

g) the act of giv­ing some­thing and re­ceiv­ing some­thing else in re­turn

7) roast pota­toe(s)

h) be­cause of or caused by

8) Box­ing Day

i) a tra­di­tional or com­mon way of doing things in a

par­tic­u­lar so­ci­ety or group

9) image(s)

j) a small num­ber or a small amount of some­thing

10) due to

k) cus­toms, be­liefs, and prac­tices that are passed down from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion within a com­mu­nity or cul­ture

11) few

l) can be de­fined as a piece of cloth­ing worn on the foot and leg, typ­i­cally made of a thin ma­te­r­ial, cov­er­ing the lower part of the leg and some­times the foot

12) tra­di­tion(s)

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Pre-​reading ex­er­cise can you guess?
  • Guess which state­ment be­longs to which coun­try
  • UK, USA or Aus­tralia

The day after Christ­mas is called Box­ing Day

Christ­mas hap­pens in the

sum­mer

The next day is for eat­ing left­over food and watch­ing TV to­gether as a fam­ily

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