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FuRTheR pRACTICe

To give students extra listening practice, play  

 

1:09–1:15

 again. This time, ask them to make a note 

of any details of the festival. In order for students to better 

understand the recording, you may have to help them with 

some of the vocabulary, e.g.:

fireworks

 (something that explodes when you light it, 

producing coloured lights and loud noises)

grave

 (place where someone is buried)

kites

 (a toy that flies in the air while you hold it by a long 

string)

play a joke on someone

 (do something humorous).

exTenSIOn ACTIVITy

Give students one minute to try and think of as many fixed 

holidays or festivals as they can. Students should take one 

of these and write a three-line text for a foreign visitor 

explaining what the festival is and what it involves.