4а Complete the sentences. Use the words from the box.
on birthdays on Victory Day at Easter
on Independence Day at New Year at Halloween
at Christmas on April Fool's Day
on Valentine's Day
1. We invite friends and relatives on birthdays and at Christmas.
2. People paint eggs
3. We decorate streets with flags
and
4. We watch parades
and
5. People give and get presents
and
6. We send and get cards
and
7. People play jokes
and​

1. A long time was taken by her to write the composition, but at last she wrote it.

2. Don't put the cup there: it will be broken by somebody.

3. Why weren't you at the birthday party — I wasn't invited.

4. Many difficulties were met by us, but all the same the work was finished by us in time.

5. You will be left by us behind if you are not quick.

6. All my money was spent on books last month.

7. I don't think all this work will be done by us today: there is too much of it.

8. It's a very funny thing that when it is started to be being done by me, I am always stopped by somebody.

9. Don't leave there sweets on the table: they will be eaten by somebody.

10. The branch of the tree was broken by the elephant.

11. The bear was attacked by the bees when their honey was tried to be taken by it.

Reality TV is vulgar and shoddy. By creating pseudo-celebrities it contributes to the debasement of popular taste.

It is often cruel, exposing the participants to gross humiliation for our amusement. This makes it the modern equivalent of going to laugh at the lunatics in Bedlam. The present row over racism on Big Brother shows how nasty it can be.

It exploits the vulnerable, and has been condemned by the Mental Health Foundation for doing so.

Popularity should not be the ultimate test of what is permissible. Public executions used to be popular and still are in some countries.

It is nonsense to say that broadcasters shouldn't set standards or be obliged to adhere to codes of behaviour. We don't for instance allow them to promote racism or sectarianism or to incite violence. Reality TV is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether.

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