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British Holidays
There are a number of holidays, which people 0) celebrate in Great Britain every year. On
of them is, of course, the New Year's Day on the first of January. It is not so popular in England a
in our country, but it is rather popular in Scotland. On that day people usually 1)
the
friends and there is a lot of dancing and eating. In Scotland people bring a piece of coal for go
luck in the New Year.
The next holiday of the year is St. Valentine's Day. It is on the 14th of February. People
or make Valentine cards and 2)
them to the people they love. In March ther
Mother's Day. All the children and adults, come to their mothers on that day to express their
and gratitude. In April there is Easter. At Easter children eat chocolate Easter eggs. Someti
parents 3)
them in the house or in the garden and children have to look for the
June there is Father's Day. On Father's Day children give or send their fathers and grandfa
cards and presents. On the 31st of October there is a Halloween. They say ghosts and w​

Thousands of teenagers are overweight»,says health farm manager mr.white,«many teenagers often do not know how to eat well and stay healthy,like karen». karen was 13 years old.she weighed 110 kilos and was 1.55 m tall.karen usually had a large bowl of cereal with a few spoons of sugar for breakfast.at school she always bought a chocolate at break time and every lunch time she had fried chicken and was chips .in the evening karen usually had more fried food and she often ate a packet of biscuits or a box of chocolates in front of the television.she sometimes went out for a take-away chinese meal or pizza before going to bed.karen never ate any fruit and she rarely had fresh vegetables.her main exercise was changing the tv channel or opening the fridge door. healt farm helped karen with her diet and exercise plan.she now eats lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and goes swimming regularly- she never did any sport before because she was always so worried about her size.she now weighs 60 kilosaand.is still losing.weight.mr.white says ,«teenagers often come to the farm depressed and with very little confidence.when they leave us they are usually happier and much more confident about themselves».