You are going to have a short grammar test, so good luck! We will have the test on Wednesday, February 2--but it will only take about 20 minutes from the lesson, so be ready for more English practice after the test, including more practice with presentations.
Speaking of presentations...András, we are looking forward to yours!
Back to the test: it has only two topics (that's why it is short): relative clauses and reported speech. If you do the exercises I have linked for you in the previous blog messages, you will have a good test result, too. 5perc angol is the best one.
Our lesson is on February 2, and that is called Groundhog Day in the United States (groundhog=HU amerikai mormota). The legend is that if a groundhog sees his shadow (HU: árnyék) on February 2, there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Everybody hopes the groundhog will not see his shadow, and winter will be short--so that means we need a cloudy day. Well, in the U.S. on Groundhog Day, almost every year has been cloudy! And, the forecast for this year is the same. Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania is the big place for groundhog watchers.
The groundhog, or woodchuck, was a favorite animal of the Native Americans, and later the Christians had a ceremony on February 2, called Candlemas Day, when people lighted candles against the dark winter and hoped the end would come soon.
Here is a groundhog/woodchuck gallery. By the way, do these animals live in Hungary? Have you ever seen one? And is there a 6-more-weeks-of-winter tradition here, too?
See you soon!
Mary
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