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Reading 1

• I can read for specific information.

1 Read the text quickly and complete the headings with the words below.
a) gloves b) skirts c) white

Men in … Not all brides Good fun in …
wear …

If you’re going to go to a ceilidh Many people in Britain have You can be sure it is going to be
you should wear your dance Victoria Education and Training JSC − victoria.vn− cold on Bonfire Night so you
Indian origins and they follow
clothes and comfortable shoes. different traditions when they should wear warm clothes.
Ceilidhs are traditional dances get married. The traditional Coats, scarves and boots are
from Scotland and Ireland, and colour isn’t white, it’s red, best. The British celebrate
the music is fast and energetic. because this colour is the Bonfire Night on the evening of
th
Girls wear what they want: symbol of new life. So, an Indian 5 November, when the nights
jeans, skirts or trousers; boys bride shouldn’t wear a white are cold and dark. All over the
wear kilts, shirts and jackets. A wedding dress, she wears a country, people meet and stand
kilt is similar to a skirt – it is a beautiful, long, red sari with red around bonfires, watch
traditional Scottish outfit and and gold jewellery and red fireworks and eat potatoes,
it’s perfect for dancing. henna paint on her hands. sausages and other food that
you can hold with gloves on.

2 2.40 Read and listen to the text and 3 Read the text again and find words
answer the questions. for these definitions.
ceilidhs
1 Where do come from? 1 a traditional skirt from Scotland for men
2 a woman who is getting married
2 What should girls wear for a ceilidh?
3 a red substance to colour hair or kin
3 Which colours shouldn’t a bride wear at 4 a big fire at celebrations
an Indian wedding? Why?
4 Why should people wear coats, hats and When you meet a new word, read
scarves for Bonfire Night? the context – the words around it
5 Why do people eat food like potatoes and sausages? – and try to guess the meaning.

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