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  THE MAN THAT CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY.      MR CHRISTMAS SHOWS OFF HIS HOME.                 READING.  CHRISTMAS IN THE UK.   NEARLY ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS.    CHRISTMAS QUIZZ               FOOD       VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS FOOD.  RAMSAY'S CHRISTAMS RECIPIES.  SPANISH CHRISTMAS FOOD TRADITIONS.     

    WHY DO PEOPLE WORK?    When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Superhero? Firefighter? Ballet dancer? Astronaut? Scientist? Share your answer with other people. Have a fun discussion about what you were excited about as a kid. Not sure?     Why do people work? That’s an easy question. Money. People work to make money. They need money for food, for rent, and to have fun with their friends and family.  Independence. Money isn’t the only reason to work. Working can also give you more independence and more control over your own life. When you work, you are learning new things, getting more skills, and making friends with people you meet through your job. Community. People work to be part of and contribute to their communities. This means that jobs exist not only for your benefit, but jobs also let you help others. For example, let’s say I have a job in an office delivering the mail. I’m helping the whole o...

    Read the following text about the origins of Christmas.  Before reading.   - What do you do on the following dates?  1st November 24th December 25th December 28th December 31st December 1st January - Are you a religious person? What do you understand by pagan?   Read the first text and answer. History of Christmas.  What are the Saturnalia?    Read the following text. What does it describe? "On Christmas, believers attended church, then celebrated raucously in a drunken, carnival-like atmosphere similar to today’s Mardi Gras . Each year, a beggar or student would be crowned the “lord of misrule” and eager celebrants played the part of his subjects. The poor would go to the houses of the rich and demand their best food and drink. If owners failed to comply, their visitors would most likely terrorize them with mischief. Christmas became the time of year when the upper classes could repay their real or imagined “debt” to soci...

 PRE-READING.  Vocabulary.  Find the meanig of the following words. Reboot                         baker                    guilt                     grief      1. Complete the text with the words below. THINGS        AFFAIR     WITHOUT      VOICEMAIL            BOTH        FREQUENTLY     LEARNS Thomas, a young, solitary German baker, is having an affair with a married Israeli man named Oren, who _____________(1) visits Berlin on business. When Oren does not answer Thomas's calls one day, Thomas discovers that he died in an accident in Israel, and he goes to Jerusalem and visits the cafe o...