Tekst źródłowy strony Lesson 4 - R&W, Culture - HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS

=Organizing a party/writing a description of a national festival/holiday=
<b>British/American holiday</b>
<b>blogs</b>


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<b>Thanksgiving in Egypt</b>

To prove that it could be done, we embarked on a Thanksgiving Day feast. I mentioned to our driver, Khalid, that on Thursday there would be an American holiday and that I wanted a turkey. 

As a surprise gift, on Wednesday morning, he rolled up with a turkey for us, and what a bird! A little more than I’d expected, with feathers, head, and a strong voice. We called it Tom. It was a very kind gift, but I was a bit puzzled about how to prepare the turkey for the oven; until then, I had only been  removing nicely cleaned turkeys from air-tight plastic bags. 

I expressed my concern to Sidain, who told me that Khalid actually hadn't understood what I wanted. Turkeys can be bought already prepared at a butcher’s, even in Egypt. Probably Khalid thought we wanted to eat WITH a turkey (who can guess what strange customs we foreigners have?). Nevertheless, Sidain, who understood that we wanted to EAT the turkey, offered to prepare the bird for us. During the night, he whisked it away. I think he was afraid I would bond with it and add it to the already huge collection of animals we kept! The next morning, a turkey ready for an oven arrived, but I doubt it was our Tom, because it had become smaller and breathless 

The preparations then began. Ali, the cook, then boiled it to tenderize and the turkey turned out very tender. Fran made breadcrumb stuffing (mashed bread sticks, left over bread, some old Ritz crackers, half a danish pastry, onion, butter, basil, pepper, parsley, and almonds).

Of all the strange things we did, apple pie was indeed the most peculiar. Apples are an expensive fruit and quite a delicacy here. To cut them up and cook them in a pastry was just too hard to believe. We provided another chapter in the great situation comedy "Foreigners in Paradise". Cooking apples, apparently is not a piece of cake here!

In the evening, we feasted on oven roasted turkey, with most of the trimmings: stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans sautéed in olive oil and garlic, and apple pie, with a nice bottle of red wine. It was a great success. Feeling a bit like pioneers ourselves, we proved that Thanksgiving traditions can be upheld, even on the edge of the Sahara desert. 



1.    To prove that it could be done, we embarked on a Thanksgiving Day feast. I mentioned to <br/>
2. our driver, Khalid, that on Thursday there would be an American holiday and that I wanted a <br/>
3. turkey. <br/>
4.    As a surprise gift, on Wednesday morning he rolled up with a turkey for us, and what a <br/>
5. bird! A little more than I’d expected, with feathers, head, and a strong voice. We called it <br/>
6. Tom. It was a very kind gift, but I was a bit puzzled about how to prepare the turkey for the <br/>
7. oven; until then I had only been removing nicely cleaned turkeys from air-tight plastic bags. <br/>
8.     I expressed my concern to Sidain, who told me that Khalid actually hadn't understood what <br/>
9. I wanted. Turkeys can be bought already prepared at a butcher’s, even in Egypt. Probably <br/>
10. Khalid thought we wanted to eat WITH a turkey (who can guess what strange customs we <br/>
11. foreigners have?). Nevertheless, Sidain, who understood that we wanted to EAT the turkey, <br/>
12. offered to prepare the bird for us. During the night, he whisked it away. I think he was afraid I<br/>
13. would bond with it and add it to the already huge collection of animals we kept! The next <br/>
14. morning, a turkey ready for an oven arrived, but I doubt it was our Tom, because it had <br/>
15. become smaller and breathless <br/>
16.     The preparations then began. Before putting it in the oven, Ali had been boiling it for an<br/>
17. hour, and the turkey turned out very tender. Fran made breadcrumb stuffing (mashed bread <br/>
18. sticks, left over bread, some old Ritz crackers, half a danish pastry, onion, butter, basil, <br/>
19. pepper, parsley, and almonds).<br/>
20.     Of all the strange things we did, apple pie was indeed the most peculiar. Apples are an <br/>
21. expensive fruit and quite a delicacy here. To cut them up and cook them in a pastry was just <br/>
22. too hard to believe. We provided another chapter in the great situation comedy "Foreigners in <br/>
23. Paradise". Cooking apples, apparently is not a piece of cake here!<br/>
24.    In the evening we feasted on oven roasted turkey, with most of the trimmings: stuffing,<br/>
25. mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans sautéed in olive oil and garlic, and apple pie, <br/>
26. with a nice bottle of red wine. It was a great success. Feeling a bit like pioneers ourselves, <br/>
27. we proved that Thanksgiving traditions can be upheld, even on the edge of the Sahara desert.<br/>



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<b>Culture</b>

In some countries, the Christmas season consists of three days: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Read about the latter and solve the quiz below the text.


  
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. It falls on December 26th, which is also St. Stephen's Day. St. Stephen was a little known saint who was the first Christian to die for his faith. 

Boxing Day is so called because, on this day,  it was customary to give people gifts for their good service in the past. It also included giving money and other gifts to charitable institutions and the poor.

This day has become part of the celebrations, of being with family.  It is also a day to visit other relatives, to have a rest from the day before, and to play funny games. It is also possible to receive some gifts on Boxing Day.


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<b>Do you write your own blog?</b>
Create your own blog here. Fill in the entries in a way you want your account to be set up. 

<i>What function do you want your blog to have? (you can click more than one)</i>

1. Link blog – point visitors to different websites

2. Moblog – send posts from your mobile

3. Research – new, important and reliable information

4. Photoblog – share your photographs

3. Watchblog – analyze the state of the other media

6. Business blog – discuss business matters

7. Online diary – your own private matters or creativity

<i>Create your account:</i>

Step 1: Choose your user name (You will use the user name to sign in)

Step 2: Enter a password (it must be at least 4 characters long and consist of at least one figure)

Step 3: Retype the password (Enter the password again just to be sure)

Step 4: Display name (The name that will show in you blog posts)

Step 5: Your e-mail address (We will never share your e-mail address with any third party
without your permission)


Acceptance of terms: I accept the terms of service 

Continue

<i>Name your blog</i>

Step 1: Choose the title for your blog

Step 2: Blog address, URL (it will be used to read and link to your blog)

Step 3: Type the characters you see in the picture lkjoyhjk

Continue

<i>Choose a template for your blog</i>

A. power-flower style

B. black and white elegant

C. blue and yellow casual


Congratulations! You have just created your own blog. You can now add your posts to it, create your personal profile, or customise how your blog looks.


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November 23, 2005
My Thanksgiving
 
I have just bought myself a copy of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One”. I believe that 39 episodes on 3 DVDs should be enough to get me through most of Thanksgiving. 
Posted by Chris at November 23, 2005 01:38 PM 

Comments
Have a good thanksgiving!! 
Posted by: heather at November 23, 2005 08:01 PM
Niiiice.... Happy Turkey Day. :)
Posted by: dorna at November 24, 2005 07:25 AM
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