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Tourists have many unique travel options nowadays to make their vacations more extreme and adventurous, such as hiking in remote places or mountain climbing. Festivals around the world also provide unusual experiences, like the wife-carrying championship in Finland where men race while carrying their wives. Some festivals involve throwing food, like the tomato festival in Spain or orange festival in Italy. Unconventional accommodations include hotels made of ice, old planes or trains, or one former US coast guard helicopter.

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Real Reading 2 ¨C Unit 4 Extra Reading Unique Trips 1 Tourists have more and more options for interesting travel these days, and the choices are more extreme than ever. Travelers can hike in unusual places, climb 5 mountains, or go rafting on wild rivers. These types of activities can provide an experience that you can¡¯t find on a typical vacation. If you don¡¯t want physical activity or 10 adventure but you seek a unique experience, you can go to a festival. There are unusual ones hosted by local communities around the world. No matter what your interest, you¡¯re likely to find something to entertain 15 you. For example, if you are in Sonkajarvi, Finland, in July you can watch an unusual competition called the ¡°World Wife- Carrying Championships.¡± It¡¯s not difficult 20 to guess what occurs in this event. Husbands carry their wives in a race! Then there¡¯s baby-jumping. There really is an event in Calacho, Spain, where men jump over a line of babies. 25 There are many food-related festivals around the world. At most food festivals, you eat the food, but at some, you throw the food. In Bu?ol, Spain, people throw tomatoes in a famous festival. In Ivrea, Italy, 30 it¡¯s oranges. This started long ago, when young girls threw oranges at possible boyfriends on a special day. Now everyone throws them in this festival. In the United Kingdom, people throw pancakes in the air 35 on Pancake Day. If your interests are more out of this world, you could attend the Roswell UFO Festival, in Roswell, New Mexico. The theme for this event is aliens and UFOs 40 (unidentified flying objects). The organizers provide lectures on the topic. There is also an alien parade and costume competition. Yes, everyone dresses up as aliens. As a tourist, you will need a place to 45 stay. Why stay in a hotel when you can stay in a prison? There are at least five hotels around the world that were originally jails but are now hotels. Of course, you¡¯re always free to check out in the morning! If you like 50 water, there are hotels under water; and there is more than one hotel made entirely of ice; or, maybe you¡¯d like to reserve a room on a train or a plane. There are several hotels in old planes and trains. One hotel in the 55 United States is in a converted coast guard helicopter. So, next time you travel, try something different. There are so many ways to make your trip a truly unique experience. What are 60 you waiting for? Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 1 Copyright?2011byPearsonEducation,Inc.
Real Reading 2 ¨C Unit 4 Extra Reading Comprehension Write answers to the questions. 1. What is one example of an unusual physical activity travelers can do? _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What happens in the festival in Finland in July? _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do the men do in the festival in Calacho, Spain? _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do people throw in a festival in Ivrea, Italy? _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the theme for the festival in Roswell, New Mexico? _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. How many hotels are there that were prisons? _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is an unusual material that a hotel is made from? _____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Where is the hotel that is made from a helicopter? _____________________________________________________________________________ Answer Key Comprehension 1. Possible answers: hike, climb mountains, go rafting 2. Husbands carry their wives in a race. 3. They jump over babies. 4. Oranges 5. Aliens and UFOs 6. At least five 7. Ice 8. In the United States Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 2 Copyright?2011byPearsonEducation,Inc.

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Rr2 unit4-extra reading

  • 1. Real Reading 2 ¨C Unit 4 Extra Reading Unique Trips 1 Tourists have more and more options for interesting travel these days, and the choices are more extreme than ever. Travelers can hike in unusual places, climb 5 mountains, or go rafting on wild rivers. These types of activities can provide an experience that you can¡¯t find on a typical vacation. If you don¡¯t want physical activity or 10 adventure but you seek a unique experience, you can go to a festival. There are unusual ones hosted by local communities around the world. No matter what your interest, you¡¯re likely to find something to entertain 15 you. For example, if you are in Sonkajarvi, Finland, in July you can watch an unusual competition called the ¡°World Wife- Carrying Championships.¡± It¡¯s not difficult 20 to guess what occurs in this event. Husbands carry their wives in a race! Then there¡¯s baby-jumping. There really is an event in Calacho, Spain, where men jump over a line of babies. 25 There are many food-related festivals around the world. At most food festivals, you eat the food, but at some, you throw the food. In Bu?ol, Spain, people throw tomatoes in a famous festival. In Ivrea, Italy, 30 it¡¯s oranges. This started long ago, when young girls threw oranges at possible boyfriends on a special day. Now everyone throws them in this festival. In the United Kingdom, people throw pancakes in the air 35 on Pancake Day. If your interests are more out of this world, you could attend the Roswell UFO Festival, in Roswell, New Mexico. The theme for this event is aliens and UFOs 40 (unidentified flying objects). The organizers provide lectures on the topic. There is also an alien parade and costume competition. Yes, everyone dresses up as aliens. As a tourist, you will need a place to 45 stay. Why stay in a hotel when you can stay in a prison? There are at least five hotels around the world that were originally jails but are now hotels. Of course, you¡¯re always free to check out in the morning! If you like 50 water, there are hotels under water; and there is more than one hotel made entirely of ice; or, maybe you¡¯d like to reserve a room on a train or a plane. There are several hotels in old planes and trains. One hotel in the 55 United States is in a converted coast guard helicopter. So, next time you travel, try something different. There are so many ways to make your trip a truly unique experience. What are 60 you waiting for? Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 1 Copyright?2011byPearsonEducation,Inc.
  • 2. Real Reading 2 ¨C Unit 4 Extra Reading Comprehension Write answers to the questions. 1. What is one example of an unusual physical activity travelers can do? _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What happens in the festival in Finland in July? _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do the men do in the festival in Calacho, Spain? _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do people throw in a festival in Ivrea, Italy? _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the theme for the festival in Roswell, New Mexico? _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. How many hotels are there that were prisons? _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is an unusual material that a hotel is made from? _____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Where is the hotel that is made from a helicopter? _____________________________________________________________________________ Answer Key Comprehension 1. Possible answers: hike, climb mountains, go rafting 2. Husbands carry their wives in a race. 3. They jump over babies. 4. Oranges 5. Aliens and UFOs 6. At least five 7. Ice 8. In the United States Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 2 Copyright?2011byPearsonEducation,Inc.