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 .
Learning foreign languages is becoming more and more popular nowadays. A number of language schools and teachers is constantly growing up. But there are some people think that learning foreign languages is a waste of time and money.
In my opinion, learning languages is extremely important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is impossible to make a successful career without knowing a foreign language, especially English. If you do not master this language, you cannot be up-to-date, establish business contacts, and carry on talks with your foreign partners. Secondly, foreign languages help you understand native people when travelling abroad. However, there are some people who believe that it is not necessary to learn languages. Their reason is that you can always find a translator or interpreter who will do the job. Nevertheless, I cannot agree with these people because you will fall short of money to buy services of translation or interpretation every day. You had better to be able to do it yourself. In addition to it, the more languages you know the more you rise in your self-esteem.