Week 02/ 03 – Intermediate 2 – Two festivals
I) Vocabulary:
Replace the underlined expressions with the following expressions
open-plan office qualifications shifts work to a deadline
works flexible hours unsociable hours
a) Have you ever done a job where you had to work in the evenings and at weekends?
b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of an office with no dividing walls?
c) Are you the sort of person who works well when they have to finish a job by a
certain time?
d) Do you know anybody who can start and finish work when they like?
e) What is the job of your dreams, and what special diplomas or degrees to you need
to do it?
f) If the salary was high, could you work twelve-hour periods of time, sometimes
at night?
II) Reading & Listening
1) Read the descriptions of two famous festivals
Midsummer in Sweden
The winters in Sweden are long and dark, and the summers are short. Midsummer is one of the most popular festivals in Sweden, along with Christmas. The festival dates from ancient times and is a celebration of the warmth, light and life of the natural world in summer. All the plants are green. There are wild flowers everywhere, and the sun never sets. Midsummer is a national holiday, and many people start their summer holidays on that day. It takes place on the third weekend of June, around 21st June, the longest day of the year. It's the one time of the year when people wear traditional clothes. On the day before Midsummer, everyone leaves town and goes to meet friends and family in the countryside.
On Midsummer morning, people get together outside and dance around a tall wooden pole, which is decorated with flowers and leaves. Then, in the evening, most people celebrate with a dinner, usually eaten outside near a beach or a lake. They eat fish - herring or salmon - with potatoes, followed by a dessert of strawberries and cream, and plenty of cold beer or schnapps. After dinner, there is dancing outside all night long under the midnight sun.
The Galway International Oyster Festival
For four days every year, Galway, one of the most beautiful regions of Ireland, holds its world-famous International Oyster Festival. This relatively new festival only started in 1954 and takes place every September. The first evening is the start of the Irish Oyster Opening Championships - a competition to see who can open thirty oysters the fastest. During the evening of the second day there's a big party, with music and a meal of seafood, pasta, salad, champagne, Guinness, and - you guessed it - oysters! On the following day there is a parade through the streets of Galway. Then there's the highlight of the festival: the finals of the oyster opening competition. In the evening there's another party, with all-night dancing. On the last day there are more oysters and other treats, followed by a big dance in the evening.
It's a long weekend of non-stop entertainment, cabaret, eating and dancing, and people come to Galway from all over the world to be there. The Irish love oysters and they love a party!
2) Answer the questions:
a) Which is the older festival?
b) What special food and drink do people have at each festival?
3) Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
a) Midsummer is a very popular festival in Sweden.
b) Midsummer celebrates the end of summer.
c) Most people spend Midsummer outside the city.
d) Everyone goes to bed early on Midsummer Day.
e) At the Oyster Festival, there's a competition to see who can open thirty oysters the fastest.
f) At the Oyster Festival there are a lot of parties.
g) The Oyster Festival is only for Irish people.
4) Listen to the conversation and write what food and drink Carol's family has at
Christmas.
a) Christmas Eve: ___________________________________________________
b) Christmas Day (breakfast) __________________________________________
c) Christmas Day (lunch) ______________________________________________
d) Boxing Day (lunch) ________________________________________________
5) Underline the correct information.
a) Carol's mum / dad is having a party on Christmas Eve.
b) Carol's mum / dad used to make dinner on Christmas Eve.
c) Carol's family get up late / go to church on Christmas morning.
d) Carol's dad is single / has remarried.
e) On Christmas afternoon Carol's family stay at home / go out for a walk.
f) Carol is travelling home on Boxing Day / the day after Boxing Day.
III) Homework:
Spot the mistake! Cross out the incorrect sentence.
1 a) Have you got your coat? Put on it.
b) Have you got your coat? Put it on.
2 a) I'm calling you tomorrow.
b) I'll call you tomorrow.
3 a) How much time do we have?
b) How many time do we have?
4 a) He would be very fat.
b) He used to be very fat.
5 a) She can come any time she likes.
b) She can to come any time she likes.
6 a) Sshh! You don't have to talk in here.
b) Sshh! You mustn't talk in here.
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