---
tags: UK Language and Culture
title: Ch6 Holidays
---
# Ch6 Holidays and Special Occassions Quiz(w/ Answers)
---
[TOC]

## Others Answer:
[Ch.4 Identity](https://hackmd.io/20qNauOjSyGgMRbhonTROA)
[Ch.5 Attitude](https://hackmd.io/hSmRPOVrRDSovNrvPnMK1Q)

---
## SECTION A:

**$1.$ About how much paid holiday does the average employee in Britain get each year**
$A)$ two weeks
**$B)$ four weeks**
$C)$ six weeks

**$2.$ Which of these is not a well-known seaside resort town**
$A)$ Backpool
$B)$ Brighton
**$C)$ Bristol**

**$3.$ Very roughly, what proportion of Britain's population takes a holiday abroad each year**
$A)$ 10%
$B)$ 30%
**$C)$ 50%**

**$4.$ Which country is the most popular holiday destination for British tourists**
$A)$ France
**$B)$ Spain**
$C)$ the USA

**$5.$ Which of these is a common greeting to another person around Chrismas time**
$A)$ 'Good Christmas!'
$B)$ 'Happy Christmas!'
**$C)$ 'Merry Christmas!'**

**$6.$ Which of these is a common greeting to another person on the anniversary of their birth**
$A)$ 'Congratulations!'
**$B)$ 'Happy Birthday!'**
$C)$ 'Merry Birthday!'

**$7.$ What is the common name in Britain for public holidays**
**$A)$ bank holidays**
$B)$ council holidays
$C)$ office holidays

## SECTION B:

**$1.$ Boxing Day**
**--winter sales**

**$2.$ bank holiday weekends**
**--traffic jams**

**$3.$ Christmas dinner**
**--brussel sprouts**

**$4.$ Christmas lights**
**--Oxford street**

**$5.$ Christmas stockings**
**--Santa Claus**

**$6.$ Easter**
**--eggs**

**$7.$ April the first**
**--jokes**

**$8.$ Good Friday**
**--hot cross buns**

**$9.$ Gretna Green**
**--marrige**

**$10.$ Guy Fawkes**
**--fireworks**

**$11.$ Halloween**
**--trick or treat**

**$12.$ New Year**
***--Auld Land Syne***

**$13.$ pantomime**
**--principal boy**

**$14.$ Remembrance Sunday**
**--poppies**

**$15.$ Shrove Tuesday**
**--pancales**

---
## 中文&補充:
resort :
n[C] 旅遊勝地；度假勝地
n[U] 訴諸；求助；採取
--> resort to sth, the act of using sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible

Backpool (地名) -- 布莱克浦
Brighton (地名) -- 霍夫
Bristol (地名) -- 布里斯托爾

council : 政務委員會，地方議會、（顧問、立法、研究、基金等）委員會

boxing day -- 12/26, the day after Chrimtmas

brussel sprout -- 抱子甘藍，又稱球芽甘藍，俗稱小洋白菜、小圓白菜、小捲心菜、小椰菜

[Oxford street Der Christmas lights](https://londonist.com/london/christmas-in-london/oxford-street-christmas-lights-2019-switch-on-turn-on-date)

Good Friday -- 聖週五、沈默週五、耶穌受難節、耶穌受難日、天主教稱主受難日 and [why hot cross bun](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E5%AD%97%E5%8C%85)

[Gretna Green](https://www.gretnagreen.com/) -- 英國結婚小鎮~格雷特納‧格林

[Guy Fulks](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%96%E4%BC%8A%C2%B7%E7%A6%8F%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF)

[Auld Land Syne](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%8B%E8%AA%BC%E8%90%AC%E6%AD%B2) -- 《友誼萬歲》，又譯《友誼地久天長》

pantomime -- 童話劇(informal panto)、啞劇；默劇(=mime)、滑稽可笑的局面(=farce)

wiki of [principal boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_boy)

[Remembrance Sunday](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E6%AE%A4%E7%B4%80%E5%BF%B5%E6%97%A5)

[Shrove Tuesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday) -- [why pancakes](https://yingpeit.pixnet.net/blog/post/4758687)