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Warming up

1. What’s the topic of this unit?

Festivals around the World.

2. What’s the festival?

Carnivals!

中国西湖狂欢节

阿根廷的狂欢节上的花车游行

比利时班什狂欢节

德国科特布斯狂欢节

巴西里约热内卢市政宫狂欢节

Carnival

Listening

1. What is the advice that Carla gives

Li Mei?

Carla tells Li Mei she should wear

comfortable shoes, light and cool

clothes and a hat. Carlo offers Li

Mei comfortable shoes.

2. What do they find when they

arrive at the park?

They arrive at the park and find

the boys, big bands, dancers and

musicians on trucks.

3. Why is it important for them to have

water?

It is important to have water because

it is very hot/the temperature is

thirty-five degrees/they will be

walking and dancing all day/until

midnight.

4. Why can’t they hear each other?

They can’t hear each other because

the music is very loud/the

loudspeakers make it impossible to

hear.

5. Why do they plan to meet at the

parking lot?

They plan to meet at the parking lot

so they don’t get lost in the crowd/

so they can find each other/because

it is crowded/then they will go and

see the winners.

Listening text

CHRNIVAL IN TRINIDAD

Carla and Hari are students in

Trinidad. Their Chinese friends, Li

Mei and Wu Ping, are visiting for

the Carnival holiday in February.

CARLA: Li Mei, why are you wearing

those shoes? Your feet will

hurt so much by the end of

the parade that you won’t be

able to stand. Would you like

these comfortable ones?

LI MEI: Thanks, Carla, but I wanted

something to go with this

dress. Those are the wrong

colour.

CARLA: You’re not going to wear that

dress, are you? It’s too heavy.

Do you realize that it’ll

5. Who brought the children the gifts?

Andy and Helen brought the children

gifts.

6. What did the family have for dinner?

The family had carrots, potatoes,

roast lamb and apple pie for dinner.

Spring, it is also a time when baby

animals and birds are born and new

plants grow. It is a time of hope and

promise.

Helen and Andy left school on

Thursday afternoon at two o’clock.

They were going to have a four-day

Easter holiday. They were going to

Helen hid candy and chocolate Easter

eggs all over the house. Some were big,

some were very small, and some were

not eggs at all, but in the shape of

chickens or rabbits. They were hidden

in cupboards, behind boxes and under

clothes.

Homework

Collect the information

about Chinese festivals for

the dead and make a report.