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1) Watch the video and fill in the table:1) Watch the video and fill in the table: Movie Worksheet FRIENDS Season 7, Episode 11 „The One with all the Resolutions“ https: //www. friends10. ru/friends-rus-sub/season-5-friends-rus-sub/episode-11-12/
2) Read the texts and fill in the gaps: Use of English – Part 1 The First Christmas Cards The first recognised commercial Christmas card ______ produced in England in 1843 ______ Henry Cole, the founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was a hand coloured print showing a family scene flanked by scenes of Christmas charity. This was inscribed ______ the words: " A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You" with space at the top to put the name of the recipient _____ at the bottom for the name of the sender. ___________, it was not until the 1860's that the Christmas card as we know it came into being. Initially these were small cards with a simple greeting set within an embossed border. However, as the demand _____ Christmas cards grew, the cards became larger and ______ elaborate. Folded sheets of white paper were ornamented with borders of overlapping lace that lifted to form a raised framework for a central picture and turkeys, fireside scenes, plum puddings etc. became popular themes. The founder of the American Christmas card is said to _____ Louis Prang of Boston who printed a wide variety of album cards and visiting cards. In 1875 he issued seasonal greeting cards ______ were an immediate success. By 1880 the popularity of Christmas cards was such that many prominent artists of the time _____ their work reproduced in this form. It was also the year that the familiar 'Post early for Christmas' plea as issued for the first time.
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