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)