Balloon fiesta

If you love stories by Jules Verne and have always dreamt of going for a ride in a hot air balloon, England is the country for you. Every August England celebrates the biggest hot air balloon festival in Europe. The festival takes place in Bristol and is called the Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

The festival was founded more than 30 years ago and has an amazing history. It began in 1978 when Don Cameron, owner of the world's largest balloon manufacturer, Cameron Balloons, decided to create an event that would help balloonists f год! all over the world to get together.

On the weekend of the 7th—9th September 1979, a small group of balloonists got together to. celebrate the first Bristol Balloon Fiesta. 27 balloons shot into the sky and were cheered by a large group of spectators. Not all the balloons were from England, some came from Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland.

The Fiesta was sponsored by local businesses and some national companies. Each sponsor was given a balloon to display their advertising banner. Over the years, the Fiesta has grown to become Europe's largest hot air balloon festival enjoying crowds of delighted spectators and national media coverage.

Besides traditional round shape balloons now there are also so called "special shapes" which are balloons in the form of different objects and characters such as cartoon characters and cars.

Of course, the main condition for the festival to be successful is not good management but the weather, which, as you all know, is England's worst enemy. Nobody in the whole world knows how many wonderful hopes and events have been ruined by its Majesty the Rain.

1.During the Balloon Fiesta you can see a lot of balloons in the air.

a) True b) False c) Not stated,

2. The festival was founded by British sportsmen.
a) True b) False c) Not stated

3. No company can advertise their goods during the festival.

a) True b) False ' c) Not stated

4.A lot of journalists come to write about the festival.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

5.The last festival was ruined by the rain.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

2.4. Mother knew the story!

Lynn was five years old. She had a lot of little friends. They were older, and they were at school. These children told Lynn nice stories about school, so Lynn wanted to go there too.

Then one day her mother said, "You can go to school now, Lynn," and Lynn was very happy.

She was the youngest child in the school, and on the first day, her mother stayed at school with her. But on the second day, Lynn said to her, "You can go home now, Mummy."

Lynn's mother was happy, but she was sad too, because Lynn did not need her all the time now.

Lynn was very happy at school, and she learnt a lot of things there. Her mother always said, "What have you learnt today, Lynn?" and Lynn told her.

One day, Lynn came back from school and said to her mother, "Miss Richards (she was Lynn's teacher) told us some nice stories today, Mummy. The best was about Ulysses. He fought against the... the... er..." "The Trojans," her mother said.

"Oh, yes, that's right," Lynn answered. "The Trojans. And then Ulysses went back in his ship with some other men. He went to see his wife... er... his wife..."

"Penelope," Lynn's mother said.

Lynn stopped and looked at her mother. "Mummy," she said, "has someone told you this story already?"

1.Lynn was happy to study at school.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

2.Lynn's mother went with her daughter everywhere.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

3.Lynn remembered nothing¹ she learnt at school.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

4. Lynn liked the story about the Trojan war.
a) True b) False c) Not stated

5. Lynn's mother learnt the story of Ulysses and Penelope from the book.

a) True b) False c) Not stated

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