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Your Daily English Programme #23 - Przystanek Woodstock (Reading B1-C1) |
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Think Before You Read |
What if you could just go to a weekend-long, ticket-free, open-air music festival featuring almost all genres of music from all around the world?
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You guessed it! Look no further than Woodstock Festival, held in Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland, close to the border with Germany. This is "the biggest open-air festival in Europe" organized by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation and volunteers from various NGOs.
Every year, a crowd of over 700,0001 people gather to attend around 30 performances from rock (main theme) through folk to heavy metal music.
August 3-5, 2017 have been designated as event dates, with the motto "Love, Friendship, and Music" echoed stronger than ever since the start of the festival back in 1995.
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Watch and Read |
Watch This Captioned Video: What can attendees do during the festival besides watching music performances?
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Let's Practice |
Prepositions can often become a source of difficulty for learners of English from all levels of proficiency. The text from this video provides an excellent opportunity to practice prepositions mainly because an event and its timing take center stage in the description given.
Read through the video transcript below and supply the missing prepositions [Note: One of the blanks will be left empty. Which one is it?!] When you're done, watch the video again (up to 1:52) to check your answers.
Every year, we organize the biggest rock’n’roll festival ___ Poland and in the world: Woodstock Festival Poland. ___ doing this, we want to thank all volunteers who devote their time and energy to supporting the Orchestra during the Grand Finale. The festival is free ___ all attendees.
Apart from concerts, Woodstock Festival Poland is also a great place
___ NGOs that want to talk ___ people and present their work. It is a
very important moment because young people can listen ___ what other
young people have to say. We say it loud and clear: “Stop drugs, Stop
violence!”
Another important element ___ each Woodstock Festival Poland
is blood donation. Since 2006, we have collected 5300 liters of blood, which
is an incredible record.
One ___ the most spectacular events that took place at
Woodstock was organized jointly ____ Amnesty International. The theme
was Darfur. Crowds of people lay down ___ the ground to say “no”
___ violence and injustice.
We invite all people at Woodstock to concerts, but also to the
Academy of the Finest Arts, where they can attend ___ lectures and
workshops organized ___ famous artists, writers, film directors,
composers, musicians, and journalists. These are incredible meetings where
young people talk ______ religion and life, where young people ask
very accurate questions. The Academy of the Finest Arts is also the place
where you can experience many artistic happenings.
___ short, it is a beautiful place ___ Earth.
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Over to You |
In this "Over to You" section, we have a question for you. Look at the video transcript again (above). Why do we use different prepositions in these two similar sentences:
- One of the most spectacular events that took place at Woodstock was organized jointly with Amnesty International.
- ...the Academy of the Finest Arts, where they can attend lectures and workshops organized by famous artists, writers...
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1 In 2014, a record-breaking attendance of about 750,000 was reported↩
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