Read the text. A) Splatfest If you're in the tiny Spanish town of Bunol in Valencia, Spain during the last week of August, make sure you take a spare change of clothes because things get very, very messy! 'La Tomatina' is a huge food fight that has been a strong tradition in Bunol since around 1945. No one really knows how it began, but everybody knows how it ends! The week of the fight includes a fireworks party, music, dancing, colourful street parades and even a huge paella cooking contest. Then, about 30,000 people throw around 100,000 kg of tomatoes at each other for one hour. В) Pirates of the Caribbean Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If so, for ten days in November, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands transforms into a typical pirate town.The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap, complete with tall ships and rowing boats.Visitors have the chance to wear fancy dress costumes and experience life as a pirate.There are also street parties, treasure hunts and a huge fireworks display. С) March of the Scarecrows Every year on 6th October, the central market square of Brussels in Belgium becomes full of people made of straw ... yes, scarecrows! This festival, which raises money for local charities, has been extremely popular since it first started in 2001. Past winners of the 'Best Scarecrow Award' have included a medieval knight scarecrow and even a Che Guevara one! If you think you can do better, why not enter the competition yourself? All you need are some old clothes and a bright idea! D) Maslenitsa – Farewell to Winter If you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the Maslenitsa carnival (or 'Blini Week') in the heart of Moscow is the festival for you! This fun festival takes place around the end of February and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolise the sun (round, golden and warm). At the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter! Complete the table. Write the letters: A, B, C, D. There can be more than one answer. Use a comma in that case.
ПОЛУЧИТЬ ОТВЕТ Read the text about pavement art. Decide if the statements are true, false or not stated.
Shopping in London is always an __________________ experience and it’s worth trying. EXCITE
If you don’t like it, go to Covent Garden. There you can have a ____________cup of tea or a cappuccino in a quiet coffee house. LOVE
You can also watch a street __________________ there. PERFORM
For example, you can go to Oxford Street. Sometimes it gets too __________________ and noisy, especially during the sales. CROWD
London is famous for its history and its sights. It is also a wonderful place for shopaholics. There are lots of __________________ places to go. DIFFER
Portobello Road is the right place to go if you want to buy unique and __________________ things. USUAL
Convert the words in brackets into adjectives or nouns. London is famous for its history and its sights. It is also a wonderful place for shopaholics. There are lots of __________________ places to go. (DIFFER)
Convert the words in brackets into adjectives or nouns. If you don’t like it, go to Covent Garden. There you can have a ____________cup of tea or a cappuccino in a quiet coffee house. (LOVE)
Convert the words in brackets into adjectives or nouns. For example, you can go to Oxford Street. Sometimes it gets too __________________ and noisy, especially during the sales. (CROWD)
Convert the words in brackets into adjectives or nouns. You can also watch street __________________ there. (PERFORM)
Read the text. Five sentences are missing. Match the sentences (A-F) to the gaps (1-5). There is one extra sentence.
Read the text. In each question choose the right answer A, B, C or D. A special dance. Andalusia, a region of Spain, is a must-see for anyone planning to visit the country. This part of Spain, which lies in the southern part of the country, includes the cities of Seville, Granada and Malaga. It has a rich cultural heritage with influences from northern Africa. The beautiful architecture and the delicious cuisine are sure to delight you. However, there is one experience that visitors shouldn’t miss: watching a flamenco performance. Flamenco is a musical form that started in Andalusia in the late 1700s. While its exact origins remain unclear, the musical style has a mixture of influences from Moorish, Andalusian and gypsy music. This form of music represents the diversity of cultures that give Andalusia its modern identity. Perhaps the thing that makes flamenco so enchanting lies in its simplicity. It only takes two or three people to make this beautiful music and there are three main sounds that characterise it: guitar, voice and clapping hands. Flamenco singers are famous for their deep and strong voices that are full of emotion. At times, the singer also dances with graceful arm movements and stomping feet. Today, there are over twenty different types of flamenco. Some include more than one guitarist and some have many dancers who whirl around onstage in long ruffled dresses and high heels. There is also a great variety of places to take in a performance, from large venues where you can have dinner and a show to tiny neighbourhood hangouts hidden in narrow alleys. Regardless of the type of flamenco you see or where you decide to watch it, you are sure to be charmed by this mysteriously powerful art form. You can watch a flamenco performance ______________.
***Read four texts. Imagine that you are preparing a project on Geography. Where can one watch or do the mentioned activities? Match the texts with the maps. A. If you are a fan of warm fried rings of dough that we lovingly call donuts, join in celebration of the National Donut Day! This American “holiday” is celebrated on the first Friday of June; it is a tradition that dates all the way back to 1917, when Salvation Army volunteers were sent to take care of the US soldiers fighting in World War One. Seeing how homesick and miserable the soldiers were, the women decided to do something special. Sure enough, the hot tempting smell of fresh donuts worked like a charm in lifting their spirits! Since then, it has become a US tradition. What’s even better is that many stores have joined in this fun tradition by handing out free donuts to customers during the entire day. B. Indians love festivals! The most popular is Holi, the festival of colour, held annually at the beginning of spring. As with all Hindu festivals, this one also has a number of different folk tales associated with it. The majority center around the triumph of good over evil. What’s so great about this day? There are some fun processions, folksong and dance performances, but the best part is the ritual of splashing friends and even total strangers, young and old, with dry colours, water guns and using evenbuckets of coloured water. At about midday, the friendly chaos comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers, usually take a dip in the water to clean themselves, before going home to a homemade feast and a well-deserved siesta. C. Every July, the people of Spain celebrate the Catholic Festival of Corpus Christi with parades, mystery plays and various other fun celebrations. However, the town of Castrillo de Murcia adds an event called “El Colacho". While the origins of the tradition which dates back to 1620 are unknown, the event is held to keep away evil spirits. The “El Colacho”, a man dressed in a bright yellow and red outfit, represents the devil who runs from the entrance of a church and jumps over mattresses upon which lie all the babies who have been born during the year. Besides having that magical ability of sending away evil spirits, the “El Colacho” also has to be a very good jumper! No wonder, it is sometimes called the world’s most dangerous festival event. D. The Boryeong Mud Festival started as fun beach event in 1998. Today, it attracts over 1.5 million visitors who come to Boryeong, South Korea, every July, for the nine-day event that promises “well-being through mud”. If you like the idea of mud-slides, mud massages, mud football etc., this is the festival you will definitely not want to miss! The mud is considered rich in minerals and is used to manufacture cosmetics, in fact, the event was created to promote Boryeong mud cosmetics, but has become a popular festival. Nowhere else can you throw on a swimsuit, cover yourself in five different shades of mud and parade the streets with 50,000 of your closest friends. Festival-goers have their pick of activities like the Mr. Mud contest, mud wrestling and mud races.
Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 1. Plan beforehand 2. Carnival roots 3. The best viewpoints 4. Styles of dancing 5. A music group for a street 6. Carnival's music 7. The time for pleasure 8. The time to attend the Carnival A. Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become a world-famous annual celebration. It is celebrated in towns and villages throughout Brazil for almost a week 40 days before Easter, which is usually in February, the hottest month in the Southern Hemisphere. Officially, it starts on Saturday and finishes on Fat Tuesday with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, during which some Christians give up something that they enjoy. B. The most colourful events take place in the Carnival World Capital, Rio de Janeiro. It was the original place where, in 1723, Portuguese immigrants went out onto the streets soaking each other with buckets of water and throwing mud and food, often ending up in street brawls and riots. The concept kept changing throughout the 1800s with more organized parades, where the Emperor with a group of aristocrats joined in masks with luxurious costumes and music. C. Now the parade varies from state to state. It is a mixture of arts. The music played during Rio Carnival is samba — a unique Brazilian music originating from Rio. It's also a dance form that was invented by the poor Afro-Brazilians as a type of ritual music. The word «samba» meant to pray to the spirits of the ancestors and the gods of the African Pantheon. As a noun, it could mean a complaint or a cry. D. Even today, the most involved groups in Rio Carnival are the poorest, the so-called «favelas», where houses are made of cardboard or other metal remains, and there is often no water, electricity or sewage system. However, the favelas' residents always join in the festivities and actually make the Carnival, which really means a lot to them. Because, for once during the year, they get to go out and have as much fun as they can. E. Residents of the favelas are often members of local samba schools and are deeply involved with the performance and costumes of their groups. Each neighborhood in Rio has its favorite Carnival street band. There are more than 300 of them in Rio nowadays, and each year this number increases. Each band has its place or street for its parade and the big ones usually close the streets to the traffic. F. Rio de Janeiro is usually divided into three zones. The so-called Zona Sul is by far the most pleasant place to stay in Rio, as it is by the sea and is the most civilized part of the city. Districts Copacabana and Ipanema together form a big stage offering a carnival happening at every corner. Leblon, being a bit more upscale, is also an excellent location. G. Except the industries, malls and the carnival-related workers, the country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense, day and night. If you plan to go to watch the Carnival, you should organize your trip well in advance. The best hotels, especially in the Zona Sul, are booked up early, so it's a good idea to make a reservation at least 3 or 4 months in advance.
Read the text and choose the right answer. Chinese Opera If you want to watch a music performance that combines song, dance and striking design, just forget about the latest pop video. Take a look at a truly original style of musical performance: Chinese opera. Last month I was on a trip in Shanghai. I was staying with my Chinese friend Mai-Li. She insisted that we should go to the Chinese opera and I have to admit the experience was amazing from beginning to end. We arrived at the theatre just before the lights went down. As the curtain rose, the actors came on stage in their beautiful costumes, the fiery reds and ribbons of gold and silver were like a kaleidoscope of colour! The costumes go all the way back to the street show days, when the actors used to wear bright colours to stand out in the dark. The singing was quite strange – very sharp and high-pitched. Just like the costumes, the singing style was really ancient. The street performers used to sing that way so that their voices could carry over the crowds who gathered to watch. The opera we saw was ‘Lady White snake’; a classic Chinese folk tale. A white snake changes into a beautiful girl, and then falls in love with a human. But the actors didn’t only tell the story through song; the dancing and acrobatics were fantastic, too. The actors used not only their faces but also their whole bodies to act out the story and show their emotions. There weren’t a lot of stage props or scenery because the actors used a lot of symbols to help to tell the story. The actors’ make-up was incredible. Each colour has a special meaning; red means loyalty and bravery, black shows a warrior, blue means cruelty, gold and silver means mystery. At the finale, it was breathtaking to see them all on stage together in their bright costumes and make-up. I can’t believe how much I enjoyed the opera. You must all see a Chinese opera one day!
Imagine you're preparing a project “Celebrations”. Your classmate has sent you four texts on the topic. Unfortunately, the file is corrupted and the headings have been mixed up. Match the texts to the headings.
Read the text. Your teacher has asked you to post it on the school social media platform as the part of a weekly page called “Celebrations”. Choose the best format for this text to be presented on the platform. Unusual Festivals The World's Messiest Food Fight If you’re in the tiny Spanish town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain during the last week of August, make sure you take a spare change of clothes because things get very, very messy! “La Tomatina” is a huge food fight that has been a strong tradition in Buñol since around 1945. No one really knows how it began, but everybody knows how it ends! The week of the fight includes a fireworks party, music, dancing, colourful street parades and even a huge paella cooking contest. Then, about 30,000 people throw around 100,000 kg of tomatoes at each other for one hour. Experience Life as a Pirate in the Cayman Islands Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If so, for ten days in November, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands transforms into a typical pirate town. The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap, complete with tall ships and rowing boats. Visitors have the chance to wear fancy dress costumes and experience life as a pirate. There are also street parties, treasure hunts and a huge fireworks display. March of the Scarecrows Every year on 6th October, the central market square of Brussels in Belgium becomes full of people made of straw … yes, scarecrows! This festival, which raises money for local charities, has been extremely popular since it first started in 2001. Past winners of the “Best Scarecrow Award” have included a medieval knight scarecrow and even a Che Guevara one! If you think you can do better, why not enter the competition yourself? All you need are some old clothes and a bright idea! A Celebration of the End of Winter If you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the Maslenitsa carnival (or “Blini Week”) in the heart of Moscow is the festival for you! This fun festival takes place around the end of February and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolise the sun (round, golden and warm). At the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter!
Read the text. Your teacher has asked you to post it on the school social media platform as the part of a weekly page called “Celebrations”. You need to choose the illustrations to make your post eye-catching. Match the paragraphs to the pictures.
Imagine that your school is organizing “Role Reversal Day" when students have a chance to become teachers for a day. You are going to teach English and your teacher has asked you to plan lead-in activities based on one text. Read the text and choose all the lead-in activities that are related to it. The activities should cover the information in all paragraphs. Unusual Festivals The World's Messiest Food Fight If you’re in the tiny Spanish town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain during the last week of August, make sure you take a spare change of clothes because things get very, very messy! “La Tomatina” is a huge food fight that has been a strong tradition in Buñol since around 1945. No one really knows how it began, but everybody knows how it ends! The week of the fight includes a fireworks party, music, dancing, colourful street parades and even a huge paella cooking contest. Then, about 30,000 people throw around 100,000 kg of tomatoes at each other for one hour. Experience Life as a Pirate in the Cayman Islands Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If so, for ten days in November, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands transforms into a typical pirate town. The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap, complete with tall ships and rowing boats. Visitors have the chance to wear fancy dress costumes and experience life as a pirate. There are also street parties, treasure hunts and a huge fireworks display. March of the Scarecrows Every year on 6th October, the central market square of Brussels in Belgium becomes full of people made of straw … yes, scarecrows! This festival, which raises money for local charities, has been extremely popular since it first started in 2001. Past winners of the “Best Scarecrow Award” have included a medieval knight scarecrow and even a Che Guevara one! If you think you can do better, why not enter the competition yourself? All you need are some old clothes and a bright idea! A Celebration of the End of Winter If you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the Maslenitsa carnival (or “Blini Week”) in the heart of Moscow is the festival for you! This fun festival takes place around the end of February and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolise the sun (round, golden and warm). At the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter!
Read the text and complete the table. Splatfest If you're in the tiny Spanish town of Bunol in Valencia, Spain during the last week of August, make sure you take a spare change of clothes because things get very, very messy! 'La Tomatina' is a huge food fight that has been a strong tradition in Bunol since around 1945. No one really knows how it began, but everybody knows how it ends! The week of the fight includes a fireworks party, music, dancing, colourful street parades and even a huge paella cooking contest. Then, about 30,000 people throw around 100,000 kg of tomatoes at each other for one hour. Pirates of the Caribbean Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If so, for ten days in November, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands transforms into a typical pirate town. The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap, complete with tall ships and rowing boats. Visitors have the chance to wear fancy dress costumes and experience life as a pirate. There are also street parties, treasure hunts and a huge fireworks display. March of the Scarecrows Every year on 6 October, the central market square of Brussels in Belgium becomes full of people made of straw... yes. scarecrows! This festival, which raises money for local charities, has been extremely popular since it first started in 2001. Past winners of the 'Best Scarecrow Award' have included a medieval knight scarecrow and even a Che Guevara one! If you think you can do better, why not enter the competition yourself? All you need are some old clothes and a bright idea! Maslenitsa - Farewell to Winter If you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the Maslenitsa carnival (or 'Blini Week') in the heart of Moscow is the festival for you! This fun festival takes place around the end of February and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolize the sun (round, golden and warm). At the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter!
Read the text and mark the statements True, False, Not Stated. Splatfest If you're in the tiny Spanish town of Bunol in Valencia, Spain during the last week of August, make sure you take a spare change of clothes because things get very, very messy! 'La Tomatina' is a huge food fight that has been a strong tradition in Bunol since around 1945. No one really knows how it began, but everybody knows how it ends! The week of the fight includes a fireworks party, music, dancing, colourful street parades and even a huge paella cooking contest. Then, about 30,000 people throw around 100,000 kg of tomatoes at each other for one hour. Pirates of the Caribbean Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If so, for ten days in November, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands transforms into a typical pirate town. The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap, complete with tall ships and rowing boats. Visitors have the chance to wear fancy dress costumes and experience life as a pirate. There are also street parties, treasure hunts and a huge fireworks display. March of the Scarecrows Every year on 6 October, the central market square of Brussels in Belgium becomes full of people made of straw... yes. scarecrows! This festival, which raises money for local charities, has been extremely popular since it first started in 2001. Past winners of the 'Best Scarecrow Award' have included a medieval knight scarecrow and even a Che Guevara one! If you think you can do better, why not enter the competition yourself? All you need are some old clothes and a bright idea! Maslenitsa - Farewell to Winter If you want to watch parades, see fireworks and open-air theatre performances and eat until you burst, then the Maslenitsa carnival (or 'Blini Week') in the heart of Moscow is the festival for you! This fun festival takes place around the end of February and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For this reason, all the festival-goers eat blini (pancakes), which symbolize the sun (round, golden and warm). At the end of carnival week, there is a big bonfire to say a final goodbye to winter!
