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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 04
Section 4 -Our Person in...
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Section 4 is based on 'Our Person in...'. It helps you to listen to other people speaking for a little longer than they speak in a conversation, like a radio or television news report. When people prepare written reports, they are often a little more formal, and use more complex words and structures.
Suggestion: The notes here are to help you to think of things to say, and the best order to say them. Make notes and then join these together to make a paragraph. Why not send it to us?*
You listened to Robert talking about the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau.
Can you think of a local festival that you can tell people about? It could be a festival in the place where you live. Or it could be a festival that you’ve seen in another place, maybe when you were on holiday.
Think about these questions:
Where can you see the festival?
When does it happen?
What does the festival celebrate?
What do people do?
Do people wear special clothes?
Is there any special food or drink?
What is the history of the festival?
Now put your ideas together to write a paragraph about the festival. . Go to the bottom of the page to do this.
Transcript
Robert: In the centre of Hong Kong everything is new, modern and busy. It’s difficult to think what the city was like a hundred years ago. But only forty-five minutes away from the centre, on the small island of Cheung Chau we can see another side of Hong Kong – a side that is not very different from how it was centuries ago.
Every year, in May, Cheung Chau celebrates its Bun Festival. The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week. No-one knows exactly why the festival started but there is a procession to honour Pak Tai – the sea god. In this procession, children in fantastic costumes are carried through the village. The costumes hide the seats that the children are sitting on and it looks like they are flying.
For three days before the festival no-one on the island eats meat. The butcher’s shop is closed and restaurants serve only vegetarian dishes. Even the small McDonald’s on the island sells only vegetarian food for these three days. Perhaps, for three days, this quiet corner of one of the busiest places on earth is the only place where you can’t buy a Big Mac at McDonald’s!
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