In france, the public holidays always arrive on the same dates every year. They're fixed to certain numerical dates and even if they land on a saturday or a sunday, you get your day off. But in the uk, i always lands on a monday, so your guarantee to get those days. There are seven bank holidays in the UK each year - most of them fall on mondays.
Here's an episode all about special days and celebrations in the British calendar. You'll hear cultural information about holidays and customs, and some pronunciation work on how to say dates and the months of the year. Transcript and videos here
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