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3 Party time! Grammar Present continuous
Present continuous & present simple
Vocabulary Telling the time | Months & dates
Challenge Describe a picture and find differences
Interaction Meeting new people
Writing A description of a photo
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New Year Quiz New Year traditions
READING What do you know about

1 Do the New Year Quiz with a around the world?
partner. Match the countries to China Mexico Denmark UK Japan Greece
the traditions.
1 you break plates
2 Listen and check your ideas. 2 you hang onions on your door
3 you eat 12 grapes for good luck
4 bells ring 108 times 5
3 Look at the maps and read the 5 you join hands and sing a special song
article quickly. In which three 6 you give money to children in red envelopes
cities is it twelve o’clock at night?

Happy

It’s midnight. We’re standing It’s twelve o’clock at night in
on Westminster Bridge here in Edinburgh and we’re all having
London. The bells of Big Ben a great time. It’s incredibly
are ringing. Fireworks are noisy here! We call the New
exploding in the sky. Crowds Year ‘Hogmanay’. People are
of people are watching and New Year singing a traditional song called
listening to the loud music. ‘Auld Lang Syne’. What are you 6
There’s a fantastic atmosphere. doing? Josh
But what’s happening in other
cities around the world?

It’s three o’clock in the morning here
in Moscow and people are sleeping.
It’s six o’clock in the It’s snowing outside and very, very
afternoon in San Francisco cold. Alina
and we’re all waiting for the
celebrations at midnight!
We’re all feeling very excited.
We can’t wait! Carmen
It’s seven o’clock in the
morning here in Hong 7
Kong and we’re still
waiting for the New
It’s eight o’clock in the Year. That’s because we
evening here in Buenos celebrate the Chinese
Aires. We’re preparing for New Year in January or
the New Year’s celebrations. February! Kai
People are cooking beans
at home. Why? Because we
eat beans before midnight. It
brings good luck! Gabriel We aren’t celebrating in Sydney,
Australia. It’s 9am. The city is very
quiet after the night’s celebrations.
But some people are having
Hi there! In Lisbon it’s midnight and we’re all breakfast on the beach. Don’t
partying! My family’s having a party at home. forget, it’s the middle of summer
It’s a big family. I’ve got lots of aunts, uncles here and it’s very hot! Sienna
and cousins. And they’re all here tonight! Bruno
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