Tour of London

English as a foreign language

Tour guide: Good aft­ern­oon lad­ies and gen­tle­men and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ | this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ | of Lon­don by bus. 
My name’s Greg and I’m your _ _ _ _ _  this aft­ern­oon on our tour of London. As you can see, we’re on an _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ | bus, so you can see all the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from your seat and you don’t need to _ _ _ _ anywhere. And ple­ase _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _| about the rain, I’m sure it’ll stop soon. A-a-and ple­ase ask any que­sti­ons at any time. 
Tourist 1: I have a question. 
Tour guide: Yes? 
Tourist 1: Do you have extra umbrellas? I mean if it rains a lot. 
Tour guide: Err, no, we don’t have any extra umbrellas, but don’t worry, I’m sure the rain will stop soon. Right, OK, so where are we going on our_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _? Well, the tour _ _ _ _ _ 2 hours and we are going to visit all the fam­ous sites. First, we’ll see Mad­ame Tussauds, the _ _ _ _ _ _ with wax mod­els of fam­ous peo­ple and celebrities, then we’ll _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _  the most fam­ous _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _  in the world, Oxf­ord Street. After that we’ll see the fam­ous _ _ _ _ _ Big Ben and The Hou­ses of Parliament. As we drive along the river you’ll see the pop­ula­r attraction, the Lon­don Eye, from which you can see the _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _  on a sunny day. Then we’ll see Tower Bri­dge and the fam­ous Tower of Lon­don bef­ore _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ at Buc­kin­gha­m Palace, just in time for a _ _ _  of _ _ _ with the Queen. 
Tourist 2: Is that inc­lud­ed in the tour? A cup of tea with the Queen? 
Tour guide: Err, well, no not exactly, but there’s a lov­ely _ _ _ _ near the _ _ _ _ _ _ where you can get a cup of tea. 
(Sound of a storm right overhead, loud thu­nde­r and very heavy downpour) 
Tourist 1: I have ano­the­r question. 
Tour guide: Yes?
Tourist 1: Can we have our money back? We’re _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ the bus. 
Tour guide: Err, well, you see... Quick! Run! Eve­ryo­ne off the bus! …

Different festivals around the globe

English as a Second Language (ESL)

 

 1. Now you will watch a video about unusual festivals around the world. First, look at the words below and guess in what context speaker will use them. 

have a passion for travel                giant tomato fight                 corpses             
                                   get messy             pelt sb with
             

 

 

2. What festivals are mentioned in the video? In what countries are they celebrated?
3. Watch the video again and answer the questions. 

1. What is the name of the festival in Spain where people have a giant tomato fight?

A La Fiesta

B La Tomatina

C La Fiesta de los Tomates

D La Batalla de Tomates

 

2. Which festival in India involves throwing colored dye in the streets?

A The Monsoon Festival

B The Spring Festival

C The Holi Festival

D The Festival of Lights

 

3. Where do they have a huge buffet for thousands of hungry monkeys?

A Madagascar

B India

C Thailand

D Spain

 

4. How often is the Turning of Bones festival celebrated in Madagascar?

A Every year

B Every 2 years

C Every 5 years

D Every 7 years

 

5. What is Kat's reaction to the idea of the monkey buffet festival in Thailand?

A She is scared.

B She is bored.

C She is excited.

D She is confused.

 

 

 

4. Which festival do you want to celebrate? Which one do you find uninteresting? 
5. Can you name two festivals that are celebrated in your country? Give some details where people arrange them, what they do there and what is the meaning of the festival. Share the information with a partner. 

 

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