Топик - International Women’s Day (8 March)

• a present [?prez(?)nt] — подарок
• to congratulate [k?n??r?tj?le?t] — праздновать
• to wash up - мыть посуду
• to celebrate [?sel?bre?t] — праздновать
• almost [???lm??st] — почти
• lay the table [le? ?? ?te?b(?)l] — накрывать на стол

The 8 th of March is a great official holiday for all women. It began in 1909 by women in New York streets who asked for better working conditions. Women’s Day is not celebrated in Great Britain. The British celebrate another wonderful holiday in spring. It’s called Mother’s Day.

The International Women’s Day is one of the most favourite holidays among Russian women because there is a nice tradition to congratulate and give bunches of spring flowers and presents to our mothers, grandmothers, sisters and all women on this day. In the morning men go to the shops to buy flowers and sweets. They also help to do the housework and cook something delicious for dinner. Children help their mums to lay the table and wash up. All members of the family are well dressed.

The 8 th of March is the day when women are happy and they smile and thank their families because they can take a break and relax and forget about their everyday routine, about cooking and looking after their families.

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Топик по английскому языку The 8th of March

There are many holidays in our country, the 8th of March is one of them.

It is a happy and nice holiday. It is a good tradition in our country to give presents and flowers to women on this day. Each family celebrates this spring holiday. In the morning men go to the shops or markets to buy some flowers. They try to clean flats and help women to cook a holiday dinner.

Sons and daughters help their mothers too: they make a cake, lay the table and wash dishes after holiday dinner.

All the members of the families try to be well dressed on this day.

Some families celebrate the 8th of March going to the theatres and concerts. They buy tickets beforehand.

Others prefer to invite guests and stay at home.

There is almost the same holiday in England. It is called Mothers" Day and celebrated also in spring. Sons and daughters come and give gifts to their mothers on this day.

If it is not possible to see a mother, one can send presents and cards to her. Flowers and cakes are the traditional gifts for all mothers in England. All women try to be nice and happy on this day.

Есть много праздников в нашей стране, 8-ое марта один из них.

Это - счастливый и хороший праздник. Дарить подарки и цветы женщинам в этот день - хорошая традиция в нашей стране. Каждая семья празднует этот праздник весны. Утром мужчины идут в магазины или на рынки, чтобы купить цветы. Они пытаются убрать квартиры и помогают женщинам приготовить праздничный обед.

Сыновья и дочери помогают своим матерям также: они пекут пирог, накрывают на стол и моют посуду после праздничного обеда.

Все члены семьи пытаются быть хорошо одетыми в этот день.

Некоторые семьи идут в театр или на концерт. Они покупают билеты заранее.

Другие предпочитают приглашать гостей и оставаться дома.

Есть почти такой же праздник в Англии. Это называют День матери и он празднуется также весной. Сыновья и дочери приезжают и делают подарки своим матерям в этот день.

Если нет возможности повидать мать, можно послать ей подарки и открытки. Цветы и пироги - традиционные подарки для всех матерей Англии. Все женщины пытаются быть красивыми и счастливыми в этот день.

8 March - International Women s Day

Despite the word "International", it seems that this holiday is only celebrated in Russia, Ukraine and former Soviet republics!

The 8th of March is a national holiday and a day off. Several nations celebrate this, but only a few acknowledge it as an official, non-working holiday. The 8th of March is one of the favorite holidays for most Russian women and along with New Year and Christmas and St.Valentine's Day, it is also one of the most romantic holidays.

The 8th of March, Women's Day, is an amazingly beautiful holiday filled with tenderness. Every year, when spring comes the "strong" half of the world from a young schoolboy to an old general with rich mustache worships the "weak" one. All the ladies receive presents, flowers, poems, text messages and simply kind words and wishes. This is the day when women get the particular attention from men and positive emotions are felt everywhere.

Not everybody knows the history of the holiday we celebrate so widely every year on March, 8. The beginning was the following.

Even ancient Rome knew women's day celebrated my matrons. That was the day, when matrons (free-born married women) received presents from their husbands and enjoyed their love and attention. Female slaves were given presents as well and a senior woman at home allowed them to have a day off. Wearing their best attires, with fragrant flowers in their hair, Roman women came to the temple of goddess Vesta, who was believed a hearth guardian.

Much time has passed since then. Women decided to change their life, struggle for equal rights with men.

March 8, 1857 women working in the textile industry of New York City walked along the city streets to protest against low wages and bad working conditions.

In 1908, this same day, their granddaughters demanded the prohibition of children's labor, improvement of working conditions at the factories and giving women a right to vote. A year later the Socialists' party of America announced the last Sunday of February as National Women's day. In 1910 at the international women's conference in Copenhagen Klara Zetkin suggested an annual celebration of International Women's day on March 8 in the memory of the events in New York.

In Russia this holiday has been celebrate since 1913 and is widely spread. Some countries do not consider this date a holiday, though. By the way, not all the countries announced it as a day off. The Roman women are the luckiest in this regard, as this wonderful day of Love, Beauty, Spring devoted to women has been a holiday for many centuries for them.

What do women expect of March 8?

First, declaration of love, admiration, delight, compliments on their heaven beauty - both inside and outside.

Second, their role in relations, family life, work and whole country being highly appreciated. This should be announced at least once a year by a man, boyfriend, husband, boss and the country leader, respectively.

Third, little surprises, flowers, presents and other signs of attention. Well, even if nobody attaches any importance to such things, it is pleasant anyway. Most surely every married lady in Russia will receive some gifts, why should your lady remain unneeded without a flower and a greeting card?

The 8th of March is the main spring holiday in Russia when all women without any exception feel happy, gorgeous, desired and the most beloved!

Kazakhstan Holidays - International Women’s Day

8th March is an international women’s day in many countries of the world. Kazakhstan is not an exception in it. This day is a holiday and day off in Kazakhstan. Many organizations hold festive events devoted to women. Historically this day was celebrated as the Day of working women’s solidarity in the struggle for the equality of rights and emancipation. In spite of the fact that this movement for emancipation originated in the West, nowadays this holiday has no such considerable importance there as it has in the post-Soviet countries. According to the United Nations Resolution the western countries celebrate this day as International Day of Struggle for Women’s Rights and International Peace.

The holiday history begins at the end of the XIX century when women in the West began struggling for their rights and freedom. On 8 March 1908 a meeting with logos on women’s equality was organized in New York. That day over 15,000 women were marching along the city demanding a reduced working day and payment conditions equal to those of men. One of the main conditions laid by women was giving them the right to vote.

But 8 March was not announced as an official holiday at once. On 19 March 1911 International Women’s Day was celebrated in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. From 1910 to 1920 this holiday was also celebrated in different days of March. After that the world popularity of the holiday in these countries declined except for the USSR. In 1966 this day was finally approve as a holiday and day off in the territory of the USSR.

Nowadays 8 March is observed in all post-Soviet countries including Kazakhstan. But at the modern stage this holiday does not imply any political context. It became a day of all women when love, beauty and kindness are extolled.

About International Women s Day

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women's Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others.

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights," says world-renowned feminist, journalist and social and political activist Gloria Steinem. International Women's Day is all about celebration, reflection, advocacy, and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for over a century - and is growing annually from strength to strength.

Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.

March 8th - International Women s Day - Russian Holidays

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Russia inherited several public holidays from the era of the Soviet Union. For example, Defender of the Fatherland Day (originally known as Red Army Day) is celebrated on February 23rd. In a broad sense, this holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces. Due to a common Russian stereotype that the role of the defender is reserved for males, the holiday has more recently come to celebrate Russia's men as a whole. However, there is also a special day for women—International Women's Day—which is celebrated in the first month of spring on March 8th. One might compare March 8th in Russia with Mother's Day in the West, although the Russian holiday celebrates all women, including mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and girlfriends.

March 8th (восьмо?е ма?рта ) is also known as the International Women's Day (Междунаро?дный же?нский день ). This holiday emerged as a political celebration to symbolize the fight of women from all over the world for their rights, full equality with men, democracy and peace. As the time passed, the political motives of the holiday moved to the background and March 8th simply became a women's holiday in Russia and other republics of the former USSR.

March 8th is an official public holiday. This beautiful spring holiday is most often celebrated in the family circle with a festive meal and champagne. Another popular choice to celebrate March 8th is by visiting friends. Men and women give flowers, postcards with poetry, chocolate, and other pleasant gifts to their mothers, wives, grandmothers, sisters and daughters. Some Russian men like to undertake all household duties on this day—starting with washing dishes and ending with cooking dinner and looking after children, so that women can enjoy a full day of rest.

Since the International Women's Day is a non-working day in Russia, office workers celebrate it just the day before the holiday. In companies and organizations, all women receive flowers and small memorable gifts from their male co-workers and, sometimes, from employers themselves. During the lunch break, it is common to have a small office party with cake and a glass of champagne.

Popular Russian entertainers organize concerts and performances to create the festive mood on March 8th. The best singers and most talented actors perform on stage with songs and poems about love and beautiful women. However, very few Russians celebrate the holiday by going to concerts, theaters or movies. The traditional way to celebrate is at home among friends and family.

Although March 8th is a big holiday in Russia, some people choose not to celebrate it. This is especially common for older people who may not like extra hassle and spending money for presents. In fact, 14% of Russians did not plan to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2010 – the record number in the recent years.

Both men and women make presents to women they are close to. The gifts that Russians give on March 8th depend on many factors. A few things to consider are how closely you are related to a woman (whether she's your grandmother, mother, wife, or a girlfriend) and what kind of a gift you can afford financially.

Flowers are the most popular gift choice on March 8th. Yellow mimosas and roses are especially popular. Candy and chocolate are the next popular choice, followed by perfume and cosmetics. Some people like to give money or gift cards, so that women could pick the best present for themselves. The list goes on and other gift choices include jewelry, household appliances, kitchen utensils, cut glass and China, clothes, footwear, books, DVDs, and even cell phones and cameras. Tastes differ but the rule of thumb is to give something that will please the woman.

According to a recent poll. most Russians follow their own judgment about what a woman would like to get as a gift (33%). Many Russians also directly ask what a woman would like to receive as a gift (25%) or pick a present that they can afford financially (23%). Less frequently, Russian men and women prefer to give a standard gift, such as flowers, perfume or chocolate (14%). It’s even less common to give money (8%) or consult with friends and relatives in choosing a gift (8%). Only 2% of Russians find it acceptable to make presents that they received from somebody else before.

10% of Russians do not observe the tradition of giving gifts on March 8th. At the same time, Russian men are more inclined to ask women about the choice of a gift directly (28%) or consult with friends and relatives (20%). Russian women are more inclined to give other women standard gifts (25%).

In contemporary Russia, March 8th is first of all the day of warm feelings and excitement. One third of Russians think so, according to a poll conducted by the leading Russian sociological company VCIOM. Some Russians think of it as a tradition (16%) or an opportunity to make a pleasant surprise to women (15%). The holiday is viewed as just an extra day off by 14% of Russians, while 10% of Russians associate it with gifts and flowers. The International Women’s Day is a very special and important day for 7% of Russians, and only a few think of it as waste of money (2%).

Interestingly, Russian women often consider March 8th a day of pleasant emotions, high spirits, and vivid impressions. At the same time, Russian men find the holiday to be a good reason to please the fairer sex.

When Russians want to congratulate someone with March 8th they say on of the following phrases:

С восьмы?м ма?рта! [s vahs'-MIHM MAHR-ta]
• [I congratulate you] With March 8th! Поздравля?ю с восьмы?м ма?рта! [puhz-drahv-LYAH-yoo s vahs'-MIHM MAHR-ta]
• I congratulate you with March 8th! C Междунаро?дным же?нским днём! [s mehzh-doo-nuh-ROHD-nim ZHENS-keem dnyom]
• [I congratulate you] With International Women's Day!

It’s not required to buy an expensive gift to show that you care about a person. Many women will be pleased to receive a postcard with a poem and a few words of congratulations. Even if you are away from your wife, mother, grandmother or sister, you can always send her a postcard or write an email. Here are some Russian poems that you can use on the occasion of March 8th.

Желаю счастья и любви.

Они дороже всех подарков.

И пусть все сбудутся мечты

В прекрасный день - 8 Марта!

Топик на английском языке: International Women’s Day (8 March)

International Women’s Day / Международный женский день

Vocabulary:

to celebrate [?sel?bre?t] — праздновать ;

almost [???lm??st] — почти ;

present [?prez(?)nt] — подарок ;

lay the table [le? ?? ?te?b(?)l] — накрывать на стол ;

to congratulate [k?n??r?tj?le?t] — праздновать ;

to invite [?n?va?t] — приглашать ;

guests [?ests] — гости.

The 8th of March is a great holiday for all women. But Women’s Day does not celebrate in England. English celebrate an other wonderful holiday. There is almost the same holiday in England. It is called Mother’s Day and celebrated also in spring, in March.

The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. It is a happy and nice holiday. It is a good tradition to give presents and flowers to women on this day.

Each family celebrates this spring holiday. In the morning men go to the shops or markets to buy some flowers. They try to clean flats and help women to cook a holiday dinner.

Sons and daughters help their mothers too: they make a cake, lay the table and wash dishes after holiday dinner.

All the members of the families try to be well dressed on this day.

All congratulate womens and say «Best wishes for the eighth of March». Womens smile and thank us. They very happy.

Some families celebrate the 8th of March going to the theatres and concerts.

Others prefer to invite guests and stay at home.

This is pretty nice — at least once a year women can take a break and forget about all those dishes, cooking, kids, take a magazine and relax on a coach.

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