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Unit 1 1.1 1 This day marks the birthday of the United States of America, and its independence from British rule. It’s a national holiday and celebrates everything that’s good about the United States. In cities and towns across America, there are parades with patriotic music. A lot of people wear something red, white and blue, and wave the American flag.
2 Every year, there’s a special winter festival in north-east China. It’s one of the best exhibitions of ice sculptures in the world. You can see massive ice sculptures of figures and buildings all over the city. At night, colourful lights make the sculptures look really beautiful. It’s a great time to visit them, but it’s very, very cold.
3 This international festival celebrates folk traditions from different parts of the world. At the start of the festival, groups of dancers parade through the streets in colourful national costumes. The group you can see in the photo is from Colombia. Later in the day, there are displays of dancing in the main square. It’s really interesting to see the different costumes and styles of music and dancing.
4 This is a special family holiday in Canada. Today, people celebrate the festival to give thanks for the good things in life. At Thanksgiving, Canadians often visit family or friends, or invite them to their own homes. A lot of people eat a traditional meal of turkey and pumpkin pie. An invitation to a Canadian home for Thanksgiving is a big honour.
5 The New Year starts with a spectacular fireworks display. Over a million people, locals and visitors, gather downtown to see this amazing display of fireworks, lasers and lights. I always go to The Palace Beach on Al Sufouh Road to watch the fireworks. You get a perfect view of the fireworks against the Burj Khalifa. It’s spectacular.
1.2 Soft c city, cycle, celebrate
Hard c America, spectacular, costumes
1.3 a 25th b 2nd
c 22nd d 18th e 5th f 1st g 9th
h 23rd i 30th
December February August June
April
January May
March September
1.4 Interviewer What do you do, Pete? Pete
I’m an event planner.
Interviewer And who do you work for? Pete
A company called Kasima. 172 English for the 21st Century • Transcripts
Interviewer What kind of events does the company organize? Pete
Interviewer Do you spend a lot of time out of the office? Pete
Interviewer Do you work long hours? Pete
No, I don’t. I work in the office most of the time. My team develops the concept and ideas for the decorations, music, and so on. I also have a lot of meetings with the clients to discuss their needs.
Yes, I do. Just before an event I often work a 14-hour day, but I don’t mind. I’m lucky my company pays me to organize parties, and I love parties.
Interviewer And what qualities do you need to work in event planning?
Pete
Well, you need to be creative, and also very organized, with a good eye for detail.
Interviewer And like parties! Pete
Exactly.
1.5 Does he work on his own or in a team? What tasks do you think he does in his job? Does he spend most of his time at events?
1.6 a Who do you work for? b How many hours do you work a day? c Which is your busiest day? d How do you start a typical day? e What do you like about the job?
1.7 1 Interviewer So, Marta. Why is the Falles Festival important for Valencia?
Marta
For me, the Falles are all about local community. In the 12 months before the festival, local people work together to plan and organize the celebrations for their neighbourhood. It’s great. Everybody helps each other. Through the Falles Festival, we get to know our neighbours and we make new friends.
Interviewer So the Falles make local Valencian communities strong?
Marta Josep Exactly. It brings our communities together.
2 Interviewer Josep, you’re a local businessman. How important are the Falles for you?
Very important. The festival brings lots of visitors to the city and that’s good for the hotels, good for the restaurants, and good for shops. The festival also helps small artisan businesses. My wife is a dressmaker. She’s busy all year making the traditional dresses for the parades. The Falles also helps the craftsmen – the painters, decorators and the carpenters. They have a lot of work because of the Falles.
It specializes in private events, such as weddings, birthday parties and music festivals. It doesn’t have any big corporate clients.
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