Question

LISTENING Task 1. Listen to the presentation about unusual British festivals and circle the best phrase to complete these sentences. 1. The Clavie is ... a whisky container / a wooden cross / a bonfire made of things people don't need. 2. In the Up Helly Aa festival, they burn ... a wooden man/a Viking boat / a line in the grass. 3. During a pancake race, you have to ... eat as many pancakes as possible/run as fast as possible while tossing a pancake in a pan / run and jump over the ropes without dropping the pancake. 4. Nowadays, the people who win the cheese rolling competition are usually ... top athletes /people from the village / visitors from all over the world. 5. The fastest snail in the Snail Racing is ... cooked with garlic and butter / rescued from the barbecue / given a prize of extra lettuce. 6. The Burning of the Clocks festival is ... 2 years old / 20 years old / 200 years old.​

Answer 1

Правильные ответы:

1.(a whisky container)

2.(a Viking boat)

3.(run as fast as possible while tossing a pancake in a pan)

4.(people from the village)

5.(given a prize of extra lettuce)

6.(20 years old)

Answer 2

1. The Clavie is a bonfire made of things people don't need. 2. In the Up Helly Aa festival, they burn a wooden man. 3. During a pancake race, you have to run as fast as possible 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. The Burning of the Clocks festival is 20 years old.