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SCostantini - Listening Activities B2 - Unusual British festivals
by SCostantini - (2020-03-13)
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Listening Activities B2 - Unusual British festivals

1. Many of these festivals are actually races or competitions.
 
2. The Burning of the Clavie brings good luck for the new year.
 
3. On Shrove Tuesday in Scarborough people dance with ropes.
 
4. Cheese rolling involves running away from a big, round cheese.
 
5. Snail racing started in the UK.
 
6. The competition to pull the ugliest face is an old tradition.
 
7. The Burning of the Clocks festival marks the summer solstice.
 
8. The Burning of the Clocks festival ends with people throwing water.
 
TOTAL SCORE is 8 out of 8 (100%)
 
Multiple Choice
 

1. The Clavie is: 

    a whisky container;

2. In Up Helly Aa festival, they burn:

    a Viking boat;

3. During a pancake race, you have to:

    run as fast as you can while tossing a pancake in a pan;

4. Nowadays, the people who win the cheese rolling competition are usually:

    people from the village;

5. The fastest snail in the Snail Racing is:

    given a prize of extra lettuce;

6. Black Pudding throwing is similar to:

    bowling;

7. To win the best gurner competition, one man: 

    had all his teeth removed;

8. The Burning of the Clocks festival is: 

    20 years old;

TOTAL SCORE is 8 out of 8 (100%)