COMPARING CULTURES

Activity 1: MATCHING

Match the pictures with the words you hear.

1. _______ (n) the woman who is getting married in a wedding ceremony (the
man is called the groom)
2. _______ (adj) used about a way of doing something, or a belief, that a
particular group of people has had for a long time
3. _______ (n) the man who is getting married in a wedding ceremony (the
woman is called the bride)
4. _______ (n) a special event that is organized so that people can remember
something in a happy way
5. _______ (n) the usual way of behaving or doing things in a society, which has
existed for a long time
6. _______ (adj) happy to listen to new ideas, meet new people, and talk about
feelings
7. _______ (n) particular clothes that people wear as a symbol of their country
8. _______ (adjective phrase) (used about food) containing lots of spices that
make your mouth feel hot
9. _______ (n) the food that people normally eat and drink
10. _______ (n) the way that you feel and behave towards a thing, type of
people, etc.

Activity 2: LISTENING

Listen and fill the blanks with the answers you hear.

Many of the older festivals around the world came about as a celebration of the
coming of spring – some of them are probably as old as 1/_________ itself. Here is
a very well-known one – it's the Hindu Holi festival, which takes place in most parts
of 2/_________ each spring – 3/_______ colourful, isn't it! You may have noticed
that a common theme in festivals is throwing things at 4/__________ – I suppose
it's something you're never 5/__________ allowed to do, so it makes the festival
feel different and special.
 So this festival is a celebration of a god who liked to play jokes such as throwing
water onto people – 6/____________ is used in the festival, and by the end of the
day, 7/________ of people are multi-coloured from head to toe.

Here's another modern one, and another fun one. 8/_________ all over the world
like to listen to music and pretend they're in the band, playing along on an
9/___________ guitar. Well, that's what people come to this festival to watch! It's
held every year in 10/___________ in Oulu, which is in the north of Finland.