Упр.G Модуль 1 Test Booklet ГДЗ Spotlight 9 класс
G Listen to some people talking on a radio programme about special occasions and match the speakers (1-5) to the statements (A-E).
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G Listen to some people talking on a radio programme about special occasions and match the speakers (1-5) to the statements (A-E).
A This event lasts for seven days.)
B This event signals the end of childhood.
C We look very colourful during this event.
D This event goes back to medieval times.
E We become very wet during this celebration.
Текст аудирования:
Interviewer: I asked some young people about special occasions in their country and how they celebrate them.
Speaker 1: (young woman) (B)
In Bolivia, a girls’ sixteenth birthday is very important. The birthday girt wears a white dress and dances the first dance with her father or grandfather. She also dances with fifteen other partners, as each dance represents one year of her life. It is a sign of becoming a lady.
Speaker 2: (man) (C)
Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours takes place each year in India around the end of Febmary or the beginning of March. Everyone throws blue, green and yellow powders at one another on the second day of Holi. In fact your clothing is never the same again! It’s all great fun and people believe that the powders will keep illnesses away.
Speaker 3: (man) (E)
People in Thailand celebrate their new year by throwing water over one another. Songkran, the Thai New Year, happens each year in mid-April. The Thai people and visitors use buckets, bowls, garden hoses, water guns, and even elephants to carry the water.
Speaker 4: (woman) (A)
Las Fallas Festival is a week-long festival in mid-March, which celebrates Saint Josephtasks Day with loud music, partying, and fire dances around huge open fires, where people tell stories from the past. Many people dress in traditional costumes, though modern costumes are also common. The festival ends with an amazing fireworks display.
Speaker 5: (man) (D)
The Ivrea Camival in Italy includes fantastic street parties and parades but what makes it different from other carnivals are the orange battles, where people separate into special teams and throw oranges at each other. This comes from a custom that started in the Middle Ages, when local residents threw the beans that the local ruler gave to the poor out onto the streets to express their dissatisfaction.