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Spanish festival charges for tomato throwing (30th August, 2013)

Tourists from all over the world have flocked to the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly due to financial constraints, but also out of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival due to the need to limit the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just after the end of WWII. There are various reports about its origins. The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths pelting each other with tomatoes.

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Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23860462 http://www.enca.com/life/town-charges-tomato-fight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina

WARM-UPS

1. TOMATOES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about tomatoes. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

economic woes / famous festivals / participants / tomatoes / tickets / ammunition / tourists / financial constraints / security / festival / origins / brawl / teenagers

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. FESTIVALS: Invent some new ones. Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. Take a class vote on the best ideas.

Festival about…	Official name	What happens?	What do you need to do?
Facebook
English
Hair
Ice cream
Conservation
Paper

4. NO CHARGE: Students A strongly believe festivals should be free; Students B strongly believe a fee is OK. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. WORLD EVENTS: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the one you most want to go to at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• Spain's Tomatina

• Brazil's Rio Carnival

• Germany's Oktoberfest

• Cannes Film Festival

• New Orleans Mardi Gras

• India's Holi (colour festival)

• China's Lantern Festival

• Japan's Hiroshima Peace Festival

6. TOURISTS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "tourists". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	People will have to pay for a festival because of the poor economy.	T / F
b.	Local people can go to the festival without paying.	T / F
c.	13 tons of tomatoes are used in the Tomatina festival.	T / F
d.	Good drains mean there is almost no tomato juice in the streets.	T / F
e.	The mayor said he is charging partly for safety reasons.	T / F
f.	There has never been a problem at the festival in the past.	T / F
g.	Tomatina started in the early nineteenth century.	T / F
h.	People say the festival started after a fight between teenagers.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	woes	a.	amount
2.	cash-strapped	b.	limitations
3.	take part	c.	fight
4.	allocated	d.	participate
5.	sum	e.	troubles
6.	flocked	f.	to a certain extent
7.	partly	g.	different
8.	constraints	h.	impoverished
9.	various	i.	gathered
10.	brawl	j.	shared out

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	Spain's economic	a.	participants
2.	start charging	b.	part of that sum
3.	Local residents have been	c.	to financial constraints
4.	A hefty	d.	between teenagers
5.	The streets are literally flooded	e.	each other
6.	partly due	f.	allocated 5,000 free tickets
7.	limit the crowd	g.	the end of WWII
8.	started just after	h.	with tomato juice
9.	a brawl	i.	woes
10.	ending up with the youths pelting	j.	for safety reasons

GAP FILL

Spain's economic (1) ____________ have led to one of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-to-join" event. The cash- (2) ____________ town of Bunol will start charging (3) ____________ who want to take part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato-throwing festival. Tourists will have to pay a (4) ____________ of 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour-long tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Local residents have been (5) ____________ 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to organise. A (6) ____________ part of that sum goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as (7) ____________ in the street battles. The streets are literally (8) ____________ with tomato juice at the festival's end.

participants
flooded
hefty
strapped
allocated
woes
minimum
ammunition

Tourists from all over the world have (9) ____________ to the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to (10) ____________ was partly due to financial constraints, but also out of security (11) ____________. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival due to the need to (12) ____________ the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not (13) ____________. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just after the end of WWII. There are (14) ____________ reports about its origins. The most popular is that of a (15) ____________ between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths (16) ____________ each other with tomatoes.

brawl
concerns
controlled
flocked
pelting
charge
various
limit

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	The cash-strapped town of Bunol will start charging ______
	a. party see pants b. part its see pants c. participant d. participants
2)	______ 15,000 tickets have been sold
	a. Needless, all b. Regardless, all c. Heedless, all d. Penniless, all
3)	Local residents have ______ free tickets
	a. been allocating 5,000 b. been allocated 5,000 c. been allocates 5,000 d. been allocation 5,000
4)	paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes ______
	a. used as am you mission b. used as a munitions c. used as admonition d. used as ammunitions
5)	The streets are ______ tomato juice at the festival's end
	a. literally flooded with b. literary flooded with c. literal lea flooded with d. literal flooded with
6)	Tourists from all over the world have flocked to the Tomatina ______
	a. for decade b. for decadence c. for decodes d. for decades
7)	the decision to charge was partly due ______
	a. to financial constraints b. to financial constants c. to financial Constance d. to financial constrains
8)	He said: "This is the first year we are ______
	a. charging for excess b. charging for axes c. charging for access d. charging for success
9)	There are various reports ______
	a. about its origin b. about its originals c. about its origins d. about its originates
10)	ending up with the youths ______ with tomatoes
	a. pelting each other b. belting each other c. welting each other d. melting each other

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Spain's economic woes (1) ___________________ of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-to-join" event. (2) ___________________ town of Bunol will start charging participants (3) ___________________ part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato-throwing festival. Tourists will have to pay a minimum of 10 euros ($13) (4) ___________________ hour-long tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Local residents have been allocated 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to organise. A (5) ___________________ sum goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as ammunition in the street battles. The streets (6) ___________________ with tomato juice at the festival's end.

Tourists from all over the world (7) ___________________ Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly (8) ___________________ constraints, but also out of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival (9) ___________________ limit the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started (10) ___________________ WWII. There are various reports (11) ___________________. The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths (12) ___________________ tomatoes.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What kind of event has the Tomatina become?
2.	How much will tourists have to pay to join the festival?
3.	How many free tickets do people living in the town get?
4.	How many tomatoes are used in the festival?
5.	What fills the streets by the end of the festival?
6.	Who goes to the festival?
7.	For what other reason is the town charging, besides finances?
8.	When has the town had problems at the festival?
9.	When did the festival start?
10.	Who threw tomatoes at each other near a market?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What kind of event has the Tomatina become?	6.	Who goes to the festival?
	a) a televised event b) a world-heritage event c) one you have to pay for d) a free one		a) tomato lovers b) people from all over the world c) farmers d) celebrities
2.	How much will tourists have to pay to join the festival?	7.	For what other reason is the town charging, besides finances?
	a) $13 b) $14 c) $30 d) $40		a) safety b) tourism c) environmental d) public health
3.	How many free tickets do people living in the town get?	8.	When has the town had problems at the festival?
	a) 5,000 b) 6,000 c) 7,000 d) 8,000		a) when there were no tomatoes b) in 1969 c) in the past 10 years d) when people started throwing grapes
4.	How many tomatoes are used in the festival?	9.	When did the festival start?
	a) 130,000 b) 130 tons c) $130,000 d) 130 per person		a) at 3pm b) in July c) 1945 d) after the tomato harvest
5.	What fills the streets by the end of the festival?	10.	Who threw tomatoes at each other near a market?
	a) music b) red T-shirts c) blood d) tomato juice		a) kids b) farmers c) a mayor and his rival d) football fans

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Tomatina town mayor

You think it's OK to charge for people to join the Tomatina festival. Tell the others three reasons why. Ten euros is a small price to pay and it will help the festival. Disagree with everything said by the aid worker and the tourist. Agree with most of what the local citizen says.

Role B – Aid worker

You are shocked that people throw tons of tomatoes at each other for fun. Tell the others three reasons why. Ask the mayor to end the festival and give the tomatoes to hungry people. Tell him his town does not need the festival and it's bad for its image.

Role C – Tourist

You are very angry you have to pay to join the festival. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell the mayor local citizens must also pay. Tell him/her that people will stop going to the festival and the town will lose money from tourism. Tell him/her you will bring your own tomatoes if you can join for free.

Role D – Local citizen

You think charging for the festival is a great idea. Tell the others three reasons why. You want the mayor to charge a higher fee. You also think people should bring their own tomatoes. You also think tourist, not local citizens, should clean the streets after.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'take' and 'part'.

take

part

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

woes
cash
minimum
free
130
juice

decades
security
limit
10
origins
market

FESTIVALS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about festivals in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

FESTIVALS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'festival'?
c)	What do you think about the Tomatina festival?
d)	Which world festival would you most like to join?
e)	What festivals does your town hold? Are they good?
f)	Should street festivals be free?
g)	How much fun do you think the Tomatina festival might be?
h)	Is $13 too much to join a festival?
i)	Is it right that local citizens can join the Tomatina for free?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Why do people like festivals?
c)	Is the mayor right to limit the number of people at the festival?
d)	Do you think other world festivals will start charging?
e)	What do you know about the Tomatina?
f)	What festival would you like to start?
g)	How many festivals have you been to?
h)	Is the Tomatina festival a waste of food?
i)	What questions would you like to ask the town's mayor?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Spain's economic (1) ____ have led to one of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-to-join" event. The cash-(2) ____ town of Bunol will start charging participants who want to (3) ____ part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato-throwing festival. Tourists will have to pay a minimum (4) ____ 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour-long tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Local residents have been allocated 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to organise. A hefty part of that (5) ____ goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as ammunition in the street battles. The streets are literally (6) ____ with tomato juice at the festival's end.

Tourists from all over the world have (7) ____ to the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was (8) ____ due to financial constraints, but also (9) ____ of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival due to the need to limit the crowd for (10) ____ reasons. We have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just after the end of WWII. There are (11) ____ reports about its origins. The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending (12) ____ with the youths pelting each other with tomatoes.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	hoes	(b)	foes	(c)	toes	(d)	woes
2.	(a)	stripped	(b)	stopped	(c)	slapped	(d)	strapped
3.	(a)	be	(b)	take	(c)	do	(d)	have
4.	(a)	with	(b)	for	(c)	of	(d)	at
5.	(a)	sum	(b)	same	(c)	some	(d)	sump
6.	(a)	flooded	(b)	washing	(c)	sprinkled	(d)	rained
7.	(a)	teemed	(b)	rounded up	(c)	herded	(d)	flocked
8.	(a)	partly	(b)	partial	(c)	parts	(d)	partied
9.	(a)	with	(b)	out	(c)	from	(d)	due
10.	(a)	safely	(b)	safes	(c)	safety	(d)	saviour
11.	(a)	variety	(b)	varies	(c)	various	(d)	variant
12.	(a)	on	(b)	up	(c)	down	(d)	of

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	The shac-darpstep town of Bunol
2.	start charging tsiaticpnarp
3.	Local esiedntsr
4.	cedllaoat 5,000 free tickets
5.	tomatoes used as ntniaumiom
6.	The streets are leiytlalr flooded with tomato juice
Paragraph 2
7.	cekfdol to the Tomatina
8.	financial nasircotnst
9.	charging for ccseas to this popular festival
10.	uvsiaro reports
11.	about its niogsri
12.	nigtelp each other

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	sold. Local residents have been allocated 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to
( )	of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival due
( )	mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly due to financial constraints, but also out
( )	to-join" event. The cash-strapped town of Bunol will start charging participants who want to take
( )	of 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour-long tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been
( )	part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato-throwing festival. Tourists will have to pay a minimum
( 1 )	Spain's economic woes have led to one of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-
( )	controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just
( )	after the end of WWII. There are various reports about its origins. The most popular is that of a
( )	brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths pelting each other with tomatoes.
( )	organise. A hefty part of that sum goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as
( )	Tourists from all over the world have flocked to the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town
( )	ammunition in the street battles. The streets are literally flooded with tomato juice at the festival's end.
( )	to the need to limit the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	- strapped town of Bunol will start charging The cash.
2.	hour part euros fight - of to long the be 10 tomato.
3.	5,000 free been have residents Local tickets allocated .
4.	tomatoes ammunition the of as For tons used 130.
5.	juice literally flooded The with streets tomato are.
6.	year we are charging for access This is the first.
7.	for to crowd reasons need the safety The limit.
8.	started the WWII festival after of The just end.
9.	that of a brawl between teenagers The most popular is.
10.	tomatoes with other each pelting youths The.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Spain's economic woes / vows have led to one of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-to-join" event. The cash-strapped / cast-stripped town of Bunol will start charging participants who want to take / be part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato-throwing festival. Tourists will have to pay a minimum for / of 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour-long tomato fight. Regardless, / Needless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Locally / Local residents have been relocated / allocated 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to organise. A hefty / heavy part of that sum goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as ammunition / remuneration in the street battles. The streets are literally flooded / floods with tomato juice at the festival's end.

Tourists from all over the world have flicked / flocked to the Tomatina for decades / decade. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly due for / to financial constraints, but also out / in of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for excess / access to this popular festival due to the need to limitation / limit the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the passed / past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just / justly after the end of WWII. There are various reports about its originals / origins. The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths pelting / petting each other with tomatoes.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

Sp__n's _c_n_m_c w__s h_v_ l_d t_ _n_ _f _ts m_st f_m__s f_st_v_ls b_c_m_ng _ "p_y-t_-j__n" _v_nt. Th_ c_sh-str_pp_d t_wn _f B_n_l w_ll st_rt ch_rg_ng p_rt_c_p_nts wh_ w_nt t_ t_k_ p_rt _n _ts w_rld-f_m__s T_m_t_n_ t_m_t_-thr_w_ng f_st_v_l. T__r_sts w_ll h_v_ t_ p_y _ m_n_m_m _f 10 __r_s ($13) t_ b_ p_rt _f th_ h__r-l_ng t_m_t_ f_ght. R_g_rdl_ss, _ll 15,000 t_ck_ts h_v_ b__n s_ld. L_c_l r_s_d_nts h_v_ b__n _ll_c_t_d 5,000 fr__ t_ck_ts. Th_ T_m_t_n_ c_sts th_ t_wn 150,000 __r_s t_ _rg_n_s_. _ h_fty p_rt _f th_t s_m g__s t_w_rd p_y_ng f_r th_ 130 t_ns _f t_m_t__s _s_d _s _mm_n_t__n _n th_ str__t b_ttl_s. Th_ str__ts _r_ l_t_r_lly fl__d_d w_th t_m_t_ j__c_ _t th_ f_st_v_l's _nd.

T__r_sts fr_m _ll _v_r th_ w_rld h_v_ fl_ck_d t_ th_ T_m_t_n_ f_r d_c_d_s. B_n_l's t_wn m_y_r t_ld r_p_rt_rs th_ d_c_s__n t_ ch_rg_ w_s p_rtly d__ t_ f_n_nc__l c_nstr__nts, b_t _ls_ __t _f s_c_r_ty c_nc_rns. H_ s__d: "Th_s _s th_ f_rst y__r w_ _r_ ch_rg_ng f_r _cc_ss t_ th_s p_p_l_r f_st_v_l d__ t_ th_ n__d t_ l_m_t th_ cr_wd f_r s_f_ty r__s_ns. W_ h_v_ h_d _ pr_bl_m f_r th_ p_st __ght _r 10 y__rs. Th_ T_m_t_n_ _s n_t c_ntr_ll_d. W_ d_n't kn_w h_w m_ny p__pl_ _r_ g__ng t_ c_m_." Th_ f_st_v_l st_rt_d j_st _ft_r th_ _nd _f WW__. Th_r_ _r_ v_r___s r_p_rts _b__t _ts _r_g_ns. Th_ m_st p_p_l_r _s th_t _f _ br_wl b_tw__n t__n_g_rs n__r _ v_g_t_bl_ m_rk_t _nd_ng _p w_th th_ y__ths p_lt_ng __ch _th_r w_th t_m_t__s.

PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

spain's economic woes have led to one of its most famous festivals becoming a "pay-to-join" event the cash-strapped town of bunol will start charging participants who want to take part in its world-famous tomatina tomato-throwing festival tourists will have to pay a minimum of 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour-long tomato fight regardless all 15000 tickets have been sold local residents have been allocated 5000 free tickets the tomatina costs the town 150000 euros to organise a hefty part of that sum goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as ammunition in the street battles the streets are literally flooded with tomato juice at the festival's end

tourists from all over the world have flocked to the tomatina for decades bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly due to financial constraints but also out of security concerns he said "this is the first year we are charging for access to this popular festival due to the need to limit the crowd for safety reasons we have had a problem for the past eight or 10 years the tomatina is not controlled we don't know how many people are going to come" the festival started just after the end of wwii there are various reports about its origins the most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths pelting each other with tomatoes

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Spain'seconomicwoeshaveledtooneofitsmostfamousfestivalsbecominga"p
ay-to-join"event.Thecash-strappedtownofBunolwillstartchargingparticipan
tswhowanttotakepartinitsworld-famousTomatinatomato-throwingfesti
val.Touristswillhavetopayaminimumof10euros($13)tobepartofthehour-
longtomatofight.Regardless,all15,000ticketshavebeensold.Localresidentsh
avebeenallocated5,000freetickets.TheTomatinacoststhetown150,000euro
stoorganise.Aheftypartofthatsumgoestowardpayingforthe130tonsoftomat
oesusedasammunitioninthestreetbattles.Thestreetsareliterallyfloodedwith
tomatojuiceatthefestival'send.Touristsfromallovertheworldhaveflockedtot
heTomatinafordecades.Bunol'stownmayortoldreportersthedecisiontocharg
ewaspartlyduetofinancialconstraints,butalsooutofsecurityconcerns.Hesaid:
"Thisisthefirstyearwearechargingforaccesstothispopularfestivalduetothene
edtolimitthecrowdforsafetyreasons.Wehavehadaproblemforthepasteightor
10years.TheTomatinaisnotcontrolled.Wedon'tknowhowmanypeoplearegoi
ngtocome."ThefestivalstartedjustaftertheendofWWII.Therearevariousrepo
rtsaboutitsorigins.Themostpopularisthatofabrawlbetweenteenagersnearav
egetablemarketendingupwiththeyouthspeltingeachotherwithtomatoes.

FREE WRITING

Write about festivals for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

It is fair that a town charges outsiders and not locals to join one of its festivals. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the Tomatina festival. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. FESTIVALS: Make a poster about festivals. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. TOMATINA: Write a magazine article about the Tomatina festival. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against charging tourists to join the jestival.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to the mayor. Ask him/her three questions about the Tomatina. Give him/her three ideas on how to raise money from it while keeping it free. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	woes	a.	troubles
2.	cash-strapped	b.	impoverished
3.	take part	c.	participate
4.	allocated	d.	shared out
5.	sum	e.	amount
6.	flocked	f.	gathered
7.	partly	g.	to a certain extent
8.	constraints	h.	limitations
9.	various	i.	different
10.	brawl	j.	fight

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	A "pay-to-join" event
2.	10 euros ($13)
3.	5,000
4.	130 tons
5.	Tomato juice
6.	Tourists from all over the world
7.	Security / Safety
8.	In the past 8-10 years
9.	After the end of WWII
10.	Teenagers

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

10.

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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