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👉SKILLS 2
Listening
1. Look at the animal below. Discuss the following questions with a partner.
1. What is it?
2. What festival is it a part of?
2. Now listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival. Check your answers.
3. Listen again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
| T | F | |
| 1. Only people from the USA celebrate Thanksgiving. | ||
| 2. People celebrate it on the third Thursday of November. | ||
| 3. Family members and friends usually gather to have a feast. | ||
| 4. In his family, only adults prepare the feast. | ||
| 5. Cornbread is one of the traditional dishes. | ||
| 6. After the feast, they play board games. |
Writing
4. Think about a festival that your family usually celebrates. Fill in the blanks with your answers.
What food does your family eat? __________
What activities does your family do? __________
What festival is it? __________
When do you celebrate it? __________
Do you like the festival? Why or why not? __________
5. Now write an email of about 70 TR words to tell Mark about the festival. Use the notes in 4.
New Message
From:
To:
Subject:
Dear Mark,
How are you? I'm going to tell you about ________________________.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
I hope one day you can join the festival with us.
Cheers,
