UnitSevenTraditionsandCustoms

Lesson14TraditionsandCustomsintheUKandtheUSA

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LearningObjectivesAcquireageneralknowledgeofthetraditionsandcustomsoftheUKandtheUSA,includingtheirfoodculture,arts,sports,festivalsandreligions.Learnaboutspecialetiquettesandmannersofthetwocountries.Makeacomparisonofthetraditionsandcustomsofthetwocountries.4

StarterTalkaboutthefollowingpicturesandsayasmuchasyoucan.a.RoyalGuardb.McDonaldsc.Soccerd.Rugby

RoyalGuardRoyalGuard:Agroupofmilitarybodyguards,soldiersorretainersresponsiblefortheprotectionofaroyalperson,suchasaKingorQueen.Theyareoftenaneliteunitoftheregulararmedforcesandmaymaintainspecialrightsandprivileges.

McDonaldsMcdonalds:FoundedbytheMcdonaldBrothers,itistheworldslargestchainoffastfoodrestaurants,servingnearly47millioncustomersdaily.McDonaldsprimarilysellshamburgers,cheeseburgers,chickenproducts,frenchfries,breakfastitems,softdrinks,milkshakesanddesserts.Morerecently,italsobegantooffersalads,wrapsandfruit.

SoccerItisimpossibletosayaccuratelywhereandwhensoccerstarted—butitisreasonabletoassumethatsometypeofballgame—fromwhichtheorganizedsportweknowtodaydeveloped—hasbeenplayedsomewhereontheplanetforover3000years.Now,alsoknownassoccer,ithasbecomeamostpopularsportgamethroughouttheworld.

RugbyRugby:oftenjust“rugby”,mayrefertoanumberofsportsdescendedfromacommonformoffootballdevelopedatRugbySchoolinEngland,UnitedKingdom.Rugbyleague,rugbyunion,AmericanfootballandCanadianfootballaremodernsportsthatoriginatedfromrugbyfootball.Rugbyleagueandrugbyunionaretheonlytwosportsreferredto