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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL …

Watch and listen

watch and understand a video about a festival of ice
sculptures in China.

Listening skills

take notes; listen for main ideas.

Critical thinking

create a persuasive argument.

Grammaruse present tense question forms; use the present
continuous.

Speaking skills

make suggestions; agree and disagree.

Speaking task

choose an event from a festival and persuade yourgroup to go to it.

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FESTIVALS AND
CELEBRATIONSUNIT 2

YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Work with a partner. Look at the photo and answer the questions.
1 Which country do you think the festival is held in?
2 Are there any public festivals in your country which use colour?
3 A public festival is for everyone, but a private celebration is
only for family and friends. What kinds of festivals andcelebrations have you been to?

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WATCH AND LISTENPREPARING TO WATCH
ACTIVATING YOURKNOWLEDGE

PREDICTINGCONTENT USINGVISUALS

1 Work with a partner. Make a list for each question.
1 Which countries have a lot of ice and snow?
2 What are some sports and games people play on ice or in the snow?
3 What can people build from ice and snow?
2 You are going to watch a video about a festival of ice and snow. Before
you watch, look at the photos and read the glossary. Discuss thequestions with your partner.
1 What country do you think this festival is in?
2 What is the man doing in the second photo? Where do you think theice came from?
3 What do you think visitors can do at the festival?
4 What do you think the festival looks like at night?
GLOSSARY

sculpture (n) a piece of art that is made from stone, wood, metal, etc.
brick (n) a hard square or rectangular thing used for building walls, houses, etc.
frozen (adj) If something is frozen, it has become hard because its temperature isbelow 0 °C.
pure (adj) clean; not mixed with other thingsskyscraper (n) a very tall building

WHILE WATCHING
UNDERSTANDING
MAIN IDEAS

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3Watch the video. Write T (true) or F (false) next to the statements.
1 Harbin is having its first ice festival this year.
2 All of the ice bricks come from the river.
3 ‘Sun Island’ is where people build snow sculptures.
4 Harbin is very cold in winter because of winds from Siberia.
5 The festival is exactly four weeks long.

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4Watch again. Complete the sentences.
1 People call Harbin the.
2 Aroundpeople make the buildings andsculptures for the festival.
3 The
ice bricks are made of very clean water.
4 During the day, there are sculpture classes and.
˚C.
5 The average temperature in winter is –6 More thanpeople will visit the ice festival this year.
7 The first day of the festival is.

5Watch again. Then choose the correct photo for each word in bold.
1 This stops air bubbles from freezing into the ice.
abc

UNDERSTANDINGDETAIL

WORKING OUTMEANING FROMCONTEXT

2 There are ice castles, ice skyscrapers and ice slides, which are very
popular with children.
abc

3 Visitors can play ice sports and games and see amazing firework shows.
abc

4 Until the spring comes and the Ice City melts away for another year.
abc

DISCUSSION
6 Work in a small group. Discuss the questions.
1 Would you like to go to Harbin’s ice festival? Why / Why not?
2 Imagine you are going to Harbin’s ice festival. Agree on a list of five toeight things to take with you. Compare your list with another group.
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LISTENING
LISTENING 1
PREPARING TO LISTENUNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY

1 You are going to listen to some interviews about three festivals. Read thesentences (1–6). Then choose the correct definition (a or b) for the words
in bold.
1 We listened and took notes while the professor gave the lecture.
a a book about an academic subject
b a formal talk about a subject
2 There were many activities at the festival, such as watching shows orplaying games.
a things you do for enjoyment, especially organized eventsb a type of live performance in a public place
3 We wear traditional clothes at the festival. The clothes are very similar
to the clothes my grandparents wore to the festival when they wereyoung.
a part of older ways of doing things and older ideasb relating to the present time and not to the past
4 If a festival is about culture, tourists often enjoy going to it because
they can learn about the way of life of the local community.
a habits and traditions of a country or group of peopleb events and activities for tourists to participate in
5 A popular type of entertainment at a festival is watching a race orcompetition.
a shows, films, games or other ways of having fun
b classes, lectures or other ways of learning
6 We enjoyed the delicious food.
a got pleasure from somethingb did something with someone

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PREDICTINGCONTENT USINGVISUALS

2 Match the words in bold from Exercise 1 to the photos (a–c). In someitems, more than one answer is possible.
abc

3 Match the festivals (1–3) to the photos (a–c) in Exercise 2.
1 The Festival of Ideas
2 The Muscat Festival
3 Cherry Blossom Festival
4 Work with a partner. Use the photos and the names of the festivals topredict what types of things you can do at each festival.

WHILE LISTENING

SKILLSTaking notes
The main reason to take notes is so you can use them in the future. Taking
notes helps you organize and remember information. Focus on the main
points and important details. Remember that notes should be short. If you
write too much, you sometimes miss the next part of the listening. Only write
the most important words.
Place: the festival is in Muscat
5 Before you listen, practise keeping your notes short. Cross out the words
that are not needed in the notes.
1 Date: The festival is in April and May.
2 Activities: You can see art and you can try cooking.
6 Compare your answers with a partner. Make changes if necessary.
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2.1 Listen to the interviews and complete the tourist information in
the festival brochure.

THEFESTIVAL
OF IDEAS

Place: Cambridge, (1)Month: (2):Activities: learn some (3)English Civil War (1642–1651)
learn about science: play games to ﬁnd out about(4)
on the; listen to a (5)global economy

CHERRYBLOSSOMFESTIVAL

Place: Tokyo, Japan
Month: (6)Activities: have a picnic under the cherry trees;
eat at food (7); go on the (8)(9)
in a boat and visit

THEMUSCATFESTIVAL

Place: Muscat, Oman
and (11)Months: (10)(12): cycling, camel racing,
Activities:(13)
learn traditional;
go to a (14)show;
eat traditional food;

2.1 Listen again. Write T (true) or F (false) next to the statements below.
Then correct the false statements.
1 The Festival of Ideas is only for students.
2 Both kids and adults enjoy going to the Festival of Ideas.
3 There aren’t exact dates for the Cherry Blossom Festival.
4 At the Cherry Blossom Festival, people only look at the flowers.
5 People can learn about Oman’s culture at the Muscat Festival.
6 Nasrra was able to go to a fashion show at the Muscat Festival.

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9 Work with a partner. Which festivals from Exercise 7 would you like to
go to? Which activities would you most like to do?
10 Are there any festivals that you would not like to go to? Why not?

PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING

SKILLS

Sentence stress
In English, speakers stress some of the words or syllables in a sentence.
Normally, speakers stress the important words in a sentence. It is not usual
to stress short words, or words which are not important.
I want to go to the fashion show.
In the example above, the important words are go, fashion and show, so thespeaker stresses these.
11 Look at the sentence from Listening 1. Which words are important forunderstanding the sentence? Underline them.
Well, it’s an interesting event to come to.

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2.2 Listen to the sentence from Exercise 11. Which words are stressed?

13 Look at the questions from Listening 1. Underline the stressed words.
1 So, what kinds of things do people learn?
2 Are there any things you don’t like about it?
3 Do you have many people here from other countries?
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2.3 Listen and check. Repeat the questions.

15 Read the questions. Underline the important words.
1 What activities do people do at festivals in their free time?
2 Which festival is good for people with lots of hobbies?
3 What did you do at the Cherry Blossom Festival last weekend?
16 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 15 using
the correct stress.

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LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTREVIEW OF PRESENT TENSE QUESTION FORMS
Yes / No questions with do / does
Do / Does + subject + infinitive
Do I / you / we / they like festivals?
Does he / she / it like festivals?
Short answers:
Positive:
Yes, I / you / we / they do. Yes, he / she / it does.
Negative:
No, I / you / we / they do not (don’t). No, he / she / it does not (doesn’t).

Yes / No questions with beGRAMMAR

Am / Is / Are + subject
Am I in the right place? Is he / she / it bored?
Are you / we / they alright?
Short answers:
Positive:
Yes, I am. Yes, he / she / it is. Yes, you / we / they are.
Negative:
No, I am (I’m) not. No, he / she / it is not (isn’t).
No, you / we / they are not (aren’t).

Wh- questions
Wh- word + be + subject
Where are you from?
Wh- word + do / does + subject + infinitive
What do you do?
How does it work?
1 Look at the questions from Listening 1 and underline the main verbs.
1 So, what kinds of things do people learn?
2 Do people concentrate on learning just one thing?
3 Are you ever bored?
2 A presenter on a radio programme is going to interview the organizer of afood festival. Read the interview questions and correct the errors.
1 Are you like your job?
5 Does it all good?
2 Do you a chef?
6 Where are people eat their lunch?
3 What time is the festival start?
7 Is you like the food?
4 What kinds of food are you have?
8 Do the work interesting?
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2.4 Listen and check your answers to Exercise 2.

4 Use the words to make questions in the present simple.
1 you / like / festivals?
2 When / you / go / home?
3 you / be / a good cook?
4 When / you / feel / hungry?
5 What / you / do / for fun?
6 you / like / your school?
5 Work with a partner. Compare your questions and make any corrections.
Ask and answer the questions.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Use the present continuous to talk about events and actions happening at,or around, the moment of speaking.

Statements
subject + be + verb + -ing
I am texting my friend. You / We / They are having a picnic.
He / She / It is waiting for you outside.

GRAMMARYes / No questions
be + subject + verb + -ing
Am I going the right way? Are you / we / they watching the camel race?
Is he / she / it working?
Short answers:
Positive:
Yes, I am. Yes, you / we / they are.

Yes, he / she / it is.

Negative:
No, I am (I’m) not. No, you / we / they are not (aren’t).
No, he / she / it is not (isn’t).

Wh- questions
Wh- word + be + subject + verb + -ing
Where am I going? What is she / he / it doing?
What are they studying? How are you doing?
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