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The Ukrainian Diaspora
The term “diaspora” means those
Ukrainians who reside abroad.
Nowadays every third Ukrainian lives
beyond Ukraine.
The greatest number of people of the
Ukrainian origin (almost 2 million) live
in the USA; one million people live
in Canada and half a million live in
Poland and Romania.
The Ukrainian immigrants also live in
Brazil, Argentina, Czechia, Slovakia,
Yugoslavia, France, Australia, Austria,
Hungary, Holland, New Zealand and
other countries.
British Customs
There exist some very unusual
traditions in Great Britain.
One of them is Town Crier’s Rivalry.
Town criers from all parts of the
country gather at Hastings, Sussex, in
August for the National Town Crier’s
Championship.
For the contest they wear their tradi
tional ceremonial uniforms and carry
their handbells.
Customsand Traditions in Great Britain
Great Britain
Almost every nation has a reputation
of some kind.
The English are reputed to be cold
and reserved.
Звичаї і традиції
У Великобританії
Майже в кожної нації є своя
репутація.
Англійці вважаються холодними
і замкнутими.
Fireplaces
In English homes, the fireplace has
always been, until recent times, the
focal point in the room.
People may like to sit at a window
on a summer day, but for many cold
months of the year they like to sit
round the fire and watch the dancing
flames.
In the Middle Ages the fireplaces in
the halls of large castles were very
wide.
Only wood was burnt, and it was
brought from the forests.
Such wide fireplaces may be seen
now in old inns.
Elizabethian fireplaces often had
carved stone or woodwork over the
fireplace.
Gardening
The most popular hobby of the British
is gardening.
Most English people love gardens,
their own above all, and this is probably
one reason why so many people prefer
to live in houses rather than flats.
In the suburbs you can see row after
row of ordinary small houses.
And each house is surrounded by lots
of flowers.
Many people who have no gardens of
their own have patches of land.
They spend much leisure time
working among their flowers, trees
and vegetables.
English Traditions Англійські традиції
Англійські традиції
Every country and every nation has its
own customs and traditions.
You cannot speak about England with
out speaking about its traditions and
customs.
Englishmen are proud of their
traditions and carefully keep them up.
The English are stayathome people.
“There is no place like home”, they
say.
When they don’t work they like to
spend their days off at home with their
families.
The english Character англійський характер
англійський характер
The national character of the English
has been described in different ways,
but most commentators agree over
one quality, which they describe as
a sense of superiority or “insular
pride”.
English patriotism is based on a deep
sense of security.
Englishmen as individuals may have
been insecure, threatened with the
loss of their job, unsure of themselves
or unhappy in many ways.
But as a nation they have been secure
for centuries.
English Cookery and Meals англійська кухня та їжа
With the exception of breakfast meals
in England are much the same as in
other countries.
The usual meals in Great Britain are
breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
The English are very fastidious about
their meals and keep to their meal
times strictly.
Breakfast time is between 7 and
9 a. m.
Many people like to begin it with
porridge.
English people eat porridge with
milk or cream and sugar, but the
Scots — and Scotland is the home of
porridge — never put sugar in it.
Uk Health Service
The National Health Service provides
free treatment for people living
in Britain and gives emergency
treatment for visitors.
The greater part of the cost is met
from taxes taken from people’s
wages.
People also pay some money every
month as a sort of insurance.
The National Health Service consists
of three main parts: the general practi
tioners, the hospital and specialist
services, and local health authority
services.
Local health authorities are
responsible for medical education,
hospital building, environmental
health, vaccination service and so on.
The english Mint
The English Mint has existed for over
a thousand years.
It was founded by the English King
Athelstane.
Many wellknown names are
connected with the mint.
For example, Isaac Newton held the
position of “Master of the Mint” for
thirty years.
The English mint has carried out
orders from many countries.
Not long ago the English mint carried
out a great and important task.