176. new year

na vajon melyik szó hiányozhat egy falfirkás humorból?... a fordítása szókincs-segítséggel nem nehezebb 2/5 szintnél – legalábbis ha már megnézted az igeidők videót, ugye :)

  segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
  * igeidők (videó)

Wikipedia: In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31 which is six days after Christmas.

Samoa and parts of Kiribati are the first places to welcome the New Year while American Samoa and Baker Island in the United States, are among the last...

New Year's Eve (Szilveszter) in Hungary is celebrated with home parties and street parties, including a gathering in downtown Budapest. Fireworks and firecrackers are popular. Champagne, wine and traditional Hungarian New Year dishes — frankfurter sausages with horseradish, lentil soup, fish, and roast pig — are consumed. The national anthem is commonly sung at midnight.

In Budapest, the Timewheel runs out on New Year's Eve, and is mechanically rotated so that the sand run through it for another year.

In past centuries, some Hungarians believed that animals were able to speak on New Year's Eve, and that onion skins sprinkled with salt could indicate a rainy month.

Hungarian Christian communities focus on celebrating Mass on both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day...

In English-speaking countries, a few popular songs are associated with New Year's Eve, and it is common for them to be broadcast via radio on (or shortly before) December 31: Even some Christmas songs focus on the arrival of a new year during the Christmas and holiday season.

• "Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns. This is the song most closely associated with the holiday – especially the Guy Lombardo musical rendition. A version performed by Lea Michele was featured in the 2011 film New Year's Eve.

John Masey Wright and John Rogers' c. 1841 illustration of Auld Lang Syne.

• "Happy New Year" by ABBA.
• "Imagine" by John Lennon.
• "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra.
• "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" by Barry Manilow.
• "Let's Start the New Year Right" by Bing Crosby.
• "New Year's Day" by U2.
• "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg.
• "Let's Spend This New Year's Eve At Home" by Christi Bauerlee.
• "Kiss Me at Midnight" by 'N Sync from their 1998 album The Winter Album.
• "This Is the New Year" by A Great Big World.

175. presents

aki gyerekből van, könnyedén pótolja a hiányzókat :)
a fordítás durvanehéz – neked nem valószínű, hogy érdemes próbálkoznod, hm?

 segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
  * igeidők (videó)
  * milyen és olyan, mint_mondatok

(http://www.whychristmas.com)

One of the main reasons we have the custom of giving and receiving presents at Christmas, is to remind us of the presents given to Jesus by the Wise Men: Frankincense, Gold and Myrrh...

-- Frankincense was a perfume used in Jewish worship and, as a gift, it showed that people would worship Jesus.

-- Gold was associated with Kings and Christians believe that Jesus is the King of Kings.

-- Myrrh was a perfume that was put on dead bodies to make them smell nice and, as a gift, it showed that Jesus would suffer and die.

Christmas itself is really about a big present that God gave the world about 2000 years ago - Jesus! One of the most famous Bible verses, John 3:16, says: 'God loved the world so much, that he gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him may not be lost but have eternal life.'.

All over the world, families and friends give presents to each other. Most children around the world believe in a Christmas gift bringer. It's often St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but in Germany they believe that it is the Christkind, in Spain they believe it is the Wise Men and in Italy they believe it is an old lady called Befana.

These presents are also left in different places! In most of Europe, the presents are left in shoes or boots put out by the children. In Italy, the UK and the USA presents are left in stockings, often left hanging by a fire place. In many countries, presents for friends and family may be left under the Christmas Tree. In the UK, they are often opened on Christmas day morning with all the family together.

The custom of hanging stockings comes from the story of St. Nicholas.

Presents are opened on different days over the world as well. The earliest presents are opened is on St. Nicholas' Eve on December 5th when children in Holland of ten receive their presents. On St. Nicholas' Day (6th December) children in Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic and some other European countries open some of their presents.

Children in the UK, USA and many other countries, such as Japan, open their presents on Christmas Day, December 25th. The latest presents are opened on January 6th (a month after the earliest). This is known as Epiphany and is mainly celebrated in Catholic countries such Spain and Mexico.

One popular way of giving presents in groups such as clubs, school classes and workplaces is to have a 'Secret Santa'. This is where you pull the name of someone else in the group out of a hat (or other container!). You then buy a present for that person. When the presents are given out (often at a Christmas party) each person is given their present but they have no idea which person in the group bought it for them!

47. mother-in-law

Off Course Angol megosztja egy emlékét...



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  * igeidők (videó)
  * igeidők-2: kivételek, érdekességek_mondatok
  * hagy, hadd_mondatok

Wikipedia: Leslie "Les" Dawson, Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

Dawson claimed in his entertaining but unreliable autobiography that he began entertaining as a pianist in a Parisian brothel ... He was a talented pianist but developed a gag in which he played a familiar piece such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and then introduced hideously wrong notes (yet not destroying the tune) without appearing to realise, smiling unctuously and relishing the accuracy and soul of his own performance. ... Dawson's style as a comic was world-weary, lugubrious and earthy. He was as popular with female as with male audiences. A reporter from The Sun found him backstage joking with cleaning women and making them laugh. ... Before his fame Dawson wrote poetry and kept it secret. It was not expected that someone of his working class background would have literary ambitions. ... Having broken his jaw in a boxing match, he could pull grotesque faces by pulling his jaw over his upper lip. ... Dawson was a heavy smoker and drinker. When not working he would often drink a bottle of whisky and smoke 50 cigarettes a day.