Customs and Traditions (unit 2)
A lot of people have one of these, and maybe you do too! What is it?
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This lesson contains 18 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
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A lot of people have one of these, and maybe you do too! What is it?
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It's a selfie stick. :) Have you ever used one?
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1.4 Other happiness idioms?
Idiom:
be floating/walking on air
Meaning
Be very happy about something good that has happened
Example:
I've been walking in air ever since Chris and I started going out together.
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What is happening in the picture?
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It is definitely a festival 100%
It is almost certainly a festival
It's bound to be a festival 90-99%
It'll probably be a festival 80-95%
It's likely to be a festival
It might be a festival 50 - 80%
It might not be a festival 20 - 50%
It'll probably won't be a festival 5-20%
It's not likely to be a festival
It almost certainly isn't a festival 1-5%
It is definitely not a festival 0%
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La Tomatina
We are going to watch a clip of an unusual festival:
Where is it held?
How often is it held?
Who attends the festival?
What does over zealous mean?
How does the festival end?
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Quick chat.....
Tell a partner about any festivals that you have been to or would like to go to.
What about Music festivals, what festivals are popular in the Netherlands? Who goes?
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Part 7 of Reading and Use of English- Gapped Text
Decide where the paragraphs belong in a text
You are going to read a text about a festival. Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
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Page 23 - Reading (gapped text)
Exercise 2
Read the How to do it Box - don't get distracted by vocabulary that you don't understand.
TIP: What does the main idea of the first paragraph relate to? ( Travel/ ways to get to the festival)
Scan paragraphs A-G to find which one continues the idea of travel. Look at the italicised phrases: have more apropriate transport (l.10) and find a connection with in one of the paragraphs A-G. (four wheel drive (l. 76)Jeeps (L.79)
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checking understanding
Why was the track soon lined with jeeps?
How do the Tuareg travel in the desert?
Which is the better means of transport?
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Follow the same procedure with the remaining gaps. Pay careful attention to the words and italics in main text and the paragraphs A-G
NOTE DOWN ANY WORDS AND EXPRSSIONS WITH A SIMILAR MEANING eg: get together (L. 13) , meeting (l. 66)
little sign of profit motive (L28-29) lack of commercialism (L59)
REMEMBER THERE IS A PARAGRAPH WE DON'T NEED!
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EXTRA CHALLENGE: for quick workers
Page 23 Exercise 3
Refer back to the main text and paragraphs A-G to find examples of the phrases.
Tip: A 5
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The Tuareg people are a nomadic tribe
Mainly from the northern region of the Sahara
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They are often known as the "blue men of the desert" because of the indigo blue cloth they wear. They live in small tribes of up to 100 members and keep camels, chickens and goats.
Drought and government policy have recently been threatening their traditional way of life.
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Tips and Tricks for Advanced (CAE) Reading Part 7
Unfortunately, there is no 100% foolproof trick to guarantee easy completion of CAE Reading Part 7. It requires time, thought and a lot of practice. However, there are a few techniques that you should be using to ensure quicker and more accurate answers.
Give yourself enough time to complete this task. I find it can take up to 20 minutes of your exam time.
Read through the complete text very quickly first. You should have a general idea of the topic and style of the text before starting. This shouldn’t take longer than a couple of minutes.
Focus on the paragraphs before the main text. As you read through them, underline reference words (e.g. this, it, they) and linking words (e.g. however, additionally). See more about understanding reference below.
After reading the paragraphs, start reading the text. Read the first paragraph and the paragraph that follows the first gap.
There are three elements to consider:
the macrostructure of the text (logical beginning, middle, end)
grammatical links between paragraphs (reference and linking words)
lexical links between paragraphs (synonyms)
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Tips and Tricks for Advanced (CAE) Reading Part 7
In order to be confident of a correct answer, you should always try to find two of the three elements listed above. A gut feeling can help you here, but it shouldn’t be the only reason you choose an answer.
Work systematically through the text paragraph by paragraph.
If you aren’t sure of a paragraph, work to eliminate wrong answers and write down which ones you eliminated. This way, when you come back to it later, you have less options to choose from.
After choosing an answer, read through the preceding paragraph, the paragraph you chose and the following paragraphs in order. Do they sound correct together?
Keep up the pace. There is a huge risk of spending too much time on this task, which will hurt you in other parts of the exam.
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Homework
