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Reading and Use of English Part 6
• Underline clues in the text while you read, such as
pronouns (e.g. this, he, etc.), or words after the gap
which suggest something mentioned before.
• Read each sentence carefully, thinking
about where it could fit and looking
for clues.
• Quickly read the article again with your Keeping Festivals
answers to check that it makes sense.
clean and green
You are going to read an article about how festivals can
be made more environmentally friendly. Before you Are our favourite cultural events costing the earth?
read, work in groups and complete the quiz. When you
As the summer approaches, many of us prepare to
have finished, scan the article and check your answers. attend open-air festivals all over the country. Whether
your passion is for rock music, world cuisine,
Festival Facts literature or hot-air balloons, there is a festival out
there for you.
A recent survey conducted in the UK found that just
over a quarter of adults attended a music festival
What percentage of UK adults attended a last year. Many festival-goers look forward to the
music festival last year? opportunity to visit a different place, enjoy the
sunshine and participate in their favourite activities
a 16% b 26% c 36% with like-minded people. 1 Unfortunately
while being fun, festivals can cause significant
Name at least three kinds of waste that
can get left behind after festivals. ecological damage. PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
The impact comes from a number of different sources.
1 2 3
Many people travel to festivals by car, which leads
to increased pollut on both in the location and in the
What percentage of festival-goers in the surrounding area. 2 Plastic drinks cups, water
UK are concerned about the impact of bottles, single-use tents and general rubbish all get
festivals on the environment? left behind in large quantities. And if the festival
involves dressing up, many of the materials that
a 29% b 49% c 69%
people use in their costumes, for example, glitter,
How much waste was generated by the contain unrecyclable plastics.
Notting Hill Carnival in London last year? So, can we continue to enjoy ourselves without
causing harm to the environment? Festival
a almost b almost c almost organisers have to ask this question if they want to
200 tonnes 300 tonnes 400 tonnes
continue to draw in the crowds. When surveyed on
Name at least three possible ways of their attitudes towards festivals and the environment,
reducing plastic waste at festivals. nearly 70% of respondents said that they worried
about the environmental impact of attending one, and
1 2 3
many of them commented on the amount of rubbish
left behind.| 3 It may seem like an impossible
task, given the number of people who attend, but a
few small changes can in fact dramatically reduce
the damage that festivals cause.
Were any of your ideas for questions 2 and 5 not
One event setting an example on environmental
mentioned in the article? Share them with the class.
standards is the Hay Literature Festival in Wales.
Because this festival is held in a small rural town,
most people travel there by car. 4 They have
also made a great effort to reduce the amount of
waste generated by introducing on-site recycling
points, charging a deposit for a reusable cup and
providing water pipes for festival -goers to refill their
water bottles.
