First of all, what´s a Jubilee? How many kinds of Jubilees are there?
There are four Jubilees:
Silver Jubilee, a celebration of a 25 aniversary (especially the reign of a Monarch)
Golden Jubilee, a celebration of a 50th aniversary.Diamond Jubilee, a celebration of a 60th aniversary.
Platinum Jubilee, a celebration of a 70th or 75th aniversary.
This year to mark 60 years of the Queen´s reign the Diamond Jubilee takes place. The celebration will centre around an extended weekend, from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June 2012.
60 Years of the Queen´s reign
The Queen came to the trone on 6 February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2 June 1953. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002.
Today, Monday 4 June 2012 there will be a star-studded concert, set against the spectacular backdrop of Buckingham Palace, as part of her Majesty´s 60 year reign´s celebration.
If you want to know the artists invited to the concert, link to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nh923/artists
Many British people are in favour of the Jubilee, however, others are not in a party mood. They think Kings and Queens are history. And they don´t want their taxes to go to a rich family who set a bad example to everyone with all their scandals.
Tasks:
1. What do you know about the Queen Elisabeth II ? Test yourself:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crossword/120601_crossword_queen.shtml
Many British people are in favour of the Jubilee, however, others are not in a party mood. They think Kings and Queens are history. And they don´t want their taxes to go to a rich family who set a bad example to everyone with all their scandals.
Tasks:
1. What do you know about the Queen Elisabeth II ? Test yourself:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crossword/120601_crossword_queen.shtml
2. Read some newspapers headlines and opinions about the Jubilee and then write a composition showing your point of view about the issue.
_ "Is this a way for British to forget about austerity"?
Source: policymic.com
_ Queen´s Diamond Jubilee: cost of the celebrations. The total cost of the Queen´s Diamond celebrations is estimated to come more than £1.3bn, the majority of this being knock-on economic effects on an extra day´s holiday during time of financial uncertainty.
Source: The Telegraph
_ "Is this a way for British to forget about austerity"?
Source: policymic.com
_ Queen´s Diamond Jubilee: cost of the celebrations. The total cost of the Queen´s Diamond celebrations is estimated to come more than £1.3bn, the majority of this being knock-on economic effects on an extra day´s holiday during time of financial uncertainty.
Source: The Telegraph
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