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Carnivals

Date: Jun 20 2008

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Step right up, folks. The carnies have rolled into town and they’re here to show you a good time.

SEE! The freak show featuring Aquaman, the man who is half fish!
HEAR! The screams of children on dangerous rides!
SMELL! The scent of elephants and beer!
TASTE! Deep fried dough served with ice cream!
FEEL! Your wallet being stolen!
WIN! Prizes at games designed to be only almost impossible to win!
LIVE! The horrors of the haunted house and tell their tale!
LISTEN! To Marni and Mason talk about carnival season below.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Marni

Mason

Marni: So it’s almost summer.

Mason: Excited to hit up the festivals and all that jazz.

Marni: It’s carnival season!

Mason: I know. I gonna get me cotton candy and elephant ears and ride the ferris wheel...

Marni: ...and get sick and throw it all up...

Mason: ...and then I’m gonna get another one…

Marni: That’s what you do! So yeah. You got your state fairs. We Americans, we love a good state fair. You’ve got your mediocre talent on the stage and your 4-H various award ceremonies.

Mason: Yeah. Isn’t it weird, all the little farm-y ones where it’s like, “How big is your pig?”

Marni: Exactly! But they get so big!

Mason: What kind of pie did you bake?

Marni: How big is your squash, your pumpkin…But I love that stuff. It’s so classic American.

Mason: Definitely. But they pretty much throw a carnival for anything. There’s the Cinco de Mayo, right? Our Rose Festival thing.

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Discussion

Mason and Marni are excited because when it’s summertime, carnivals come to town. They come for anything from the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo to local events.

Sometimes carnivals have contests for farmers to see who can grow the biggest vegetable or raise the biggest pig. Carnivals always have games like the pop the balloon game shown in the picture.

Of course, carnivals bring certain special foods with them. Mason can’t wait to eat fried bread called elephant ears and big fluffy candy called cotton candy. He plans to eat so much of it he vomits and then eat more! Yuck!

But if the food doesn’t get Mason, the rides will. Do you get nauseous on roller coasters or spinning rides? When will a carnival come to your town?

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jcirnes

Mexico

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the defeat of the French army by the Mexican army, when France wanted to invade Mexico. Mexican independence day is celebrated on the 16 of September. Cinco de Mayo is a nice excuse to have a party though

Yadi_Tedja

Indonesia

I'm confuse, my english language is very bad..

Hix…...............

miailoy

China

I can’t understand exactly.I’m a new leaner.

dodah

Sudan

yah its nice

Lady22

Mongolia

I enjoy it really

Lady22

Mongolia

Hi all,

Were you interest in it? I hope that yes. It's really info for me.

Thanks, have a good day

cputezcan

Turkey

just began but d enjoyed too much!

SIVATHARSHAN

Sudan

how r u?

jeongminjeon

South Korea

reminds me of “Two Moon Junction.”

Ange888

Brazil

Mabey Rober have the reason, because I feel the same. It is too fast, but we need to hear more

谢亚(xieya) Abby

China

We will end our school time on 8 June.yeah!!!!!!!!!! I will not go back home, which makes me unhappy.Can you give me some advice? So that I will enjoy my summer holiday!!!!Thank you

Bambucia

Germany

Roller coaster- that's great,I love it.It's a llittle bit scary,but it's funny.all that adrenaline…...waw

ola3

Ukraine

Carnivals are so much fun. We have one here too, Caribana.

lolpatsy

Taiwan

Isn't China a cultural country ??

there might be HAVE many Carnivals not true ?

abdo405

Nigeria

its very wel ienjoy agood lesson relley weare peractece english weldone

SÉRGIO

Brazil

great! let’s just have fun!

SÉRGIO

Brazil

Those kind of contest sound weird, but funny i think! anyway! having fun is the most important!!

Here in Brazil it is much diferent from it!

ekidz220

China

I have never been to a carnival but you guys made it very interesting. I would love to experience the games and shows at the carnival but I live in a big city and doesn’t know where the carnies are.