Forms 3 - 4. Easter is coming

For students of the fourth form.

Easter is coming

Easter

           Easter is a great holiday. People celebrate it in spring.

           In Ukraine people make Easter baskets. They cook an Easter cake. It is called ‘paska’ or ‘babka’. Ukrainian people paint eggs beautifully. A coloured egg is called ‘pysanka’. They put one Easter cake, some sausage, Easter eggs, some ham, some leaf lard, some butter, some cheese, some salt and some horse-radish into their baskets. They put a candle too.

           On Easter Sunday people go to church with their baskets, give thanks to Christ, sing Easter songs. After that each family usually has a holiday lunch or dinner. They give thanks to God, sing Easter songs, listen to music and have fun. The children like to play with pysankas.

           In England people like eating hot cross buns. They say at Easter the Easter bunny brings coloured eggs.                                

-         What can you tell about Ukrainian Easter traditions?

Vocabulary

Easter -Великдень                                    

holiday - свято                                
celebrate – відзначати, святкувати       

people - люди                                  

church - церква                                        

Christ - Христос                                    

is called - називається                         

coloured - фарбоване                      

sausage - ковбаса                                 

ham - шинка                                             

leaf lard – сало                                      

butter - масло                                            

cheese - сир                                           

salt - сіль                                                   

horse-radish – хрін                              

candle - свічка                                           

give thanks to Christ – віддавати подяку Христу   

bunny - зайчик, кролик                            

bring – приносити                          

they say – кажуть                                                                       hot cross bun – (гаряча) булочка із зображенням хреста (яку їдять у Велику п’ятницю і під час Великого посту)