📖 Unit 12: English-Speaking Countries - Reading lớp 7
💎 Unit 12: English-Speaking Countries
THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
The Albuquerque International Hot-air Balloon Festival is the largest gathering of hot-air balloons in the world. The festival is a nine-day event in early October. It takes place in Albuquerque, a city in New Mexico, the USA. Every year, the festival attracts a great number of balloon makers. They bring about five hundred balloons to the festival. Many artists spend weeks or even months painting their balloons. Together with them are thousands of photographers, video makers, reporters, and visitors. The most exciting moment of the festival is when all the balloons in different shapes, sizes, and colours rise up high into the sky. The scene is really fantastic.
The Balloon Festival is one of Albuquerque's largest tourist attractions. It is an opportunity for the local people to show their New Mexican culture and history. It brings a major source of income to the city and local businesses. In 2015, the festival received nearly one million visitors.
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DISNEYLAND
California is (1) __________ to one of the biggest and most famous entertainment parks in the world – Disneyland. Disneyland opened in 1955 with the slogan “The happiest place on (2) __________”, and it soon became very popular. The number of visitors to the park has gone up very (3) __________. In 2018, it attracted nearly 19 million visitors, both (4) __________ and adults. There are different kinds of entertainment throughout the park. Mickey’s Soundsational Parade is (5) __________ most popular event. It celebrates songs from the most famous Disney films. During the parade, well-known Disney characters march along Main Street. (6) __________ dance along with the music, greet visitors, talk with children, and pose for photos. Everybody is (7) __________ to join in the fun. Another great attraction of the park is its fantastic fireworks (8) __________. During the busy season, the park offers the show nightly.
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The ability to use English brings a lot of benefits to its users. It helps you learn many things by watching TV programmes and YouTube videos. It helps you communicate when you are travelling abroad. It also allows you to sing English songs, read English books, and make friends from many English-speaking countries.
In Asia alone, there are countries where English is a second, or official, language. It means people in these countries use English at schools, at work, and for public communication. These countries include India, Singapore, Nepal, the Philippines, and Pakistan. This means that if you know English, you can communicate when you visit these countries.