Reading: Holidays in Uzbekistan Listening: Ramadan Writing

Lesson 2. Holidays and festivals
Vocabulary: observed, calendar, tradition, significance, devoted, against, labor, percious, mentality, honoring, ancient, roots, struggle, invaders.
Speaking: How do you celebrate the holiday?
Reading: Holidays in Uzbekistan
Listening: Ramadan
Writing: To write an essay “My favorite holidays”
Task 1. Matching new words with their definitions.

1	Victim	a	The importance of sth, especially when this has an effect on what happens in the future
2	Repression	b	Connected with the moon, a lunar eclipse/landscape
3	Observe	c	Devote yourself to sb/sth to give most of time energy, attention
4	Lunar	d	Work, especially physical work
5	Significance	e	To try very hard to do sth when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems
6	Devote	f	A person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.
7	Awake	g	Not asleep(especially immediately before or after sleeping)
8	Precious	h	The act of using force to control a group of people and restrict their freedom
9	Struggle	i	Loved or valued very much
10	Labour	j	To see or notice sb/sth

Task 2. Read the text: Holidays in Uzbekistan.
Each year Uzbekistan celebrates seven public holidays:1 st of January – New Year,8 th of March-International Women’s Day, 21 st of March -Navruz, 9^th of May- Memorial Day, 1^st of September- Independence Day,1^st of October-Teacher’s Day,8 th of December-Constitution Day. Also Uzbekistan celebrates the day of Defenders of Motherland on January 14 and the Day of Remembrance for the victims of political repressions, observed on August 31, though these holidays are still working days. Two major Muslim holidays in Uzbekistan, Ramadan Eid and Kurban Eid , are days off and are celebrate each year according to the lunar calendar.
Public holidays in Uzbekistan have own history and its particular significance for Uzbek people. Such holidays as Navruz, Eid-Al-Fitr and Eid-Al-Adha came from the ancient times, from Zoroastrianism and Islam traditions. Uzbekistan people also widely celebrate international holidays: New holiday around the world, and the International Women’s Day, devoted to wives, mothers daughters and all beautiful women of the Earth.
The 9 th of May in Uzbekistan is the Day of Memory for those who took an active part in the struggle against Nazi invaders in the World War II in the front and in the home front. The 1 st of October, the Teacher’s Day is the celebration of respect of labor and wise patience of those, who put much efforts and precious knowledge to us. In fact, respect for a teacher has much deeper roots in Uzbekistan, originating in ancient traditions of Uzbekistan, originating in ancient traditions of Uzbek people and related with oriental mentality of honoring elders and sages.
Independence gave to Uzbekistan new holidays, symbols of a new page in the history of the country: Independence Day, Constitution Day, Day of Defenders of the Motherland and others. The Independence Day is widely celebrated. On September 1 many great cultural events such as shows, concerts, festivals and other entertaining events to mark the birthday of independent Uzbekistan take place throughout the country