Unit 4
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TV IN OUR LIFE |
LESSON 4.
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NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS ON TV |
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Read and give the meaning of the words/expressions in
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Each year, millions of people from many countries watch the New Year’s Eve Ball in Times Square, New York. Thousands of people gather around the Tower and wait for hours for the famous Ball-lowering ceremony. At 11:59 p.m. the Ball begins its lowering as millions of voices unite to countdown the final seconds of the old year and celebrate the beginning of a new year full of hopes and dreams.
The Ball is a sphere, 12 feet* in diameter, and weighs nearly 12 .pounds* It’s illuminated by 32,256 lights.
Vocabulary
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KEYWORDS
to punish thief to leave to rob to get back wise
to arrest resolution positive to realise to decide to happen |