Kennis van land en volk Flashcards
SE3
What is leisure
Time free from work
Do people have more leisure now then 50 years ago? Why?
Yes we now have more leisure, because of the increasing prosperity of the western countries.
Is a holiday a form of leisure?
Yes, a holiday is a longer period if leisure if it covers for the ones we work.
What is a bank holiday? Mention a few.
These holidays have this name because of the fact that banks are closed on these days. Chirstmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Why is the day after Christmas called “Boxing Day”?
Boxing Day (26th of December) takes its name from the old costum of giving employees a Christmas box with presents on that day.
Is summer holiday a bank holiday?
No summer holiday isn’t a bank Holiday. Summer holiday is the longest holiday of the year, because there are no holidays in that period Mid-July to the end of August.
Where do many English people go to for the summer holiday? And why?
Many people go to the coast area, because the south coast is England’s warmest and sunniest region.
What is a Bed and Breakfast house end how can you recognize one?
A bed and breakfast is a boarding house. A private house house of a English family who finds the house big enough for letting a few spare rooms to tourists during the holiday periods. You recognize a B&B house by the notice in the window saying: “bed and breakfast”.
What are holiday camps?
They are holiday towns of villages, camparable to our dutch “bungalowparken”.
Mention another way of how the English people spend their summer holidays?
Camping in European countries with tent and/or caravan.
Mention some everyday leisure activities of the English.
Sports (Football, cricket, golf, horseracing, lawn-tennis, rowing) Watching TV.
Is going on winter sport a populair holiday for the English? Why?
Going on winter sport is not as populair as in Holland, because the slary of many English families is not enough to have two holidays a year.
They won’t miss the real english christmas spirit
In wich country was football played for the first time?
in England/Londen
Why is cricket so “typically English”?
Cricket has remained a real britisch game and is played only in Britain and in some parts of the britisch commenwealth (Australiea, West-Indies and South Africa)
Wich summer sport is very popular in England?
Lawn Tennis.
Who are mainly doing the sport of rowing?
Leading places in the sporting life of Universities wich have water near by.
Are there many professional rugby clubs in England? Why?
Rugby Football is a largely amateur game. There are hunderds of amateur clubs formed by ex-pupils of certain schools.
When do horse races usually take place?
Horse-racing takes place on working days and during working hours.
Give two examples of the fact that gambling is an important sport.
A) It’s because the English man likes a little gamble.
B) Done by people who do not go near the race cours.
Can you tell why so many woman in England play Bingo?
One of the motives is to see other people, stakes are very small.
Wich televison channels does England have?
There are 480 televison channels in Brittain. The ones wich are used the most in England are: BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV and Channel Four
What are the differences between the BBC and the ITV channels?
BBC (Britisch broadcasting corpation) They are national and they DO NOT advertise. ITV is run by The Independent Televesion Authority and made up for various commercial companies.
What kind of programs are there on TV during the day?
The morning starts with breakfast TV, later on in the day there are programs for school, children and women. They than continue from five until midnight each evening.
Why is the pub so important for many britisch people?
Pub (public house) is a place where people who live alone find friendship and comfort (difficult to get somewhere else).
