The Glastonbury Festival is Britain's largest outdoor rock concert, I and it attracts crowds of more than 100,000 people?. Glastonbury is just one of many events on the international I m
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Talk about the answers to these questions with a partner.
1 What kind of music do you like? Who are your favourite singers and musicians?
2 Have you ever been to a rock concert? Would you like to?
3 Have you ever been to, or seen pictures of, a music festival?
Reading
Read the passage, the e-mail and the festival guide.
The Glastonbury Festival is an unforgettable sight For three I days, 280
hectares of peaceful farm country in the beautiful Somerset Valley become a
vast, colourful tent city The Glastonbury Festival is Britain's largest outdoor
rock concert, I and it attracts crowds of more than 100,000 people It has six
separate stages for musicians to play on It has eighteen markets where fans can
buy things It has its own daily newspaper and is even broadcast live on
television It also I raises large amounts of money for several chanties,
including Greenpeace and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Glastonbury is just one of many events on the international I music festival c
alendar each year For dance music fans, I there's Creamfields, the Essential
Festival and Homelands - all in the UK Rock fans have Roskilde Festival in
Denmark, FujiRock and Summer Sonic in Japan, and the Livid Festival and I the Big Day Out in Australia And the crowds just keep I getting bigger In fact, the size of some of these festivals is I causing problems Since the deaths of nine people atRoskiide in 2000 and the death of a young woman at the2001 Big Day Out, festival organisers and local police have I been working together to make sure festival-goers stay safe
Despite these tragic events, festivals are more popular than I ever And it's not just about the music It's about making new I I friends and partying non-stop for days at a time It's aboutdancing till you can't stand up anymore and then crashing in I someone else's tent Veteran music journalist Koichi Hanafusa I I was at the first Fuji Rock Festival in 1997 He remembers the I festival being hit by a typhoon 'My greatest memory was all I those people dancing to Rage Against the Machine They I didn't care about the rain and the wind,' he says 'I mean, I that's what it's all about.'
Hi Melissa
Glastonbury was awesome! Jason and I arrived in the afternoon on Day 1 We went straight to the Acoustic Tent to see the Waterboys I couldn't wait to see them They sang all my favourites, including 'Bang the Drum'
The highlight of Day 2 was definitely Rolf Harris We sang along to 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport', and I saw several 'Rolf is God'T-shirts in the crowd! In the evening we went back to the Acoustic Tent to see the Hothouse Flowers They were excellent!
Day 3 was the best, though David Bowie came on stage at 10 p.m He sang all his hits — 'China Girl', 'Major Tan', 'Let's Dance', 'I'm Afraid of Americans' - and he stayed on stage for two hours!
I'm completely exhausted, but I had the best time! And I got you a Hothouse Flowers T-shirt so you wouldn't feel left out :-)
See you soon Love Jenna
WHAT TO TAKE
You will have a long walk from your car or the bus stop, so travel light Most festivals have markets where you can buy most of the things you'll need But here's a list of things that everyone should take with them
• Tent - The bigger the better (especially if it rains)
• Sleeping bag - Make sure it's comfortable
• Sunblock - Three days outside inthe sun will give you painful sunburn
• Rainproof jacket - In case the sun doesn't shine!
• Hat - Good if it rains, good if the sun shines
• Comfortable shoes - You'll be standing up a lot of the time
• Money - There are sometimes cash machines at music festivals, but usually with long lines Remember to keep enough money to get home after the festival
Reading Understanding key points
Read the sentences below Tick the sentences that are true Rewrite the sentences that are not true to make them true.
Glastonbury Festival is an amazing thing to see Most of the year, the Somerset Valley is a busy city
Most of the year, the Somerset Valley is peaceful farm country
1 Music is performed on one stage at Glastonbury
2 Music festivals are becoming more popular
3 Being in a big crowd at a music festival can sometimes be dangerous
4 Jenna had never heard the Waterboys' music before she went to the Glastonbury Festival
5 Jenna enjoyed the second day of the festival the most
6 Fans can spend only one day at the Glastonbury Festival
Reading Understanding details
Trang 2Circle the best answer, a, b, с or d, to each of the following questions.
1 The Glastonbury Festival takes place
a inside a large stadium
b in a television studio
с in the city of Glastonbury
d outdoors in the Somerset Valley
2 If you like dance music, you'd
probably enjoy
a Creamfields
b Roskilde
с Summer Sonic
d the Big Day Out
3 When a typhoon hit the Fuji Rock Festival in 1997,
a people couldn't stand up
b people kept dancing andenjoying themselves
с nine people died,
d the festival was cancelled
4 The first group Jenna and Jason saw were called
a the Acoustic Tent
b the Waterboys,
с Bang the Drum
d the Hothouse Flowers
5 On Day 3, David Bowie finished singing
a at ten o'clock in the morning
b at ten o'clock at night, с at around midnight
d at around two o'clock in the morning
6 The festival guide recommends taking money to a music festival
a to avoid having to wait in line at the cash machines
b because there are never any cash machines
с because you have to pay money if you want to leave the festival early
d to pay the musicians
Reading Developing skills
Read the passage, the e-mail and the festival guide again Below is a list of possible problems with music festivals Choose the correct solution for each problem.
Problems
1 Large crowds can be dangerous
2 Friends who stay at home might feel left out
3 You are outside the whole time and might get
sunburned
4 You might get tired from standing up all the time
5 You might forget to bring something you need
Solutions
a You can go shopping at the markets
b You should wear comfortable shoes and take a tent and sleeping bag
с You should take sunblock
d Police and festival organisers should work together to make sure people stay safe
e You can buy them a T-shirt
Developing vocabulary
A Match the numbers on the left with the letters on the right to form sentences.
1 It was an unforgettable day We had
2 Australia is a vast country It takes
3 I like outdoor sports because I like
4 We could hardly see the stage because
5 The Red Cross is my favourite charity
6 On the school calendar, Sports Day is
7 The organisers of the parade make
8 It was tragic that Princess Diana
a about five hours to fly from the east coast to the
west coast
b our seats were at the back of the theatre, с Ben's favourite day He waits all year for it
d died when she was so young
e sure everything goes smoothly
f so much fun, we will always remember it
g fresh air and sunshine
h because it helps people all over the world
Complete the following sentences with the correct word or phrase.
typhoon highlight travel light feel left out rainproof
1 You should _on a camping trip Don't pack too muchstuff
2 The _of my year was my trip to Hawaii What a greatholiday!
3 If you don't invite Ben to your party, he will _
4 Our tent wasn't _, so we got wet in the middle of thenight!
5 The strong winds during the _destroyed manyhouses
Writing
Look at this sentence about the deaths of music fans at festivals:
Despite these tragic events, festivals are more popular than ever After the tragic deaths of the fans, you might expect festivals to lose popularity But in fact, the opposite is true: they are more popular than ever
Despite is used to introduce a contrast, and is followed by a noun or an -ing verb
Complete the sentences below Add 'despite' at the beginning, and then choose the best words from the box The first one is done for you.
being poor the rain being a rather lazy student the heavy traffic having a bad cold
1 Despite being a rather lazy student , Sandra usually getsgood marks
2 _, Mr and Mrs Lee arealways happy
3 _, we had a great time atthe music festival
4 _, Gavin sang brilliantlyat the school concert
5 _, Gemma got to theairport on time