In Scotland, the New Year's Eve celebration is called Hogmanay which means 'new morning' in Celtic. It is surely the most exciting celebration of the year.
Preparations for the celebration start early on December 31st. people clean their housesand throw out unwanted things. They bake a special fruit cake called 'Black Bun' and a lot of shortbread biscuits.
On the night of Hogmanay there are live concerts and fabulous carnivals in the streets of Scottish towns. A lot of excited people get dressed up in colourful costumes. In some cities there are also a long torchlight procession through the streets that crowds watch excitedly. As soon as the bells chime twelve, everyone kisses and heartily wishes each other a Happy New Year. Then people join hands and proudly sing song 'Auld Lang Syne'. After that, there is a stunning fireworks display which is the icing on the cake. On 1st January people visit their friends and neighbours to wish them luck for the New Year.
1 His mother told him that they were going to have dinner.
2 Her teacher said that she had made great progress in her English.
3 Joe told Polly that he would be glad to help her and she added that she didn't mind.
4 His children said that they were playing a boring game.
5 Robert said that nobody had mentioned about it.
6 He said that he couldn't stay there.
7 Henry told me that as soon as I saw him, to give him his telephone number.
8 Julia said that she would just step out the door for a minute.
9 His father asked to be a good boy and to be careful.
10 The boy told his friends that if he went back his parents would not let him go out.
11 Victor said that he thought I didn't know anything about it.
A. Tom said hello . Then he asked me if i would come to their party today
T. Alec said thanks.Then he said that probably not.He shan't be able to come because he had to prepare for his exams.
A. The day befor he had seenhis in the reading room during the break. He had been working hard.
T. Yes, he had been but still he had gotten a lot of material to learn, that's why he would be reading the whole evening that day
A.He see. He is such a hard-working student. He asked him when the exams would have end?
T. They would have their last exam on the 23rd of January.
A. <span>He asked him </span>if he was able to join us for a skiing trip Saturday morning at 11 o'clock?
T. He thought not. He would be taking my exam in the methods of teaching at that time.
See, explore, fly, shake hands, eat, go
I'll give you a lift to the station tomorrow