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How is “New Year's Eve” celebrated in your country?
Could you please tell us about the customs and habits of this celebration?
(It would be great to read your answers because it would be very interesting to share them with the students from all over the world. Write them on the comments)
- Read the text about “New Year´s Eve” and then answer the questions below.
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve, also called Old Year's Night, is celebrated on December 31st, the final day of the year. It is celebrated all over the world with parties and social gathering with usually a lot of fireworks and noise.
In the United States of America, New York is the place where this celebration is associated with. People gather in the Times Square just before midnight in the last minute of the countdown to see the "ball dropping".
The celebration is also associated with parties in other parts of the world. In France, for instance, the celebration is called le Réveillon. Special food is prepared accompanied with champagne. People also go to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to see fireworks display. In Japan, people traditionally clean their home. Buddhist temple bells are rung 108 times at midnight. In Brazil, the beach of Copacabana is considered by many to be the place of the most beautiful fireworks show in the world.
On New Year's Eve, people commit themselves with resolutions. These are made to reform a habit and should go into effect and remain until fulfillment.
1- What is the other expression that can be used to refer to “New Year's Eve”?
2- Is “New Year's Eve” commemorated in different countries?
3- Is the celebration carried out in the same way and with the same customs around the world?
4- Could you please find in the text the word for these definitions?
- “perform an action”:
- “sandy area by body of water”:
- “commemorate an occasion”:
- “pyrotechnic display at celebrations”:
New Year's Eve Vocabulary:
CELEBRATE: (verb) to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: “to celebrate New Year's Eve; to celebrate the success of a new play.”
PARTY: (noun) a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: “a cocktail party.”
GATHERING: (noun) an assembly or meeting. “I love friends gatherings”.
MIDNIGHT: (noun) the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. “Please, come home before midnight.”
COUNTDOWN: (noun) the backward counting in fixed time units. “Let´s begin with the countdown! 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… ¡Happy New Year!”
CHAMPAGNE: (noun) a sparkling, dry, white table wine. “People in France use to make Champagne toasts”
(FIREWORKS) DISPLAY: (noun) an act or instance of displaying; exhibition: “The record for the largest firework display was achieved on Madeira Island, Portugal on 31 December 2006.”
RESOLUTION: (noun) a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. “There is a list of the top New Year's resolutions people made for 2015.”
- According to the previous vocabulary, can you associate these pictures to any of the words above?
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